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SIG 276

The Ancient Question - A Voyage Through Jewish Songs

Released Date:
01 Dec 2011

Recorded in 24 Bit / 48Khz

 Originally recorded in 2010
Artists:

Julian Bliss

clarinet

Christopher Glynn

piano

Hila Plitmann

soprano

Andres Kaljuste

viola

Thomas Bowes

violin

Venue:

Wyastone Leys Concert Hall, Monmouthshire

18-20 Nov 2010

Producer:

Nicholas Parker



Engineer:

Mike Hatch



Record Label
Signum

Genre:

Vocal & Song


Chamber

Total Time - 68:49
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TRAD. ARR. HILA PLITMANN

 

Five Yiddish Songs

  
1 I Die Alte Kasche (The Ancient Question) 1:14
2 II A Fidler ( The Fiddler) 1:04
3 III Unter A Kleyn Beymele (Under A Small Tree) 2:33
4 IV Du Sollst Nit Geyn (You Shall Go With No Other, Girl!) 1:22
5 V Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Raisins and Almonds) 2:37
   
 

LORI LAITMAN

 

I Never Saw Another Butterfly (1996)

  
6 I The Butterfly 5:50
7 II Yes, That's the Way Things Are 4:17
8 III Birdsong 2:07
9 IV The Garden 2:20
10 V Man Proposes, God Disposes 0:40
11 VI The Old House 3:35
   
 

AHARON HARLAP

 

Tehilim (Psalms) (2001)

  
12 I Psalm 122 'Samakhti Beomrim Li' 4:22
  (I was glad when they said to me)  
13 II Psalm 113 'Halleluyah' 2:39
  (Praise the Lord)  
14 III Psalm 43 'Shafteni Elohim' 4:35
  (Vindicate me, Lord)  
 

ERIC WHITACRE

  Hila Plitmann - poetry  
 

Five Hebrew Love Songs (2001)

  
15 I Temuná (A picture) 1:30
16 II Kalá kalá (Light bride) 2:50
17 III Lárov (Mostly) 0:48
18 IV Éyze shéleg (What snow!) 2:09
19 V Rakút (Tenderness) 2:15
   
 

SHARON FARBER

 

Bridges of Love (2009)

  
20 I For Wherever You Go I Will Go 8:13
21 II Once I Knew 7:34
22 III Wine of Love 4:15
   


The grammy-award winning artist Hila Plitmann is known worldwide for her astonishing musicianship, light and beautiful voice, and the ability to perform challenging new works.

On this album she brings together a very personal programme that draws on her familial roots in Jewish culture and song; from traditional folk music (Five Yiddish Songs), to contemporary compositions (Bridges of Love, Tebilim and I Never Saw Another Butterfly). The album also features the Five Hebrew Love Songs, with poetry by Plitmann set to music by the composer Eric Whitacre (her husband).
 

                        Performance ****      Recording ****
" ...All the featured composers write in a highly accessible style retaining a strong adherence to tonality and eschewing idiosyncratic voval and instrumental effects. Whitacre achieves a disarming memorability with the simplest of means, and I wouldn’t be at all suprised if his cycle, scored for  soprano, vioin and piano gains considerable popularity... clarinettist Julian Bliss proves a sensitive partner to the charismatic Plitmann."

Erik Levi - BBC Music magazine - August 2012




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