Jewish Cello Masterpieces Volume II;

More great Jewish Music

Volume II of Jewish Cello Masterpieces continues the broad survey begun with the best selling and highly acclaimed original CD.
This edition explores four works by Joseph Achron; Maurice Ravel's, Deux Melodies Hebraiques including both the Kaddisch and L'Enigma Eternelle; Russian-American composer Leo Zeitlin's best-known work, Eli Zion, which is a paraphrase of a folk theme from Song of Songs; Cantorial works by Joseph Yossele Rosenblatt and Solomon Rozumni; songs by Yiddish Theatre composers David Meyerowitz and Sholom Secunda; and two traditional Klezmer works, Doina and Street Melody. Also on the disk are classical works on Jewish themes: Beethoven: Judas Maccabeus Variations, Massenet: Elegie, Schubert: St¤ndchen and, from Camille Saint-Sa«ns opera Samson and Delilah, Delilah s aria Mon coeur s'ouvre   ta. The Massenet and Schubert, sung in Yiddish, were part of the concert repertoire of Yossele Rosenblatt. Martha Locker is the magnificent pianist.