Itzhak Perlman - Live in the Fiddler's House

Itzhak Perlman (Artist), Klezmatics (Artist), Andy Statman (Artist), Klezmer Conservatory Band (Artist), Brave Old World (Artist), Alicia Svigals (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Alicia Svigals
• Audio CD (November 12, 1996)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000002SMI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,796 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bukovina 212

2. Lekho Neraneno

3. Doina Naftule

4. A Hora mit Branfn

5. Healthy Baby Girl Hora

6. Golem Tants

7. Honga Encore

8. Nign

9. Bulgars/The Kiss

10. Meron Nign/In the Sukke

11. Sholom Aleykhem

12. Khaiterma

13. Andy's Ride

14. A Heymisher Bulgar/Wedding Dance

15. Kale Bazetsn (Seating the Bride)/Khusidl (Khasidic Dance)

16. Fun Tashlikh

17. A Yingele fun Poyln (A Young Man from Poland)/Di Mame is Gegangen in Mark

18. Processional/ Klezmer Suite/ Ale Brider (We are All Broken)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Klezmer album, November 15, 2004

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Nahuel Sugobono (Saenz Pena, Buenos Aires Argentina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Itzhak Perlman - Live in the Fiddler's House (Audio CD)

To me, this is the best klezmer album I've ever listened to (and I have quite a few). And it's a live album. Although it's a kind of live version of "In the Fiddler's House", the repertoire is not the same (they only share one or two songs). The bands accompanying Itzhak Perlman are at their best (they are the best klezmer performers!). I prefer, personally, Andy Statman's clarinet and mandolin (Andy's Ride and Meron Nign/In the Sukke are my favorites); then there are great moments with Brave Old World (Doina Naftule and A Hora mit Branfn are beautiful pieces) and the Klezmatics, of course. The 12 minute finale is an absolute well crafted medley, under Klezmer Conservatory Band's leader, Hankus Netsky. I did'n want it to end.
I don't like at all the women voices of Klezmer Conservatory Band, although the instrumental pieces (like Khosidl) are amazing.
There is not a second in this album which is not top klezmer.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of klezmer favorites!, September 30, 2006

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Brianna Neal (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Itzhak Perlman - Live in the Fiddler's House (Audio CD)

Premiere violinist Itzhak Perlman is joined live in concert by four premiere klezmer groups: Brave Old World, The Klezmatics, Andy Statman, and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. Vibrant, poignant and distinctly old-world, klezmer is the musical style that developed among Eastern European Jews. Featuring the soulful fire of violin, clarinet, accordion, mandolin and vocal leads, accompanied by cimbalom (a hammered-dulcimer), piano, drums. There are a few soulful slow tunes mixed in amongst the fiery dances, but most of the selections on "Live in the Fiddler's House" are fun and up tempo, full of the instrumental virtuosity one would expect both of this genre, and of a concert violinist of Itzhak Perlman caliber. Klezmer is some of the world's best good-time music, right up there with Irish jigs, Cajun two-steps and country banjo pickin'. But it's not all sweetness and light; inherent in the mournful, minor mode of this traditional music is blend of opposites--both the sorrow of persecution and defiant sense of fun-in-the-moment inherent of a culture displaced, trying to maintain its identity in an ever-changing and often hostile world. And therein lies klezmer's appeal to the soul. For more great Jewish music, try any of the separate releases by Brave Old World, The Klezmatics, Andy Statman and his band, and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. You might also enjoy "The Hidden Gate: Jewish Music Around the World," the traditional Sephardic music of the group Voice of the Turtle, and the unplugged world fusion of Basya Schechter and Pharoah's Daughter in "Out of the Reeds."

13 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was a fun C.D., January 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Itzhak Perlman - Live in the Fiddler's House (Audio CD)

For people who are into Klezmer music this is the finest C.D.! For Klezmer music lovers, this is a masterpiece.