The Collections

Aleksander Tansman

In 1950, Alexandre Tansman finished the composition of his oratorio Isaïe the Prophet, one of his favorite works, which he dedicated to the six million Jews who were killed during the Second World War …

Darius Milhaud – Ani maamin – un chant perdu et retrouvé

Ani maamin is the latest work by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974). This cantata, which was put on a text by Elie Wiesel, deported in Auschwitz at the age of 15, describes the horror of the extermination camps and the martyr of the Jews …

Kossi Revaya

Performed by Adolphe Attia, Malkiel Benamara (zl),Albert Bouadana and Philippe Darmon, this CD is the occasion to hear the simple and lively melodies that punctuate weekly rest of the Shabbat …

¡ Ay Petenera !

A gypsy with a deadly charm, La Petenera was a woman from Paterna de Rivera near Cadix in Andalusia, in the 18th century. Her name was given to a song and a dance of flamenco …

Balabosta

In Yiddish, the Balabosta is the housekeeper, the women who cooks the gefilte fish for the family, who knits the thread of tradition and heritage. The Balabosta trio tells the story of the klezmer music heritage …

Alpen klezmer

The CD Alpen Klezmer was born with the observation that the Yiddish and Bavarian traditions have certain songs in common. The singer Andrea Pancur gathered many musicians around her in this original project to restore klezmer music from the mountain pastures …

A COLLECTION OF 9 CD’S PUBLISHED BY THE EUROPAÏSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR JÜDISCHE MUSIK (EZJM) IN HANOVER

Founded in 1988 by Andor Izsák, the Europaïsches Zentrum für Jüdische Musik (EZJM) in Hanover published around 10 CD’s, mainly music for choral and organ, featuring in particular works by Louis Lewandowski, Ernest Bloch, Alberto Mizrahi …

Les Yiddishe Mamas et Papas

Created in 1996 in Strasbourg, the band Yiddishe Mamas et Papas offer us an explosive cocktail of Jazz, Twist, Charleston... sung in Yiddish …

Le Passant du pont de l’Europe : Charles-Valentin Alkan, entre tradition et modernité

A book written by Anny Kessous Dreyfuss who makes us discover Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888), composer, virtuoso, pedagogue, whose several works are related to Jewish tradition …

Klezmanouche

Klezmanouche - with the singer Astrid Ruff - offers a meeting between « klezmer » music (Jewish music from the Yiddishland) and Gypsy jazz …

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