29/10/2011
Survivre et mourir en musique dans les camps nazis
From the first punitive camps of the IIIrd Reich to the death factories of Treblinka and Birkenau, passing by the prisoners of war camps, the author tells about the activities in the concentration camp universe …
21/10/2011
Musiques liturgiques des Juifs de Tlemcen
This 6-CD set is devoted to the specific liturgy of the thousand-year-old Jewish community of Tlemcen …
04/09/2011
Le chant liturgique juif éthiopien
This book by Olivier Tourny, ethnomusicologist in the CNRS and former director of the French Research Center in Jerusalem, describes in a pedagogical way the fascinating musical tradition of Ethiopian Jews …
04/09/2011
Axerico en Selanik
The French duet Mazal, with Emmanuelle Rouvray (vocals, percussions) and Thomas Baudriller (programming, sampler, bass, doublebass, mandoline), perform 10 traditional Sefardi songs in a musical electro-dance environment …
12/07/2011
Classic Yiddish Klezmer – 1905-1916
The 26 tunes of this compilation restore a part of the klezmer music repertoire edited in the USA in the beginning of the 20th century …
07/06/2011
Music in the Jewish community of Palestine 1880 – 1948 – A Social History
The thrilling story of a small community of immigrants and refugees who succeeded in establishing a musical life internationally renowned with the background of two world wars. A balance between a European heritage and an Eastern inspiration …
07/06/2011
Salamone Rossi – Jewish musician in late renaissance Mantua
The life and work of Salamone Rossi, Jewish composer from the 17th century who lived in the court of Duke Gonzague of Mantua …
28/04/2011
Symphonie Juive
This work by Lionel Stoléru and Francine Aubin, performed by the l'Orchestre romantique européen, under the direction of the composer, features in a classical form the great themes of French Ashkenazi, Sefardi and Comtadine synagogal religious music …
28/04/2011
Speak with Ghosts
The latest CD of the Anakronic Electro Orkestra, produced by the music labels Balagan Box and Jumu, offer an original fusion of klezmer and electronic music …
