Klezmer CD Oytsres/Book Klezmer Rubin/Ottens

[Joel Rubin/Rita Ottens <simontov...>]

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From:   "Bretz, Ulrike" <wergo(dot)production (at) schott-musik(dot)de>
To:     Joel Rubin/Rita Ottens, 113036,472
Date:   Fri, 22 Oct 1999 14:55:25 +0200

RE:     New Klezmer Anthology Oytsres

Publication date: 11 November, 1999
U.S. release date 11 January, 2000

Oytsres - Treasures
Klezmer Music from 1908 to 1996

Performers on this CD:
*       Orchestra of the Lemberg Yiddish Theater
*       H. Steiner
*       Back's Jewish Wedding Orchestra
*       Belf's Romanian Orchestra
*       Jacob Gegna
*       Naftule Brandwein's Orchestra
*       Shloimke Beckerman
*       Cherniavsky's Yiddishe Jazz Band
*       Alex Olshanetsky's Orchestra
*       Abe Schwartz Orchestra
*       Dave Tarras
*       State Ensembles for Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian SSR
*       Dave Tarras Jewish Instrumental Trio
*       Hymie Jacobson's Orchestra
*       Avrom Segal
*       Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble

SM 1621 2 / CD
Preis-Code: SK
EAN-Code: 4010228162127 / Phononet ub1199 

Oytsres, the seventh production in the Jewish Music Series edited by Rita
Ottens und Joel Rubin (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/simontov), 
contains many of the musical personalities described
in their book Klezmer Music (Barenreiter/dtv), the colorful social history
of Yiddish wedding and celebratory music spanning centuries and continents.

Among these are the Ukrainian-Jewish violinist M.I. Rabinovitsh, likely the
last representative of the lyrical and ornate violin tradition of Jewish
Eastern Europe, as well as Naftule Brandwein, Shloimke Beckerman, Dave
Tarras and the 87 year-old Max Epstein, the four great American-Jewish
clarinetists of the immigrant era in New York. The influence of klezmer
music on the Yiddish theater can be heard in Solomon Fayntukh's symphonic
arrangements of traditional klezmer tunes, recorded 1939 in Kharkov in the
USSR, and in the melodies of the beloved Yiddish theater composer Alex
Olshanetsky in New York. That the klezmer tradition has organically
continued on within both the religious and secular worlds is shown by such
varied performances as a field recording of the orthodox clarinetist Avrom
Segal from Israel and the ensemble of the concert clarinetist Joel Rubin
from Los Angeles, who is considered by both the oldest generation of
Eastern
European-influenced American klezmorim and the Hasidic musicians of Israel
to be the most important interpreter of the klezmer art today. 
These rare, mostly historical recordings are all issued on CD for the first
time and stem from the National Sound Archives (Jerusalem), the YIVO
Institute for Jewish Research (New York) and Gratz College (Pennsylvania),
as well as from the archive of DeutschlandRadio and private European
collections. 

WERGO - Jewish Music Series
Also available in this series:Joel Rubin - Hungry HeartsClassic Yiddish
Clarinet Solos of the 1920s SM 1615 2 / CD"... a must-have for all serious
klezmer fans / 
Eine Pflichtanschaffung fur alle seriosen Klezmer-Fans" (Berkshire Eagle,
December 1998)

The Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble
Beregovski's Khasene: Forgotten Instrumental Treasures from the Ukraine SM
1614 2 / CD 
"Unique" 
(Spiegel Extra, June 1997)/ "... a remarkable re-creation of a lost musical
world and a timely reminder of the expressive possibilities of sensitive
musicianship ... absolutely first-class" (Gramophone, November 1997)

The Epstein Brothers Orchestra
Kings of Freylekh Land: A Century of Yiddish-American Music SM 1611 2 / CD 
Music from the award-winning film A Tickle in the Heart
"An absolute must!" (Musikblatt, December 1995)
"They still swing like mad ... the first professional world-beat musicians
..." 
(RhythmMusic, January/February 1997)

Joel Rubin with the Epstein Brothers Orchestra
Zeydes un Eyniklekh
Jewish-American Wedding Music 
from the Repertoire of Dave Tarras SM 1610 2 / CD
Music featured in the
acclaimed film Me and My Matchmaker
"Forget Mendelssohn if you're looking for the ultimate
disc of joyful wedding music." (Boston Phoenix, 24 November 1995)
"essential" 
(Folk Roots, November 1995)

Rubin & Horowitz
Bessarabian Symphony: Early Jewish Instrumental Music
SM 1606 2 / CD
"very pure ... authoritative" (Wall Street Journal, 28 December 1994)
"... A major document ... the best available introduction to the Old World
klezmer repertoire." (Ethnomusicology, Fall 1996)

Judische Lebenswelten - Patterns of Jewish Life
Highlights from the Concert Series "Traditional and Popular Jewish Music",
Berlin 1992 SM 1604 2 / 2 CDs
"not only of value for its high standard of documentation, but also for the
rare music which it contains" (Die ZEIT, 18 March 1994)
"... a whirlwind tour of the 'real' thing, spanning continents and
generations" (Jewish Currents, New York)
 
Mit freundlichen Grusen

Ulrike Bretz-Faust / 22.10.99 14:34

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Published on 1 November, 1999:

Klezmer-Musik (in German)
Rita Ottens / Joel Rubin
dtv 30748/Baerenreiter 1990
ISBN 3-423-30748-X and 3-7618-1400-3
336 pp. paperback
with numerous illustrations and musical examples
DM 19,90;145,- oeS; 19,00 sFr
an original publication of Baerenreiter-Verlag and dtv
http://dtv.de/
http://www.baerenreiter.com/

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