Zeitlin: Yiddish Songs, Chamber Music & Declamations

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
August 14, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ZEITLIN, LEO
    • PERFORMER
      Calloway, Guechev, Rabbani, Pittsburgh Jewish Festival
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 14, 2015
    • UPC
      5060113442949
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0294
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. More

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Guenko Guechev, Elisabeth Pridonoff

    2. Reb Nakhmons nign

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Dennis O'Boyle, Laura Motchalov, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Isaias Zelkowicz, Aron Zelkowicz

    3. Tsien zikh khmares oyf, harts mayns

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Daniella Rabbani, Elisabeth Pridonoff

    4. Iber di hoyfn

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Dennis O'Boyle, Laura Motchalov, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz

    5. Benk ikh yo, benk ikh nit?

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Daniella Rabbani, Elisabeth Pridonoff

    6. Berceuse (A mayse)

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Guenko Guechev, Elisabeth Pridonoff

    7. Zay, zeyde, mispalel far undz dayne kinder

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Daniella Rabbani, Aron Zelkowicz

    8. Eli Zion

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Aron Zelkowicz, Luz Manriquez

    9. Ad ono adoynoy (L. Zeitlin)

      Composer: Moshe Milner

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Guenko Guechev, Dennis O'Boyle, Laura Motchalov, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz

    10. Zog zhe, rebenyu

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Dennis O'Boyle, Laura Motchalov, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz

    11. Eyli, eili

      Composer: Joachim Stutschewsky

      Performer: Aron Zelkowicz, Luz Manriquez

    12. Eyli, eili

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Dennis O'Boyle, Laura Motchalov, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz

    13. Wiener Volkslied (Old Refrain) (arr. L. Zeitlin for string quartet)

      Composer: Fritz Kreisler

      Performer: Dennis O'Boyle, Laura Motchalov, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz

    14. No. 1. Gebet fun rabbi Leyvi-Yitskhok (after Lazare Saminsky)

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Luz Manriquez, Dennis O'Boyle, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz

    15. No. 2. Klezmorimlekh (after Moshe Shalyt)

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Luz Manriquez, Dennis O'Boyle, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz

    16. No. 3. Der parom (after Ephraim Shkliar)

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Luz Manriquez, Dennis O'Boyle, Marylène Gingras-Roy

    17. No. 4. Shoyn nito der nekhtn (after Moshe Shalyt)

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Luz Manriquez, Dennis O'Boyle, Laura Motchalov, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz

    18. No. 5. Patsh, patsh, kikhelekh (after Lazare Saminsky)

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Luz Manriquez, Dennis O'Boyle, Laura Motchalov, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz

    19. No. 6. Patsh, patsh, kikhelekh

      Composer: Leo Zeitlin

      Performer: Rachel Calloway, Luz Manriquez, Dennis O'Boyle, Laura Motchalov, Marylène Gingras-Roy, Aron Zelkowicz


A member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music in St Petersburg, Russia, Leo Zeitlin (1884–1930) was known almost exclusively for Eli Zion, a classic of Jewish art-music. Zeitlin died only seven years after emigrating to New York, still a young man, and his reputation languished until the recent discovery of a trunk full of scores brought his music back to light. This album attempts to remedy decades of neglect, especially for his charismatic Yiddish song-settings for voice, strings and piano, powerful declamations of spoken Yiddish and Russian poetry underscored by Romantic piano music, all of which points to a once popular but now forgotten genre. The Festival musicians of the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival are the highest-caliber local professionals; players for the orchestral and chamber-music concerts include members of the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet Orchestras, and university faculty members. In its eleven seasons since its founding by cellist Aron Zelkowicz the PJMS has programmed over 130 pieces of classical chamber and orchestral music inspired by Jewish traditions. The recordings on this CD series represent a six-year project devoted to the St Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music and its affiliated Russian composers.

REVIEW:

The performances of Leo Zeitlin’s music are first-rate from start to finish, as is the recorded sound. The liner notes by Paula Eisenstein Baker (a key figure in the resurrection of the Zeitlin’s music) and Robert S. Nelson provide detailed information on the composer’s life and the featured works. Original language texts (Cyrillic script for Russian, and transliterations for the Yiddish poems) and English translations are provided for each of the songs. While the repertoire on this disc may have a less broad appeal than the Stutschewsky release, I think anyone at all curious to explore the work of Leo Zeitlin will not be disappointed.

-- Fanfare