Cantor Moshe Bazian

Chazzan Moshe Bazian
החזן משׁה בּאַציאַן

Cantor Murray Bazian Sept 2002.

Clicking on the link at the bottom will take you to a site where both audio and video are streamed to your computer, using RealPlayer. A high-speed (broadband) Internet connection is recommended.

This site presents a great cantor practicing his art "b'leyv vo-ne-fesh" (with heart and soul). He is Cantor Murray (Moshe) Bazian (pronounced Batsian) chanting the classical recitative (cantorial solo) "V'nir'eyhu Ayin B'ayin ... Av Horachamim Hu Y'racheym Am Amusim" in a live concert held at Congregation Etz Chaim of Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY, on June 5, 1983.

This is the most compelling website that I personally have ever visited.

The audio is inspiring. This cantor's coloratura is among the most magnificent I've ever heard. But to me, the video aspect is even more captivating.

Every time I log on to the website below, and observe this cantor's saintly face and his gesticulations, I am moved to tears. Perhaps this is because the cantor's characteristically European mien reminds me of the all-too-quickly vanishing holy people - such as my own beloved father ע׳׳ה - who were born in the Jewish shtetl of pre-war Eastern Europe.

If you seek a truly spiritually-uplifting experience, then look no further than the links below:

To watch the video of Cantor Bazian chanting V'Nireihu Ayin B'Ayin and Av HoRachamim Hu Y'Racheim Am Amusim, click on audio-video. To listen to just the audio alone, click on audio alone.

You can also click on chazzan.org for Cantor Bazian's biography, and to hear other recordings of his chanting.

-- Yosl Alpert, webmaster (jialpert at bellatlantic.net)