Songs of Our Fathers

Songs of Our Fathers Artist: Andy Statman & David Grisman
Label: Acoustic Disc
Category: Music


Buying details


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 715949101427
EAN: 0715949101427
ASIN: B000003919


Release Date: 1995-05-10

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Tracks:

  1. Shalom Aleichem
  2. Chassidic Medley: Adir Hu/Moshe Emes
  3. Shomer Yisrael
  4. Toska
  5. Bashie's Bounce
  6. Dovid Melech Yisrael
  7. Shabbos Waltz
  8. For The Sake Of My Brothers And Friends
  9. Der Rebbe
  10. Adon Olam
  11. Kazatski
  12. Shalom Aleichem

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Boring.......2006-10-07

I love mandolin, I love clarinet, and I love klezmir music. Most of the songs on this album, while beautifully played by great musicians are BORING. They sound like background music to dull scenes in "The Godfather". One Mandolin duet is brilliant and a couple of other cuts are very good but, my advice: listen to the entire CD before buying. Not just the snippets that Amazon allows you to hear. I did that and was still disapointed.

5 out of 5 stars Smokin' Klezmer.......2006-03-16

If you like Klezmer, if you appreciate smokin' fun music, buy this and turn it up. Wow. I tried to borrow my father's copy, but he bought me my own instead. This is one of my favorite CD's. Buy it!

5 out of 5 stars An almost lost world.......2005-05-05

I picked up this CD the local library. Listened once, and liked it, listened a second time and knew for certain I had to have my own copy. Grab a cup, or glass, of your favorite beverage, get comfortable, turn the lights low and listen. You will be transported back in time to an era that's not lost, just hiding for the moment. You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this music, though it may well add a little extra to the experience, you just have to listen. Buy it. You won't begrudge the few dollars, I promise you.

4 out of 5 stars Pleasant Listening.......2002-12-08

Relaxing music. Some familiar melodies, some original.

4 out of 5 stars The saddest joy.......2001-11-26

While I was writing my review for Grisman's newest wonderful release (Traversata, with Carlo Aonzo and Beppe Gambetta) it struck me that I never wrote a review for the great Songs Of Our Fathers.

For me, this cd displays both sides of the coin, the mourning of those who are gone, as well as the celebration of the joy and beauty in life. There is just no denying that Shalom Aleichem is one of the saddest and most beautiful melodies ever written, or that the Chassidic Medley (track #2) is all-out dance music!

Andy Statman is a true musical marvel. If he only played clarinet as well as he does then he'd be legendary, and if he only played mandolin as well as he does he'd be legendary. Instead, he just plays both instruments as well as he does (and composes and arranges too).

I've had this cd for 5 or 6 years and had I reviewed it when I first got connected to the internet I would have given it 5 stars. The only reason I'm only giving it 4 stars now is because Acoustic Disc releases (Grisman's label) have even crisper, fuller, richer sound now than they did back when Songs Of Our Fathers was released.

This recording is one of the crown-jewel's of the Acoustic Disc label.

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