Open the Gates!

Artista: Cohen, Robert

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: CDB

Catalogo: 5637421915

Faixas: 1.1 Adonai S’fatai – Craig Taubman
1.2 S’fatai Tiftach – Hanna Tiferet Siegel
1.3 Ilu Finu – Linda Hirschhorn
1.4 Beyond Twelve Gates – Michael Shapiro
1.5 Lechah Dodi – Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin
1.6 Woman of Valor – Elizabeth Swados
1.7 Eishet Chayil – Beat’achon
1.8 Shalom Aleichem – S. Brazil/Regesh
1.9 Yismechu – R. Solomon/Safam
1.10 Eits Chayim – Tanchum Portnoy
1.11 Mi Chamochah – Kenny G/Bruce Benson
1.12 Yibaneh – Fabrangen Fiddlers
1.13 Pitchu LI – y. Rosenzweig/Diaspora Yeshiva Band
1.14 Hallelukah – a. Weinreb ; J. Goodman/Kolos
1.15 Hinei Keil Y’shuasi – B. Chait/Dveykus
1.16 Birchot Havdalah – Debbie Friedman
1.17 Ein Keilokeinu – Shlomo Carlebach
1.18 Adon Olam – M. Rabinowitz/Shir Hadash

A compilation CD of American-Jewish “heart music”, both intimate & exuberant, that American Jews today * pray to * dance to * meditate to * seek healing to ‘Open the Gates! Has opened MY gates, and given me comfort, joy, and healing’ – a listener 18 tracks by 18 different artists & groups: Shlomo Carlebach * Debbie Friedman * Craig Taubman Fabrangen Fiddlers * Diaspora Yeshiva Band * Liz Swados * Kenny G “What is so refreshing about OPEN THE GATES!, apart from it’s eclectic variety, is that it is traditional & at the same time modern, musically, instrumentally, & lyrically.” – Theodore Bikel Jewish bluegrass & Jewish country / Jewish “world music” English & Hebrew Hasidic chants / a cappella harmony singing “Without exaggeration, I have listened to my CD for hours on end – tapping, humming, dancing, chanting, & praying. You really have opened the gates of this woman’s heart – traditional words of many decades blended with different notes, instruments, & voices enhanced in a new way, a happier way to express my yearning to be closer to God.” – a listener plus: “New Wings for Our Prayers” (liner notes) – reflections on Jewish soul music today “There are intensely beautiful gems in this collection of Jewish songs.” – Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary)