Mamaloshen - Mandy Patinkin - Showtunes in Yiddish

Mamaloshen - Mandy Patinkin - Showtunes in YiddishRipped to 320kbps mp3





http://allmusic.com/album/mamaloshen-r333645Mamaloshen means "Mother Tongue", or Yiddish





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_languageReview



by Tim Sheridan



Documenting the Jewish-American experience in song, Mandy Patinkin weaves a rich tapestry of legend, oral history and popular song, all in Yiddish. The most interesting tunes on Mamaloshen include Paul Simon's "American Tune" and "Maria" from West Side Story which become perfectly adapted to Patinkin's use. The lush arrangements by Paul Ford lend a sweeping cinematic air to the project, making it at once humble and grand, much like the dreams of millions of immigrants.Amazon.com



Mandy Patinkin knew only a few words of Yiddish at the beginning of the '90s, when the late Joe Papp eked a promise from the actor-singer to learn the repertoire. So he did, and this helzapoppin' collection of traditional Yiddish tunes and Yiddish translations of English songs by Jewish composers is the overblown, symphonically orchestrated result. Patinkin plays to the third balcony on "Mamaloshen" ("mother tongue"), squeezing every iota of feeling out of songs you might have heard on Grandma's knee, and turning each guttural consonant into a virtual phlegm fest. Nostalgia can be nice, but things get weird when Patinkin makes with Yiddish versions of such showstoppers as "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," Paul Simon's "American Tune," "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," and--oy vey ist mir!--even "The Hokey Pokey," their inclusion justified on assimilationist principles. --Richard GehrTracks

1 Belz Jacobs, 3:19

2 Hey, Tsigelekh 3:07

3 Rabbi Elimeylekh 3:34

4 Raisins and Almonds 2:51

5 Papirosin 5:51

6 Ten Kopeks/Supercalifragilistic-Expialidocious/Hokey Pokey 2:22

7 Maria 2:30

8 Yome, Yome 1:06

9 Paper Is White 2:36

10 Song of the Titanic 4:32

11 Motl the Operator 3:16

12 Under Your White Stars 2:21

13 American Tune 4:17

14 Take Me Out to the Ball Game/God Bless America 2:10

15 Der Alter Tzigayner/White Christmas 4:00

16 Oyfn Pripetshik 3:59