Our Review
This CD was a pleasant and dramatic change of pace: eventually, even I tire of listening to Silent Night. I know very little about Klezmer music, a music which originated in the eastern European Jewish communities of the 18th and 19th centuries, but which was influenced by a number of ethnic cultures of that area. Much of the music on this CD reminded me of what I have previously classified as Gypsy music.
I enjoyed the music on this CD, a music laden with traditional strains of violin, clarinet and tambourine. I also enjoyed the CD's documentary nature. Intertwined with the songs are stories and reminiscences--in strong Yiddish accents--of the origins of Hanukkah and of cultural and family Hanukkah traditions.
Performed by the Klezmer Conservatory Band, this CD attempts to recapture the essential sounds of Klezmer. I'm not qualified to comment on how well they achieve their goal, but I did enjoy listening to the music.
--Richard Banks
(Reviewed in 1998)
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Klezmer Conservatory Band
Oy Chanukah!
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Label: Rounder
Length: 50 minutes
Genre: Chanukah
Release: 1987
Track List
| Song Title |
|---|
| A Freylekhe Nakht in Gan Eydn |
| Chanukah-Chanukah, The Festival of Lights |
| Khasidm Tants |
| Celebrating in the Shtetl |
| Der Bosfor |
| Jewish Heroines |
| Dona, Dona |
| Memories of Klesmorin |
| A Yingele Fun Polyn |
| Klezmorin at Chanukah |
| Klessified |
| Shlof, Mayn Kind-The Eternal Light |
| Bruchas |
| The Struggle for Freedom |
| O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh |
| Making Latkes |
| Fayer |
| The Dreydl Game |
| The Dreydl Song |
| Chanukah Gelt |
| Abi Gezunt |
| The great Yiddish Poets, Oy Chanukah |
| Oy Chanukah, Oy Chanukah |