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The German label Oriente Musik offers a wide variety of music from around the world, all with a common thread of quality. They say, "Being both realistic and optimistic, we are inclined to issue only music that hits our hearts and therefore we strongly believe to hit the hearts of many others."
I am pleased to carry a select group of titles, and expect to add more in the coming year.
Intimate Hopes and Terrors - Tales from the Kishkes - The Merlin Shepherd Kapelye
$17.99
(cdRoots# rien-58)
Musician, teacher and interpreter of traditional East European klezmer clarinet is joined by the former Soviet Union Klezmer All Stars or, in his own words, some of the greatest klezmer players in the world today. Klezmer played with such passion, Jewish music directly from the heart, the soul, music from the gut, the kishkes, the very center of the human spirit. Jewish music that comes closer to one of the many ways that it may or probably may not have sounded so long ago.
Dus Gezang fun mayn harts - Karsten Troyke
$17.99
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Singer and indefatigable promoter of Yiddish language and culture in his home town Berlin, Karsten Troyke does not care so much about where the tango originally comes from. His distinctive style refers to the Jewish theatre and cabaret song of the Twenties and early Thirties just as to the renaissance of the Yiddish 'Schlager' ofn the Fifties, and after all his art has that brightness you will not find while searching it. He is accompanied by Trio SCHO (Gennadi Dessiatnik, violin, backing vocals; Valeri Khoryshman, accordion; Michael Jach, double bass and guest musician Jan Hermerschmidt on clarinet.
Spiewam zycie I sing life - Edyta Geppert & Kroke
$17.99
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The well-known Polish klezmer innovators join with one of Poland's finest singers of folk and chanson for a special release of music that avoids being penned in by categories like world music, folk or chanson. The distinctive instrumental style of Kroke, based on their Jewish and East European roots, joins perfectly the expressive voice of Edyta and the ambitious lyrics of the Polish songs.
A Podolian Affair - Konsonans Retro
$17.99
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In the southeast of Podolia, just a few minutes from the Moldavian border, you'll find the home of the Baranovskys family. In this region Ukrainians played with Moldovans, with Jews, with Gypsies and Russians, sharing their music and making something new. The musicisn of this extended family offer a fresh look at the unique traditions of their home, music that is steeped in the sounds of klezmer but also, so much more.
Seventh Trip - Kroke
$17.99
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Kroke didn't get lost in the dark grounds of a midlife crisis, and this seventh album is more than an itch of desire. Their music has developed from what is regarded as traditional klezmer but their music is definately forward-looking, perhaps even a little avant garde.
Baym Taykh - Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience
$17.99
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Singer, composer and pianist Polina Shepherd, of Russian-Jewish descent, lives and works in Brighton,UK with her husband Merlin Shepherd (clarinet, guitar, saxophone). They are among the most innovative musicians in the Jewish Music scene in Europe today - be it New Yiddish Song or Classic Klezmer. With Quartet Ashkenazim they range from beautiful unison to skilfully executed four part harmony. The traditional ornamentation and modes of the songs are known and yet the new melodies suggest that the tradition has never been broken. The songs cover many themes and are settings of Yiddish poems. Highly recommended.
The Sounds of the Vanishing World - Kroke
$18.99
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In a world of unlimited communication and millennium hysteria, Kroke want us to think about things that are really important in life: Earth, Water, Fire and Love (all titles on this recording). It is also about the important events of the last decades. Basing their work on the Eastern European and Balkans tradition of Klezmer music, they also include jazz, improvisation, pop, avant-garde music and much more. These three musicians, well known in Klezmer circles, are always exciting and full of surprises, breaking new ground with their music at each turn. This 2000 release, like their others, was produced in Krakow, itself a symbol of 'the disappearing world.'
Li Turchi Viaggiano - Media Aetas / Roberto De Simone
$18.99
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The first new work since 1978 by the founder of Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Roberto De Simone. Italian folk, classical and avant garde all converge in this marvelous new work.
En Forme De Poire - Melonious Quartet
$17.99
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The Melonious Quartet, four musicians led by Patrick Vaillant, make an unseemly postulate: the mandolin and Satie. Practising the art of what if, the mandolin quartet has taken on in the painstaking work of transcription of Erik Satie. Completely original and unique. Highly recommended!
Magic Bird - The Early Years - Maria Tanase
$17.99
(cdRoots# rien-42)
Recordings made by the Romanian singer between 1936 and 1939, most in Bucharest, accompanied by various ensembles of violins, bass, cimbalom, cobza, accordion, clarinet, etc.
Klezmer for the Sultan - Yinon Muallem
$17.99
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Born in Israel of Iraqi parents, this musician became immersed in the music of the Balkans and the middle east at an early age, and went on to work with some great artists, including Ross Daly, Alim Gazimov and Omar Faruk Tekbilek. In 2002 he moved to Turkey to build a new ensemble and write new compositions. Arabic, Indian, Balkan, Persian, Jewish and jazz music all enter the picture, but the end result is something personal and unique.
