Ofra Haza’s “Yemenite Songs ( שירי תימן)“ was released in 1984 by Globe Style Records (UK), with the album focusing on the Israeli pop star’s interpretation of traditional Yemenite Jewish music. The lyrics of the Yemenite songs of the Diwan draw from the devotional poetry of 16th century Rabbi Shalom Shabazi and are sung in Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic.
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Track list:
0:00 Im Nin’alu
5:12 Yachilvi Veyachali
8:31 A ’Salk
13:07 Tzur Mentati/Se’i Yona/Sapri Tama (Medley)
18:38 Galbi
22:46 Ode Le-Eli
26:10 Lefelach Harimon
31:08 Ayelet Chen
Album credits:
Music: Ofra Haza - Lead vocals
Benny Nagari - Arranger, conductor, music producer
Lesli Lishinski, Marvin Feinshmit - bassoon
Ilan School - Clarinet, bass clarinet
Eli Magen - Double bass
Iki Levy - Drums, congas, metal and wooden percussion, timbales
Abigail Erenheim, Benny Nagari - Flute, piccolo
Shlomo Shochat - French horn
Meril Grinberg, Herman Openstein - Oboe, English horn
Chaim Gispan - percussion (Yemenite tin & tambala)
Strings: Avraham Rosenblatt, Elchanan Bregman, Israel Berkowitch, Israela Wisser,
Rima Kaminkowski, Yigal Tuneh, Yitzchak Markowetzki, Yuval Kaminkowski
Produced: Bezalel Aloni
Musical production & arrangment: Benny Nagari
Artistic advisor: Aharon Amram
recorded and mixed: Yoav Gera
Recorded at Triton Studios, Tel Aviv, 1984.
The audio is recorded and mastered from my personal copy of the vinyl. I do not own the rights.