Klarinet Klezmer

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Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 33:06

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Chris Nickson

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04.22.11
Giora Feidman, Klarinet Klezmer
2000 | Label: EXworks Records

The Mittel European, or Ashkenazic, Jews developed their own music — klezmer — with a mix of strings and reeds playing melodies very akin to that of their Balkan village neighbours. The similarities are obvious on a piece like "The Tarras 'Freilach," where Feldman's liquid clarinet playing slides with easy grace around the rhythm. "Shofar," though, recalls and celebrates the famous horn that demolished Jericho's walls, and "Nigun" takes its title from an ancient Hassidic story, offering a genteel, melodic coda.

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ugh.

huzzam

I know he's really popular in Israel & all, but I just have to say that Feidman's playing annoys me completely, utterly, and excruciatingly. His tone is syrupy & insipid, his arrangements schmaltzy & over-nostalgic. Please check out Naftule Brandwein, Shloimke Beckerman, & Kurt Bjorling/Brave Old World instead!

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