Music of East Europe

Track Listings

 
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

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Life of the Worlds: Journeys in Jewish Sacred Music
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    Life of the Worlds: Journeys in Jewish Sacred Music

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    ASIN: B000172L72
    Release Date: 2003-12-03

    Tracks:

    1. Ha'aderet Veha'emunah/LeKhay Olamim - Yemen
    2. Le'El Adir Neranenah - Afghanistan
    3. Bati Legani - Eastern Europe
    4. Kinah Lekhurban Gan Eden - Eastern Europe
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    Amazon.com

    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 Hendrickson

    Album 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.
    Kif
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • World/metal/punk/jazz . . .
    • You can start loving this album now . . . or now
    • Middle-Eastern Mania from a Massachusetts Master...
    Kif
    David Fiuczynski , and Rufus Cappadocia
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    ASIN: B00008IM9Q
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    Tracks:

    1. Mektoub
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    3. Chinese GoGo
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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars World/metal/punk/jazz . . ........2004-01-02

    . . . could this possibly work?

    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.

    5 out of 5 stars You can start loving this album now . . . or now.......2003-11-18

    I'm simply in awe. Words cannot describe the emotions that this music is bringing out of me. It's like nothing I have ever heard before. Now that very well be my ignorance, but it's amazing music nonetheless. I think the other reviewer described the music pretty well, I'm just here to tell you that you need this album right now. I honestly cannot believe Fuze is not more well known, at least by guitarists . . . he's such a great musician (not to mention the other musicians on this album, all of them do a great job). The drum'n'bass grooves are so tasty I'm going to explode.

    I'm still in awe.

    5 out of 5 stars Middle-Eastern Mania from a Massachusetts Master..........2003-07-02

    It's long been known to his fans that Dave "Fuze" Fiuczynski, in addition to the many hats he wears as the bandleader of Screaming Headless Torsos and a sometime faculty member of the Berklee School of Music in Boston, is one of the most blindingly innovative and criminally unsung guitar heroes of the last decade, but this release will present a different side of him from the punk/funk/fusion/metal/jazz insanity that peoples his other projects. Like countless musicians before him, the Fuze has turned his muse to the East...

    ...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.
    Magic of the Klezmer
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • The soul of Klezmer
    • Great klezmer music!
    • Giora the magician
    Magic of the Klezmer
    Giora Feidman
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    ASIN: B00000071T
    Release Date: 1992-12-14

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    1. Magic of Klezmer

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The soul of Klezmer .......2006-05-17

    Giora is arguably the greatest Klezmer musician in the world. He plays with a feeling and soul which move and surprise. He also seems to arrive at places with his clarinet where no one else can. However great it is to listen to him his music is enhanced by seeing him perform. So it is not enough to listen to even the best of his music but it is necessary to fully appreciate his work, to go and see and hear him play.

    5 out of 5 stars Great klezmer music!.......2005-03-22

    On many of its tracks, you need to be tied down not to start moving in time to the music. It's great! As my mother would have said, "Try it, you'll like it!" -- maybe with a "buballa" thrown in.

    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.

    5 out of 5 stars Giora the magician.......2001-06-19

    Giora has the ability to make his clarinet sing...songs of joy, and songs of woe. He gets sounds one wouldn't think possible, and with so much emotion...to quote him: "I use the clarinet to express myself, to transfer to others my inner voice".

    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".
    Bouzouki Pioneer: 1932-1940
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    • What a trip!!!!
    Bouzouki Pioneer: 1932-1940
    Markos Vamvakaris
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    5 out of 5 stars What a trip!!!!.......2004-03-24

