Languages

This week, Three Tune Tuesday marks the anniversary of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone with three recordings celebrating the power of language. We begin with Róża Kiołbassa-Kwasigroch’s Polish “Laleczko ma,” recorded for Victor on July 21, 1911, before travelling to prewar Warsaw for Gershon Sirota’s stirring rendition of the Aramaic “Kol Nidre.” Finally, Raquel Meller brings us the Spanish drama and irresistible pasodoble rhythm of “El relicario.” Three languages, three musical traditions, and three fragile records that still speak to us more than a century later.