Together with three excellent musicians the clarinetist Michael Heitzler found his own band in order to give a special tribute to the big American and East-European bands of the 20s to 50s and the spiritual melodies of the hassidim of Eastern Europe.

The younger brother of Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello was a more prolific composer, writing stage works, church music, and secular vocal and instrumental music. In his book Il teatro alla moda, published about 1720, Marcello gives a satirical account of contemporary operatic practice.

Anne-Line began singing in small French and Belgian cabarets while still a very young girl. George Brassens, renowed French Singer-Composer, caught her act in Paris and instantly became a great influence on her. Equally a source of encouragement was enthusiastic reaction of the Continental audiences, who were hearing these Yiddish folk songs for the first time.

The fifth studio album from Israeli musician Itay Pearl contains the same blues theme as his former albums and has granted him the 2017 "AKUM" prize. The album deals with gap between day to day life and day dreaming.

The Night is The Night is the ambitious follow-up to singer, pianist and composer Rotem Geffen's seminal debut You Guard the Key. For this new recording she's been collaborating with producer Alex Zethson (keyboardist with Sven Wunder, Mariam the Believer, Goran Kajfes Tropiques, Angles 9, Fire! Orchestra) and co-producer/mixing engineer Anton Toorell (Dammit I'm Mad, Invader Ace), and together with some of Stockholm's finest musicians they've created an irresistible masterpiece.

In the throes of lockdown, Nicholas Weininger found himself reflecting on this Hebrew verse; what is the nature of our collective life sustained on if not breath and breath alone? It was a breath robbed and convoluted during the COVID-19 pandemic: the ravaged breath of the afflicted, the fear of coming too close to the breath of another. Our world seemed to pause and take a breath, busy city streets gone barren amid our collective anxieties.

Avner Finberg, Avishay Shalom, and Ohad Stolarz decorate the choral scene in WHEELS OF HEAVEN, a new setting of sacred Hebrew and Aramaic texts admirably performed and recorded by Ensemble Ofanìm. WHEELS OF HEAVEN is a devotion to the literary elements of Hebrew traditions, illustrations of a rich and cherished history. These artists have composed, arranged, and presented a beautiful collection of a vast literary tradition in this release, and the resulting sound is remarkable.

Chicago a cappella, the innovative vocal ensemble praised for its “clarity, well-balanced tone, and deep emotional involvement” (Washington Post), presents Miracle of Miracles — Music for Hanukkah, a new recording aimed at unveiling the richer meaning of the Festival of Lights, with music that ranges from heartfelt prayers to jazzy and playful holiday favorites, showcasing the creativity and vitality of American Jewish musical traditions.

Mosaic Voices are the Resident Choir at the New West End Synagogue, in London. The synagogue, designed in 1877 by the Scottish architect George Audsley, is a masterpiece of Victorian architecture, known for its beautiful choral acoustic. A great deal of the material on this album is therefore music sung by Mosaic Voices, in Hebrew, during religious services and festivals, of which this music forms a functional element.

Itzhak Perlman's soulful tone and virtuosic technique along with Cantor Helfgot's spellbinding tenor meld perfectly together on a new album of beloved liturgical and traditional works. While rooted in the cantorial-liturgical tradition of Jewish music, the ten tracks on Eternal Echoes encompass a wide range of musical moods.

Chava Alberstein is known as the most important folk singer in Israel, but here, in the second year of her career, she is accompanied by the CBS Israel Orchestra with arrangements by Israel's leading jazz musician Albert Piamenta in Jazz, Latin, or French Chanson style. There is no title printed on the front cover, but the record is commonly listed as "Death Of The Butterfly". The record is an Israel only release, and although it's in mint condition, there is some background noise, Israeli pressings were known for scarse quality, prices for imports were 3 times higher.

This double vinyl is the 4th part of the Comedian Harmonists Story released by EMI Electrola in 1977. On side A we find ballads and love songs that didn't make it on the first 3 editions. In 1935, the German Nazis banned the Jewish singers, they moved to Vienna and founded the Comedy Harmonists, their work is presented on side B. The remaining members in Berlin found 3 new singers, they had to change their name to Meister-Sextett, we can hear them on side C. On side D we have later recordings by former members of the Comedian Harmonists.