Joseph Schmidt Ano Avdoh

Joseph Schmidt sings this Aramaic Prayer in cantorial style. Amazing runs and ornaments reveal a wonderful musician and true vocal gymnast. You need to listen beyond the poor quality of the recording (1934).

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[gregnz2006]

Yes it's from that collection. I've never come across the slower version so if you have it and can post it would be interesting to compare. Either way it demonstrates Schmidt's remarkable vocal skills.

[MultiSicilia]

Als ganz kleines Mädchen , ca. 7-jährig habe ich mich in die Stimme von Joseph Schmidt " verliebt " ! Nun dieses Juwel zu endecken ist für mich unglaublich ! Internet sei Dank ........Diese Melancholie und Zerissenheit in der Stimme berührt meine Seele .........Ein ganz Grosser ist viel zu früh von der Bühne des lebens gegangen . Durch Intoleranz , Arroganz und mangelndem Respekt ! Welche Schande ......

Taormina

[rachimbaskin]

Yes, and yes.

What an artist can do! His stupendous technique not only doesn't interfere with, but serves to model or display, the naked humility and wholebeing commitment of the lyrics from the Zohar. Would that the lyricist could hear this. I can't imagine what "better" would be. What a gift he left us and generations yet unborn.

Thank you, gregnz for putting this up.

Rachim Baskin

[petrof4056]

3 personn are deaf. this is amzing!!

[HallucinationLiz]

This is amazing singing. His voice, technique and passion simply send shivers down my spine. Thank you for posting!

[chajiim]

unvergessen!!

[aristopus]

The life of Joseph Schmidt is an inspiration to all humanity.

[deepesttottenham]

Strange; your comment never reached my mailbox. Anyway, here's the slower version: /watch?v=QFcv04MOq68

The pitch is obviosly wrong, but I think the overall sound is somewhat cleaner, and the ends of the phrases don't sink in the noise like they do in the correct version - especially at the beginning.

[deepesttottenham]

Truly fantastic; never fails to amaze me. This is the version from the 'Religiöse Gesänge und Arien' album, right? I first heard this piece on "Golden Voices of the Synagogue" compilation where it was remastered in a different way and at a different pitch, so it's 17 seconds longer than this one and sounds very different. I'd gotten so used to the 'slower' version that now I can't get used to this one... (Unless they're two different recordings after all and my ears are made of tin.)

[saltburner2]

It seems this is a private recording made soon after he had performed in concert in Palestine on 9 April 1934. The pianist is Gershon Hermann Sweet. Another prayer, in Hebrew, was recorded on the same occasion. Both are included on a Preiser CD.

[ChaznAvi]

When he perished at the hands of the Nazis, music decreased from this world...

[castellomatese]

@meltzerboy Ah, of course! I grew up with that recording and it was my standard for decades. His vocal prowess is unequalled as compared with Schmidt and of course gives so many advantages of depth and color. Somehow though, at this point in my life Schmidt's complete emotional surrender--and triumph-- is so wrenchingly human.