Italia! Italy is not only the home of the oldest continuous Jewish community in Europe, it is a land where Jews lived in relative freedom and security, learning from and contributing to the surrounding culture. During the Renaissance, cultured Jews were conversant in Italian literature and music and enjoyed reading and writing Italian poetry.

Recorded in some of Italy's most beautiful (both visually and acoustically) synagogues, concert halls, and churches, this recording spans four centuries of the musical heritage of the Italian Jewish community, from Salamone Rossi Hebreo through Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

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