Yiddish Songs

Yiddish Songs

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Songs of Life, Love and a World Gone by from the Premier Voice of Yiddish Culture in Israel and the World. She Performs Old Songs and Even Set Yiddish Poems to Music for the First Time, Providing a Bridge to a Vibrant Culture.

Tracks:

Averml The Con Man
A Tale Of Woe About A Jewish King
The Gypsy And His Fiddle
Spring
Under The White Stars
The Partison's Song (Never Say This Is The End Of The Road For You)
The Song Of Kishinev
On The Road There's A Tree
Three Little Sisters
Daisies
Have A Good Time, Little Children
Hamavdil
Rabbi Tam
Childhood Years
Rivkale
Dona Dona
Yanke'le
By The Fireplace
Melache - Meluche
Summer's Day
Raisins & Almond

Album Details

Songs of Life, Love and a World Gone by from the Premier Voice of Yiddish Culture in Israel and the World. She Performs Old Songs and Even Set Yiddish Poems to Music for the First Time, Providing a Bridge to a Vibrant Culture.

Customer Reviews:

A Beautiful Chanson.......2007-04-15

This collection of Yiddish songs sung by Chava Alberstein is one of the finest in the Yiddish catalogue. Her richness and clarity will touch everyone, even those not familiar with Mama Loshen or those with a poor memory (even my mother with dementia lit up when she heard the singing!).

As others have commented it would have been nice to have translations or transliterations to sing along. Nonetheless, you will not be disappointed.

A GREAT complement to this CD is one from Theodore Bikel (Treasury of Yiddish Folk and Theatre Songs; Remastered on Rhino RHM 27827). Although originally recorded in the 1950s and 1960s, this remastered CD contains many of the selections of Alberstein as well as translations and transliterations. Their respective interpretation (and accompanyment) creates an incredible concert and joy to the ears! Purchase Both! and you won't be disappointed.

unmatched emotional power.......2004-10-29

chava albersteins shines in this remarkanle collection.this recording proves you don't have to understand the language to be moved by the delivery of the text.chava gets subtle yet powerful feeeling in every song.the voice is caressing,exhilirating,heavenly and earthbound all at once.a must have for any lover of world music or female vocalists in general.

Songs of Laughter, Life, Love And A Voice Like Honey-Superb!.......2003-10-23

Chava Alberstein has a voice like honey, with an underlying smokiness that brings both traditional Yiddish songs and modern poems, newly set to music, to life. And the music on this spectacular CD will enrich your life, whether you understand Yiddish or have never heard it spoken before. The music is universal and the expression that Alberstein gives to the songs, old and new, will bridge the gap between the Yiddish culture and yours. Alberstein's voice is huge, and her tender and compassionate interpretations give added depth to the music.

The traditional "Oifen Pri'pe'tchik" is one of my favorites. My Nana used to sing it to me when I was a very little girl. Other old folk songs include: "A Keshenever" (The Song Of Kishinev), and "Oifn Veg Sh'tait a Boim," (On The Road There Is A Tree), is rousing klezmer sound at its best. "Tsigainer" (The Gypsy And His Fiddle) features wonderful gypsy violin music. And "Dona, Dona" is a lyrical folk song made popular by Joan Baez back in the 1960s. Modern interpretations include: "Avremi Marvikher," (Avremi the Con Man), by Mordechi Gebirtig, which was written before WWII, and is reminiscent of the pre-war cabaret sound. "Friling," (Spring) is a beautifully poignant song written by Shimke Katzerginsky in the Vilna Ghetto in 1943. "Unter Dy'ne Vy'se Shetern," (Under the White Stars), a prayer-lyric, was written by Israeli-Yiddish poet Abraham Sutsever, the bard of the Vilna Ghetto. And the stirring partisan song "Zog Nit Kein'mol" is an extraordinary addition to this compilation.

This is one of Ms. Alberstein's best CDs and one of my favorites. Sometimes the music will make you want to dance. Sometimes you will just want to listen. I promise you will always be moved by this very special sound.
JANA

Beautiful.......2003-03-21

This is a beautiful album which I gave as a gift to my father; he loves it and plays it over and over again. For elderly Yiddish speakers, it can be a really moving experience; but even for those who are not so old (or do not speak the language) it is a powerful album of great beauty.

