Recordings

From Shtetl to Standards: The Art of Jewish Popular Song

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This CD brings together standards of American popular music and musical theatre with songs from the Yiddish culture that so greatly influenced many of America's most significant composers, from Irving Berlin, Kurt Weill, and their peers in the early part of the 20th century to Stephen Sondheim and his contemporaries today.

Themes of love and loss run through all the songs in the album. Whereas the Yiddish songs reflect the European Jews' yearning for love and stability amid their hardships, the later American popular songs reflect the more carefree attitudes of people who have managed to leave many of these hardships behind.

Songs on the CD

  1. I Love a Piano
  2. Papirosn
  3. But Not For Me
  4. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off / Who Cares?
  5. A Heymisher Bulgar
  6. Vi Ahin Zol Ikh Geyn? / Vos Iz Gevor'n Fun Mayn Shtetele?
  7. Not While I'm Around
  8. Tumbalalaika
  9. My Ship
  10. Lorelei
  11. Sheyn Vi Di L'vone
  12. Old Devil Moon
  13. I've Got a Crush On You
  14. Hopkele

Jewish Songs of Renewal

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The songs in this album represent a wide range of Jewish music from liturgy to contemporary folk songs.

Although they are Jewish songs, they speak to all races and religions that have experienced persecution, collectively creating a feeling of peace, contemplation, and renewed commitment to healing our world.

Songs on the CD

  1. Jerusalem Is Mine
  2. Al Sh'loshah D'varim / Amar Rabi Akiva
  3. Bayom Hahu (On That Day)
  4. Ose Shalom
  5. Eli, Eli
  6. Erev Shel Shoshanim
  7. V'sham'ru
  8. Lo Alecha
  9. Leaving Mother Russia
  10. Ani Ma'amin
  11. Al Kol Ele
  12. Zol Zayn Shabbes
  13. Hashkiveinu