| 1. Pasokek (Jump a Bit)/Abruselis (Towel Dance) - Dainava |
| 2. Pimin, Brol (Bear in Mind, Brother) |
| 3. Kaljá Maigó Zérama (Near My House) - Nataliya Romanskaya |
| 4. Doyne/Kiever Freylekhs |
| 5. Wedding Polka/Ancient Ukrainian/Cossachocks |
| 6. Skotchne No. 2 (Polish Dane) |
| 7. Karolinka - Karolinka |
| 8. Cantecal Miresei (Brides Song)/Lagatitul Miresei (Bride Preparation) |
| 9. Badita Negricios (My Dark Haired Lover) - Hossu, Ana |
| 10. Blestemul (The Curse) - Maria Buza, Taraful Din Baia |
| 11. Frica Mi-I Ca Mor, Ca Mâine/Brău |
| 12. Konopa, Konopa (Song Medley) |
| 13. Párhuzam (Comparison) |
| 14. Sirba, Tropca and Hara from Dobrogea |
Music of East Europe,Various Artists,Arc Music,Int'l & World Music,International,Pop,Russia / Eastern Europe
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Life of the Worlds: Journeys in Jewish Sacred Music
Manufacturer: Five Souls Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000172L72 Release Date: 2003-12-03 |
Tracks:
- Ha'aderet Veha'emunah/LeKhay Olamim - Yemen
- Le'El Adir Neranenah - Afghanistan
- Bati Legani - Eastern Europe
- Kinah Lekhurban Gan Eden - Eastern Europe
- Sephardi Yerushalmi Khatsi Kaddish - Jerusalem/Spain
- Navah Tehilah - Afghanistan
- Hayoshevet Baganim - Yemen
- Eyn Keloheynu - Morocco
- Modeh Ani/Elohay Neshamah - Salonica
- Eli Shema Koli - Morocco
- Reb Nachman's Niggun - Ukraine
- Hishtapkhut Hanefesh - Belarus
- Niggun of the Alter Rebbe - Belarus
- Ve'erastikh Li - Salonica
- El Mistater - Poland
- Ashrey - Eastern Europe/Spain
- Yemeni Shema - Yemen
- Grandfather Sang a Song - Eastern Europe
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The modern-day traditional Jewish music revival is filled with artists exploring klezmer's Eastern-European roots, but you'll hear no clarinet and little violin on cantor/educator Richard Kaplan's Life Of The Worlds. Although these are traditional songs, there is a broad range of the Diaspora represented on his second album, including Afghani, Spanish, Moroccan, and Algerian traditions. Kaplan dives into the sacred and the secular, the prophetic and the exultant, finding commonalities amongst different tribes and fusing them together. Musical accompaniment comes in the form of an occasional flute, piano, and violin as well as Moroccan clay drums, oud, dumbek, and other pre-modern-era instruments, but the instrument at the center of each song is Kaplan's voice--his high baritone majestically soars, quavers with sensitivity, and rings out with joy. To hear him sing solo versions of traditional Niggiun is to hear a world-class master savor the multifaceted nuance of each note and transcend the concept of song, turning it into religion and high art. --Tad HendricksonAlbum Description
A remarkable collection of vocal performances of Jewish sacred music from the Middle East, Andalusia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia - songs of exultation, longing, love, and Divine immanence - accompanied by an ensemble of masterful musicians.Instruments include: oud, ney, kanun, Egyptian accordian, violin, mandolin, dumbek, doira, riqq, Yemenite can, tar, saz, clarinet, mey (Turkish duduk), tilinca (Rumanian shepherd's flute), piano, string bass, balaban (Klezmer drum set), cimbalom, and a chorus of voices.
Among many special songs, the CD features an 'eco-lament' (ecological lament) based on lament melodies for the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It is called "Lament on the Destruction of the Garden of Eden" (Kinah Lekhurban Gan Eden), and updates the use of these tunes to mourn the wounding of our larger temple, Gaia - Mother Earth.
LIFE OF THE WORLDS contains 18 songs, 77 minutes of music, and contains a 32-page booklet which includes informative song descriptions; all texts are provided in transliteration, English translation, and in Hebrew or Yiddish.
