Cantorials for the High Holidays

Cantorials are musical settings of prayers and other liturgical selections used in Jewish services and sung by the cantor, often with elaborate embellishments and flourishes. Although singing is traditionally unaccompanied during Orthodox services, an organ often provided accompaniment for cantorials when performed outside of services or on recordings, including this one.

Roshashona (often spelled Rosh Hashanah), the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, are referred to as the “High Holidays,” (or “High Holy Days”) because they are regarded as the most important two holidays in the Jewish calendar. Abraham Brun (1909–1998) a cantor in Poland who immigrated to the U.S. after WWII, was cantor of Temple Beth–el in Long Beach, New York.

Liner notes provide biographical information about Cantor Brun plus the lyrics of the cantorials in Hebrew and English.

Track Listing

101	Kol Nidre	Cantor Abraham Brun	05:07
102	Koli Shema	Cantor Abraham Brun	04:37
103	Berosh Hashono (Berosh Hashana)	Cantor Abraham Brun	04:50
104	Ochilo Lokeil	Cantor Abraham Brun	05:21
105	Weseerav Lefoneicho	Cantor Abraham Brun	04:51
106	Ato Nosein Yod Leposhim	Cantor Abraham Brun	07:07