Jazz
Baal HaSulam's melodies in jazz/fusion arrangements
1. Composition 1
2. Composition 2
3. Composition 3
Modern
Acid jazz, electronica, metal, funk and ambient versions of Baal HaSulam's melodies
1. Chasal Seder Pesach
2. Azamer Beshvachin
3. Bnei Heichala
4. Ki Chilatzta Nafshi
5. Tzadik ke Tamar Ifrach
Live
Live, small ensemble performances of Baal HaSulam's melodies
1. Waltz*
2. Kaddish
3. Ia'ale Tachnuneinu
4. Ki Chilatzta Nafshi
5. Kel Mistater
6. Misod Chachamim (version 1)
7. Tzadik ke Tamar Ifrach
8. Misod Chachamim (version 2)
9. Bnei Heichala
* "Waltz" melody written by Rav Admor of Pursov (Baal HaSulam's teacher)
Baal HaSulam
Baal HaSulam (Rav Yehuda Ashlag) - the great 20th century Kabbalist - wrote songs and composed melodies as expressions of his spiritual attainments.
His music comes to us directly from the spiritual worlds, and has a deep emotional connection with the rises and falls a Kabbalist experiences in his coming into contact with spirituality. Many of his melodies are composed to text fragments from The Zohar and other Kabbalah texts, such as Bnei Heichala (words by the Ari), Ki Chilatzta Nafshi (words attributed by many to King David; others say the court of King David), Tzadik ke Tamar Ifrach, Chasal Seder Pesach, LeHagid ba Boker Hasdecha, and Kel Mistater.
Baal HaSulam wanted his students to sing Kabbalistic melodies, rather than the melodies that people were used to singing. He thus took some melodies from his teacher, Rav Admor from Pursov, and also created such melodies himself and taught them to his students.