Introducing World of American Jewish Music (Milken Archive of American Jewish Music)

Kevin Deas (Performer), Yaron Windmuller (Performer), David Krakauer (Performer), Richard Stoltzman (Performer), Joseph Achron (Composer), Bruce Adolphe (Composer), Yiddish Anonymous (Composer), Leonard Bernstein (Composer), Dave Brubeck (Composer), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Composer), Julius Chajes (Composer), Sholom / Machtenberg, Meyer Kalib (Composer), Abraham Kaplan (Composer), Joshua Lind (Composer), Darius Milhaud (Composer), Joseph Rumshinsky (Composer), Paul Schoenfield (Composer), Israel Schorr (Composer), Robert Stern (Composer), Ernst Toch (Composer)

Product Details

• Performer: Kevin Deas, Yaron Windmuller, David Krakauer, Richard Stoltzman
• Composer: Joseph Achron, Bruce Adolphe, Yiddish Anonymous, Leonard Bernstein, Dave Brubeck, et al.
• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Milken Archive
• ASIN: B0000C508H
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,873 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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• This is item 34 in The Milken Archive from Naxos Series.

Editorial Reviews

New Jersey Jewish Standard

"To listen to its 19 selections... is to experience a sampling of the huge breadth of American Jewish music."

Product Description

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music is a vast recorded panorama of the rich body of Jewish music, both sacred and secular, that has developed over the course of American history. This recording features nineteen tracks representing the broad scope of the Archive recordings.

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful introduction to a distinguished new series, September 28, 2003

By	J. T Waldmann "yaakov98" (Carmel, IN, located just north of Indianapolis in Hamilton County.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I can't express how excited I am about this new series from Naxos and the Milken Archive! There is some absolutely stunning music on this sampler, and I can't wait until the full recordings are released. Especially notable are Ernst Toch's "Cantata of the Bitter Herbs" (what gorgeous choral & orchestral writing), Paul Schoenfield's Viola Concerto (utterly fantastic excerpt "King David Dancing Before the Ark"), the excerpt from Joseph Achron's suite from The Golem, "Open the Gates" from Dave Brubeck's Gates of Justice, and the lovely duet from Joseph Rumshinsky's Yiddish operetta "Di goldene kale." Also, if you're not familiar with Jewish liturgical music or with klezmer, there are wonderful examples on this disc. My only disappointment is that, because of economic reasons, most of the recordings had to be made with European ensembles. Although the performances are excellent (under directors Gerard Schwarz, Neville Marriner, Yoel Levi and others), it's just a shame that this music, which, in addition to being Jewish, is also very AMERICAN, cannot be preserved on CD by American ensembles. At any rate, I'm pretty certain that within the next couple of years, I'll have collected all the 50 discs in this project. You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate this great music. And at around $7.00 a disc, they're an incredible value. This marvelous sampler will get you hooked on some fabulous music.