Timofeyev Ensemble & Psoy Korolenko - Shloyme

The Timofeyev Ensemble: Natalia Timofeyeva (cello), Oleg Timofeyev (Russian seven-string guitar), Anat Pick (voice), Vadim Kolpakov (Russian seven-string guitar), Ivan Nikolaieff (Russian seven-string guitar), Volkan Orhon (double bass) & Psoy Korolenko (voice and piano)


1 Farenderung
2 A Yiddishe Chaconne
3 Shloyme: I.
4 Shloyme: II.
5 Shloyme: III.
6 A Yinger Yusem (Orphan Song)
7 Little Jewish Suite: I.
8 Little Jewish Suite: II.
9 Little Jewish Suite: III.
10 Der Zeyde (Memory Song)

Basya Schechter - Songs Of Wonder [2011]

Basya Schechter, lead singer of Pharaoh's Daughter, devotes this solo album to her musical settings of the Yiddish poetry of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. As translated into English in the CD booklet, Heschel's writing combines religious fervor and romantic yearnings in simple, but heightened poetic language.

Schechter's music is in the hybrid combination of Western folk-rock and traditional Eastern and Middle Eastern folk that she has pioneered, on her own and with her group. Her own singing and oud and saz playing are accompanied by a basic unit that includes string players Megan Gould (violin, viola), Yoed Nir (cello), and Kyle Sanna (acoustic and electric guitars, Dobro), plus keyboardist Uri Sharlin, percussionist Rich Stein, and horn players Albert Leusink (flügelhorn) and Frank London (trumpet).

Other guest musicians join in, but the listed instruments suggest the mixture, with elements of chamber music and even pop/rock joining the ethnic strains. London has a jazzy solo in the leadoff track, "At Dusk: D." The romantic "To a Lady in a Dream" combines oud and violin over a Middle Eastern dance rhythm. The pastoral "Snow on the Fields" and "From Your Hands" are slow pieces emphasizing the chamber instruments and piano.

For some Western folk listeners, some of the music, notably that for "My Seal," will recall the early albums of Leonard Cohen, who favored some of these same instruments. "My Song," another dance tune, is the most traditional sounding Yiddish music number, while the closer, "Youngest Desire," almost counts as a rocker, complete with electric guitar solo. Throughout, Schechter's lovely voice navigates the Yiddish words feelingly, making this an affecting work, even for those who don't understand the language.


1. At Dusk: D 
2. Palaces In Time
3. I And You
4. To A Lady In A Dream 
5. Snow On The Fields
6. From Your Hands
7. My Seal
8. Tshuvah
9. My Song
10. Youngest Desire

Klezmer Juice 1 y 2

Jugo Klezmer es un estadounidense grupo musical de Los Angeles , California . El grupo toca, como su nombre indica, klezmer , una tradición de música popular judía, pero con elementos modernos. El grupo interpretó la canción Hava Nagila en la banda sonora de la película de comedia The Wedding Crashers (2005).

La banda fue fundada por el clarinetista Gustavo Bulgach, que es el único miembro constante del grupo esencialmente.

While many of us associate klezmer music with European immigration to the United States , Jews at the turn of the century were settling all parts of the Americas , and they and their descendents have a rich history in Mexico , Argentina , Brazil , and many other Latin American countries. Klezmer Juice bandleader and clarinet player Gustavo Bulgach was born and raised in one such community in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A part of the large and active Jewish community there, he learned Klezmer music from his family at a young age. Inspired by the religious and secular life of the Argentine community, Bulgach, who now lives in Los Angeles , has traveled around the globe, finding that Klezmer music is the “soundtrack of the Diaspora.” While remaining true to klezmer's Eastern European Jewish roots, Bulgach's Latin background and hipster credentials have also led to a busy career performing with other internationally-acclaimed acts.

Klezmer Juice - Klezmer Juice (2005)

01. Ot Azoi (Shloimke Beckerman) (4:26)

02. Papirosn (Cigarettes) (Herman Yablokoff) (3:31)

03. Freylach in D (trad.) (2:51)

04. Waltz Medley: Shloimele Malkele (Lillian / Rumshinsky) / Di zun vet arunter geyn (Yomen / Helpern) / Margaritkes (anon.) / Tum Balalaika (trad.) (5:24)

