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  • Cantor Helfgot is amazing! It seems to me like he gets out of his comfort zone around C5, as you can hear at the end. But that doesn't mean he isn't a wonderful tenor still. Bravo!

  • GRATULESON !!  MAZEL TOV !!!

  • יש לו קול יפה ומיוחד להלפגוט, אין ספק. אבל למה הוא מותח את המוסיקה איפה שלא צריך, ומוסיף צלילים גבוהים, מעבר למה שכתוב ביצירה המקורית??? חזנות זה לאו דוקא לשיר גבוה. הביצוע שלו גם לא נאמן ללחן המקורי. כבר ב 1:29 הוא מוסיף משהו קטן שלא קיים בלחן המקורי, וזה קורה בעוד כמה מקומות. הרוח המקורית של היצירה הלכה כאן לאיבוד, וזה הפך לביצוע שכל כולו הפגנת השירירם של הלפגוט.

    חוץ מזה, זה נשמע אנמי. משעמם. אין שום התרגשות אמיתית

    חוץ מזה, אסור לומר אדושם. צריך לומר פשוט ה'. הוא אמור לדעת דבר כזה.

  • very fine song full of heart

  • Sounds like the Blues, Jewish style

  • What a beautiful voice.Criticism is the domain of those who can't and wish they can. I am not of this gentleman's faith. I am a singer and I recognize this man's gift.

  • What is this about? Culturally, and what he is singing about? It's sad sounding in a nice way.

  • TripleLeo, these are Jewish prayers he's singing; standard synagogue texts expressing praise of God or yearning for closeness to God, etc., but he's singing these texts with music far more artistic, elaborately ornamented, and extended than one would find in just about any modern synagogue.

  • TripleLeo, In the days when all music was live, say 100 years ago in Europe, the synagogue services were often the only venue for poor Jews to hear quality music (and religious scruples might also oppose hearing music other than religious music) and so there actually were synagogues that sounded like this.

  • TripleLeo, just as with Yiddish as a spoken language, chazzanut (traditional cantorial singing in actual synagogue services) has, since the holocaust, been regarded as a dying art (It's well beyond beyond merely endangered.) but not yet completely extinct. Although still a joy to hear it in concert, how much greater when used to move communities to weeping anguished desire for repentance or ecstatic joy in divine service.

  • lol

  • To all the people posting negative comments you obviously enjoy listing to helfgot otherwise you would not listen to his clips as I have noticed most of your user names posted by all his clips so just enjoy it and yes there are other good chazonim out there everyone has his talents and just like food you can't argue about it its a matter of taste.

  • My grandfather used to sing like that!

    Chag Pessach kasher ve sameach.

  • He's amazing!

  • maravillosa voz celestila para deleitar el alma y espiritu gracias!!!!un maestro.......elisasegal

  • hi cool name

  • it is what it is

  • Yasher koach for an amazing selection. This is Helfgot in his prime, he takes nothing forgranted, his mouth is dome shaped at all times, his vowels are clean dark and his articulation is impecable. his c sharp inserted into the run of the mikolos maim is not the greatest. In this clip he expresses humility before the own who has granted him this gift, look at 8:23 into the clip his face is one of recognizing that he carries the responsiblity to inspire the people which he does. Bravo Helfgot!

  • beautiful...

  • vintagepa: I agree with you and kol hakovod.

    I listen to his CDs - for me in particular 'Habet Mishomayim' and I'm continually amazed by what he has been able to achieve in the realm of music and classical chazzonus.

  • Why all the animosity? Everyone is entitled to his opinion. Dare I give mine without being attacked? I have been to 2 Lincoln Center Helfgott concerts and loved every minute. The crowds were mesmerized by his powerful voice. Are there better chazzonim out there? Possibly, but to me, he is the most powerful. I prefer Benzion Miller, who I had the pleasure of davening with in Boro Park and on a Kosherica Cruise. His voice is powerful, sweet and inspirational and his diction perfect.

  • hey this is in zurich, jewish girls school ;-) lol

  • I disagree. I heard Baumgarten perform and I think he's better than all you have mentioned. They aren't in Baumgartens league.

  • 'No one has the richness, fullness and passion of ...' Do you REALLY know what you're talking about? What about the greats alive today like Muller, Herstik and Schulhof? Baumgarten isn't even in their league!

