[HANASHIR:14801] Re: High Holiday Music

[Andy Curry <acurry...>]

I have quite a random collection of recordings on vinyl.  The problem with 
most recordings is that they only feature what the artist or producer 
considers to be "the greatest hits" of RH/YK.

The one that has probably sold the most is Richard Tucker's Yom Kippur 
recording, produced and arranged by Sholom Secunda.  Great singing by him, 
low-fi recording, cheesy organ and narration.  Available just about anywhere.

The recently-produced recording (Transcontinental) "Shirei T'shuvah" is a 
companion piece to the written-music compilation by the same name.  It's 
good for learning melodies but (not meaning to offend anyone here who was 
involved in its creation) sounds pretty devoid of kavanah and krecht.

My favorite is Shlomo Carlebach's Rosh Hashanah two-tape set.  It follows 
the services of Maariv, Shacharit, and Musaf, and as a bonus you get a 
wonderfully-inspiring spoken message from Reb Shlomo z"l himself.  It gets 
a little spotty in places (some intonation issues), but to my ears that 
gives it some realism, in that Rosh Hashanah is a marathon for cantors!  I 
am from time to time amazed that so many of us don't seem to be interested 
in Carlebach's HUGE contribution to our musical heritage.  It's available 
from jewishmusic.com.

My 2 shekels.

Kol tuv,
Andy

At 11:26 AM 7/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Friends,
>
>I am writing a newsletter article for my congregation on recordings for 
>the high holidays.  I would love if you could suggest your favorite cd's 
>and cassettes for HH's, list which vendor(s) carry it (soundswrite, tara, 
>transcon, etc.) and let me know if, in your opinion, you would suggest it 
>for young children, older children, teen, adults; pop music; traditional 
>music; etc.  I would welcome your responses privately, though if you think 
>others would be interested, please respond to the list.
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>Sharon Steinberg
>
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Andy Curry, Kansas City
acurry (at) lenexa(dot)sema(dot)slb(dot)com

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