The acclaimed Western Wind Vocal Ensemble, in cooperation with National Public Radio, has created a new version of their award-winning program, THE CHANUKKAH STORY. You may have heard this updated version on one of 250 public and commercial classical stations around Chanukah time. The 25 Sephardic, Israeli, Yiddish and Hasidic musical selections, both acappella and with musical accompaniment, alternate with narration by the infamous Leonard Nimoy.
CHANUKKAH IN STORY AND SONG by The Western Wind
TRACK LIST AND SAMPLE CLIPS:
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1. Chanukkah, Oy Chanukkah
2. Narration
3. Mi Ze Y'malel
4. Narration
5. Hayo Haya
6. Narration
7. Mi Y'malel
8. Narration
9. Al Hanissim
10. Narration
11. Maoz Tzur
12. Narration
13. Rock of Ages/Maoz Tzur
14. Narration
15. Lo V'chayil
16. Psalm 30
17. Narration
18. Los Siete Hijos de Hanna
19. Narration
20. Hanerot Hallalu
21. Narration
22. O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh
23. Narration
24. Boruch Ate, Zingt Der Tate
25. Narration
26. Tzindt On Likhtelekh
27. Mi Ze Hidlik
28. Akht Kleyne Brider
29. Lichvod Hachanukkah
30. Narration
31. Kemach Min Hasak
32. Narration
33. Hazeremos Una Merenda
34. Quita'l Tas
35. Ocho Kandelikas
36. Narration
37. Gut Yon-tef, Aykh Kinder (We Come to You Children)
Usher in the Sabbath with The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble as they present a diverse collection of Chassidic and Sephardic music and hazzanut drawn from the Shabbat evening service and Z'mirot. The Ensemble is accompanied by Cantors Alberto Mizrahi, Robert Paul Abelson, and Benjie Ellen Schiller, with guest conductor, Matthew Lazar, and narrator, Leonard Nimoy. This beautiful 19 song recording includes: Yedid Nefesh, L'cho Dodi, Tzadik Katamar, Ahavas Olam, Magen Avot, Shalom Aleichem, Ayshet Chayil, Tzur Mishelo Achalnu, Ein Adir, El Di?? Alto ... and more!
Theodore Bikel and The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble have teamed up to tell and sing the Passover story, providing a seamless, thoroughly entertaining adult recording which illuminates the Passover themes. The 20 selections include Hebrew folk melodies, classical European liturgical music, ancient Sephardic chants, Klezmer style improvisations, and traditional songs from the Seder.
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