Re: recordings

[Joel Bresler <joel.br...>]

Hi, I won't offer up particular artists, but from a very unscientific look 
at my database, these are the most commonly recorded Ladino songs, with the 
most popular of these equally unscientifically highlighted. As an amateur 
discographer, the only advice I'd offer artists about Adio Querida, Cuando 
el Rey Nimrod and La rosa enflorece/Los Bilbilicos/Tzur Mishelo in 
particular is, I hope you have something interesting to say when you record 
these titles!!

Nous sommes d'accord, Judith?

Best,

Joel

A la una naci yo
Avre tu puerta cerrada
***Adio querida
Alta, alta va la luna
Arvoles lloran por lluvias
Arvolicos d'almendra
Avrix mi galanica
Buena semana
Como la rosa en la guerta
***Cuando el Rey Nimrod
Dos amantes
Durme, durme
En la mar
Hija mia
***La rosa enflorece/Los Bilbilicos/Tzur Mishelo
Mama yo no tengo visto
***Morena me llaman
***Morenica
Nani, nani
Noches, noches
Por que llorax blanca nina
Puncha, puncha
***Scalerica de oro
Tres hermanicas eran
Una hija tiene el rey
***Una matica de ruda
Una pastora yo ami
***Yo m'enamori d'un aire



At 12:23 AM 6/15/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> > What are some good representative recordings of what people are
> > calling the "top 20" or "pop" Ladino songs?
>
>hi, with respect to your question,Ted,  see my discography, courtesy of
>Ari through KlezmerShack...
>http://www.klezmershack.com/articles/9903.cohen_j.sephardic.html
>
>but in terms of "good, representative", it depends on what one thinks of
>as (a) good and (b) representative.
>
>Representative of WHAT?
>How they were sung traditionally?
>How they're sung by Group or Artist X or Y or Z?
>
>Good in whose terms?.....
>
>In terms of the Turkish repertoire,the absolutely best singers are
>Berta/Bienvenida Aguado (Turkey) and
>  David Saltiel (Greece); the only GROUP I'd personally recommend is Los
>Pasharos Sefardies, from whom a lot of people learned songs, and perhaps
>the third of the cd series by the group Arboleda;
>
>for Morocco, Gerineldo.
>
>(Yes, yes, I can hear you all calling out "what about Yasmin Levy? what
>about Ruth Yaacov? What about Gerard Edery? what about....? I'm talking
>about older ways of singing ; these and other singers are very good
>indeed, but I don't think of them as "representative". Nor do I
>particularly want to start a long thread about this - PERSONALLY, that's
>what I think, regardless of the high esteem I hold for many others as
>musicians. Naturally, everyone has his/her personal preferences, which
>in many, perhaps most! cases don't coincide with mine...)
>Judith
>



Joel Bresler
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