Adumat ha-Sefatot is the album of a performance that opened the Oud Festival in 2007. Even then, it was clear that this is a project that could turn into something one could take home. In an interview I conducted a year ago with Effie Benaya, the Festival's director, I asked about progress on the album, discussed over these past two years: "Pretty soon, we're waiting?" he replied with enthusiasm.
All of the promise held by the collaboration of two successful musicians is fulfilled in this new album, the finest Sacharof has produced since his "Negi'ot." The ancient link to the words of Ibn Gabirol, the complex melodies, the rich orchestration - all successfully bring the combination of new and old to perfection.