Polonski / Yale Strom / Hot Pstromi - City of the Future - Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union Music CD
Polonski / Yale Strom / Hot Pstromi - City of the Future - Yiddish Songs from the Former Soviet Union Music CD
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Yale Strom, the multiply gifted American violinist, composer, filmmaker, writer, educator, photographer and playwright is among other things, considered a pioneer among klezmer revivalists with his comprehensive field research in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans regions within the Jewish and Rom communities. "City of the Future" explores the Jewish songs composed by Shmuel Polonski in 1931, a golden time of great vitality Yiddish culture within the former Soviet Union. Recorded for the first time, these pre-WWII songs are a vital historic and creative portrait of a moment in time, strongly performed by Strom with his klezmer ensemble Hot Pastrami and a roster of guest singers including Michael Alpert of Brave Old World and Judy Bressler of the Klezmer Conservatory Crew among man others.
Tracklist:
- Who Did It
- Red Army
- Young Forces Grow
- On The Slope
- Hirsh Lekert
- Girls Sewing At The Machines
- A Stone On A Stone
- Among The Highest
- City Of The Future
- Village Pain
- My Youth
- The Young Guard
- This Will Be
- The Song Of The Collective Farmer
- Not To Worry
- A Well
- October
- Luminous Detachments
- Factory Song
UPC: 5019396261723
Label: Arc Music
Release Date: 11.13.15
Format: CD
