Magic of the Klezmer

Giora Feidman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 14, 1992)
• Original Release Date: December 14, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delos Records
• ASIN: B00000071T
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,053 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Magic of Klezmer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Giora the magician, June 18, 2001

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Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic of the Klezmer (Audio CD)

Giora has the ability to make his clarinet sing...songs of joy, and songs of woe. He gets sounds one wouldn't think possible, and with so much emotion...to quote him: "I use the clarinet to express myself, to transfer to others my inner voice".

Classically trained in Buenos Aires, Argentina (his birthplace), he has become the "undisputed King of Klezmer". On this 1985 recording, Giora plays clarinet and bass clarinet, with a small back-up band consisting mostly of guitars, double bass, and percussion...the total running time is 62:05.

Of the 15 tracks, favorites are "The Mothers in Law" and "Halaka"...track # 14 is a wonderful Gershwin medley, and how he transforms this very American music into Jewish soul music is a marvel. To quote Leonard Bernstein: "Long live Giora, his clarinet and his Soul Music. He bridges many gaps...generational, cultural, and social, and he does it with consumate artistry".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great klezmer music!, March 21, 2005

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MARTIN HELLMAN (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic of the Klezmer (Audio CD)

On many of its tracks, you need to be tied down not to start moving in time to the music. It's great! As my mother would have said, "Try it, you'll like it!" -- maybe with a "buballa" thrown in.

This is the first review I've written, but I was enjoying the music so much, I had to take the time to share my joy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The soul of Klezmer, May 17, 2006

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Shalom Freedman "Shalom Freedman" (Jerusalem,Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic of the Klezmer (Audio CD)

Giora is arguably the greatest Klezmer musician in the world. He plays with a feeling and soul which move and surprise. He also seems to arrive at places with his clarinet where no one else can. However great it is to listen to him his music is enhanced by seeing him perform. So it is not enough to listen to even the best of his music but it is necessary to fully appreciate his work, to go and see and hear him play.