Ladino Love Songs

Etty Ben-Zaken | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2009)
• Original Release Date: September 21, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New Albion Records
• ASIN: B00000K3FR
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,583 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I play the CD, the class faints, December 2, 1999

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Elizabeth Lancaster (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ladino Love Songs (Audio CD)

I brought this CD to play excerpts to a graduate class in medieval Spanish literature and when they heard the song Arvoles yoran por luvias, some of the students had tears in their eyes, and almost every one of them went out and bought the CD. Etty Ben-Zaken's voice is one of the purest and most haunting that I have ever heard in my life. The liner notes offer a short bio of Etty's main source (her nona, or grandmother, Esther, who emigrated to Israel from Turkey) and the lyrics are transcribed in Ladino, English and Hebrew.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly amazing! - Hooked on Ladino now., October 12, 2004

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oodles "oodlesofbooks" (MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ladino Love Songs (Audio CD)

I brought this cd at random, knowing nothing about it other than being familiar with one song on it, and listening to the Amazon clips. All I can say is WOW, this is amazing. And me too, I LOVE this woman's voice. You'd never guess looking at her picture on the cover that such an extraordinary deep and haunting voice would be coming out of her. Its got a certain quality in it that's very rare, and its like the other person said just haunting. It brought tears to my eyes too. Song songs are just haunting, and some really rock. So far the Dos Amantes (track 3) has been stuck in my head for hours. Looks like she's only got one cd out here, which is really a shame. I hope she makes more. If this is what Ladino sounds like I'm hooked.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer delight, September 4, 2006

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L. S. Copeland "runner" (Warwickshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ladino Love Songs (Audio CD)

As a newcomer to Ladino music, this selection was a shot in the dark for me. But I certainly got lucky! This is a sheer delight. I've never heard of the artists before now, but I shall certainly be on the lookout for more of their work. The tracks are musically varied, but give a hint of the vitality of the culture from which they sprang. The CD is accompanied by a helpful, well-written booklet to explain and translate the songs.