Re: Russian heritage?? How confused is this?

[Ashkenazim <ashkenaz...>]

Russian heritage?? How confused is this?It seems like there are not so many 
enthusiasts about Russian Old Homeland at the list.
Dear Vlad, you try to search in a wrong place. Do you think real klezmorim 
could have had that established promotion as I. Kobzon does? There are 
klezmorim here, very few,. but yet they exist. Igor Semenduev from N. Novgorod, 
several young people in Moscow, "Aliya" in Samara. If you are interested, write 
directly to P. Achkinazi: paulina_achkinazi (at) yahoo(dot)com

The Ashkenazim
www.ashkenazim.ru

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Vladimir Liberman 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 5:04 AM
  Subject: Russian heritage?? How confused is this?


  OK, folks, here is the story,
  I was buying a russian book for my grandmother from this web site kniga.com, 
when I got a promotional e-mail that, as their customer,  I was also eligible 
for free mp3 downloads from an associated russian music web site 
--www.rbcmp3.com.
  Half the web site is in Russian (which I can read) and apparently contains 
some gems of Jewish music, available only behind the former Iron curtain --(try 
doing a search on "evreyskaya musica" -- in cyrillic, of course) 
  I thought that I was finding some good cantorial selections, until I ran into 
THIS ALBUM:
  http://www.rbcmp3.com/store/product.asp?dept%5Fid=23449&sku=26842

  In case the link does not connect for you, it leads to a cover of  a Russian 
CD, titled "our spiritual heritage/synagogue music" The cover of this CD, 
however, is a close up baroque-style painting of  Jesus with a crown of 
thorns?? Apparently, for these Russian publishers all spiritual stuff is the 
same... The music on the album sounds quite churchy, but it is clearly of 
jewish origin..
     Another good one is by a famous old-style soviet-era  pop-star, Yosif 
Kobzon, containing some Jewish favorites, sung to an awful 70s pop backup.. 
Notice that titles of several songs are not spelled correctly.
  http://www.rbcmp3.com/store/product.asp?dept%5Fid=23449&sku=20634
   
  So much for trying to find authentic Klez back in the old homeland...
  Oh well, I guess I will just stick to my own fiddle playing and learn from 
you all,  the "foreigners" (hah-hah, just kidding..)

  Vlad Liberman