Songs to the Invisible God [Import]

Ruth Wieder Magan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sounds True Direct
• ASIN: B00000JT62
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #536,079 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Roza De Shabbos

2. Szol A Kakas Mar

3. Haben Yakir Li

4. Kad Ayil Shabbeso

5. Irme Quero Madre

6. Z'oma Lecho Nafshi

7. Ochila La El

8. Hallelu Adir Adirim

9. Ato Yodeah Rozei Olam

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is Jewish spiritual music at its very best!, October 2, 2000

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[e-mail] (Decatur, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs to the Invisible God (Audio CD)

As a disaffected non-practicing Jew with Zen Buddhist leanings, I was stunned upon listening to this glorious music. Having endured for most of 48 years the stifling patriarchal dogma that comprises much of modern day Judaism, I was literally brought to tears by the radiant beauty and soaring spirituality of this music. Ms. Magan's deep voice and inspired interpretations are perfectly matched. All unaccompanied and recorded in settings chosen for their acoustical effect, comparisons to the Anonymous 4 are definitely in order. This is Jewish spiritual music at its very best.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent spiritual music, March 15, 2002

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M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs to the Invisible God (Audio CD)

After hearing the Israeli folk musician Chava Alberstein sing a Psalm in a style unlike any I'd heard before, I went searching for similar Judaic religious music. This cd, while unlike Ms. Alberstein, is the stunning result of that search. This is music that clearly belongs to the mystic tradition rather than the ritual tradition. The music is haunting, searching, lonely in a way unlike any other religious music I've heard - it is an expression of the longing for mystic union rather than the more common mystic music to induce a trance. While the style and tone are Middle Eastern, the music is so "right" for what it expresses that one can hardly conceive of it in a more Western style.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent spiritual music, March 15, 2002

By 

M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Songs to the Invisible God (Audio CD)

After hearing the Israeli folk musician Chava Alberstein sing a Psalm in a style unlike any I'd heard before, I went searching for similar Judaic religious music. This cd, while unlike Ms. Alberstein, is the stunning result of that search. This is music that clearly belongs to the mystic tradition rather than the ritual tradition. The music is haunting, searching, lonely in a way unlike any other religious music I've heard - it is an expression of the longing for mystic union rather than the more common mystic music to induce a trance. While the style and tone are Middle Eastern, the music is so "right" for what it expresses that one can hardly conceive of it in a more Western style.