A Good Introduction to Unfamiliar Music.......2003-03-18

Chava Alberstein has a lovely, smoky voice. The songs on this cd are played and performed very well. Alberstein first became famous as a folk singer in the 1960s. She was born in Poland and immigrated to Israel as a young girl, so her folk and the folk music familiar to Americans is not exactly the same. The songs on this cd are traditional Yiddish songs from Central Europe - there is not a hint of Middle Eastern music. Strangely enough, the songs really sound like Berlin cabaret songs from the 1920s. I say strangely, because obviously the lyrics are far removed from that world. Many of the songs make reference to the Holocaust, though if you can't understand either Yiddish or German this will not be obvious.
I wish the lyrics had been included in the packaging - I can see why international labels selling world music don't bother including lyrics written in, say, Wolof or Swahili, but Yiddish is close enough to German to be understandable to a greater percentage of listeners. An explanation of each song's meaning is provided, however.
The songs come from a selection of her Israeli albums. The sound quality is acceptable, but some of the songs do sound a bit old.

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Sings Jewish Folk Songs
Theodore Bikel
Manufacturer: Hatikvah
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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In My Own Lifetime: 12 Musical Theater Classics
Songs of Russia Old & New/Songs of a Russian Gypsy
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ASIN: B000PC6FIY
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Der Rebe Elimelech
Di Yontevdike Teyg
Sha Shtil
Di Ban
Kum Aher du Filozof
Di Mezinke
Sudenyu
Achtsik Er un Zibetsik Zi
Di Mame Iz Gegangen
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Ma Asapru
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Homentashn
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Reyzel
Tumbalalayla

Ellstein: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage 1 [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

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Great collection, nice orchestrations
A Great New Addition to the Milken Archive!

Ellstein: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage 1 [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

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ASIN: B0000C508K
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Der Nayer Sher - Simon Spiro
Oygn - Elizabeth Shammash
Ikh Vil Es Hern Nokh Amol - Simon Spiro
Ikh Zing - Robert Bloch
Abi Gezunt - Amy Goldstein
Zog Es Mir Nokh Amol - Bruce Adler
Di Grine Kuzine - Joanne Borts
Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito - Simon Spiro
Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt - Elizabeth Shammash
Zog, Zog, Zog Es Mir - Nell Snaidas
Der Dishvasher - Robert Abelson
Du Shaynst Vi Di Zun - Nell Snaidas
Vos Iz Gevorn Fun Mayn Shtetele? - Benzion Miller
Mazl - Elizabeth Shammash
Ikh Bin A 'Boarder' Bay Mayn Vayb (Doctor) - Bruce Adler
Der Alter Tzigayner - Simon Spiro

Album Description

The American Yiddish musical theater, a vibrant expression of the immigrant experience, became famous during its heyday in the 1920s-1940s. Combining the musical flavors of Viennese operetta, Tin Pan Alley, and eastern European nostalgia, these songs and duets are quintessential American popular music—with a Yiddish voice. Volume 1 spotlights the hit songs of Abe Ellstein, one of the genre's premier songwriters. New, historically accurate orchestrations re-create the unforgettable glory days of Yiddish radio and film, the uproarious vaudeville houses, and the thrill of a night at the theater on old New York's fabled "Second Avenue."

Customer Reviews:

Great collection, nice orchestrations.......2005-01-19

Great collection of yiddish musical theatre favorites. Unfortunately the singers were told to sing the songs in a supposedly "authentic" galician accent which in certain instances is completely incomprehensible to any yiddish speaker.The singers are quite good and the orchestrations are lush and well done.

A Great New Addition to the Milken Archive!.......2004-03-10

This CD is perfect for fans of Yiddish folk music and newcomers to the genre alike. It is a great introduction to some of the treasures of the Yiddish stage. Especially worth noting are the four tracks sung by Elizabeth Shammash, whose rich Mezzo-Soprano voice brings a great sensitivity and tone to her pieces.

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Haunting and beautiful
Latvian Women's choir
Beautifully sung but badly produced
Absolutely Gorgeous
I still love this cd!

Dzintars: Songs Of Amber
The Latvian Women's Choir
Manufacturer: Rykodisc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000009NE
Release Date: 1990-02-27

Tracks:

Blow, Wind, Blow
Breaking Flax
The Sun Moves Quickly
Sleep My Child
Song Of The Wind
So Silent Is The Ukranian Night
The Forest Shook From Dancing
Where Have You Been, Brother?
Orphan Girl In White
Di Raike
Christmas Masquerade (Mummery Song)
Oi Hanuke
Autumn Landscape
The Tomtit's Message

Customer Reviews:

Haunting and beautiful.......2007-06-26

While I do agree that the booklet which comes with this CD could be better (a whole paragraph seems to be missing after the description is cut off mid-sentence!), the music contained within is otherworldly in its beauty. If you like your choral music very simple and pure (accompanied by either only one understated instrument, or acapella) you'd find this very enjoyable. Lovely bright-toned tracks with a few hauntingly dissonant gems by Vasks thrown in will give you goosebumps.

