The Collections

Chamber Works by Walter Kaufmann

Fourth opus from the serie Music in Exile, the CD Chamber Works by Walter Kaufmann, released by Chandos on August 28, 2020 makes us discover the unfairly forgotten work of a Jewish Czech composer who fled Nazism in 1934 …

Hebrew Voices: A journey into Western Jewish music, with analysis and musical examples (in French)

This book takes us on a chronological circuit through 30 works of Jewish music, from the Middle Ages up to today, from Obadiah the Proselyte to Arnold Schoenberg or Michaël Levinas …

Alberto Hemsi : Coplas Sefardies

Soprano Tehila Nini Goldstein and pianist Jascha Nemtsov perform the complete 60 Coplas Sefardies (Judeo-Spanish Songs) by Alberto Hemsi in this 3-CD set released by Hänsser Classic on September 30, 2020 …

En allant à Uskudar

The first album of Les Oreilles d’Aman, En allant à Uskudar (Going to Uskudar) explores the interbreedings of Jewish music, Turkish and Balkan melodies, with Klezmer and Gypsy tunes, passing by jazz, Occitan or classical music …

Josef Josef

The first album of the band Josef Josef, released by the Buda Musique label, is composed of Yiddish, Gypsy, and Russian songs …

THE 78 RPM DISCS FROM THE ODEON MUSIC LABEL

A selection of 78 rpm records of Jewish music edited on the music label ODEON between 1909 and 1934 …

LE CANDÉLABRE À SEPT BRANCHES (THE SEVEN-BRANCH CANDELABRA) (1951) BY DARIUS MILHAUD

A handwritten score on tracing paper with a mysterious dedication from Darius Milhaud to Madame Halphen …

Oyfn Veg (en chemin)

An album featuring popular Yiddish songs, harmonized for choir and conducted by Jean Golgevit …

Yiddish Glory

Released in 2018 in USA by Six Degrees Records, the CD Yiddish Glory features 18 Yiddish songs, written by Jews from Soviet Union. Songs that we had thought lost forever …

Purim – Holiday Music Box

Published in 1951 in the United States, this 78 RPM disc features Purim songs for children …

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MAURICE EL MÉDIONI COLLECTION

In 2010, Maurice El Médioni donated several audio documents, concert videos, programmes, press articles and other archives retracing his career…

El Médioni, Maurice (1928-2024)

Pianist, composer, arranger and performer Maurice El Médioni, born in 1928 in Oran (Algeria), was one of the leading figures…