    This album includes some of Vamvakaris' best work. The songs are a fine example of when Greek music and lyrics had a real edge to them. After all they are Rebetika songs written and sang by the Grandfather of Rebetika music himself. All the songs have a raw earthiness to them partly because of Vamvakaris' voice, partly because of the lyrics and partly because of the unique style in which he plays the bouzouki. The lyrics talk of love, hashish smoking, betrayal and the trials of working class urban life in 1930s Greece amongst other things. These themes could almost be describing some of the themes prominent in American Blues. It's no surprise then that Rebetika are unofficially known as the Greek Blues. What is really good about this edition is the fact that it makes the lyrics accessible to non-greek speaking listeners. For each song the lyrics are written in greeklish (ie greek written with english characters) along with their written translation in English. Anyway I've rambled enough. So, whether you're a veteran Vamvakaris/Rebetiko fan or just a curious by-stander this is a really good buy.
    Jewish Klezmer Music
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • I wish there were a sequel or three
    • Early Statman from the early days of the klezmer revival
    • CLASSIC KLEZMER AT ITS FINEST
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    Zev Feldman , and Andy Statman
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    5 out of 5 stars I wish there were a sequel or three.......2004-05-15

    This is one of those albums that you just end up being really glad you bought. It has everything, from the upbeat danceable tunes, to the slower, creepy, moody cymbalon-dominated tunes.

    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.

    5 out of 5 stars Early Statman from the early days of the klezmer revival.......2001-01-05

    I checked this CD out of my small-town Midwestern library because it was the only klezmer album they had listed, and I was curious to see what my gentile farmer neighbors were being exposed to as "typical Jewish music." Well, if you were going to pick only one CD to represent klezmer, then this would definitely be a good choice.

    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!

    5 out of 5 stars CLASSIC KLEZMER AT ITS FINEST.......2000-06-09

    When this album first came out in 1980, the Yiddish Klezmer Music Revival was still in its infancy. Up until then, most young Jewish folk musicians, myself included, had been playing everyone else's traditional music but our own. For us, Jewish music meant the hokey stuff like "Hava Na'gila" played at Bar Mitzvahs and weddings, in between schlocky renditions of contemporary pop standards. Definitely uncool.

    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!
    Safe
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      Badawi
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      Rough Guide to World Music:  Africa, Europe and the Middle East
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      • An Essential Book For Any World Music Lover
      Rough Guide to World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East
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      Release Date: 1999-10-12

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      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars An Essential Book For Any World Music Lover.......2001-02-15

      As a longtime lover of jazz, blues and western classical music I thought I was also pretty knowledgable about African and Middle Eastern music until I bought this book. This has introduced me to many artists and musics that I would not have looked at before. This is not just an amazing book to help you choose which albums to buy (and I have yet to seriously disagree with any of its recommendations)but it is also a wonderful general read about the history, background and politics of the music as well. Put this on your shelf and dip into it whenever you feel depressed about world politics - it will renew your faith in human creativity.
      Wedding Party
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        Wedding Party
        Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
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        Beethoven, Berg: Sonatas
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          Beethoven, Berg: Sonatas

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          1. Beethoven / Sonata in A Major, Opus 109, Vivace, ma non troppo
          2. Prestissimo
          3. Soulful
          4. Beethoven / Sonata in A Major, Opus 101, Lively
          5. Lively
          6. Slowly, with yearning
          7. Alban Berg, Sonata, Opus 1, Flowing
          Music of East Europe
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            Music of East Europe
            Various Artists
            Manufacturer: Arc Music
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000ASAU6G
            Release Date: 2005-09-20

            Tracks:

            1. Pasokek (Jump a Bit)/Abruselis (Towel Dance) - Dainava
            2. Pimin, Brol (Bear in Mind, Brother)
            3. Kaljaigrama (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 Me/Br
            12. Konopa, Konopa (Song Medley)
            13. Puzam (Comparison)
            14. Sirba, Tropca and Hara from Dobrogea

            International Music:

            1. Music of Mali [Import]
            2. Nurcanim [Import]
            3. Ola Kvernberg [Live]
            4. Olha Que Coisa Mais Linda - Uma Homenagem a Tom Jobim [Import]
            5. Only Yesterday [Import]
            6. Salta La Reja Almonteno [Import]
            7. Sao Vicente
            8. Selections [Import]
            9. Siam Tre Piccoli Porcellin Live [Import]
            10. Song Ireland: The Best Of

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