Sirba Octet - Yiddish Rhapsody (2009)

A wonderfully bizarre collaboration between the Sirba Octet, Isabella Georges and Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn produces a release that takes us on a journey into the very heart of Yiddish music.

Yiddish Rhapsody is the fruit of an improbable encounter between a group of classical musicians who play Yiddish music (Sirba Octet), a singer with a passion for musical comedy and jazz (Isabelle Georges), and a symphony orchestra, the Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn conducted by Fayçal Karoui. This highly unusual trio invites you on a journey into the heart of Yiddish melody. Revisited with respect and ingenuity, these melodies make us swing as in the days of the Barry Sisters, console or lull us, stir our hearts, speak of the human soul and the feelings that bring us all closer together. Poetic, tender, poignant or amusing, they are a bridge between present and past, a tremendous hymn to life.