Re: Fwd: [78-l] Legendary Cantors

[Trudi Goodman <goobietheg...>]

   If this is the same item that was released about 25 years ago as a boxed 
record set...this is a great and wonderful find!
    Trudi the G

>From: Joel Bresler <jbresler (at) ma(dot)ultranet(dot)com>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Fwd: [78-l] Legendary Cantors
>Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 09:11:17 -0400
>
>Cross posted as it's of possible interest to this list.
>
>Best,
>
>Joel
>
>>To: 78-l (at) topica(dot)com
>>From: SoundThink (at) aol(dot)com
>>Subject: [78-l] Legendary Cantors
>>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:22:41 -0700
>>Reply-To: 78-l (at) topica(dot)com
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>>What with the High Holidays coming up, thought I'd mention and recommend a
>>new release from Nimbus (thank G-d it's not a Robert Parker
>>remangling...er..remastering). It's called "Legendary Cantors" and 
>>includes
>>16 tracks
>>ranging from Gershon Sirota's "Veshomru" from 1907 to Richard Tucker's
>>"Sholom Seconda" from 1947. There's a splendid "Kol Nidre" featuring 
>>Manfred
>>Lewandowsky from a 1925 Odeon recording.
>>
>>What's interesting about these tracks is that nearly all of them feature
>>organ, an instrument that is not readily associated with Jewish liturgical
>>singing.
>>
>>The CD is part of Nimbus' wonderful "Prima Voce" series of classic 
>>operatic
>>performances. I also just got their 6-CD box set "Treasury of Opera" for
>>those of you who eat, drink, and sleep opera. (I use it for reference - 
>>opera
>>isn't in my regular diet.)
>>
>>Cary Ginell (who is conducting the choir at Temple Etz Chaim - Thousand 
>>Oaks,
>>CA for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur)
>>Sound Thinking Music Research
>>Soundthink (at) aol(dot)com
>
>
>
>Joel Bresler
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>Lexington, MA 02420 USA
>
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