August 17, 2007
Basso Profundo
Some beautiful examples of Russian music with choirs featuring some basso profundos. First, here’s the St. Petersburg Chamber Choir singing Chesnekov’s “We Praise Thee,” from the Russian liturgy:
These guys can apparently hit G1, which is two octaves and a fourth down from middle C. (Go find that on a piano and try to hit that note.) At a little over a minute into that video, the camera focuses on a man whom I think is Passiukov (sometimes spelled Pasikov), who appears also in the last video here. Here’s another, this one from the Orthodox Singers Male Choir:
And finally, a longer clip. You’ll see Passiukov (or the guy I think is Passiukov) at about three and a half minutes into the video:
Posted by John Barach @ 2:33 pm |
Discuss (2)
August 28th, 2007 at 4:21 am
If you want to hear someone REALLY sing bass, watch the film Genghis Blues. Quite a story in that film.
January 20th, 2008 at 7:46 am
[…] This post from John Barach would be right up my dad’s alley. He loves listening to choral music and has a special fascination for the basso profundo. […]