Chava Alberstein - Live (2cd)

Alberstein is undoubtedly Israel's most accomplished singer, having released nearly 50 recordings since the late 1960's, many of them now gold or platinum. Alberstein is Israel; her development as an artist mirrors Israel's development as a country; her growing pains are Israel's growing pains. Alberstein and Israel are even the same age - both turn 50 - and they both share a tiny but powerful stature. This bittersweet tension between the national and the universal is most evident in all of her recordings. From tender love songs to defiant songs about peace and oppression. There are prayerful songs celebrating the beauty of the human form and more melancholy songs about loss, poverty, and solitude.Chava alberstein will perform on 9 June 2009 at The Barbican LONDONCD1Walk In The Meadow / Ladder / The Secret Garden / The Lilac Flower / My Three Loves / Love Or Being Loved / Boiling Water / For You / Almost Two Years / Cards / Mother Used To Say / Indifferent / Malkaleh / The Golden Peacock / Longings / I Shall Talk To YouCD2Short Espresso / Vera From Bucharest / Passport Control / Foreign Letters / London / Every Hour � A Kiss / Chava Introducing the Musicians�. / Coconut / Doubling / Song Chases The Darkness Away / Songs Of My Beloved Country / You Are My Freedom (Ma Liberte) / Lullaby / Like A Wild Flower