#2119: Jewish Cantorial Music

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Listen to music inspired by, and in some cases incorporating, the sounds of Jewish cantorial music on this edition of New Sounds. Hear selections from Wally Brill's CD The Covenant, which combines the sounds and spirit of Jewish incantations with modern ambient, dub, and other electronic music, and manages to be both intensely reverent and danceable. Other highlights include hear Osvaldo Golijov's K’vakkarat for string quartet and tape, Frank London's Invocations, and Steve Bernstein's Diaspora Blues, a work which honors the legendary cantor Moshe Koussevitsky by interpreting Jewish melodies and other traditions.

PROGRAM #2119 Music based on Jewish Cantorial Singing (First aired on 2/4/03)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Mysteries of the Sabbath	Classic Cantorial Recordings, 1907-1947	Yossele Rosenblatt: Tal [1:30]	Yazoo #7002. www.shanachie.com* OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Wally Brill	The Covenant	Kiddush Le Shabbat [6:30]	Six Degrees #314-524-422** www.sixdegreesrecords.com* OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Kronos Quartet	Night Prayers	Osvaldo Golijov: Kvakarat [8:00]	Nonesuch #79346** www.nonesuch.com* OR available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Mysteries of the Sabbath	Classic Cantorial Recordings, 1907-1947	Pierre Penchik: Rozo D'Shabbos [1:30]	See above.
Frank London	Invocations	Ono Hashem/Refoeinu [8:00]	Tzadik #7147 www.tzadik.com*
Steven Bernstein	Diaspora Soul	Habet Mishomayim [5:30]	Tzadik #7137 www.tzadik.com*
Andy Statman Quartet	New Sounds Live, Merkin Hall 1/8/98	Reb Nachman's Deveykus Nign [8:00]	A version of this appears on his CD "Between Heaven And Earth," on Shanachie Records, available for purchase at Amazon.com*

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