beg yr pardon, but there is no Greatest Cantor Ever. Pierre was a splendid musician, who studied composition at a very young age. The miracle is, that he, who had all means to be a famous musician or composer in the secular world, choose to remain a jewish hazzan. In one of the most anti-semitic regions ever.
he is one of the few, who were able to transform the kabbalistic aspects of hassidism into liturgic music. from this point of view he is indeed a genius, a yichus.
dont speak hebrew i'm sorry ... but check the best pinchik song, which iposted a PINCHIK'S MASTERPIECE ... you'll all hear why he's the hazzan of all hazzans, the one and only masrter cantor ...
Sufice it to say that there were many great cantors throughout history - unfortunately not really the case today - and they all had unique contributions and personalities (certainly not the case today). Personally - my mood will determine who I listen to. But how could anyone go out on a limb to say that YR was the best ever or MK? They were both great and different and their differences are what made them great.
Allow me to interject. I don't think you can ever measure the best in really any field. YR was certainly a commercial success (legitimately so). He has the combination of a great volce, fabulous coloratura, sophisticated musical sense which he channeled to sing both elegantly and with "hartz" (soul). That said, Ganchoff once said that he heard YR sing the long Av Harachamim and it did nothing for him. Upon hearing DR sing it - MG broke out in a cold sweat.
@bluechazzan Thank u for informed comments about chazanuet. I am sorry I have grown obsessed with faulty Yenglish. "Hartz" means heart. "Neshumah" means soul. To sing with hartz is to sing feelingly. Neshumah is on a more elevated spiritual plane. A bei gezind.
@bluechazzan Something else about hartz and neshumah. Notice that hartz comes from German. Neshumah from Biblical Hebrew. Mostly: words in Yiddish from Hebrew like neshumah, rakhmunes (compassion), tzadik (righteous person) are words for things with deeper, spiritual meaning. Words for the mundane: bread/broyt, water/vahser, meat/fliesh, table/tish are all from Middle German.
he IS the greatest cantor ... open your ears ... singing even better than david roitman, berele chagy, mordechaï herschman ... just needs to be listened to, that's all ....
"Chazen of all chazens" works just fine for me as well. Impossible to name his greatest work; Cantor Pinchik Sings has several, including Sefiras Haomer, an over-the-top achievement. Suffice it to say that he was sublime. I don't know how one can listen to post-war cantorial work when you've heard golden age cantors like Pinchik, Hershmann, perhaps Koussevitzky - but for the "greatest among equals," I heartily second the name of Pinchik.
רזא דשבת
menit22 1 month ago
I have been to hear Chazonot all over the world but I have never heard even one Chazzan to come close to this.
Maerton 6 months ago
il ressemble a Caruso!!
elko53 10 months ago
that's what I always thought ... but music is subjectiviy ... i do love roitman, chagy, kwartin, others ... but pinchik is my favourite hazan ...
skorecki7 1 year ago
Greatest? Greater than Rosenblatt, Kwartin? A bit of an exaggeration. This piece is certainly a masterpiece.
HAZIDEAD 1 year ago
beg yr pardon, but there is no Greatest Cantor Ever. Pierre was a splendid musician, who studied composition at a very young age. The miracle is, that he, who had all means to be a famous musician or composer in the secular world, choose to remain a jewish hazzan. In one of the most anti-semitic regions ever.
he is one of the few, who were able to transform the kabbalistic aspects of hassidism into liturgic music. from this point of view he is indeed a genius, a yichus.
israelbakon 1 year ago
dont speak hebrew i'm sorry ... but check the best pinchik song, which iposted a PINCHIK'S MASTERPIECE ... you'll all hear why he's the hazzan of all hazzans, the one and only masrter cantor ...
skorecki7 1 year ago
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aharon414 1 year ago
חזן גדול. היציה היהודית הגדולה בכל הזמנים
aharon414 1 year ago
Sufice it to say that there were many great cantors throughout history - unfortunately not really the case today - and they all had unique contributions and personalities (certainly not the case today). Personally - my mood will determine who I listen to. But how could anyone go out on a limb to say that YR was the best ever or MK? They were both great and different and their differences are what made them great.
bluechazzan 1 year ago
Allow me to interject. I don't think you can ever measure the best in really any field. YR was certainly a commercial success (legitimately so). He has the combination of a great volce, fabulous coloratura, sophisticated musical sense which he channeled to sing both elegantly and with "hartz" (soul). That said, Ganchoff once said that he heard YR sing the long Av Harachamim and it did nothing for him. Upon hearing DR sing it - MG broke out in a cold sweat.
bluechazzan 1 year ago
@bluechazzan Thank u for informed comments about chazanuet. I am sorry I have grown obsessed with faulty Yenglish. "Hartz" means heart. "Neshumah" means soul. To sing with hartz is to sing feelingly. Neshumah is on a more elevated spiritual plane. A bei gezind.
StJouish 9 months ago
@bluechazzan Something else about hartz and neshumah. Notice that hartz comes from German. Neshumah from Biblical Hebrew. Mostly: words in Yiddish from Hebrew like neshumah, rakhmunes (compassion), tzadik (righteous person) are words for things with deeper, spiritual meaning. Words for the mundane: bread/broyt, water/vahser, meat/fliesh, table/tish are all from Middle German.
StJouish 9 months ago
@relaischat That expresses for me what I love about Pinchick.
klezmando 1 year ago
he IS the greatest cantor ... open your ears ... singing even better than david roitman, berele chagy, mordechaï herschman ... just needs to be listened to, that's all ....
skorecki7 1 year ago
"Chazen of all chazens" works just fine for me as well. Impossible to name his greatest work; Cantor Pinchik Sings has several, including Sefiras Haomer, an over-the-top achievement. Suffice it to say that he was sublime. I don't know how one can listen to post-war cantorial work when you've heard golden age cantors like Pinchik, Hershmann, perhaps Koussevitzky - but for the "greatest among equals," I heartily second the name of Pinchik.
victorlapides 1 year ago
i've always thought that ... thank you for saying it so clearly
skorecki7 1 year ago