This CD was three years in the making, and presents the first recordings in North America of several songs from the treasure-chest of Jewish sacred music.
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Kif
David Fiuczynski , and Rufus Cappadocia Manufacturer: Fuzelicious Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008IM9Q Release Date: 2003-06-17 |
Tracks:
- Mektoub
- Phrygianade
- Chinese GoGo
- Prayer For My Father
- Roxy Migraine
- Purple Vishnu
- SlapBow
- Gaida
- V'smachte
- Lullaby For Che
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World/metal/punk/jazz . . ........2004-01-02
Yes. And brilliantly.
Only from the mind of the Fuzemeister, he of the monster fretless guitar chops and sometime leader of Screaming Headless Torsos, could such insanity come. Only from truly gifted players could such eclecticism be pulled off.
Kif, an Arabic word, in U.S. slang has come to signify marajuana. In Arabic, it simply means pleasure. I'm thinking the latter meaning applies here.
The weird pleasures of this astounding disc achieve seventh heaven on "Chinese Go Go," an Oriental Hawaiian Reggae that must be heard to be believed. Featuring some truly demented string-bending courtesy of Fuze, various and sundry Sadownick percussive bizarreness, Gene Lake's frenetic drumming, and Rufus Cappadocia's revelatory cello playing, the soundscape confounds even as it reveals heretofore unheard aural messages.
Cappadocia makes quite an impression throughout. He's got this faux multiphonic thing happening as well as an entire cool drone that come across as entirely apt in this rarified setting. Fuze himself achieves perhaps a world record of differentiated guitar voicings.
Certainly this was the record Dave Fiuczynski was destined to make. Highest possible recommendation.
You can start loving this album now . . . or now.......2003-11-18
I'm still in awe.
Middle-Eastern Mania from a Massachusetts Master..........2003-07-02
...by way of Mars, apparently. He teams with electric cellist Rufus Cappadocia (along with fellow Torsos Danny Sadownick and Gene Lake) for 10 exotic, exhilirating, experimental, and downright weird tracks, all of them imbued with non-Western flavors. Composing with scales, modes, and quarter-tone tunings reminiscient of Egyptian, Arabic, North African, South Asian/Indian, and even Chinese idioms, the Fuze presents some of the most stridently lyrical and evocative work of his career, highlighting his mastery of the fretless guitar--an instrument on which past recordings have hinted at his ability, but featured here as a mainstay instrument to imitate sitar, oud, and even koto/shamisen(?). Some of these exotic grooves wouldn't sound out of place in a bazaar in Marrakech or Cairo...highlights include the sinister undulations of Mektoub, the joyful, danceable syncopation and bouncy riffs of Phrygianade and the hilariously funny R&B-groove-meets-Chinese-restaurant shuffle of Chinese Go-go. Not to be missed; Fuze is one of a kind and this latest release shows him pushing the envelope even further than before.
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Magic of the Klezmer
Giora Feidman Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000071T Release Date: 1992-12-14 |
Tracks:
- Magic of Klezmer
Customer Reviews:
The soul of Klezmer .......2006-05-17
Great klezmer music!.......2005-03-22
This is the first review I've written, but I was enjoying the music so much, I had to take the time to share my joy.
Giora the magician.......2001-06-19
Classically trained in Buenos Aires, Argentina (his birthplace), he has become the "undisputed King of Klezmer". On this 1985 recording, Giora plays clarinet and bass clarinet, with a small back-up band consisting mostly of guitars, double bass, and percussion...the total running time is 62:05.
Of the 15 tracks, favorites are "The Mothers in Law" and "Halaka"...track # 14 is a wonderful Gershwin medley, and how he transforms this very American music into Jewish soul music is a marvel. To quote Leonard Bernstein: "Long live Giora, his clarinet and his Soul Music. He bridges many gaps...generational, cultural, and social, and he does it with consumate artistry".
