Klezmer - audio resources

© Ilana Cravitz January 2004

Old-time recordings

Beregovski + Slobin et al: Jewish Instrumental Folk Music (Syraceuse University Press, 2001 - book and CD)

Some of the collections compiled from 78s by clarinetist Kurt Bjorling, of Brave Old World: (available via musiker@aol.com)

• Jewish violinists (2 cassettes)
• Belf's Romanian orchestra (2 cassettes)
• Early Dave Tarras and Shloimke Beckerman (clarinet)
• Naftule Brandwine (clarinet) 1922-23
• Max Yankowitz (accordion) and Josef Moskowitz (cymbalon)
• Jewish Orchestras (2 cassettes)
• Jewish Doinas (with book)

  Naftule Brandwine: King of the Klezmer Clarinet 1922-1941 (Rounder CD 1127)

Abe Ellstein's Orchestra featuring Dave Tarras (Banner Records CD BASC 1001)

IJ Hochman: Fun der Khupe - Recordings 1918-1924 (Global Village CD 114)

Harry Kandel: Russian Sher (Global Village CD 128)

Joseph Moscowitz: The Art of the Cymbalon 1916-1953 (Rounder CD/Traditional Crossroads CD 1126, 1996)

Compiled Joel Rubin: Oytseres - Treasures, Klezmer Music 1908-1996 (Wergo SM 1621)

Compiled Ruth Rubin: Jewish Life "The Old Country" (Folkways Cassette Series 03801, 1993. The Smithsonian Institute. +1 202 287 3262)

Compiled Henry Sapoznik:
The Compleat Klezmer (Tara Publications, 1987 - book and CD)
Klezmer Music 1910-1942 (Folkways FSS 34021, 1980)

Klezmer Pioneers 1905-1952 (Rounder CD 1089)

Abe Schwartz:
Master of Klezmer Music Volume One - The First Recordings - 1917 (Global Village CD 126)
Master of Klezmer Music Volume Two - National Hora (Global Village CD 140)
The Klezmer King (Columbia/Legacy, 2002)

Leon Schwartz: Like in a Different World - a traditional Jewish Klezmer violinist from Ukraine (Global Village C109)

Compiled Martin Schwartz:
Klezmer Music 1910-1926 (Folk Lyric FL 9034, 1983)
Yikhes: Fruhe Klezmer Aufnahmen von 1907-1939 (Trikont CD 26); Yikhes: Klezmer Recordings from 1907-1939 (Trikont CD 4270, 1991)
Klezmer Music: Early Yiddish Instrumental Music, The first Recordings 1908-1927 (Arhoolie Folklyric CD 7034, 1997)

Dave Tarras:
Master of Klezmer Music Volume One 1929-1949 (Global Village CD 105)
Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956 (Yazoo Records 7001, 1991)
Tanz! (Epic/Legacy, 2002 - recorded 1955)

Recordings featuring 'second generation' fiddlers

The Strauss/Warschauer Duo: Rejoicing (The Strauss Warschauer Duo) - features Deborah Strauss

Alicia Svigals: Fidl (Crossroads CD 4286)

Brave Old World: Various recordings - features Michael Alpert

Khevrisa: European Klezmer Music (SFW CD 40486) - features Steve Greenman

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