Brikele / A Concert of Yiddish Songs
Brikele
A Concert of Yiddish Songs
Syncoop Produkties 5757 CD 207, 1997
To be reviewed by Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky
Personnel this recording:
Mariejan van Oort: voice
Jacques Verheijen: piano, tsimbl, guitar
Songs
- Kivele (text/music: Mordekhay Gebirtig) 3:13
- Ver der ershter vet lakhn--Who'll be the first to laugh? (text/music: Mordekhay Gebirtig) 4:26
- Papirosn--Cigarettes (text: Herman Yablokoff / music: Russian trad.) 5:37
- Hulyet, hulyet kinderlekh--Enjoy yourselves, children (text/music Mordekhay Gebirtig) 2:39
- Reyzele (text/music Mordekhay Gebirtig) 3:40
- Dos freylekhe shnayderl--The Happy Tailor (text: Yosef Kerler / music: trad.) 5:14
- Farvos veynstu, Sheyndele--Why are you weeping, Sheyndele (text/music Mordekhay Gebirtig) 3:46
- Eili, Eili, lomo azavtoni--My God, why have you abandoned me? (text: Boris Tomashevski / music: Kopel Sandler) 3:17
- A zuniker shtral--A ray of sunshine (text: Mordekhay Gebirtig / music: Jacques Verheijen) 2:35
- Shlogt der zeyger eyns--When the clock strikes one (text/music: trad.) 7:13
- Khapt im, nemt im--Take him, catch him (text/music: trad.) 1:35
- Hirsch Lekert (text/music: unknown) 4:23
- Kholemen khaloymes--They dream dreams (text: Aliza Greenblatt / music: Solomon Golub) 2:44
- In droysn iz finster--Outside it's dark (text/music: trad.) 4:15
- Dos alte porfolk--the old couple (text/music: Mordekhay Gebirtig) 4:48
- Gehat hob ikh a heym--I had a home (text: Mordekhay Gebirtig / music: Emil Gorovets) 4:16
- Babi Yar (text: Shike Driz / music: Riva Boyarsky / Adapt. Jacques Verheijen) 5:17
- Shpil zhe mir a lidele af yidish--Play me a song in Yiddish (text: I. Kotliar / music: unknown) 4:40
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