  • tunabeigel I THINK YOU REQUIRE A HEARING AID

    i would hire helfgot if my finance is ok then

    beleive you me he can reach any note far better than baumgarten - so END OF ARGUEMENT

  • lol @ shakerdom!!!!

    helfgot is 1 in a billion

    i hope i have enough money to hire him when i make a chassunah - hes worth it

  • I hope you think you got your moneys worth.

    Because you obviosly don't understand to chazzanus

  • obviously i understand chazzonus far more than you do! i hate lubi's yes, but i think baumgarten is good, but nowhere near as good as helfgot

  • First of all,when did I ever talk about Chazzan Baumgarten-I think you got the wrong guy.

    Now let me ask you a questen,if you were told that Helfgot would sing at your chassunah but he won't hit a single high note,would you still hire him?

  • He's very makped on the high notes but not on the middle & low register.I heard Helfgot singing this Hashem Molach in person at the Cantors World,Tribute To A Legend concert,& it came out to be nothing but an absolute disaster.

    And regarding our talented accompanist Mr.Yitzchakmg,I'll tell you-that I don't care how many years you're accompaning chazzanim for;unless you now what you're talking about,then SHUT THE HELL UP!!!

  • About Helfgot this is what I heard. A concert was planned in Montreal and he was one of the singers. A week before Helfgot told the promoters that $5k was not enough, he wanted $15k. I know this is from a person who would have been there and had his ticket refunded. What disturbs me is that its one thing to ask for more, but to cause a lot of people to lose Parnassah is not menchlich. If you sign a contract, you keep it even if you can get more elsewhere, especially when others are effected.

  • What makes you say that you do not 'particularly like him personally'? Have you ever met him? As far as I know, he is a complete mensch.

  • The bottom line is, like him or not, Helfgot is one of the greatest chazzonim of this generation, and can stand proudly on a stage with the worlds greatest tenors...and this is coming from a guy who doesn't particularly like him personally but appreciates unbelievable chazzanut ! May Hakadosh Boruch Hu grant him many more happy healthy years on the bimah and stage - Amen

  • What tenors can you favorably compare YMH to? It's one thing to dicuss YMH's talent as a cantor and quite another as a singer/ opera singer. YMH is most definitely not an opera singer. His Nessun Dorma was a cute performance but nothing more than that. We know that he can hit extraordinarily high notes. But there is no comparison to the great tenors in opera.

  • simple wonderful

  • Chazzanuss is okay on You-Tube, but should definitely be banned from shuls.

  • Being that you took the time to watch chazzanut in your spare time...it is quite obvious you make these comments in your community and by nature you love to spark "machloket" or controversy in your community....chazzanut is TRADITION which thanks to people like you is dissappearing FAST !!! and i am not at all chareidi

  • If its omniscient, judgmental, and barks like a dog, it's chareidi (a misnomer for cocky and narrow). I guess blood libels, ethnocentrism, inquisitions and rebbe-worship are also "TRADITION".

  • I trust your comment was written with your tongue buried & stuck very, very, very, very deeply in your cheek. So deep & so stuck that it might still be there.....come to a concert and see the mix of people attending and see how many non-chareidim are keeping our TRADITION alive and well - B"H. Chag kasher v'sameach. :-)

  • I'm thinking that your "tradition" was what you passively picked up with fellow groupies at "concerts". Which are shtuss and stink from "gil 'amim". You and all the other Artscroll bouncing boys. There are a few fine studies out there about nusach. When khazzannut stopped inspiring and mainly "entertained" it stopped being t'fillah. Go and stay in Temple Beth (&) Carlebach. Hope you learn about Pesakh. Best.

  • you piece of garbage. what i know is talent. baumgarten is much more talented.

    you promote helfgot because you work for him.

    baumgarten is better than helfgot. i respect helfgot and he has talent but hes no baugarten.

  • retardmaven knows nothing about chazzanis. i am a baal tfilah. the great shneur zalman baumgarten is the very best chazzan we have today. much much better than this man.

    i see the way you call me "lubab" you are biased you fool. i'm no lubab. i am a misnagid. i went to litvish yeshivas. you are biased by using the word "lubab" which is derogatory for lubavitch people. that is why you hate baumgarten. he is lubavitch. shame on you. how dare you throw dirt on other chazznim to promote another.