Latvian Women's choir.......2005-10-05

listening to Dzintars is an interesting and surprising experience. i'm not too versed on chorale cd's; but this is one that demands your attention. the voices are absolutely gorgeous. so beautiful at times that it seems unearthly. i first heard this group of singers on a label sampler cassette tape many years ago. i had found the tape in a used bin for one dollar and i thought it would be fun to listen to some international music in my old car. well, Dzintars was the first performer on the tape. and it was the song "Blow, Wind, Blow" (the first track on this cd). when i first heard it, i almost had to pull my car off the road. it is such a blindingly beautiful sound that it sent chills throughout my entire body. i listened to that song about 10 times in a row and i could never get enough. the next day, i bought their full length release. this cd is a mixture of the women performing traditional Latvian songs and some more modern material. i think that the folk songs have a much stronger impact than the modern songs (which seem to have alot of strange avant-garde sounding shrill dissonance at times...which can be cool). but the beauty contained in songs like "The Sun Moves Quickly", "Where have You Been, Brother?", and "Blow, Wind, Blow" are worth the price of this cd alone.

Beautifully sung but badly produced.......2004-01-12

I have nothing but praise for the performance of Dzintars, a Latvian women's chorus, but I am disappointed in how badly this project has been put together. First of all, it is unclear beforehand exactly what is on this CD. I was hoping for a program of traditional folk songs from this corner of the world (which has an amazing wealth of folk music). It turns out to be a mixture of traditional and modern, which is fine - but not what I really wanted. The titles are all given in English, but the chorus sings (thankfully) in Latvian. There is an acoompanying booklet, but it has little useful information and there are no texts and translations. What were the producers thinking??? A program of sung music in a foreign language MUST have texts and translations. The music is lovely, but who knows what they are singing about? The listener has no access to anything beyond pretty sounds. The producers of this CD, Rykodisc, deserve the blame for this botched release.

Absolutely Gorgeous.......2003-03-12

I heard one of the tracks from this album on a sampler CD that I have since lost , and I was so completely enchanted I hunted down this CD. I wasn't disappointed. This is some of the most heartbreakingly beautiful choral music I have ever encountered-- and after six years it still hasn't gone stale on me. If you like choral music at all (maybe even if you don't), buy this album.

I still love this cd!.......1999-07-21

I have had this album for a year now, and I am still just as amazed at it as I was when I peeled it out of its plastic wrap and set it in my cd player the first time. I can't put this music on and go wash dishes or sort laundry... I must sit and close my eyes and listen. It makes me want to go and buy a set of expensive headphones. This is a wonderful album, which I will force all of my friends to listen to, and which I strongly recommend to anyone who likes to listen to music.

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn: Yiddish Stage Songs, Vol. 2

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Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn: Yiddish Stage Songs, Vol. 2

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ASIN: B0007XHL20
Release Date: 2005-04-19

Tracks:

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Ikh Hob Dikh Tsufil Lib
Eyn Kuk Af Dir
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Glik
Lebn Zol Kolumbus
A Gute Heym
Nu, Zog Mir Shoyn Ven
Dos Yidishe Lid
Mit Dir In Eynem
Mayn Yidishe Meydle
Slutsk
Samet Un Zayd
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Ikh Bin Farlibt
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Theodore Bikel's Treasury of Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs

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terrific, but don't pay scalpers' prices! ;-)
A Wonderfully Authentic Keepsake
A "Treasury" is the Right Word.

Theodore Bikel's Treasury of Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs
Theodore Bikel
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ASIN: B0001XARZY
Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

Chasese Tants [Wedding Dance]
Doina
Beygelach [Bagels]
Di Grine Kuzine [The Greenhorn Cousin]
Pintale [A Letter to the Rabbi]
Machatonim [In-Laws]
Shabes Shabes [Sabbath Sabbath]
Mayn Shtetele Belz
Hulyet, Hulyet Kinderlech [Frolic, Play, My Little Ones]
Lomir Alle Zingen [Let Us All Sing]
Zemer [A Song for Al Grierson]
Fidler [A Fiddle]
Drei Techterlech [Three Daughters]
Kinder Yorn [Childhood Years]
Dona, Dona
Unter a Kleyn Beymele [Under a Little Tree]
Drei Yingelech [Three Little Boys]
Az Der Rebbe Zingt [When the Rabbi Sings]
Der Rebe Elimelech [The Rabbi Elimelech]
Di Younevdike Teyg [The Festival Days]
Kum Aher du Filozof [Come Here, My Philosopher]
Di Mezinke [I Gave Away My Youngest Daughter]
Margaritkelech [Daisies]
Lomir Zich Iberbeten [Let's Make Up]
Chazn Oyf Shabes [A Cantor Came on the Sabbath]
Tumbalalayka

Customer Reviews:

terrific, but don't pay scalpers' prices! ;-).......2007-02-10

What kind of craziness is this $199.99 listing?! Go to the Workmen's Circle webpage. They have a bookstore online with this and many other terrific titles of books, CDs, etc.

