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Klezroym
Yankele nel Ghetto
$17.99

Klezroym's last production is an original elaboration of the songs of the Lodz Ghetto, collected in Gila Flam's book "Singing for survival, Songs of the Lodz Ghetto, 1940-45," presented as a song suite.

Listen:
ES IZ A KLUG
YANKELE NEL GHETTO
RUMKOVSKI KHAYIM

Musicians:
Gabriele Coen:soprano sax, clarinet
Andrea Pandolfo:trumpet, flugelhorn
Pasquale Laino:alto and baritone sax
Riccardo Manzi:guitar
Marco Camboni:double bass
Leonardo Cesari:drums
Eva Coen:vocals

Tracks:

1) INTRO
"Vayl ikh bin a yidale" by Y. Hershkowitz

2) ES IZ A KLUG
Yankele Hershkowitz

3) YANKELE NEL GHETTO  [ascolto.gif (74 byte)]
A. Pandolfo, P. Laino, R. Manzi, G. Coen, M. Camboni, L. Cesari
arranged by KlezRoym freely inspired by "A pensjonat" by Yankele Hershkowitz
and by "Af di felder, grine felder" by Zalman Shneor

4) RUMKOVSKI KHAYIM  [ascolto.gif (74 byte)]
Yankele Hershkowitz, arranged by A. Pandolfo, R. Manzi, KlezRoym

5) YANKELE NEL GHETTO #2  [ascolto.gif (74 byte)]
A. Pandolfo, P. Laino, R. Manzi, G. Coen, M. Camboni, L. Cesari
arranged by A. Pandolfo, KlezRoym freely inspired by "A pensjonat" by Yankele Hershkowitz
and by "Af di felder, grine felder" by Zalman Shneor

6) IKH FUR IN KELTSER KANT  [ascolto.gif (74 byte)]
Yankele Hershkowitz arranged by P. Laino, A. Pandolfo, KlezRoym

7) KALT: A LIDL FIN LODZER GETTO 1945  [ascolto.gif (74 byte)]
A Domestic song by Miriam (Goldberg) Harel - arranged by A. Pandolfo, Klezroym

8) SAKHARIN FINF A MAREK
P. Laino, A. Pandolfo, R. Manzi, G. Coen, M. Camboni, L. Cesari
freely inspired by the call of children standing on street corners and
advertising their meager products in the Lodz ghetto

9) TSIGAYNERLID  [ascolto.gif (74 byte)]
A theater song written for the House of Culture of Lodz Ghetto by David Beyglman,
arranged by R. Manzi, KlezRoym

10) VAYL IKH BIN A YIDALE  [ascolto.gif (74 byte)]
Yankele Hershkowitz arranged by P. Laino, A. Pandolfo, KlezRoym

11) PAPIROSN / NISHTU KAIN PRZYDZIEL
Papirosn by H. Yablokoff,
Nishtu kain przydziel, lyrics by Y. Hershkowitz, music by H. Yablokoff, arranged by  KlezRoym

12) KALT #2
Kalt: a lidl fin lodzger ghetto, 1945, arranged by P. Laino, KlezRoym

13) VER KLAPT DU AZOY SHPET BAY NAKHT?  [ascolto.gif (74 byte)]
Parody on a folk song by Max Nurenberg written for the House of Culture, arranged by P. Laino, KlezRoym

14) NIT KAYN ROZHINKES IN NIT KAYIN MANDLEN  [ascolto.gif (74 byte)]
A theater song written for the House of Culture, lyrics by Isaiah Shpigl,
music by David Beyglman, arranged by P. Laino, KlezRoym

15) FINALE
Vayl ikh bin a yidale by Y. Hershkowitz

These songs sung by those people of the Lodz Ghetto at the time of their tyrannical oppression represent a nostalgic window into the past. Yankele, the street singer, Miriam, the young girl, David, the theater director of the House of Culture , tell how mankind, independently from hunger, death and desperation , had the strength to dream, deride power and shout at injustice.

A dreadful reality during which the people segregated in the ghetto, nothwithstanding their hard work for the Reich in support of war, were dying day by day for hunger and oppressions..Those who survived were at the end waiting for their deportations to the Nazi camps for their "final solution"

These songs of the Lodz ghetto are not only universal but able to convey deep feelings worldwide.

For the above reasons "Yankele nel Ghetto" isn’t a strictly philologic work.

Klezroym, in going through this fantastic project, have not only maintained their musical identity but they have expressed their deep emotions and their ability to listen and tell.

"Yankele nel Ghetto" is dedicated to all those people who still suffer for the lost of freedon and see their essential rights trampled.

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