Boris Christoff sings Don Basilio

[bodiloto]

SUBLIME!!!!

[john76g]

What a deep voice!!!

That's unforgettable !!!

[theodor28uzunov]

The greatest bass!!!!!

[soyerr04]

Гордея се като българка с величествения глас на незабравимия Борис Христов. Той е безценен Божи дар. Мир на праха му!

[clasirico]

excelente,uno de los buenos bajos con quien podemos disfrutar la opera

[forpusaymara]

C'est vrai il est toujours surprenant ! il reste un modèle vocal pour un nombre certain de chanteur...

Thanks for posting

[Pottydzmeia]

Thanks!

[durchfuerung]

C'est une execution tres differente (articulation, timbre et aussi de point de vue dramaturgique)de toutes les autres et marquee toujours par la presence artistique et meme autoritaire de Christoff.

[Ufelan]

I was really surprised when I realized that there wasn't a single Boris Christoff's rendition of Don Basilio on YouTube. So I had to make it right. :)

[Elgranbajo]

Good work!!!!

[platinump90]

Well thx alot for that! You can always learn something from a different performance.

I do think he has a nice voice, keeps it more clear than most basses.. Especially in this aria!(except in the beginning it's kinda dark.. but it is la calunnia for something right?:D)

He does have some strange tempo changes.. Bit radical in my opinion. And "forgets" a line in the end? But It is a very nice performance however!:D I enjoyed it;).. So thx Ufelan! And boris offcourse:p..

[avpny1346]

by far the best basso in the 20th sentury....

can do as he pleases!!!!!

[platinump90]

Well.. It's also a matter of taste. And those are big words I have to say ;).. The best basso by far.. :p

[avpny1346]

thanks for your coment...please let me know

of other bassos that are better or on the level of Boris Christoff....i will love to hear somethings from them that you like...

that is so good on this site that one can find with others help many things!

avpny1346

[Pltinum]

Well, To name some: Nicolai ghiaurov (I like is la calunnia the most :p..), samuel ramey, alexander kipnis these are the great ones that pop my in my head.:) (and offcourse also boris christoff ;))

for more baroque repertoire you also have peter kooy..

[avpny1346]

Ghiaurov is also bulgarian (as i am)...having heard both of them many times,

Christoff is as presance and powerfull,yet soft clear voice i find by far the best....

well it's a matter of taste....thanks

[egymagyar1111111]

what about Christoff´s Gluck? where is Gyaurov in that case and many others... agree, there is apersonal taste involved, but some is absolute, time is the judge

[BorisGodunov]

@platinump90 - Christoff doesn't forget a line--that's how it's originally written. It's become traditional to insert an extra "Si va crepar" in the coda, but he does it the way Rossini wrote it. I have recordings of other bassos doing it the same way, including Cesare Siepi!

[platinump90]

Thanks for the info. I didn't know that.

[pcmendes1973]

I do recall seeing another one (a live performance) a few months ago, but I think they took it off.