This recording features 11 beautiful and heartwarming Lubavitcher chassidic melodies performed by The Andy Statman Trio in their inimitable style.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
This is just an awesome CD:
Reviewer: Ari Davidow 10/4/04 (klezmershack.com) About 20 years ago Andy Statman recorded an album titled, simply, "Jewish Klezmer Music" with Zev Feldman. It was the first klezmer album that excited me, and it generated enough excitement on its own to drag me deep into the revival scene. After a flurry of albums in the late 1990s, he stopped recording for several years. He hasn't stopped touring, though, appearing frequently with a combo playing something he purposefully does not describe as klezmer... more info
Brilliantly Played Chassidic Instrumental Music:
If you really want to hear Chassidic music, the last place to look is in a record store (no offense to Amazon -- but that's how it is!). The vocal music is alive and well, but it may be sampled only in its natural habitat -- the Stoliner tisch, or Bobov, or Modzitz, etc. Genuine Chassidic instrumental music is an even more elusive commodity. It hardly exists today in America, and barely survives in Jerusalem. So Andy Statman doesn't have much competition. However, even if he did -- and I hope that this... more info
A very Beautiful CD:
This is Andy Statman's new CD that presents Instrumental interpretations of Niggunim of the Habad Hasidic movement. Andy uses either a trio or quartet here. On a majority of the material plays clarinet and a few of the latter cuts he plays mandolin. There is a very powefull emotion in Andy's clairinet playing and of course he is technically excellent. This CD has the same power as his last two CDs. I wish he would have stretched out more on some of the material as he is an exellent inproviser. Most... more info
Tracks:
Chonye's Niggun
Ki Hinei Ka'Chomer / Yom Kippur Eve Melody
Deveykus Niggun
Nye Zuritzi / "Don't Worry"
Niggun L'Shabbos V'Yom Tov / Song for the Sabbath and Festivals
Niggun Hisva'adus / Song for Chassidic Gathering
Hisbonenus / Contemplation
Niggun Simchah / Song of Joy
Yemin HaShem / "Your Right Hand, O G-d"
Avinu Malkeinu / "Our Father, Our King"
Hakafos Niggun / Melody for Rejoicing With the Torah
