Music CD - Life of the Worlds: Journeys in Jewish Sacred Music

	Music CD: Life of the Worlds: Journeys in Jewish Sacred Music List Price: $15.99 Our Price: $15.99 Your Save: $ ( % ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Five Souls Music
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Tracks: 1. Ha'aderet Veha'emunah/LeKhay Olamim - Yemen 2. Le'El Adir Neranenah - Afghanistan 3. Bati Legani - Eastern Europe 4. Kinah Lekhurban Gan Eden - Eastern Europe 5. Sephardi Yerushalmi Khatsi Kaddish - Jerusalem/Spain 6. Navah Tehilah - Afghanistan 7. Hayoshevet Baganim - Yemen 8. Eyn Keloheynu - Morocco 9. Modeh Ani/Elohay Neshamah - Salonica 10. Eli Shema Koli - Morocco 11. Reb Nachman's Niggun - Ukraine 12. Hishtapkhut Hanefesh - Belarus 13. Niggun of the Alter Rebbe - Belarus 14. Ve'erastikh Li - Salonica 15. El Mistater - Poland 16. Ashrey - Eastern Europe/Spain 17. Yemeni Shema - Yemen 18. Grandfather Sang a Song - Eastern Europe
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0801821951027 Label: Five Souls Music Manufacturer: Five Souls Music Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Five Souls Music Release Date: 2003-12-03 Studio: Five Souls Music
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Hashir vehashevakh Comment: This is my favorite Jewish music album. Many of the songs are the prayers of my heart, anyone can find a connection. The booklet gives a history of the song, the words in Hebrew with transliteration, and the English translation. Customer Rating: Summary: And I thought the last one was GOOD!! Comment: Richard Kaplan continues to amaze me. His last CD was so good. Yes, he is a cantor. Yes, he is a ethnomusicologist. But, boy, can this guy sing! I know it's his voice I am hearing, but sometimes I believe I am hearing his heart sing. I buy his music to give as presents. I buy them for my kids and my granddaughters. This new CD has all the words in English, Hebrew and transliteration. I wanted to learn all the words and melodies to the last CD, and ended up paying someone to transcribe transliterations for me. This CD has new songs, old songs set to new music, and some original work by Kaplan. The Jewish community is richer for the work of Richard Kaplan. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: The modern-day traditional Jewish music revival is filled with artists exploring klezmer's Eastern-European roots, but you'll hear no clarinet and little violin on cantor/educator Richard Kaplan's Life Of The Worlds. Although these are traditional songs, there is a broad range of the Diaspora represented on his second album, including Afghani, Spanish, Moroccan, and Algerian traditions. Kaplan dives into the sacred and the secular, the prophetic and the exultant, finding commonalities amongst different tribes and fusing them together. Musical accompaniment comes in the form of an occasional flute, piano, and violin as well as Moroccan clay drums, oud, dumbek, and other pre-modern-era instruments, but the instrument at the center of each song is Kaplan's voice--his high baritone majestically soars, quavers with sensitivity, and rings out with joy. To hear him sing solo versions of traditional Niggiun is to hear a world-class master savor the multifaceted nuance of each note and transcend the concept of song, turning it into religion and high art. --Tad Hendrickson