Soveles by Soveles

In this important and wonderful new recording, Isabel Frey and Esther Wratschko take a deep and profound dive into the archival world of women’s unaccompanied traditional Yiddish singing. They bring the songs effortlessly into the present, suffusing them with their own contemporary soundscape and sensibility, yet fully embracing the essence of traditional style. The synchronicity of their singing is extraordinary. Wratschko and Frey express the musical pulses and gestures, the ebb and flow of the songs as one. It is a sheer pleasure to hear two voices interwoven so seamlessly and so beautifully.
— Ethel Raim, NYC, August 2022

Tracklist

1.	shtey	2:26

2.	shlof	3:21

3.	sheyner	3:08

4.	trilili	4:40

5.	himl	5:00

6.	aroys	2:41

7.	sheltn	2:38

8.	mame	5:21

9.	dortn	2:33

Credits

released November 16, 2022

released November 16th, 2022

Isabel Frey: vocals
Esther Wratschko: vocals
Lili Weinhandl: Cello on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8
Alexander Yannilos: Percussion on tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
All vocal arrangements by Isabel Frey and Esther Wratschko
Voice of Lifshe Shaechter-Widman on track 1,
retrieved from The Yiddish Song of the Week blog,
with thanks to Itzik Gottesman

Recording, Mixing, Mastering and Sounddesign
by Alexander Yannilos
Recorded at Radiokulturhaus, Vienna, August 2021
Produced by Kulturverein Friling and Alexander Yannilos
Supported by SKE

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