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Various Artists
Klezmer: Marriage of Heaven & Earth
Genres: Country, Folk, International Music, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Gasn Nign
2. Mazel Tov
3. Hongu and Freylekhs from Podolgy
4. A Glezele Vayn (A Glass of Wine)
5. Badekns Nign
6. Behusher Khusid
7. Wedding Suite
8. Nokh an Anderer Alter Bulgar/The in-Laws - Klezmatics
9. Dveykus Nign
10. Patsh Tants (Clapping Dance)
11. The Black Wedding - Dickson, Glenn
12. Rufn Di Kinder Aheym - Bjorling, Kurt

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CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Klezmer: Marriage of Heaven & Earth
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Ellipsis Arts
Original Release Date: 11/5/1996
Release Date: 11/5/1996
Genres: Country, Folk, International Music, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Bluegrass, Jewish & Yiddish, Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Jazz Fusion, By Decade, 1990s
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 052296409029, 4260027624092

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Organized like a Jewish wedding, this smartly compiled, fascinatingly annotated, and handsomely packaged album of living klezmer music is equally spiritual and celebratory, expressing a richness of feeling that ranges from clarinetist Andy Statman's Coltrane-esque explorations of deep Hasidic liturgical music to Brave Old World's rendition of the high-spirited procession leading from the wedding couple's homes to the ceremony. The beauty of contemporary klezmer lies in the sly melding of old European roots to progressive traditionalism. Groups like the Klezmatics (who here join their clarinet mentor Ray Musiker) and Naftule's Dream not only reflect klezmer's old-school expressionism, but extend it well beyond good-old-fashioned free jazz. Full of beautiful surprises, Klezmer Music also includes examples of "chamber" klezmer, rough-edged Gypsy klezmer from Hungary, high-spirited dance music, and much more. --Richard Gehr

CD Reviews

A Good Survey of Contemporary Klezmer

uri-els_legion | 09/21/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Michal Shapiro's anthology presents a very telling survey of American neo-klezmer music that includes some of the best traditional interpreters as well as the more eclectic groups. There is a lot of talent on this CD -- but overall the music lacks the natural folk qualities and expressive power of the likes of Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras. Still, the Budowitz esthetic appealed to me: Horowitz and company are trying to recreate an older, less extroverted sound than klezmer fans usually hear. And Andy Statman is incredible on both his clarinet doina and the mandolin piece. The CD is worth the money for these two tracks alone."

I mainly wish to make a correction.

uri-els_legion | 02/12/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The artists of the third piece on the compilation go by the name of Di Naye Kapelye, not Ki Naye Kapelye."