Kol nidrei

This is a rare recording of the entire Sephardi melody for what has become the main prayer for the eve of Yom Kippur. Unlike the well-known, elaborated Ashkenazi melody for this text, the Sephardi melody is a litany with a narrow range that blends embellished with strictly syllabic sections, clearly delineating the peculiar literary structure of the ancient text. The version heard in this recording, consisting of only half of the text, is from Amsterdam.