Six years and dozens of concerts after our second album, we came back to the recording studio. We were eager to experiment with new sounds and to expand our musical vision. The familiar three-voice blend of Die Drei Kantoren is now backed by a whole orchestra. We hope you enjoyed listening to this recording as much as we enjoyed making it for you.
Die Drei Kantoren are:
Tal Koch, Tenor
Hemi Levison, Baritone
Assaf Levitin, Bass
Naaman Wagner, Piano
Produced, recorded, mixed and orchestrated by David Hason, August – October 2021
Vocal Arrangements: Assaf Levitin, Amnon Seelig, Tal Koch
Recording (Die Drei Kantoren) and mix at David Hason's studio, Berlin
Orchestra recording at the Hansa Studios Berlin, October 2021
Strings recording engineer: Nanni Johnsson
Mastering: Andy Schlegel
English translations: Nicole Gentz
1st Violin: Wagner Rodriguez, Simon Beyer, Giulia Bellingeri
2nd Violin: Benjamin Pant, Joselyne Mariotti, Fabian Bertoncello
Viola: Ruth Mogrovejo, Julia Palecka
Cello: Elisabet Iserte López, Junko Fujii
Flute and piccolo: Martin Bosse-Platière
Clarinet and saxophones: Assaf Levitin
Guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, drums and percussion: David Hason
Piano: Naaman Wagner
Oud: Adam
Vocals: Romina Malinski
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Traditional Piyut for the 9th of Av, sung according to the Aleppo tradition. Arrangement: Assaf Levitin
lyrics
אֲלֵיכֶם עֵדָה קְדוֹשָׁה
פיוט לתשעה באב לפי מסורת יהודי חאלב
עיבוד: אסף לויטין
To you, holy congregation, I shall ask today:
How is this night different from all other nights?
Why on Passover evening do we eat unleavened bread and bitter herbs,
And why on this night are we sated with scorn and humiliation?
Because of the killing of the righteous and their unborn children.
Therefore I shall weep bitterly in all directions, like the shifting sands:
How is this night different from all other nights?
Why is the table so joyfully set on Passover evening,
and today – woe is us! – all we hear is sighing and crying?
That is because we couldn’t find rest for our weary feet.
Oh, how great was the distress, that I forgot all the dances.
How is this night different from all other nights?
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