Buy the DVD-It has this CD for free
Joseph R. Offer | California | 08/17/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is a wonderful CD, but I'd advise you not to buy it. I learned the hard way when I took the "Partisans of Vilna" DVD out from the library - the DVD includes the CD, plus a songbook that has full Yiddish and English lyrics. The DVD costs only ten dollars more, and it's well worth it.
I wish Amazon had explained this more clearly, instead of offering the CD at a package price with the DVD. If you do that you get TWO copies of the same CD.
But do buy the DVD - and get the CD for free.
-Joe Offer-"
Moving Stirring Music of Resistance
Lynn Ellingwood | Webster, NY United States | 03/04/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This CD is a very beautiful, stirring collection of music written during WWII. The Jews in the Ghetto of Vilna organized a musical, cultural society to keep some resemblence of society under terrible circumstances. Music was used as a form of resistance and a way to rally courage. The music is in Yiddish and comes with an insert explaining the songs and poetry as well as English translation."