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Mandy Patinkin knew only a few words of Yiddish at the beginning of the '90s, when the late Joe Papp eked a promise from the actor-singer to learn the repertoire. So he did, and this helzapoppin' collection of traditional Yiddish tunes and Yiddish translations of English songs by Jewish composers is the overblown, symphonically orchestrated result. Patinkin plays to the third balcony on "Mamaloshen" ("mother tongue"), squeezing every iota of feeling out of songs you might have heard on Grandma's knee, and turning each guttural consonant into a virtual phlegm fest. Nostalgia can be nice, but things get weird
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Manufacturer: Nonesuch
Release date: 24 February 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0075597945928 UPC: 075597945928
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Release date: 24 February 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0075597945928 UPC: 075597945928
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