Part III: Rare and unknown voices - BORIS GMYRYA

[abracadabranque]

Rapide.Le style en souffre.

[DonnaSilvia]

He had a warm great voice and a really elegant way of singing Schubert.

What a pity that disgraced piano accompaniment !

[8x8MaVerick8x8]

I've never been able to like Der Leiermann... While it's a very creepy song and text, and it achieves that goal, I've found it boring and vocally unsatisfying...

[ingriddoppler]

It´s almost unforgivable not to have heard of this wonderful artist till now ;

eventhough my favorite bass is Boris Christoff, I must admitt that Mr.Gmyrya most certainly cought my attention ,so I immediately looked for his "B.Godunov Death scene"...and WOW, what an impressive,drammatic and moving rendition!!!

Thank you so much @100Singers for another exciting discovery.

[belshep]

@ingriddoppler Gmyria as Boris Godunov is unrivalled, even better than Chaliapin. There's also a 1950 video of Boris Monologue here on youtube posted recently, with him singing it in Ukrainian. Mind-blowing in whatever he performs

[tenorvoicefan]

Die Stimme ist sehr schön, überzeugend. Aber die Winterreise passt nicht zu dieser Stimme. Es klingt nicht glaubwürdig.

Jedoch würde ich diesen Mann sehr gerne als Boris hören. Oder in Mozart Rollen.

Hier passt er gewiss besser, denn die Stimme ist schön, mit Wohlklang und Tiefe gesegnet.

[flon5flon]

Sorry but I did not appreciate the interpretation, the voice and especially the pianoplayer.

The song is so German and the voice so Russian: they didn't match at all.

A romantic "Sturm und Drang" jung man with such a voice is difficult to believe. (the Winterreise sung by a woman as well).

I see him wandering not in Austria - as you mention - and certainly not in Siberia but in the Rennsteig in the Thüringerwald or places like that.

Once I walked the Rennsteig in December so I am prejudiced!

[Teonareine]

Beautiful voice.

[LordMgls]

It is interesting. With these singers, there would always be an 'iron curtain' that would tag them "URSS only!".