CD Review: German Goldenshteyn / A Living Tradition - A+!
Continuing my series of quick reviews for those wondering what to get for the holidays....
KlezKanada regular Alan Sissel
calls it "the only CD I’m listening
to right now." Goldenshteyn is
backed by some of the best klezmorim
around, from Josh Horowitz to
Michael Alpert. The real star, however,
is German Goldenshteyn, whose songs
and whose clarinet are, as the label
says, a Living Tradition. This is traditional
klezmer as no one knew it was
played any more until German arrived
in the US and demonstrated the music
that he had been playing all of his life.
a bisl of the music that formed his living
tradition is now passed on to us. The money from the sale of the CD
is going to a special fund set up to
support his family. [GRADE: A+]
German Goldenshteyn / A Living Tradition. LTD 1803, 2006. Available from CDbaby.com
[Updated from the KlezKanada newsletter, 24 Aug 2006] Nothing makes up for the sudden
loss of German Goldenshteyn
this past summer, but for those
who remember him and his
music, Living Tradition records
has released a CD recorded last
year at KlezKamp. (There will be
a second Goldenshteyn CD, probably
in Winter 2007. One track from
the second CD is available in the
KlezKanada Faculty Anthology
now.)