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A 5 star music review. Cantor Morton Shames is a pleasure to listen too. I have bought this CD twice cause when I loan it out I never get it back. Wonderful music for the holiday. Definitely a CD that can be played all year.
The music is uplifting and the young performers wonderful. I love this album and I'm not Jewish. I keep it on the player the entire holiday season.
Recorded at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory, you may have seen the video broadcast of this performance on PBS. Chasia Segal; and a blues/gospel rendition of "I Have A Little Dreydl" which will change the way you sing it forever. The review below captures the essence of the CD. In addition to excellent and stirring renditions of Hanukah favorites, the CD includes the popular SPanish Hanukah song of 8 candle (Ocho Kaandelaros); a humorous Latke Cooking Demonstration by the octogenerian comedian Ms.
This CD is a work of art, a lot of fun and a definite winner. Her beautiful and expressive soprano mark her as a very bright star on the horizon. Take Theodore Bikel, the storied folk musician and "Fiddler" Tevye, cantor Morton Shames, the Boston Community Gospel Choir, extraordinarily talented musicians and vocalists of the New England Conservatory, and put them all in the hands of brilliant Klezmer/Jazz- Composer, Musician and Impressario Hankus Netsky and you have a stellar show and the recording "A Taste of Channukah"Wonderful performances are everywhere and newcomer Elizabeth Parvin is a stunning example. Her duet with Bikel, and her solo within it, offer the listener a portal to true vocal brilliance. Miss Parvin and the other accomplished young performers show how artistic interpretations can be a continuing and fulfilling source of cultural renewal.
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