Various Artists - Milken Arch of American Jewish Music: Voices / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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 abundant repertoire, in it's remarkable breadth and diversity. Album Tracks 1. Open the Gates (Excerpt) - Cantor Alberto Mizrahi 2. Hashkiveinu - Hans Peter Blochwitz 3. Hudi Mitn Shtrudl - David Krakauer 4. III. Modere - Juilliard String Quartet 5. Old Jerusalem - Ana Maria Martinez 6. III. King David Dancing Before the Ark - Robert Vernon 7. Sheyibbaneh Beit Hamikdash - Cantor Benzion Miller 8. IV. Dance of the Phantom Spirits - Gerard Schwarz 9. VII. Hinei Ma Tov - Vienna Boys Choir 10. VII. Psalm 126 - Prague Philharmonic Chorus 11. El Melekh Yoshev - New London Children's Choir 12. I. Demon's Welcome - Richard Stoltzman 13. Service Sacre L'kha Dodi - Prague Philharmonic Chorus 14. The Flood, Part I - Fritz Weaver 15. Adon Olam - Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields 16. IV. Camini Por Altas Torres - Lucy Shelton 17. Sheva B'rakhot (Excerpt) - Cantor Simon Spiro 18. Mayn Goldele - Nell Snaidas 19. The Heavenly Host Delivers the Commandments to Moses/The People Dance Around the Golden Calf - Ian Denolfo

K'li zemer means 'instrument of song' in Hebrew, and a traditional klezmer was an instrumental musician who entertained at weddings and other festive occasions in Jewish life. In recent times, the extraordinary popularity of 'klezmer music&. Album Tracks 1. T'fillot (Prayers) 2. Rikkudim (Dances) 3. Manginot (Melodies) 4. Hakdashot (Dedications) 5. I. - Scott Goff 6. II. - Scott Goff 7. The Maypole - Unknown 8. Canzonetta - Unknown 9. Hassidic Dance 10. Rocketekya

Jewish poetry dating back to the time of the Spanish expulsion is transformed by composer Bruce Adolphe into a captivating song cycle for soprano, guitar, and French horn that revels in Ladino-inspired melodies and exotic new instrumental timbres. Album Tracks 1. Introduction; I. Noches, Noches - Lucy Shelton 2. II. Avrix Mi Galanica - Lucy Shelton 3. III. El Mi Querido - Lucy Shelton 4. IV. Camini Por Altas Torres - Lucy Shelton 5. V. La Rosa Enflorece - Lucy Shelton 6. VI. Alta, Alta, Va la Luna - Lucy Shelton 7. Act I, Scene 4. a Train Station in Birobidzhan at Midnight - Erie Mills 8. I. Es Brent - John Aler 9. II. Mayn Mame Hot Gevolt Zayn Af Mayn Khasene - John Aler 10. III. Treblinka - John Aler 11. IV. Rivkele, Di Shabesdike - John Aler 12. V. Shtil Di Nakht - John Aler 13. VI. Ani Ma'amin - John Aler