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CD Library

Our great friends the JMI have fronted some money so we can assemble a library of CDs which you can borrow to extend your knowledge of Klezmer and Eastern European music.

Where can I borrow them?

The CD Library is available at many of the Events organised by us and listed in the What's On pages.

Sorry to non-players but borrowing CD's is primarily intended for players.

Don't forget your deposit!

The only way we came up with to stop the CD's from going missing is to require a refundable deposit of the approximate value of a CD before we let you take them away...

CD Reviews...

Ari Davidstow's excellent site contains reviews of many of the CD's if you want to find out more.

Where can I buy them?

See our links page

Enough Puff Already! Here they are!

      

Naftule Brandwein

 

King of the Klezmer Clarinet

 Yup, one for you clarinettists

Brave Old World

 

Blood Oranges
Red House Records
RHX CD 134

 Not yer trad band! Quite arranged.
Jazz, even, in places

Budowitz

 

Mother Tongue - Music of the 19th Century Klezmorim

 

Epstein Brothers Orchestra

 

Kings Of Frylkh Land
Spectrum
SM 1611-2

 Listen to this one if you want to drum like Guy Shalom! (or "Boy Howdy" as he is known in Austin, TX)

Harry Kandel

 

Russian Sher - Master of Klezmer Music

 

Khevrisa - featuring Zev Feldman and Steven Greenman

 

Khevrisa - European Klezmer Music
Smithsonian Folkways
SFW CD 40486

 

Klezmatics

 

Rhythm + Jews
Piranha PIR 25-2

 

Klezmer Conservatory Band

 

Yiddishe Renaissance

 Lively big band with some singing

Klezmik

 

Klezmik live
Available from Sue
- see Contacts page

 Your local faves.
Live recording from
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Sandra Layman

 

Little Blackbird - Klezmer, Roumanian, Greek, Turkish and Hungarian Music Rosin Dust RD-CD 101

 

Margo Leverett

 

The Art of Klezmer Clarinet
Traditional Crossroads CD 4296

 

Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars

 

Di Shikere Kapelye
Piranha
CD-PIR1467

 

Muzsikas

 

Maramaros - The Lost Jewish Music of Transylvania
Muzsikas MU-002

 Klezmer tunes but in a Hungarian, not klezmer, style.

Oi Va Voi

 

Digital Folklore
Outcaste

 Modern Stuff in a
Drum 'n' Bass stylee. You might recognise one or two klezmer tunes in there!

Itzhak Perlman

 

Live In The Fiddlers House
Angel CDC 7243

 Violin pyrotechnics from the classical maestro backed by Brave Old World, The Klezmatics, Andy Statman's Orchestra and the Klezmer Conservatory Band (not all at once)

Rubin & Horowitz

 

Bessarabian Symphony - Early Jewish Instrumental Music

 Tasteful, with clarinet and tzimbal or accordian only. One to sicken clarinettists!

Pete Rushefsky & Elie Rosenblatt

 

Tsimbl un Fidl: Klezmer Music for Hammered Dulcimer & Violin

 

Schalom-Bakhshayesh

 

Shpil Klezmer

 Local faves Jilah Backhshayesh on fiddle and Guy Schalom on percussion.
www.jewishmusicduo.com

Abe Schwartz

 

Abe Schwartz - Master of Klezmer Music Vol. 1 - First Recordings 1917
Global Village CD126

 

Alicia Svigals

 

Fidl -
Klezmer Violin
Traditional Crossroads CD 4286

 Authentic kretkhs-ing with light tasteful arrangements

Dave Tarras
Global Village
CD105

 

Dave Tarras - Master Of Klezmer Music

 

Dave Tarras & The Abe Ellstein Orchestra

 

Klezmer Music
Banner records
BASC-CD-1001

 

Steve Tekov's Dodgy Klezmer Orchestra

 

Warts 'n' All Volume 1
Available from Steve (for a donation to the Kollective's slush fund) Contacts page

 

A late night recording in Steve's kitchen with lots of popular
x-rated tunes, laughter, wine and noises off).

Zev Feldman & Andy Statman

 

Jewish Klezmer Music
Shanachie 21002

 Groovy 70's haircuts!

Compilations

Various

 

Doyres - Traditional Klezmer Recordings
1979 -1994
Trikont US-0206

 

Various

 

Yikhes - Early Klezmer Recordings
1911 - 1939
Trikont US-0179

 

Various

 

Oytsres (Treasures) - A History Klezmer Music
1908-1996
Wergo SM1621 2

 Good tunes on this one. Like the old recordings.

Various

 

Best Of Yiddish Songs & Klezmer Music
ARC EUCD1404

 A "taster" compilation of modern bands.

Various

 

Early Klezmer 1908-1927
Arhoolie 7034

 Mostly cleaned up recordings, they sound like they were having a party and probably were... not sure if we'll be playing in this style.

Various

 

Klezmer Music: A Marriage Of Heaven & Earth
Ellipsis Arts CD4090

 There's a great book with this one

Various

 

Klezmer Pioneers
Rounder CD1089

 More loverley old stuff.

 

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