From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 Orit Perlman : voice Yarden Erez : accordian and arrangements This well known love song has borrowed its melody from a Bulgarian folk song, from which we...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. In Morocco, one of the favorite pastimes for girls and young women was the matesha, a swing made from a rope tied either to the...
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. This song criticizes the the custom of having to provide a bride with a large dowry, often exploited by grooms who are not worth it. The song was printed...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. This a a humorous and festive copla from North Morocco, celebrating the downfall of Haman and the joy of the Jewish people. Haman here is...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. This Romance is used as a wedding song in Tangier despite its theme of adultery. The song blends secular and para-liturgical elements, incorporating blessings from...
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. From ‘Esther’, a musical play in three acts depicting the story of Purim, which articulates the plot via various operatic genres: recitativo, arias, duets and choruses. Some of its...
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. This song tells the story of Florika - a charming and coquettish maid who flirts with the three generations of men in the house, finally marrying the youngest. By...
From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 This song tells the story of Florika - a charming and coquetish maid who flirts with the three generations of men in the house, finally marrying the youngest. By duo...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 In this romance about the painful life of the galley (La vida de las galeras) the musical stanza comprises only one line, followed by a sort...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. This copla for Shavuot, the holiday for the receiving of the Torah, begins with a verse in Hebrew, the first line of which, Hi Torá...
From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 These are two Koplas that share a melody, from Bulgaria. Both retell biblical content, the first describes the miraculous birth of Abraham, whose mother, wife of Terah, experienced pain in...
From Merendjenas, Orit Perlman, 2023 This copla, connected to the circumcision ritual, recounts a Talmudic legend about Abraham’s miraculous birth and early years. Terah’s wife gives birth to him in a cave, and like a...
From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 Orit Perlman: voice Yarden Erez : ud, guitar, gumbush; violin, keyboard and arrangements Zeev Yaniv : darbuqa, sonaja, bendir, cajón This copla, associated with the ritual of...
From Decile a mi Amor, Judeo-Spanish songs from Tetuan, 2018. In this renewed version of three wedding songs, a steady percussion rhythm replaces the traditional continuous beat, which is usually accompanied by a single castanet...