The Collections

The Collection Jacques Chalude, aka Ben Baruch

This collection gathers discs, sheet music and varied archives (photographies, posters...) tracing back the life and work of Jacques Chalude (1914-1997), who was at first a Yiddish singer known as "Ben Baruch", before becoming a cantor in the synagogue of Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth (Paris) …

Three centuries ago – Polina Shepherd

Originary from Kazan in Tatarstan, Polina Shepherd was part of the forerunners of the Yiddish music revival in Soviet Union since the 1990’s …

Aheym homeward – Sklamberg & the Shepherds

A beautiful album featuring original compositions in Yiddish, with world known artists: With Lorin Sklamberg (vocals, accordion, piano), Polina Shepherd (vocals, piano) and Merlin Shepherd (clarinet) …

Tantz ! Klezmer & Gipsy music – Sirba Octet

With the virtuosity that characterizes each of the group's members, the Sirba Octet's album "Tantz!" (La Dolce Volta, 2015) energetically carries away Jewish and Gypsy melodies, revisited with a classical twist …

Shbahoth

During 2.500 years, the Jews from Iraq developed local customs, including for the chanting of the prayers, designated by the word Shbahoth. The Shbahoth were sung by a «Master of prayers» (Abou Shbahoth) …

The Alberto Hemsi Collection

In July 2004, Mme Myriam Capelluto Hemsi, the widow of the ladino collector and composer Alberto Hemsi (1896-1975), donated her husband’s archives to the EIJM. An exceptional collection which includes original manuscripts from the composer …

Poyln – A gilgul

This CD, constituted in chapters inspired by the various stages of the Metamorphosis of a melody, the famous book by I. L. Peretz, features an obscure field of klezmer music repertoire …

Standing on the shoulders of Sholem Aleichem

During a trip through Europe between September 2013 and February 2013, Jean-Gabriel Davis met young people involved in the renewal of Yiddish culture in Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania and Romania. …

Chekhov’s Band – Eastern European Klezmer music from the EMI archives 1908-1913

Coming with a tremendously rich booklet, a true historical and ethnomusicological essay, this CD released in September 2015 features archive recordings, unpublished until now, and absolutely breathtaking …

Wandering Stars: Songs from Gimpel’s Lemberg Yiddish Theater, 1906-1910

Gimpel’s Yiddish theater of Lemberg was the first permanent Yiddish theater in Europe. Several 78 RPM discs of songs from this theater were recorded between 1906 and 1910. This CD, produced by Julian Futter and Michael Aylward, restored it for our pleasure …

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