As we mourn Leonard Nimoy, John Birge observed that classical music fans—particularly those interested in American Jewish music—may be interested in a 13-part audio series that Nimoy narrated in 2005.
The series, American Jewish Music from the Milken Archive with Leonard Nimoy, was originally a webcast via Naxos, and is now archived for streaming and download. Each two-hour episode explores a different theme—from klezmer to film scores to theater music to symphonic music and concertos.
The music in the series was drawn from the Milken Archive, a collection of recordings that began in 1990 with an aim to make a wide range of expertly curated Jewish music available to listeners.
"As was the case with so much of what he did," wrote the Archive in a statement issued after the actor's death, "Nimoy made the radio series his own. It seems impossible to think of the series without hearing the actor’s unique voice speaking with characteristic authority."
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