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Shirim Klezmer Orchestra and Maurice Sendak: Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale

Read "Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale" reviewed by John Kelman


It had to happen. Saxophonist/composer/bandleader/producer John Zorn, that vanguard of the avant garde, has finally produced a family record under his Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture imprint. Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale features the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra and narrator/author Maurice Sendak, best known for his children's book Where the Wild Things Are , performing a Yiddish interpretation of Peter and the Wolf , with music based on Sergei Prokofiev's classic orchestral piece. The result is a highly entertaining record ...

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