Interesting concept. She needs a better yiddish pronunciation coach
author: Robert Gritz
A nice selection of songs and some unique interpretations. I especially enjoyed her renditon of "I Love a Piano." When singing or speaking in Yiddish, she must learn to roll her "R's." She also inconsistently pronounced "Ich." Sometimes she Germanized it as "eesht."
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Great, just great.
author: Twinklyenterprise
This CD is worth it for the first track alone. "I Love A Piano", has a brilliant intro, with Susan singing, I think at least, at her best.
As the CD only gets better going through the rest of the tracks is a triple "A plus" bonus. I wish she'd sing while I played the Alto Saxaphone for her.
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A warm appreciation of the great American Songbook and a homage to Yiddish tradi
author: dan karson
A listener has many choices when it comes to great artists singing American standards. None that I know of ever recorded an album that combined an evocative styling of this music with a soulful offering of Yiddish songs. Susan Borofsky has done it. Those unfamiliar with Yiddish music will hear the source from which the Gershwins and Berlin drew their moods and rhythyms. For Yiddishers, the nostalgia is sweet indeed.
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