Cantor Moshe Koussevitszky

Cantor Moshe Koussevitzky Live Chanukah Concert Beth El NY 1963

[@mordechaileibowitz67]

The King! Unbeatable.

[@lsmart]

The amazing thing is that unlike today's chazzanim, who turn red in the face as they scream the high notes at the top of their lungs, everything was so natural and unforced with Koussevitsky, which is the reason that he did not lose an iota of his range, beauty or power despite being 63, an age when most chazzanim and opera singers are well past their prime, and at least have to transpose downward all the high-lying pieces and those with high note endings. If not for his tragic throat cancer, he could have gone on singing like this into his 70's, like those few opera tenors who were also known to sing with perfect production and no strain.

[@jyscantorialmusic]

What a perfection! The one and only, something that will never be again. No Cantor ever had this kind of a voice with such a beauty, perfect breath control. Perfect control of the voice from bottom to top at age of 63! Something to learn for this generation.

[@Levke604]

Commanding respect! This sounds pitched down a bit. 0:05 lehadlik ner 3:23 sheoso nissim 6:08 shehecheyanu 9:09 ad heino 18:41 habeit

[@abracadabranque]

Très laid.