"Few complete or authoritative orchestrations of these songs have survived, and in many cases full orchestrations were never made. ... After meticulous research concerning orchestra size, typical instrumentation, and orchestral styles and idioms consistent with the original productions, the Milken Archive turned to leading reconstruction orchestrators, commissioning new, historically considered orchestrations expressly for this project"--Booklet, pages 3-4. Amy Goldstein, soprano (tracks 2-3, 8, 10, 13, 16) ; Joanne Borts, mezzo-soprano (track 6) ; Simon Spiro (tracks 1, 3, 8, 11, 15-17), Bruce Adler (tracks 4, 14), Robert Bloch (tracks 7), Benzion Miller (track 9), tenors ; Robert Abelson, baritone (tracks 5, 12) ; David Krakauer, clarinet (track 14) ; Vienna Chamber Orchestra ; Barcelona Symphony/National Orchestra of Catalonia (tracks 4 and 14) ; Elli Jaffe, conductor. "Milken Archive, American Jewish music." Recorded May 2000, Centre Cultural de Sant Cugat (track 9), June 2001, Sala Sinfonica del Auditori, Barcelona, Spain (tracks 4 and 14), and May and Oct. 2001, Sofiensaal (track 7) and Baumgartner Casino (remainder), Vienna, Austria. Compact disc. Program notes by Neil W. Levin, biographical notes, and English translations of song texts (31 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Bay mir bistu sheyn / Secunda (2:49) -- Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib (5:12) ; Eyn kuk af dir (3:51) / Olshanetsky -- A malke af peysekh / Gilrod (2:50) -- Glik / Olshanetsky (2:35) -- Lebn zol kolumbus / Perlmutter and Wohl (1:56) -- A gute heym (3:41) ; Nu, zog mir shoyn ven (4:11) / Olshanetsky -- Dos yidische lid / Secunda (9:53) -- Mit dir in eynem / Trilling (3:25) -- Mayn yidishe meydle / Secunda (2:51) -- Slutsk (3:36) ; Samet un zayd (6:37) / Wohl -- Hudl mitn shtrudl / (unknown) (2:55) -- Unter beymer (3:09) ; Ikh bin farlibt (4:13) / Olshanetsky -- Skrip klezmerl, skripe / Secunda (4:03).
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