A Wonderfully Authentic Keepsake.......2007-01-10

The style is Yiddish theatre and typical Bikel - so it's a very lively collection of old favorites and songs I hadn't heard before.

A "Treasury" is the Right Word........2004-08-24

I was happy to discover that these recordings have just been re-released, because my old vinyl copy of the theater songs has seen better days. I was very pleased to see that this re-issue now includes transliterated lyrics and English translations, which were missing from the version I had, and which are a tremendous help to language students. (I was sorry to see they had omitted "Got Fun Avrohom" from the collection, though, because it's one I've always loved -- but I still have it on the vinyl.)

I agree this collection is a treasury, both in the sense that these beloved songs are treasures, but also in the sense that they are preserved here now and protected for posterity. Many nearsighted people don't care that the Yiddish culture that once thrived in Eastern Europe before the war is on the brink of disappearing forever.

With only a few enclaves left now, mostly in New York City, the vibrant cultural heritage that these songs embody may become extinct within our lifetimes, or perhaps those of our children. And the world will be much the poorer.

Joseph Rumshinsky: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Vol. 3

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ASIN: B000IY067A
Release Date: 2006-11-21

Tracks:

Mayn Goldele
Fifty-Fifty
In A Kleyn Shitbele
Oy, Iz Dos A Meydl
Es Tsit, Es Brit
Hamavdil
A Brivele Der Mamen
Watch Your Step!
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Hu-Tsa-Tsa - Jorge Mester
Oyb S'iz Geven Gut Far Mayn Mamen
Du Bist Dos Likht Fun Mayne Oygn
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A Bisl Libe Un A Bisl Glik
Dir A Nikl, Mir A Nikl - Jorge Mester
Shloymele Malkele

Introducing World of American Jewish Music [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

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Wonderful introduction to a distinguished new series

Introducing World of American Jewish Music [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

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ASIN: B0000C508H
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Open The Gates (Excerpt) - Cantor Alberto Mizrahi
Hashkiveinu - Hans Peter Blochwitz
Hudi Mitn Shtrudl - David Krakauer
III. Modere - Juilliard String Quartet
Old Jerusalem - Ana Maria Martinez
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VII. Psalm 126 - Prague Philharmonic Chorus
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Sheva B'Rakhot (Excerpt) - Cantor Simon Spiro
Mayn Goldele - Nell Snaidas
The Heavenly Host Delivers The Commandments To Moses/The People Dance Around The Golden Calf - Ian Denolfo

Album Description

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music is a vast recorded panorama of the rich body of Jewish music, both sacred and secular, that has developed over the course of American history. This recording features nineteen tracks representing the broad scope of the Archive recordings.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful introduction to a distinguished new series.......2003-09-29

I can't express how excited I am about this new series from Naxos and the Milken Archive! There is some absolutely stunning music on this sampler, and I can't wait until the full recordings are released. Especially notable are Ernst Toch's "Cantata of the Bitter Herbs" (what gorgeous choral & orchestral writing), Paul Schoenfield's Viola Concerto (utterly fantastic excerpt "King David Dancing Before the Ark"), the excerpt from Joseph Achron's suite from The Golem, "Open the Gates" from Dave Brubeck's Gates of Justice, and the lovely duet from Joseph Rumshinsky's Yiddish operetta "Di goldene kale." Also, if you're not familiar with Jewish liturgical music or with klezmer, there are wonderful examples on this disc. My only disappointment is that, because of economic reasons, most of the recordings had to be made with European ensembles. Although the performances are excellent (under directors Gerard Schwarz, Neville Marriner, Yoel Levi and others), it's just a shame that this music, which, in addition to being Jewish, is also very AMERICAN, cannot be preserved on CD by American ensembles. At any rate, I'm pretty certain that within the next couple of years, I'll have collected all the 50 discs in this project. You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate this great music. And at around $7.00 a disc, they're an incredible value. This marvelous sampler will get you hooked on some fabulous music.