Reviews Brikele
Nieuw Israelitisch Weekblad (1_8_1997)
(...)"The inventive, light-classical
arrangements of Verheijen form a beautiful setting for the lovely, expressive
voice of Mariejan van Oort (...) Excellent work!"
Klassiek (December, 1997):
(...)"The voice of Mariejan is able to captivate the listener, and the subdued piano-, cymbal- and guitarplaying of Jacques Verheijen carries the words in melancholic melodies (...) Brikele is timeless, strong, moving, and divinely beautiful."
Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletsky to Ari Davidov (Boston, 1998):
"I have been playing the Brikele-CD with Mariejan van Oort (voice) and Jacques Verheijen (piano, tsimbl and guitar) on continuous play literally from early morning till past midnight for the last four days. It 's that gorgeous (...) Her voice is so beautiful, and both the accompaniment and the arrangements are so expert, so brilliant.
Jacques is new to Yiddish, but to be such an extraordinary musician with such musicality is truly a wonder (...) Whomever he has studied, he has "gut gedavent" (literally: prayed well = worked hard)(...)