THE CD FEATURES:
The voices of 10 authors including:
The beloved Sholem Aleichem
Major Yiddish poets and prose writers of the past such as Yankev Glatshteyn, Celia Dropkin, H. Leivick, Aron Glantz-Leyeles, Kadye Molodowsky
Late 20th and early 21st century artists Yente Mash, Avrom Sutzkever, Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, and Yekhiel Shraibman reading from their works
The selections on the CD represent many of the genres and themes of modern Yiddish literature.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
Yankev Glatshteyn's poem "A gute nakht, velt," a prophetic renunciation of Western culture on the eve of the Holocaust
Kadye Molodowsky's delightful children's verse, "Olke mit der bloyer parasolke"
Yente Mash's "Broyt," a haunting short story about life in Siberian exile under Soviet rule
Yekhiel Shraibman's autobiographical account of his beginnings as a Yiddish writer
Short musical motifs, often to poetry written by the authors themselves, accompany each writer's selections, arranged and executed by Alexander (Sender) Botwinik of Philadelphia.
Listeners interested in literature and/or Yiddish dialects will find these recordings a treasure!
The CD is accompanied by 2 booklets (totaling approximately 150 pages).
THE BOOKLETS CONTAIN:
Notes on each work in English
The complete Yiddish text
A glossary of difficult words in Transliteration (for those who understand Yiddish but cannot read it), English, Hebrew, and Russian
Biographies of each writer in both English and Yiddish
Bibliography of the works both in Yiddish and in English translation