E-015(c)

Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World

Album ID:
E-015(c)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
Blue Silver BS 020-2 (CD)
Date of issuance:
1991
Language:
Ladino/Hebrew
Genre:
Sephardic/Folk
Number of tracks:
18
Additional notes:
Same recording on Cassette Alb E-015(d)

Contents

La Serena (The Mermaid)
Genre:
Traditional/Love
Subject:
Sea/Milk/Merchant/Mermaid/SailorsSorrows
Transliteration:
Ephemera 918
Translation:
L-094(c)/Ephemera 918
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21903
Vocal:
Engel, Helene
Guitar/Arranger:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Si la mar era de leche, los barquitos de canella.
Track comment:
"If the sea were full of milk, the boats of cinanamon,"
Language:
Ladino
Quando El Rey Nimrod
Also known as:
Avram Ovinu
Genre:
Sephardic/Ladino
Subject:
Abraham/King Nimrod/Blessing/
Origin:
Alb T-026(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb K-023(a)/Ephemera 1130
Transliteration:
Alb C-017(a)/
Translation:
Alb R-033(a)/Alb C-025(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Ephemera 1130
Related information in folder 1130:
Comments:
1. Original Text and translation from the internet
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21904
Artist:
Engel, Helene
Artist:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Cuando el rey Nimrod Al campo salia, mirava en el cielo...
Track comment:
When King Nimrod was riding across the fields, he looked...
Language:
Ladino
Esta Rakhel La Estimoza
Also known as:
Esta Rahel Lastimosa
Genre:
Folk/Spanish/Moroccan/Sephardic/
Subject:
Fidelity/Marriage/Wife
Origin:
Alb E-15(c)/CD V-009(d)
Translation:
CD V-009(d)
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21908
Artist:
Engel, Helene
Artist:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Esta Rakhel la estimoza, estima que la di el Dio,
Language:
Ladino
Morenica
Also known as:
La Morenica
Genre:
Ladino/Folk/Sephardic
Subject:
Love/Color/Sun/Sailors/Port
Origin:
Alb V-009(b)/Alb T-025(a)/Alb L-038(a)
Translation:
Alb V-009(b)/Alb T-025(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb C-023(h)
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21909
Artist:
Engel, Helene
Artist:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Morenica, a mi me llaman, yo blanca naci,
Language:
Ladino
Avre Este Abajour, Bijou
Genre:
Sephardic
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Vanity/Narcissism
Origin:
Alb R-033(a)/Seph Songs 1
Translation:
Seph Song 1
Music:
Seph Song 1
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21910
Artist:
Engel, Helene
Artist:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Si tu de mi t'olvidaras, tu hermoozura piedras.
Track comment:
If you forget me, you will lose your beauty.
Language:
Ladino
Adio Querida
Also known as:
Adio Kerida
Genre:
Sephardic/Love/Lament/Folk
Subject:
Love/Rejection/Bitterness
Song comment:
Goodbye My Love
Origin:
Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb T-025(a)/Alb B-067(a)
Transliteration:
Alb T-025(a)/Alb S-083(a)/
Translation:
Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb B-067(a)
Related information in folder 807:
Comments:
1. Email from Anna Hurkmans of Rome, Italy, teacher and performer reports tjhat Adio Querida has the same melody as Verdis' "Addio al passato" (from Traviata)
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21911
Vocal:
Engel, Helene
Guitar/Arranger:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Tu madre cuando te pario, Y te quito al mundo,
Track comment:
Your mother when she bore you, And gave you to the world
Language:
Ladino
Una Muchacha En Selanica
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21912
Vocal:
Engel, Helene
Guitar/Arranger:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Una muchacha en Selanica, que la quijeron castigar, por unos negros Yapraquitos
Language:
Ladino
Yo M'enamori D'un Aire
Genre:
Love/Sephardic
Subject:
Love/Bearing/Appearance/Charm/Beauty
Song comment:
I Fell In Love With The Charms
Origin:
Alb R-033(a)/Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/Alb E-015(c)/
Transliteration:
Alb G-026(a)/
Translation:
Alb R-033(a)/Alb A-020(a)/Alb C-017(a)/
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21913
Vocal:
Engel, Helene
Guitar/Arranger:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Yo m'enamori d'un aire la la la... d'un aire d'una mujer, d'una mujer,...
Track comment:
I fell in love with her bearing, with the bearing of a woman
Language:
Ladino
Por La Tu Puerta Yo Pasi
Genre:
Love/Sephardic
Subject:
Beauty/Passion/Worth/
Origin:
Alb V-009(b)/E-015(c)
Translation:
/v-009(b)/S-083(c)
Additional song notes:
I Passed By Your Door
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21915
Artist:
Engel, Helene
Artist:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Por la tu puerta yo pasi, yo la topi cerrada,
Track comment:
I passed by your door, I found it closed, I kissed the lock,
Language:
Ladino
A La Una Yo Naci
Genre:
Sephardic
Subject:
Love/War Soldier
Origin:
Alb V-009(c)
Translation:
Alb V-009(c)
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21919
Artist:
Engel, Helene
Artist:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
Language:
Ladino
Fel Shara
Genre:
Sephardic/Love/Folk
Subject:
Rejection/Constancy
Origin:
Alb E-015(c)
Translation:
CD J-032(a)
Additional song notes:
Incorpoates French, Italian, Ladino, English and Arabic
On album:
E-015(c) (Helene Engel Chansons Judeo-espagnoles Around The World)
Track ID:
21920
Vocal:
Engel, Helene
Guitar/Arranger:
Benichou, Pierre, guitar & arr
First line:
Fel shara caner betet masha, la signorina aux beaux yeux...
Language:
Ladino
Style:
Concert

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