a r t i s t : Jill Rogoff
t i t l e : The Voice of The Wanderer
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : NMC Music
g e n r e : Ethnic
r l s. d a t e : Sep/2006
t r a c k s : 16
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 58,0 MB
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Jill Rogoff's words:
Ten years ago, I was invited to record an album of traditional
Jewish songs. Beginning my research in libraries, I eventually
spread my net far wider, finding people who could help me with
the translation and pronunciation of the various dialects I
needed. It has been a fascinating journey, bringing into my
life not only exquisite music, but also some delightful
people. Most of my contacts were only too happy to share their
knowledge and skills with me.
Many people may be familiar with Yiddish or Sephardic songs,
or perhaps some of the Hassidic music that has become so
popular, fashionable, even, sometimes beyond the Jewish
community. Some may know the kind of æcabaret YiddishÆ
repertoire that I heard in my childhood; others may have heard
a few Israeli songs from the 1950s and Æ60s. Very early on in
my research, however, I realised that Jewish music means far
more than this. It is an entire world, spanning the globe, and
I decided to reflect this as much as I could with this
project. Musicologists have identified a number of Jewish
musical æregionsÆ, and I tried to find representatives from
each of these. The only one which I have not represented is
that of the ômelismaticö Iraqi style: this would be beyond
anyone who has not trained in this music for years. I hope I
know my limits.
I also decided to reflect the rich variety in this music in
the mode of its present-ation. Some of the songs are best sung
a cappella (totally unaccompanied); others need only a touch
of percussion, which was mainly provided by Abe Doron. Among
the other songs, however, my brilliant co-producer Mitch
Clyman and I made orchestral or chamber-ensemble
accompaniments. For one song, long a favourite para-liturgical
melody of mine, I even wrote a choral arrangement, and roped
in friends and colleagues Betty Klein and Rahel Jaskow to sing
the other parts. It was deeply moving for me to hear this
piece gradually take shape, as this is the first time that one
of my choral arrangements has ever been recorded.
The resulting album is thus unique. There are of course songs
in Hebrew, Ladino and Yiddish; but there are also songs in
Aramaic (a language that was spoken in the Near East two
thousand years ago), Farsi (from Iran), Arabic (one of the
southern Yemenite dialects), and Kurmanji Sorani, a dialect
from the Kurdish region of Iraq.
This was the longest recording I have ever undertaken. I
started putting down tracks in November 2004, and the final
vocal track was set down only in April 2006. The project has
been a part of my life for so long that it may feel a little
strange not to have to deal with it any more... However, there
are many other projects waiting for my attention, and at last
I am ready to turn to them, proud of and delighted with what I
have managed to achieve with this, my first, Jewish album.
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01-En De Be'er [03:46]
02-Had Gadya [05:36]
03-Asentada En Mi Ventana [01:19]
04-Yafutzu Oyvekha [02:17]
05-Komo La Roza [05:19]
06-Yihiyu L'ratzon [02:23]
07-Ya Shijara [04:34]
08-Zolochover Niggun [06:07]
09-La Novia Entre Flores [02:20]
10-Shlof Mayn Feygele [01:58]
11-Lekha Dodi [02:21]
12-Etz Hayim Hi [02:24]
13-El Ginat 'egoz [02:20]
14-Las 'streyas De La Manyana [02:23]
15-Ay FelΦk [01:56]
16-Shadumad [03:41]
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50:44 min