Year
2015
Or Haganuz
Gems of Ashkenazi Hazzanut and Yiddish Songs Revived
Written by
The Chicago Manual of Style
Schleifer, Eliyahu. Or Haganuz: Gems of Ashkenazi Hazzanut and Yiddish Songs Revived. Contemporary Jewish Music, vol. 4. Edited by Edwin Seroussi and Yuval Shaked. Jerusalem, Israel: Jewish Music Research Centre, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2015. CD.
Prof. André Hajdu, one of the first JMRC researchers, has joined forces with Cantor Asher Hainovitz of the Yeshurun Central Synagogue in Jerusalem to put together a selection of hazzanut pieces and Yiddish songs in new arrangements for voice and piano by Hajdu. Using a technique that recalls the way romantic composers interpreted literary texts (in this case liturgical texts and Yiddish poems) in their music, Hajdu offers a fresh and sensitive reading of Ashkenazi hazzanut pieces by applying to them contemporary compositional techniques. The present production was initiated by the Ron Shulamit Conservatory in Jerusalem, and marks the 50th anniversary of the JMRC. It is the best gift we could offer to enthusiasts of Ashkenazi hazzanut and to all those who have an interest in Jewish music.
You can download MP3s at Amazon, or find it on Apple Music.
