05/11/2015
The Alberto Hemsi Collection
In July 2004, Mme Myriam Capelluto Hemsi, the widow of the ladino collector and composer Alberto Hemsi (1898-1975), donated her husband’s archives to the EIJM. An exceptional collection which includes original manuscripts from the composer …
04/11/2015
Poyln – A gilgul
This CD, constituted in chapters inspired by the various stages of the Metamorphosis of a melody, the famous book by I. L. Peretz, features an obscure field of klezmer music repertoire …
20/10/2015
Standing on the shoulders of Sholem Aleichem
During a trip through Europe between September 2013 and February 2013, Jean-Gabriel Davis met young people involved in the renewal of Yiddish culture in Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania and Romania. …
20/10/2015
Chekhov’s Band – Eastern European Klezmer music from the EMI archives 1908-1913
Coming with a tremendously rich booklet, a true historical and ethnomusicological essay, this CD released in September 2015 features archive recordings, unpublished until now, and absolutely breathtaking …
20/10/2015
Wandering Stars: Songs from Gimpel’s Lemberg Yiddish Theater, 1906-1910
Gimpel’s Yiddish theater of Lemberg was the first permanent Yiddish theater in Europe. Several 78 RPM discs of songs from this theater were recorded between 1906 and 1910. This CD, produced by Julian Futter and Michael Aylward, restored it for our pleasure …
19/10/2015
Shir Hodu – Jewish Songs from Bombay of the ’30s
“Shir Hodu” means in Hebrew “Song of India”. It also means “Song of praise”. This anthology features for the first time on a CD the most famous Indian singers from Bombay, in a historical performance of the 1930’s …
18/10/2015
Waks – Yiddish Voices
Drawing from sounds recorded on wax cylinders between 1928 and 1941 by Sofia Magid and Moishe Beregovsky, the musicians Inge Mandos (vocals), Klemens Kaatz (piano, accordion, harmonium) and Hans-Christian Jaenicke (violin) start a dialogue defying time with voices from the past …
03/08/2015
Oyfn veg / En chemin – Popular Yiddish songs
Oyfn Veg/En chemin is a compilation of Yiddish songs, with also a few Judeo-Spanish, Hebrew and French songs, harmonized by Jean Golgevit …
03/08/2015
Leibu Levin – Word and melody – Yiddish Poetry Set to Music
Leibu Levin (1914, Czernowitz - 1983, Hertzliya) was an actor, singer and composer. A great part of his work was written in Yiddish …
