The Art of the Cymbolom

Joseph Moskowitz (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 1996)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder Select
• ASIN: B0000002TY
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,739 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #22 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Romania
  • #50 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia
  • #78 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Greece

Track Listings

1. Anticuta draga, for cymbalom & piano (after a traditional melody)

2. Buhusher chusid, for cymbalom & piano

3. Inspiration (Spanish Valse), for cymbalom & piano

4. Sirto, for cymbalom & piano (after a traditional melody)

5. Operatic Rag

6. Wichojiu adin ia na dorogu (Strolling on My Way Alone), for cymbalom &

7. Pourri iz Russkich piesen, for cymbalom & piano

8. Bâtuta Oltenilor (Romanian Dance), for cymbalom & piano (after a tradit

9. Hungarian czardas, for cymbalom & piano (after a traditional melody)

10. Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5

11. Medley of Greek Songs: Pai, pai, pai, pai / Elevo haralambi / Iarumbi

12. Nu-ma-calca-pe-picior (Don't Step on My Foot) / Hora Batuta, for cymbal

13. Flora hora, for cymbalom (after a traditional song)

14. Ukrainian Melodies, medley for cymbalom & piano

15. Chasen senem, for cymbalom & piano (after a traditional melody)

16. Panama Pacific Drag, song

17. Doina [1953]

18. Doina [1916]

19. Argentine dance

20. Medley of Turkish Melodies, for cymbalom & piano

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars not for the typical listener, April 25, 2000

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R. Reid "tsimbler" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art of the Cymbolom (Audio CD)

If your concept of "klezmer music" is some bunch of frenzied moderns playing clarinet as fast as possible, this is sure to disappoint.

However, if you are interested in hearing where the music came from, back in the days when it was illegal in most parts of Eastern Europe for Jews to play "loud instruments" like the clarinet, and instead performed on the tzimbl (or cymbalom) and fidl and perhaps a flute, there is little to compare to this wonderous reissue.

Joseph Moskowitz is the acknowledged greatest of the tzimbl players to have been recorded. (There may well have been better - but they weren't recorded!)

Indispensible for the true aficionado or serious student, and absolutly worthless for the crowd who thinks Hava Nagila is a hora.