Jan Peerce Sings Songs From "Fiddler On The Roof" And Ten Classics Of Jewish Folk Song

Jan Peerce (Composer), Lazar Weiner (Composer), Yiddish Traditional (Composer), Mordechai Gebirtig (Composer), Jewish Traditional (Composer), Max Helfman (Composer), Vladimir Golschmann (Conductor), Jan Peerce (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Jan Peerce
• Conductor: Vladimir Golschmann
• Composer: Jan Peerce, Lazar Weiner, Yiddish Traditional, Mordechai Gebirtig, Jewish Traditional, et al.
• Audio CD (June 25, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000EJK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #326,791 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great renditions of seldom heard material, December 21, 2007

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This review is from: Jan Peerce Sings Songs From "Fiddler On The Roof" And Ten Classics Of Jewish Folk Song (Audio CD)

Never mind the songs from Fiddler, although it is interesting to hear "Sunrise Sunset" sung in Yiddish, the original cast album does a better job. However, this CD is worth having for some of the Jewish folk songs, some of which I had never heard before. "Oy a nacht..." is a beautiful song, beautifully done. And "Dortn, dortn" is a real heartbreaker if you understand Yiddish, and lovely even if you do not.
While the songs are described in the liner notes, I would have liked to have been provided with the exact Yiddish words, and a good translation.
I play this disk very frequently.