Re: Chassidic Classic with Giora Feidman

[Eric Myrvaagnes <myrvaagnes...>]

The Tara Music website (jewishmusic.com) currently lists some 21 Feidman 
CDs. Here are the titles:

Bloch - Olivero - Bat Chaim
Clarinetango
Concert For A Klezmer
Feidman & The Israel Camerata
Feidman in Jerusalem
Gershwin and the Klezmer
Incredible Clarinet
Journey
Klassic Klezmer
Klezmer Celebration
Klezmer Chamber Music
Lezamer
Schubert & Jiddische Lieder
Singing Clarinet
Soul Chai
Soul Music
The Dance of Joy
The Golem
The Magic of the Klezmer
To You!
Viva El Klezmer

Most of these are abou $16 each. Many are also available in cassettes at a 
closeout price of $4.99 each. Tara also has many books of Feidman's klezmer 
arrangements.

I just joined this list a few days ago, and I want to thank all the 
generous souls who are sharing their knowledge. I have bought much music 
and many CDs from Tara, but until I joined The List I had never heard of 
CDBaby (or  <blush, blush>  mp3.com). I must say, I've never found any web 
store that was more __fun__ to shop at than CDBAby. My first order is 
winging its way to me, and I expect to order more in the future.

I play flute in a very amateur (but rapidly improving) klezmer band called 
Shir Madness. My wife (fiddle) and I will be attending KlezKamp for the 
first time in December.

Eric Myrvaagnes

At 11:37 AM 11/29/2003, you wrote:
>A few days ago I went poking around the usual stores in the Fairfax 
>district of Los Angeles when I came across a rare gem of a CD (well, it's 
>at least rare around these parts as far as I know!).  It's called 
>"Klezmer-Chassidic Classic, featuring Giora Feidman" and I found it buried 
>underneath a pile of other CDs in a box, all dusty and held closed only by 
>a piece of tape!  In my hunt for new Klez, I had to check it out.
>
>It's amazing!
>
>For someone whose ears are used to the progressive, edgy sounds of the 
>Klezmatics, The Flying Bulgars and others, this might definitely strike 
>one as being at least a teeny bit cheesy - AT FIRST!  To start with, the 
>CD is from Israel, and none of it is in Yiddish.  It's got singing and is 
>largely incredibly upbeat!  The production is lush and comforting.  It 
>took some curiously groovy turns with the disco sounding "Mashiach," and 
>"Sim Shalom," which sounds like it might have come from the Mamas and the 
>Papas!  Excellent!  On closer inspection, I did notice that most of the 
>tracks were recorded in the 70's, but there were a few recorded in 1997, 
>at which time I'm guessing the CD was released.
>
>I found this CD to be beautifully spiritual, uplifting and very nicely 
>done!  Apparently there are others, some of them in Yiddish, through 
>Hataklit Ltd:  "Di Beste Lider fun Di Beste Zingers," "Kinder Yoren," 
>"Chassidic and Shabbat Songs," "Klezmer Freilach Compilation," etc....I'll 
>have to get my hands on these as well, but if any of you may know who 
>might carry them in the States, I'd like to order them that way.
>
>Thanks!
>Jill
>


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