  • I don't think there is a "best cantor" today. Different cantors have different strengths. Not everyone was sold on Rosenblatt being the best cantor in his day. To the great Moshe Ganchoff, Aryeh Leib Rutman was the outstanding cantor of his era. At least back then though, each cantor brought his own individuality to singing and leading in prayer.

  • Tall brooklyn guy, you are totally insane. Helfgot just gave a sold out performance in the lincoln Center, I have yet to recall when Baumgarten mastered that. And besides you are probably a lubab so u are biased.

    Any one with a little understanding of chazunes will agree that helfgot is the undisputed chazan nowadays. Baumgarten is a minor leauge and will never come close to helfgot. Don't even mention Yossele in the same sentance as baumgarten its blasphemous

  • why don't you call yourself retardmaven. you are no maven of anything you are a fool. you throw dirt on other great chazzanim because they are lubavitch and you work or idolize helfgot because you seem him with ads in the jewish press and homodia.

    baumgarten has performed all over the world. he no minor league you idiot. if you knew anything about voice he is a beritone tenor. that is a different league.

  • "Anyone with ... little understanding..." of the cantorate knows that YMH is the most popular and highest paid cantor. That in no way indicates overall talent of the individual

  • In my humble opinion, (as a piano accompanist for chazanim over many years), Helfgot's rendering of HaShem Malach is better than Moshe K's - but - not as good as Dovid Kus-sky's which I always considered one of the greatest recordings of the 20 century.

    Unfortunately my LP of Dovid's recording vanished from me. If anyone can post it on YOUTUBE I will be eternally grateful because I truly miss it.

  • I am not sure how accompanying gives you any more credibility to offer an informed critique. I personally vastly prefer MK singing his version than YMH attempting to sing it and interpret it. All YMH is doing is singing MK's own ripoff of Sirota - but at least MK made the piece his own, as did DK. Of the two, I prefer MK's. DK's version is rather draggy and doesn't feel like it will ever end. I do know others who prefer DK's as you do. Excellent performance, but still prefer MK's version.

  • you really think highly of your own opinion don't you ... surely an accompanist has seen, heard and actually been apart of more music than us spectators.....and thus has a deeper feel and understanding - even if only by a fraction & doesnt deserve such a snubbing from a seemingly (not-so) know-it-all. !!!! take a lesson in humility

  • Forgive me - I did not mean to demean or insult Yitzchak and I do not think I did. But mind you, you have no idea as to my musical background or knowledge nor my knowledge of chazzanus. I just don't see how accompanying a cantor can give one free liscence to be the ultimate authority. Yizchak the accompanist has an opinion and that's perfectly legitimate - he's entitled. But he didn't say how or why YMH's rendition is better than MK's.

  • what is your background ? - as a matter of interest ? are you a chazzan ?

  • Please explain to me what - in your opinion, chazzonus is? Helfgot doesn't have to impress anybody. Whether you like it or not, Helfgot is certainly one of the finest chazzonim in the world today. Listen to his Habet Mishomoyim CD and Avos CD and then dare to post a real comment. These two CDs are nothing short of chazzonus brilliance. And in case you didn't know: Helfgot is born in Israel and has literally given concerts 'all over the world'.

  • he has the yossele influence. this guy is just contemporary. you dont understand or know what chazzanis even is. baumgarten has performed in every continent. this guy has probably never left boro park. baumgarten is paid very well. he also is much more experienced. i dont know nor care what this guy gets paid, but he is no baumgarten.

  • viceroy, you don't know what you are talking about. Helfgot puts baumgarten in his pocket. Why is baumgarten not being paid 250k to daven at park east synagouge?

  • i am a chazzan my friend. if you were a chazzan you would know that you need a be a master baal tfilah as well and chazzan baumgarten is both. this guy is young, has potential but his voice is too cold and too thin. i dont hear the harts and warmth that great cantors have. he does have talent but hes not even in baumgartens league. baumgarten voice is thick manly, warm, deep with harts in his voice and far more powerful. he can sing the great classic compositions of chazzanis.

  • when you get a chance listen to the master alberto mizrahi who by the way if you go according to what people get paid he has gotten paid far more than what you claim this guy has gotten. he is somewhat in the league of baumgarten.

    but again i dont want judge this fine young man. i think he has great potential and G-D bless him but he is not there yet.

    if you measure how good a guy is by how much he is paid you know nothing about chazzanis nor anything.

  • Simon would be blown away!

  • I wonder what Simon at American Idol would say??? All was good untill he lost control at the top...

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