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Bouzouki Pioneer: 1932-1940
Markos Vamvakaris Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000002UA Release Date: 1998-02-10 |
Tracks:
- Karadouzeni
- Arap
- While We Were Smoking There One Evening
- The Butcher
- You Gotta Know Your Tricks
- The Drifter
- The Flood
- Those Who Have Plenty Of Money
- Dark Eyes And Black Eyebrows
- You've Grown Old And I No Longer Love You
- Markos Jack Of All Trades
- Taxim-Zeimbekiko
- All The Rembetes [Rounders] In The World
- Six Cool Chicks
- At Phaliro Where You Swim
- A Blue Eyed Girl In Athens
- My Sweet Crazy Little Girl
- (You've Taken Into) Your Two Hands
- The Dress You Wear Is Cherry Red
- If We Go Away To War
- Morocco
- O Koumbaros O Psara
- Hail To Our Soldier Boys
Customer Reviews:
What a trip!!!!.......2004-03-24
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Jewish Klezmer Music
Zev Feldman , and Andy Statman Manufacturer: Shanachie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004SQZU Release Date: 2000-05-09 |
Tracks:
- A Galitsianer Tantsel (A Galican Dance)
- Old Sher
- Fun Der Khupa (From The Wedding Canopy)
- Doina
- Kallarash
- The Bride's Waltz
- Ternovka Sher
- Kaleh Bazetsen (Seating The Bride)
- Gypsy Hora And Sirba
- Fihren Di Makhetonim Aheim (Escorting The In-Laws Home)
- Alineinem (All Together)
- Wedding March
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I wish there were a sequel or three.......2004-05-15
Occasionally there is some bass and percussion on this disc, but for the most part it is just clarinet and cymbalon. Cymbalon being a hammered-dulcimer (basically the santoor of northern India, santur of Iran, etc...). There are also two tracks with Statman on mandolin, and one solo cymbalon track.
Whether you're an established fan, or just looking for your first Jewish cd, this is an excellent choice either way. I would even say that I think this is a better first choice than some of the legendary masters' albums, such as Tarras and Brandwein, if for no other reason than this disc has very good recording quality and also the presence of the cymbalon. Maybe it's just me, but the cymbalon is one of the coolest sounding instruments anywhere. Just amazing tone, and Zev Feldman is a fantastic player. If he released a bunch more discs, I would certainly own a bunch more discs by him.
Whether on the stereo or in the car, this is a cd with which you'll fall in love.
Early Statman from the early days of the klezmer revival.......2001-01-05
The library's catalog description didn't tell me anything about the performers (not even their names), so I was doubly pleased to find out that the album was recorded by Zev Feldman and Andy Statman. This is a re-release of an early CD they did back in 1980, when the current klezmer revival was just getting started. At that time, many Jews of the younger generation had never been exposed to this music, and the gentile world was largely unaware it existed. This album was instrumental (pun intended) in setting a very high standard for klezmer performance, and it`s still a real mechayah (pleasure) to listen to today. Now that I have to give the library copy back, I want one for myself!
CLASSIC KLEZMER AT ITS FINEST.......2000-06-09
Then along came guys like Andy Statman and Zev Feldman, who pioneered the movement to rediscover and revive klezmer-- the traditional instrumental/dance music of Yiddish-speaking Eastern-European Jewry. Like proper ethnomusicologists, the first wave of the Klezmer Revival embarked on scientific field research... not in some exotic, foreign land but, rather, in their own backyard. In their own community, these young Jewish musicians and scholars sought out the rapidly decreasing handful of "alter klezmorim", the last living practioners and bearers of a once vibrant musical tradition. They rummaged through stacks of old 78 rpm records to find the musical rosetta stones that would make this nearly extinct music form comprehensible to ears unfamiliar with the "krechtz" (moans and groans)of a wailing clarinet or fiddle playing a soulful doina or a foot-stomping freilach played by a kapelye (klezmer ensemble) at full throttle. The success of this spade work is evident in the current popularity of klezmer music and proliferation of klezmer bands around the world.
From the get-go, the prevailing trend in the Revival has been the "Big-Band Sound," developed by early Revival groups such as the Klezmorim on the West Coast and Klezmer Conservatory Band of Boston. This approach features the clarinet supported mostly by modern Big Band instruments, in an effort to recreate the klezmer orchestras that recorded in the early 1900s on through the 1930s.
