Eternal Echoes: Songs and Dances for the Soul Itzhak Perlman

• 1A Dudele05:42
• 2Mizmor L'Dovid05:11
• 3Shoyfer Shel Moshiakh04:27
• 4Romanian Doyne03:51
• 5T'filas Tal07:41
• 6Yism'chu04:33
• 7R'tzay05:40
• 8Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid02:37
• 9Sheyibone Bays Hamikdosh10:04
• 10Kol Nidrei08:42
• Total Runtime58:28

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Itzhak Perlman's soulful tone and virtuosic technique along with Cantor Helfgot's spellbinding tenor meld perfectly together on a new album of beloved liturgical and traditional works. While rooted in the cantorial-liturgical tradition of Jewish music, the ten tracks on Eternal Echoes encompass a wide range of musical moods.

Perlman said that his idea 'was to do Jewish comfort music - everything that I recognize from my childhood is in this program.' The two masters began to explore the confluences of sound between Perlman's famed classical technique with Helfgot's magnificent golden voice. 'I always find that there is a real communication between voice and violin,' says Perlman. 'This was the fulfillment of a dream,' says Helfgot. 'When I was a child growing up I always knew about Itzhak Perlman, so of course I said yes, right away! I am very happy that this dream became real.'

Released to coincide with the High Holy Days, these exquisitely crafted musical pictures include a stately and dramatic arrangement of 'Sheyibone Bays Hamikdosh,' the operatic 'Shoyfer Shel Moshiach,' written by Abraham Goldfaden, father of the Yiddish theater, 'Dem Trisker Rebn's Nign,' a song Perlman learned from his klezmer collaborators and 'Mizmor L'Dovid,' an arrangement of Pslam 23 which may be the most famous piece on the album.

Eternal Echoes wraps up with 'Kol Nidrei,' the famous prayer for Yom Kippur, in a simple chamber-music setting that contrasts tastefully with past grandiose arrangements familiar to fans of singers like Richard Tucker and Jan Peerce. About Itzhak Perlman - Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman is widely considered one of the most accomplished violin virtuosi in the world.

Since making his Carnegie Hall debut in 1963, he has performed throughout the world with every major orchestra, recorded dozens of albums, and received many awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in the recording arts in 2008. Abot Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot: Born in Tel Aviv, Cantor Helfgot has become a leader in today's revival of Jewish liturgical music since his concert debut at the age of 23. He is both a recording artist and a highly sought-after singer at concerts and Shabbatot. He has performed across six continents drawing record crowds, in addition to serving as Chief Cantor of the Park East Synagogue in New York City.

Itzhak Perlman, violin
Cantor Yitz Meir Helfgot, tenor

Itzhak Perlman
Born in 1945 in Tel Aviv, Itzhak Perlman began playing the violin when he was so small that all he could hold was a toy fiddle. Although he was disabled by polio at age 4, he played his first recital by age 10. He studied at the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay and Ivan Galamian and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1963. He was introduced to a wider American public via multiple appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, including a 1964 episode that also featured the Rolling Stones. After winning the prestigious Leventritt Competition the same year, Perlman went on to a career as a soloist that has seen him appear to acclaim on all the world’s great stages and make hundreds of recordings.

His prize-winning discography not only covers the width and breadth of the great classical violin repertoire; he has also made ventures into Klezmer music and film soundtracks, including the Oscar-winning score to Schindler’s List. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. Perlman has won four Emmy Awards, including for the 1998 PBS documentary Fiddling for the Future, about the Perlman Music Program and his work as a teacher. Having collaborated with all the world’s major orchestras as a soloist, Perlman has for years performed with many of them as a conductor. A rarity for a classical artist, he has appeared everywhere from Sesame Street to the White House including a performance for the first inaugural of President Obama. In 2000, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts, and in 2003, Perlman earned a Kennedy Center Honor celebrating his distinguished achievements and contributions to the country’s cultural and educational life. He currently holds the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair at the Juilliard School.

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