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Eitan Steinberg & Etty Ben-Zaken: CDs


Rava Deravin - Music by Eitan Steinberg
Etty Ben-Zaken, vocalist; Richard Pittman, conductor
Ensemble Boston Musica Viva
(Israel - U.S.A. 2002)
The CD features six of Steinberg's chamber works: Rava Deravin (2001) for voice and ensemble; Waltz (1995) for chamber ensemble; Two Grandfathers Sing (1996) for flute and string quartet; Talk Talk Talk (1997) for violin, viola and cello; In a Hidden Cleft among Cliffs a Gazelle Drinks Water (85/96) for voice and viola; Fragile (2000) for chamber ensemble.
Cover art: Etty Ben-Zaken
The CD can be purchased from the artists at
steie@research.haifa.ac.il
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"The Bride Unfastens Her Braids,
The Groom Faints - Ladino Love Songs"
Etty Ben-Zaken, vocalist, Ensemble Yatan Atan
Eitan Steinberg, settings, musical director
New Albion Records label, 1999, U.S.A.
"Steinberg...has composed exquisite settings of these Sephardic traditional ballads and wedding songs, which reveal the songs' original richness with a modern perspective.
The extraordinary vocalist Ben-Zaken sings in the Ladino language she learned from her grandmother."
(San Francisco Bay Area "Express")
This recording features 17 Judeo-Spanish love songs and wedding songs from the Sephardic communities in Jerusalem, Morocco, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. The songs were set by composer Eitan Steinberg for voice and an ensemble of recorders, guitar, cello/viola da gamba and ethnic percussion.
On September 1999, with its release in the U.S., "The Bride Unfastens Her Braids, The Groom Faints" was chosen by "classicstoday.com" as one of its 10 recommended CDs.
The San Francisco Bay Area "Express" chose it as one of the 10 best CDs of the year.
Cover art: Etty Ben-Zaken
In Israel, the CD can be purchased from the artists at: steie@research.haifa.ac.il
Outside Israel, it can be purchased at www.newalbion.com and www.amazon.com
  from the CD's notes
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