05. Zemer Atik (Nigun Atik) (A. Neeman, M. Kashtan) (2:54)

06. Donna, Donna (Sholom Secunda) (3:56)

07. Oyfn Pripetshik (On the Earth) (Mark Warshavsky) (3:53)

08. Araber Tanz (trad.) (2:36)

09. Slow Melody #8 (trad.) (5:31)

10. Freylach #15 (trad.) (2:39)

11. Eli Eli (trad.) (2:34)

12. Ani Ole L'Yerushalayim (Y. Hadaz) (trad.) (3:07)

13. Sammy’s Freilach (trad.) (3:42)

14. Itamar Freilach (trad.) (3:22)

15. L’shana Haba’a (trad.) (3:52)

16. Amud Ha’esh (Shem-Tov Levy) (1:42)

Klezmer Juice - Yiddish Lidele (2009)

01. Ose Shalom (N. Hirsh) (3:19)

02. Beautiful as the Moon (J. Rumishinsky, C. Tauber) (3:42)

03. Yoshke-Yoshke (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) (5:12)

04. Librescu Tango (G. Bulgach) (3:22)

05. Russian Sher #2 (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) (3:53)

06. Freylach #8 (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) (2:35)

07. Erev Shel Shoshanim (Y. Hadar, M. Dor) (3:29)

08. Happy Nigun (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) (5:07)

09. Miserlu (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) (7:18)

10. Hava Nagila (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) (3:35)

11. Varemkayt (G. Bulgach) (2:09)

12. Ani Ole Y’erushalaim (Y. Hadar) (4:18)

13. Gedenk (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) (2:40)

14. Odessa Bulgarish (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) (3:10)

15. Yiddish Lidele (M. Epstein) (5:31)

16. B’ashana Havaha (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) [bonus tracks] (3:25)

17. Gedenk (trad., arr. G. Bulgach) [bonus tracks] (2:40)

Tindra & Kroke - Live in Forde (2011)

Esta colaboración entre el popular trío noruego Tindra y Kroke, una de las bandas klezmer de Polonia, parecia poco probable. Pero, como muestra este disco en directo (grabado en 2010), funcionan. Esto es principalmente porque Kroke están contentos con el trabajo fuera de su zona de confort y en el mundo de la música tradicional noruega de Tindra. Tindra tiene un par de excelentes cantantes, especialmente Åshild Vetrhus, que armonizan espectacularmente bien, hay verdadera belleza en los arreglos, especialmente en el tema "For Alt Du Gav", que ofrece a los músicos de Kroke la oportunidad de brillar en la viola y acordeón con un poco de silencio, la brillantez emocional de "Fields Of Sorrow", también es gloriosamente atmosférica. Así que lo que parecía tan improbable resulta ser un matrimonio hecho en el cielo. Kroke no echan un vistazo en el lado explosivo y silvestre que han demostrado en otros CDs, pero la influencia klezmer es evidente  sobre todo en "Jovano Jovanke," por ejemplo, y en "Eddie" hay un sabor klezmer y un escaparate para el virtuosismo de Tomasz Kukurba que despega en territorio neo-rock con la viola eléctrica hacia el final. La culminación es la larga "Ajde ene," una colección de poemas atmosféricos musicados que crecen en la pasión durante la ejecución (donde Kukurba demuestra tener una impresionante voz). Deliciosamente amorfa, se agarra con el corazón y no lo deja ir, resolviendo a través de las voces femeninas para hacer una conclusión impresionante.
http://singout.org/2012/08/25/tindra-and-kroke-live-in-forde/

Kroke:
TOMASZ LATO - acoustic bass
JERZY BAWOL - accordion
TOMASZ KUKURBA - viola

Tindra:
Åshild Vetrhus - voice
Irene Tillung - accordion
Jorun Marie Kvernberg - violin

Kroke - Out of Sight (2009) [Polonia]

-Out of Sight- es el octavo disco de Kroke, que vuelven a su formación original de trío: Tomasz Kukurba al violín, Jerzy Bawol al acordeón y Tomasz Lato al contrabajo. Kroke, desde sus inicios, han marcado un estilo inconfundible, la recreación de música klezmer desde un punto de vista clásico y contemporáneo. 10 magníficas interpretaciones nos ofrecen en este nuevo trabajo, tomando el repertorio tradicional klezmer como base, envuelven con brillantes arreglos originales las composiciones.
fuente: http://paradisofolk.blogspot.com/2010/02/paradiso-folk-edicion-153.html




01. Medinet
02. Janitsa
03. Moondowner
04. Life As It Is (for Lena)
05. Fields of Sorrow
06. A Luftmentsch
07. Mecalakuku
08. Beyond Words
09. Desire
10. Madrugada 


Kroke - Out of Sight