THE COVENANT

"A year ago, my friend Dr. David Neiman introduced me to his wonderful collection of 78rpm recordings of cantors (Jewish liturgical singers). The cantors, who came from Europe in the early part of this century performed outside of their synagogues, in theaters and on recordings. These extraordinary performances, mostly from the first half of this century, were the inspiration and source material for this first CD entitled "The Covenant". [Alliance]. We've sampled these early cantoral recordings and, with love, respect, and a reverential sense of humor, moved them on to new experimental musical contexts. This parallels the way the cantors themselves moved the prayers from the synagogue to the theater and opera house with what were, in those days, bold new arrangements and instrumentation".