In sharp contrast, Andy Statman and Zev Feldman offer us an older form of klezmer, which typically tended towards smaller ensembles that were similiar in instrumentation to the local non-Jewish fiddle-led string bands (in fact, non-Jewish musicians, especially Gypsies, often played in klezmer kapelyes). Here the featured instruments are clarinet and tsimbl (hammered dulcimer) with bowed bass accompaiment. Andy Statman, a renowned bluegrass mandolin player before he caught the klezmer bug, does pull out the ol' eight string for some incredible picking on two beautiful cuts, The Bride's Waltz, and Gypsy Hora & Sirba.
Every cut on this CD is a gem. The wonderful music is supported by well-researched, well-written liner notes by Zev Feldman, who is a noted authority on not only klezmer but also on Eastern-European, Balkan and Near-Eastern traditional music forms.
On a personal note, I had the privilege of seeing these guys in concert several times in the early 1980s and it was this album that first drew me into klezmer music so many years ago. I nearly wore out the LP from repeated playing, so I'm glad to finally have it on CD.
To sum up my long review: this album is a me'chai'ye (wonderous thing)... grab it!
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Safe
Badawi Manufacturer: Asphodel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000EHRAZM Release Date: 2006-02-13 |
Tracks:
- Etheric Uprise
- Avenging Myth
- Sound on Its Eccoing
- Ocean of Tears [2005 Remix]
- Safe
- I Said Oblivion
- Bedouin Walks Alone
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Rough Guide to World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East
Various Artists Manufacturer: World Music Network ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00001R3JL Release Date: 1999-10-12 |
Tracks:
- Tadieu Bone - Ismael Lo
- Khalimani - Nothembi Mkhwebane
- Yaz-Oh (Grab It, Get It On) - Aster Aweke
- Cize - Cesaria Evora
- Neria - Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukkudzi
- On Entre OK, On Sort KO - Franco & Ok Jazz
- Kulanjan - Taj Mahal/Toumani Diabate
- Samara - Salamat
- Ya Rayah - Dahmane Elharrachi
- Ya Fayetni - Oum Kaltsoum
- Longa Riad - Ziryab Trio
- Give Peace - Meira Asher
- Gierran - Wimme
- Rusasca De La Buzdug - Fanfare Ciocarlia
- Fadinho Simples - Antonio Chainho
- Dunantuli Friss Csardasok - Muzsikas
- Reply To Joe Hines - Norma Waterson
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An Essential Book For Any World Music Lover.......2001-02-15
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Wedding Party
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Manufacturer: Global Village ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000050SPM Release Date: 2003-02-27 |
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Beethoven, Berg: Sonatas
Manufacturer: Eroica Classical ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000YEDRC Release Date: 2003-10-07 |
Tracks:
- Beethoven / Sonata in A Major, Opus 109, Vivace, ma non troppo
- Prestissimo
- Soulful
- Beethoven / Sonata in A Major, Opus 101, Lively
- Lively
- Slowly, with yearning
- Alban Berg, Sonata, Opus 1, Flowing
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Music of East Europe
Various Artists Manufacturer: Arc Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000ASAU6G Release Date: 2005-09-20 |
Tracks:
- Pasokek (Jump a Bit)/Abruselis (Towel Dance) - Dainava
- Pimin, Brol (Bear in Mind, Brother)
- Kaljaigrama (Near My House) - Nataliya Romanskaya
- Doyne/Kiever Freylekhs
- Wedding Polka/Ancient Ukrainian/Cossachocks
- Skotchne No. 2 (Polish Dane)
- Karolinka - Karolinka
- Cantecal Miresei (Brides Song)/Lagatitul Miresei (Bride Preparation)
- Badita Negricios (My Dark Haired Lover) - Hossu, Ana
- Blestemul (The Curse) - Maria Buza, Taraful Din Baia
- Frica Mi-I Ca Mor, Ca Me/Br
- Konopa, Konopa (Song Medley)
- Puzam (Comparison)
- Sirba, Tropca and Hara from Dobrogea
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