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...
From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 Kobi Zarco: voice Yarden Erez : ud, guitar, gumbush; violin, keyboard and arrangements Zeev Yaniv : darbuqa, sonaja, bendir, cajón A song celebrating the meeting of Bulgarian...
From Arboleras Vol. 2 - Romances Sefardies Tradicion Oral There are no known ancient Hispanic versions of this ballad, but it is preserved in the Moroccan tradition with a few differences, such as the groom...
From Morenika Izmirlia - Judeo-Spanish songs from Smyrna, 2020 This is an abbreviated version of a romance which tells the story of how a mother in law plotted against her daughter in law while she...
From Kanta Gayiko, Judeo-Spanish songs from Bulgaria, 2025 Orit Perlman : voice Yarden Erez : accompanyment and arrangements One of the better known Ladino songs, adopted from a Bulgarian folksong song, as presented in the...
From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. One of the few romansas with a practical role in the wedding ritual, traditionally sung in Saloniki by the women of the bride’s family, friends, and neighbors during the...
From Arboleras vol. 1 - Sephardic cancionero and coplas oral tradition,1996 Typical of the cantigas genre, the order of the strophes are not necessarily important. The text speaks of the sand paths in Sirkigi, where...