Product Review

This DVD celebrates the extraordinary artistic world of Eastern European Jewish music, or, in the words of Itzhak Perlman, chicken soup for the soul. The legendary violinist, along with renowned cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, join forces for a musical exploration of liturgical and traditional works in new arrangements for both chamber orchestra and klezmer settings. In Rejoice with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot these two incomparable virtuosos unite for an evening of cantorial masterpieces, Yiddish folk and theater tunes, Hassidic melodies and klezmer instrumentals. The programs director, Joshua Waletzky, won a 1995 Primetime Emmy for an earlier collaboration with Mr. Perlman, In the Fiddlers House. The bonus material features interviews with both Mr. Perlman and Cantor Helfgot.