צַדִיק כַּתָמָר יִפְרָח כְּאֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן יִשׂגֶּה.
שְׁתוּלִים בְּבֵית יְיָ בְּחַצְרוֹת אֶלֹהֵינוּ יַפְרִיחוּ.
עוֹד יְנוּבוּן בְּשֵׂיבָה דְּשֵׁנִים וְרַעַנַנִּים יִהְיוּ.
לְהַגִּיד כִּי יָשָׁר יְיָ צוּרִי וְלֹא עַוְלָתָה בּוֹ.
The just will blossom like the date palm.
They will stand tall like the cedar of Lebanon.
Rooted in Your chosen House,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Even in old age they will be bear fruit.
Still they will be fresh and full of sap,
to bear witness that Adonai is fair,
that there is no injustice in God’s way.
from
Alphabet of Wrongdoing,
released September 22, 2020
Alphabet of Wrongdoing
by Daniela Gesundheit
18 tracks, run time 47:14
Produced by Daniela Gesundheit and Dan Misha Goldman
Performed by
Daniela Gesundheit voice, percussion
Dan Misha Goldman nylon string and electric guitars, synth, clavinet
Johnny Spence synth, piano, percussion
Basia Bulat autoharp
Sarah Pagé harp
Evan Cartwright percussion
Alex Lukashevsky voice, percussion
Sari Lightman voice
Romy Lightman voice
Jason Sharp bass and baritone saxophones
with string arrangements by Owen Pallett performed by the Macedonian Symphonic Orchestra (Oleg Kondratenko, conductor)
The melodies and texts herein are traditional, though the vocal embellishments and ornamentation are original. Many of the selections on this album adhere to a form of a refrain that has a set, congregational melody, and that alternates with verses that are improvised within the nusach or mode of the piece. The verses in these pieces are improvised.
The instrumental arrangements and production are original. Many of the pieces were re-harmonized by Dan Misha Goldman. Track twelve, Mi Chamocha, features a melody written by Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel.
www.HannaTiferet.com
Mixed by Steve Kaye at Sunking Studios in Los Angeles (Kol Nidre mixed by Dan Misha Goldman)
Recorded by Dan Misha Goldman in Montréal, Leon Taheny at Boombox studio in Toronto, Nicolas
Pétrowski at Mixart in Montréal, and Daniela Gesundheit in Los Angeles
Mastered by David Travers-Smith at found.sound
Artwork, typography, and layout by Brankica Harvey and Ken Deegan
Fonts Flecha and Grifo designed by Rui Abreu of R-Typography
Cover photograph by Dawn Garcia
Booklet photographs by Caitlin Woelfle-O’Brien. The images are stills from a video for All Our Departed, directed by Johnny Spence, choreographed by Erin Poole, featuring Erin Poole and Eric Cheng.
LP packaging printed at Precision Record Pressing in Burlington, ON Canada. Book printed at Conti Tipocolor in Calenzano, Italy.
All included Hebrew texts are traditional, and edited by Dana Reginiano; all English translations and English translation excerpts are by Rabbi Richard N. Levy z”l, from his volume of High Holiday liturgy, On Wings of Awe, courtesy of B’nai Brith Hillel Foundations. All other English passages are by Daniela Gesundheit, edited by Kristen Bulger.
This album was recorded on the traditional territories of Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat people, and on the unceded lands of The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation and the Gabrielino/Tongva people.
Alphabet of Wrongdoing was recorded with the assistance of a Canada Council for the Arts Concept to Realization Grant.