Great Cantors of the Cinema & Great Cantors of the Golden Age - With Commentary by Hazzan Geller
Sunday, March 23
7:00 pm
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Great Cantors features some of the rarest and finest performances of renowned cantors, from 1927 to 1956. This DVD release coincides with a resurgence in interest in cantorial music and the great cantors of the first half of the 20th century. Two and a half years in the making, Great Cantors is an educational and historical treasure as well as an incomparable musical experience. Great Cantors of the Golden Age includes highlights from Yiddish filmmaker Joseph Seiden’s 1931 film The Voice of Israel, with performances by Adolph Katchko, Josef “Yossele” Rosenblatt, David Roitman, Joseph Shlisky, and Mordechai Hershman. Great Cantors in Cinema includes Yossele Rosenblatt in Dream of My People (1933), Moshe Koussevitsky in We Who Remain (1946), Mordechai Hershman in The Voice of Israel (1931), Moishe Oysher in Overture to Glory (1940), and Louis "Leibele" Waldman in A Cantor on Trial (1931). |
