niggunim

[Doug Wissoker <dwissoke...>]

I like the series of tapes of breslover niggunim put out by the breslov
research institute (some of the arrangements are unusual, but it's a great
sources of melodies.) Also, there's a _wonderful_ tape recorded by ya'akov
Klein and Andy Statman ("Music of Breslover Hasidim:  Today".)

There are some very nice tapes that gather music from various hassidic 
traditions:

Dovid Zeller has some wonderful tapes of niggunim -- mostly from the 
breslov, bobov hassidim and shlomo carlebach.  (he also has a very nice 
tape of spiritual music from other traditions.)

Zalman Schater-Shalomi put out a very nice tape of pre-holocaust hassidic 
melodies. "Le Chayim"

I also like Velvel Pasternak's Hasidic Music: A joyous celebration.

In havurah circles, there are a couple of sources of niggunim & davenning 
melodies.  One put together by michael strassfeld as a fundraiser for the 
national havurah committee:  101 Niggunim.  also "The greater boston 
davenen tape" by bill kavesh and alan rosen.  i believe both of these are 
still available from the NHC (e-mail 73073(dot)601 (at) compuserve(dot)com for 
info.)

There are obviously a lot of other sources of niggunim... but these are 
some you might not have bumped into....

Doug