Although he was a cantor, Abraham Beniso was also a trained singer. Among his extra-synagogue performances, he recorded commercial arrangements of few songs in Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) following the practices of several of his predecessors and contemporaries, most notable the London Spanish-Portuguese hazzan the Reverend Eliezer Abinun. See also in our website the project on the liturgical music of the Gibraltar synagogues, that includes the biography of Hazzan Abraham Beniso.
Hazzan Abraham Beniso
A Selection of Judeo-Spanish Songs
By Hazzan Abraham Beniso
Sound Examples
Hazzan Abraham Beniso
Durme durme mi alma donzella
Hazzan Abraham Beniso
Los bilbilicos, Tsur mishelo
Hazzan Abraham Beniso
Adio kerida
Hazzan Abraham Beniso
El dio alto Motzei Shabbat
Hazzan Abraham Beniso
Noches noches
Hazzan Abraham Beniso
Cuando el rey Nimrod
Arrangment for cantor, violin, and guitar, by Ariel Lazarus
