Klezmer Pioneers: European and American Recordings 1905-1952

Various Artists - International - Europe - Eastern - Jewish & Yiddish | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder Select
• ASIN: B0000002SU
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #358,207 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #75 in Music > World Music > Europe > Eastern Europe > Hungary

Track Listings

1. The Rabbi's Dance - Art Shryer's Orchestra

2. Revery Dream-Jewish Fantasy - Art Shryer's Yiddish Orchestra

3. From The Wedding - Abe Elenkrig's Yidishe Orchestra

4. A Homey Bulgar - Sam Musiker And His Orchestra

5. How Beautiful - Belf's Rumanian Orchestra

6. Greek Dance - Mishka Tsiganoff

7. Liebes Tanz - Orchestra Romaneasca (Abe Schwartz's Orchestra)

8. A Dance For Everyone - Abe Schwartz's Orchestra

9. The Bridal Serenade And Congradulations - Joseph Cherniavsky And His Yiddish-American Jazz Band

10. The Chasidium Visit The Rabbi - Kandel's Orchestra

11. Doina Un Sirba - Mihal Viteazul

12. One Glance At You - Alexander Olshanetsky Und Zein Orkestrer

13. Dance A Freilachs - Abe Schwartz's Orchestra

14. Orientalishe Motive II - Josef Solinski

15. A Lively Honga - Kandel's Orchestra

16. Odessa-Burlgar - Mishka Ziganoff

17. The Hot One-Tater Dance - Naftule Brandwein's Orchestrer

18. The Hassid From Bessarabia - Isreal J. Hochman's Jewish Orchestra

19. Doina - Joseph Moskowitz

20. Bessarabian Hora - Belf's Rumanian Orchestra

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars My introduction to klezmer, May 25, 2009

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Eleanor Skinner (Albany, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Klezmer Pioneers: European and American Recordings 1905-1952 (Audio CD)

My dad brought this home one day from a music festival (in cassette tape form) to see if I'd like it, since we both liked East European folk. It was amazing! I went out and got all the klezmer I could. This is original early 20th century stuff, with packed liner notes. It has all the energy of ska with the joy and sadness and humor of Eastern Europe and Ashkenazi Jews. It's beautiful. I've found very few collections that are as good overall as this one.

6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginners, September 13, 2000

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Tim Weisselberg (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Klezmer Pioneers: European and American Recordings 1905-1952 (Audio CD)

I bought this CD at a jewish music festival in London. It's something of a collector's piece; interesting if you are fairly familier with the genre, but possibly a little obscure and repetitive for 'novices'. It's compiled from old recordings and has a nice authentic and scratchy feel. It's particularly interesting to compare treatments of certain songs with those on other early klezmer CDs. These men could really play.

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginners, September 13, 2000

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Tim Weisselberg (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Klezmer Pioneers: European and American Recordings 1905-1952 (Audio CD)

I bought this CD at a jewish music festival in London. It's something of a collector's piece; interesting if you are fairly familier with the genre, but possibly a little obscure and repetitive for 'novices'. It's compiled from old recordings and has a nice authentic and scratchy feel. It's particularly interesting to compare treatments of certain songs with those on other early klezmer CDs. These men could really play.