Ruth Yaakov Ensemble / Ziara: Sephardic Women ’s Songs of the Balkans

Ruth Yaakov Ensemble / Ziara: Sephardic Women 's Songs of the Balkans - CD
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Ruth Yaakov Ensemble
Ziara: Sephardic Women 's Songs of the Balkans (Oriente)
$17.99

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.

All tracks traditional, arranged by the Ruth Yaakov Ensemble

Listen:
al dicime un si
a la mar me vo echar
alta sois la mi dama

Other recordings by Ruth Yaakov

Ruth Yaakov: voice
Eyal Sela: clarinet,penny whistle
Yaniv Raba: ud
Naor Carmil: yayli tanbur,baglama,double bass
Noam Chen: percussion

From the artist:
Ruth Yaakov was born in Israel and is living and working in the city of Jerusalem,origin and destiniation of the Jewish ZIARA (pilgrimage),that symbolizes the mental and physical yearning of the believer to God.

Since the first expulsion of Jews from Israel,Jews always prayed and longed to return to Jerusalem,the city of God.Since then the Jews have experienced several other expulsions.One of them is known as GERUSH SEPHARAD -the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15 th century.

Ruth 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.

Together with her brilliant ensemble she leads us to the world of Sephardic women and let us participate in a culture that has been displaced and repressed, but never forgotten.

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