1931: Gipsy Songs and Other Passions - Pjotr Leschenko
$17.99
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Leschenko was known as 'the king of the Russian tango' and his singing was passionate and rich. Born in a Russian town south of Odessa in what was to become Romania after the 1st world war, he became an icon throughout eastern Europe, one of the most sought after popular singers of his time. These 1931 recordings are part of the work from what were considered to be from his peak years from the early to mid 1930s.
Solo Para O Sol - Cathrin Pfeifer
$17.99
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One of the best piano accordionist on the German folk and world music scene, a former memeber of the legendary band Jams, this 1998 CD finds her as part of a quartet with Topo Gioia, percussion; Thommy Jordi, fender bass; Horst Nonnenmacher, acoustic bass.
Ziara: Sephardic Women's Songs of the Balkans - Ruth Yaakov Ensemble
$17.99
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Yaakov collects and interpretes the songs of the Sephardim,the Hispano-Jewish refugees that settled mainly in the Ottoman Empire around the Mediterranean Sea and the Balkans. The singer is backed by a wonderful ensemble of clarinet, penny whistle, ud, yayli tanbur, baglama, double bass and percussion.
Tangolar: The Bel Ami of Turkish Tango - Ibrahim Ozgur
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In the late 20s and 30s tango was very popular in Turkey. For many composers and singers it was the first contact they had with "western" music. Turkish musicians and singer Ibrahim Özgür wrote many tango songs and had an evident talent for nostalgia. His velvety voice was predestined for romantic tangos. The songs on this CD were recorded in Istanbul between 1938 and 1949.
Quartet - Live - Kroke
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The two Kroke concerts at Radio Kraków Studio on October 9th and 10th, 2003 were something special. They were concerts of a group that after years of intensive touring all over Europe felt obliged to thank their friends in their home town for their long-time support. And there were so many friends to thank that it turned out to be two concerts.
1931-1937: Gloomy Sunday - Pjotr Leschenko
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The charismatic Russian singer Pjotr Leschenko in recordings from 1931 to 1937, the years Leschenko was well on his way to conquering the whole of Europe from his exile in Bucharest. The accent is on tangos, with the focus being the title track, the legendary peaen to despair by Sam M. Lewis.
Old World Tangos Vol. 3: Polskie Tango 1929-39 - various
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22 tracks of classic tangos from pre-war Poland.
Jewish-Spanish Songs from Thessaloniki - David Saltiel
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Sephardic songs from Salonica, Greece, sung by one of the more respected vocalists from the folk-music side of the genre, and accompanied by a fine ensemble of ud, quanun, violin, frame drum and lyra.
ten pieces to save the world - Kroke
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The Polish trio of Tomasz Kukurba (viola; violin; voice; wind instruments; whistling; piano; percussion; mouth percussion), Jerzy Bawol (accordion), Tomasz Lato (double bass) present music on this 2003 recording that may not save the world, but will certainly make it a more interesting place to visit!
AN-KI - Ross Daly and Djamshid Chemirani
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Ross Daly teams up with the Iranian master percussionist Jamshid Chemirani, the leading exponent of the zarb drum. The word 'An-Ki' means both 'Heaven-Earth' and 'deity' in the ancient Sumerian language, and An-Ki the record reconciles apparent musical opposites. These range from the ethereal Marmarygi (the Greek word describes the effect of light on marbles as well as the flash of a dancer's feet), which is characterised by Daly's use of a tiny, four-stringed Kenyan harp, to the earthy Bam and zeïbekiko dances from Asia Minor.' - fRoots
Marimba Magia - Papa Roncon and Grupo Katanga
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From the town of Borbon, in the Esmeraldas district of northern Ecuador, Papá Roncón is a living legend. He plays the marimba and the guitar; he is a singer and a dancer. He makes musical instruments. He lives the folk music of the region. Joined by Catalina Mina Quintero; bombo, kununu and voice and Rosa Huila Valencia; guasa and voice, Grupo Katanga make music that is essential, rough and irresistible.
Echoes from Afar - Old World Tangos Vol.1 - various
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A look at how the tango affected the world's music in a series of early performances from Rumania (Jean Moscopol, Titi Botez); Turkey (Seyyan Hanim, Ibrahim Özgür); Russia (Pjotr Leschenko); Greece (Sofia Vembo); Egypt (Farid El Atrache) and Algeria (Lili Boniche).
Tango alla Romanesque - Old World Tangos Vol.2 - various
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The second CD in the Old World Tangos series focuses on the 'Romance' countries of Italy, France, and Romania, with a Greek encore.
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