Field
Recordings from the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vol.
1:
Frelik, Sher un
Khusidl ... Brass Bands from Podolia, Klezmer and other Jewish Music collected
by Isaak Loberan.
This new CD series of the Phonogrammarchiv presents the results from field projects conducted in cooperation with the archive. Vol. 1 is dedicated to recent
field work by Isaak Loberan, the Vienna-based Klezmer musician and researcher.
Authentic recordings of brass bands
in Podolia (Ukraine) and parts of Moldova, made between 1991 and 2002, document
the influence of Jewish folk music on the musical tradition of neighbouring
ethnic groups. The Ukrainian and Moldavian bands perform an important part of their current wedding repertoire
– Jewish dances, like frelik, sher or
bulgar, which the musicians themselves
or their fathers formerly played together with Jewish klezmorim.
In addition, songs and violin music
by elderly performers recall the once flourishing Yiddish musical culture; also
featured are examples of the cultural revival encountered among the local
Jewish communities.
CD with Booklet, 28 pp., comments in English, summaries
in German and Russian.
Performers
and Tracks:
Band
of the motor vehicle firm from Mogilev-Podolsk (Ukraine, Podolia):
01. October March (02:08)
02. Ershter vals (03:27)
Ida
Gelfer from Kiev (Ukraine):
03. Grine felder
– soldier song (02:46)
Brass
band from Studena (Podolia):
04. Frelik (03:25)
05. Frelik (04:25)
Aaron
Polishuk (vocals) & Igor Polishuk (accordion, tr. 7-8) from
Mogilev-Podolsk:
06. A koptsn’s lid (01:39)
07. Fleshele – satirical drinking song (02:27)
08. Yiddishes tango (02:48)
Brass
band from Pisarevka (Podolia, Yampol district):
09. Sher (01:45)
10. Frelik (02:08)
11. Sher (01:44)
Abraham
Libman (violin) from Ivano-Frankivsk (western Ukraine):
12. Khusidl (00:38)
13. Sher (01:15)
14. Israels
gevayn (00:56)
Brass
band from Kodima (Podolia):
15. Sher (02:38)
16. Old Sher (01:30)
17. Sherele (00:59)
18.
Frelik Chaim (01:14)
Alexandra
Weksler (vocals) & Felix Kushnir (piano) from Bila Tserkva (Ukraine):
19.
Abi gezunt (02:14)
Brass
band from Pescanka (Podolia):
20. Heyser Bulgar (02:02)
21. Frelik (01:20)
22.
Ukrainian Polka (02:21)
Efim
Chorny (vocals) & Susanna Ghergus (piano) from Chisinau (Moldova):
23. S’iz finster in gas (02:34)
Taraf
from Edinet (northern Moldova)
24.
Sher (02:35)
25. Belz – foxtrot (02:04)
