Re: Jewish Liturgical Music

[Joel Bresler <jbresler...>]

HI, there. Some comments interspersed. As always, I am glad when the 
conversation turns to Sephardic music!!

I realize that the albums I suggested are those dealing specifically with 
Shabbat songs. Of course, there are literally one or two hundred other 
recordings with at least one shabbat oriented song.

And here are some more listings:

Chaim Parchi:

Likrat Shabbat, Vol. 1
Songs for Friday Night, Vol. 2
Songs for Sabbath Day, Vol. 3

Hard to find, sorry.

Lopes Cardozo, Abraham:

Selected Sephardic Chants
Sephardic Songs of Praise
Sephardic Songs of Praise, Vol. 2

Available at Tara.

At 03:32 AM 7/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I had just begun putting aside a few CDs and cassettes and hadn't yet
>gotten to the LPs.  But I remember having used a Yehoram Gaon album
>version of Adon Olam in the past.  Thanks for the suggestion.
>
>As to David Abikzer, I wasn't even aware of this album.  I should have
>expected Joel to give send me on a search.


Search no further than Nefesh Ami.

>Does anyone have an email
>address for Hed Arzi on the odd chance that a cassette version is
>still available?  (I have just emailed the Webmaster of their Hebrew
>language web site at nf (at) hedarzi(dot)co(dot)il .  I hope that works).


Fuggedaboutit. They'll never answer.

>I
>believe that David Abikzer is a hazzan for a congregation on Long
>Island.  Does anyone have current contact info for him?  (I guess that
>I could get that from information.)


I'd appreciate hearing more.


>I had seen the Renanot list of their cassettes.   I believe that they
>sent me a copy in response to an email request.  Quite impressive.  In
>fact, extraordinary.  I don't remember how many listings there were,
>but I think that I'd have to dip into our daughter's college fund to
>make a dent.  Any suggestions as to which in particular might suit our
>purposes?  Does anyone know if any libraries have any copies?
>
>As with Joel's Ladino discography, I can already see that this has the
>potential of becoming a far greater enterprise than originally
>anticipated.  Which was simply to browse and listen to my own
>collection -- already exposed as quite deficient.  Again, I wonder
>what my wife will say.
>
>Bob


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