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Title: Baroque meets Synagogue
Review: Salamone Rossi 'Hebreo' seems justly to be much in demand these days, and previously unrecorded Italian and Hebrew works are appearing in the catalogues. For years the only recording of the works of Salamone Rossi (c.1570~c.1630) was that of Joel Cohen and the Boston Camerata (Harmonia Mundi mid-price) which still stands as a great recording, but this version is as good or better. This disc of Hebrew works was recorded at West London Synagagogue in January 1996 with such famous names as Paul Esswood and Ian Partridge among the voices. The only reason this doesn't get 5 stars is that the CD booklet includes English translations but no Hebrew text. If Harmonia Mundi can include romanised Hebrew texts for Alia Musica's 'El canto espiritual judeoespanol' (HMI 987015) there's no reason why Carlton could not do the same. That aside a fine release. Playing time 69'23"
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