19/01/2016
German-Jewish Organ Music
The Jewish Reform movement of the 19th century revolutionized synagogue music, among other things with the introduction of the organ, which marked a new musical and religious identity. A new repertoire for solo organ emerged in the Jewish diaspora of Central Europe …
18/01/2016
L’enfer aussi a son orchestre
Book in French. Comes with a CD. An unknown aspect of the history of the music created in the concentration camps. …
12/01/2016
Sound of Prayer
Recording of the selichot of Rosh Hashanah performed by the choir of the great synagogue of Jerusalem and the cantor Naftali Herstik, conducted by Elli Jaffe …
11/01/2016
David (Dudu) Fisher – In God’s name
First album of cantorial art by Israeli singer and hazzan Dudu Fisher …
29/12/2015
Klezmer Über Alles!
It is not often that we see a new CD of klezmer music from Kiev in Ukraine. So when Pushkin Klezmer Band relases its first album Klezmer Über Alles, first album of Jewish music to be recorded in Ukraine in many years, evidently, it rocks! …
28/12/2015
The disc collection from the French radio RCJ
Deposited in 2014 at the European Institute of Jewish Music, the disc collection of the French Jewish radio RCJ gathers over a thousand documents, mainly 33 RPM discs, from Israeli variety to great works of cantorial art …
22/12/2015
Nor A Moll
With Caroline Kulcsar (vocals), Lionel Jacubowiez (clarinets), Marc Hanna (guitar) and Bess Fang (cello), Calima Jazz offers us its new CD Nor a moll which mixes Yiddish melodies and jazz …
21/12/2015
Thadé Geisler Wyganowski: Pieces for Violin, Two Violins, Violin and Piano
Music pieces for violin, two violins and piano from the Jewish composer and violinist of polish origin Thadé Geisler Wyganowski (1913-1989) …
21/12/2015
Thadé, une longue histoire d’amour…
Biography of Thadé, Jewish violonist native of Poland …
21/12/2015
Klezmer’s Afterlife: An Ethnography of the Jewish Music Revival in Poland and Germany
Klezmer in Europe has been a controversial topic ever since this traditional Jewish wedding music made it to the concert halls and discos of Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest and Prague. Played mostly by non-Jews and for non-Jews, it was hailed as "fakelore," "Jewish Disneyland" and even "cultural necrophilia." …
