Basso profondo from Russia

[tomjinthehouse123432]

Jd sumner makes these people sound like justin bieber ;D

[MultiBabyDarling]

the lowest fundamental frequency at which the male voice vibrates is about 58Hz, so when the singers take low notes such as these, their vocal folds vibrate really slowly.

[rogerstill71]

I wish I could sing like this... hell, I wish I could sing, period!

[JoeLarnaque]

One day, I was with a friend and I projected a low, dark and powerfull C2 in my bathroom.

I'll always remember that feeling. My friend too.

[ryanfallon]

@JoeLarnaque Why were you in the bathroom with your friend? That's a private place.

[JoeLarnaque]

@ryanfallon Not from my point of view. Toilets are private places, but when you wash your hands... nothing private.

[4evertobymac]

i love this kind of harmony. It's very hard to get in a choir though..:(

[BS25BaldEagle]

Magnificent.

[pwalkskyywalker]

I love hitting a low E but thats the only low note I can really project. I gotta hit lower notes better.

[SkateingIsWhatsUp]

@pwalkskyywalker Lol I can hit low Bb

[BlackJoo14]

best feeling: hitting your lowest full note with a group and feeling the entire room vibrate >:]

[TsarofWumpica]

I can get to a low A sharp, but I can't project it in the least bit. The lowest I can go at forte is about an E flat.

[mantorok09]

Real life Thu'um

[Gonnakillyou]

Beginning reminds me of that one song they chant during Babar's infiltration of Rataxes' fortress.

[Millbrook1974]

This is how testicles actually sound...

[BULGARSKILEV]

Only in humility,faith and devotion could such a marvelous and grand expression of God's truth could happen-glory to all Russian Orthodox people!

Slava i privet iz Bolgaria!

[runitselectah]

@BULGARSKILEV ... or genetics and exercise.

[BULGARSKILEV]

@runitselectah

that too but the sipritual preparation and devotion is a must to accomplish this

[JakeSickChicken]

In Soviet Russia, voice breaks you!

[Randidan]

Beautiful!  many thanks for uploading it!

[cccorsetti]

LUCIFER LIVES

[mondoshrimpo]

is that one of the oak ridge boys?

[x2XtReMEx]

This is chilling.  Amazing.

[TimeThe47]

angelic rumors!!!

[nomanissafe]

There is only one person who would dislike this: hitler

[Zeeuw1957]

Alle bassi profundi trekken mij aan!

Toutes les basses profondes m'attirent!

Benni de Jong uit Hulst / d'Houx NL

[epiceditor1]

beat that chuck norris.

[Choristenimes]

Waouh ! Impressionnant et incroyablement beau ! Que j'aimerais pouvoir chanter ça ! On entend rarement de telles basses dans les autres choeurs (non russes !)

[springermusicnet]

Real Men sing like this

[BOOOZB]

A great thank to you Pudersepp for thiz music you have given to us : poor , simple and mortal Humans.

[Rascal77s]

Unbelievably good. Liked and favorited.

[playmoney132]

Dumboldore

[anonymousvidlover]

It's so frustrating not to be able to sing those notes... It has so much power on them

[egor99ify]

This is music from within the deepest part of the soul. So pure, so moving, so genuine, it is the essence of life

[bassedoutcleff]

0:22, Halo Reach, booyeah!

[refinedfriend]

@bassedoutcleff totally sounds like it :P

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[Nerdimtar]

this haunting and beautiful song is what gives "la jetée", Chris Marker's extraordinary movie, its unique atmosphere.

[MrDerogative]

this is thought provoking

[yamumsbum007]

wow this is singing is soo.. powerful and deep!! i have been trying to find this type of powerful, perfect sound for ages. it gives me goosebumps and it's awesome. to me this is beautiful and i enjoyed listening to it

[1donpizarro]

The profondo is Yuri Wichniakov, isn't he?

[shlomzion]

@Pudersepp Ilya Efrimovich Repin

[francesca7564]

Impressionnant et magnifique !!!

Merci pour le post .

[gnostico3]

Felicitaciones excelente video! podria algún hermano traducir las letras al español gracias salucos cordiales!

[ddscott12]

@Pudersepp

My cyrillic's not great, but I think it's Ilya Efimovich Repin?

[sandro4646]

GIve us the text in russian PLEASE

[fisarmonicista]

@Pudersepp Ilya Yefimovich Ryepin

[1donpizarro]

@Pudersepp I read "Ilya Efimovich Repin", who also portrayed Modest Mussorgsky just one year before his death.

[agape381]

Beautiful...



[cikibli]

@Pudersepp Ilya Repin: Protodeacon, 1877

[DamnShoe]

both the song and the painting are very beautiful

[ownman444]

WoW этот парень действительно низким голосом

[alberbros]

O.M.G., parece un Monstruo! Pero se escucha impresionante!

[ostefanstefanov]

Кресту твоему...

[ostefanstefanov]

Кресту твоему...

[GoLAN87]

@Pudersepp It's Ilyà Efimovich Repin

[onenicole]

Basso profondo - my new obsession. :)

I wish i knew somebody who could sing that low!

Sooo I'm a 16 year old girl who normally sings alto 2, but my lowest note so far has been an F two octaves below middle C. Would that make me like.......an Alto Profondo?

Haha

[AbdelkarimHoning]

2 53 very bautifull timeless and without place 

[nfgsum41]

Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[nihilusJ90]

@Pudersepp

Ilya Yefimovich Repin ;)

[nihilusJ90]

The painting was made by Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин, famous Russian painter...in case anyone is interested...

[KjeXXXer]

@nihilusJ90 As a bass and a painter, I'm very interested in anything you can tell me!

[ChorAkademiiMorskiej]

Sounds like Orthodox Choir and Yuri Wichniakov...;)

[powell1989]

Did they do the first Mortal Kombat Soundtrack? lol

[omgzorzlikewow]

I think something's getting lost in translation here. In musical terms, a "dark" sound is typically one that is smooth, controlled, "velvety" in texture, masterful, and not shrill or piercing. It's different from the typical perception of "dark" as murky or evil in some way.

[EyeShotFirst1]

It sounds beautiful. Most people think it is scary, but to me it sounds so beautiful.

[Ivorybird09]

@EyeShotFirst1 It is not DARK, it is DEEP. : ) To me, it is the Depth of faith that is reflected by Basso Profondo. God's love transcends it all, from the lowest to the highest levels of our souls. This is why I think it is so important to have those notes but I am not a musician, just one of many Russian Christians.

[Ivorybird09]

@EyeShotFirst1 It is not DARK, it is DEEP. : ) To me, it is the Depth of faith that is reflected by Basso Profondo. God's love transcends it all, from the lowest to the highest levels of our souls. This is why I think it is so important to have those notes but I am not a musician, just one of many Russian Christians.

[BollyWoodia]

This is so impressive... And it makes you just go wau!

Can't wait to show this to my father (we bouth like choir music. And classical)! He's going to be wordless :)

[paulmetalcore]

Omfg! I want this singer for a blackened goth metal!

[panda123456789ed]

Bass rocks....Tenors are too girly. I'm a bass (Well,bass-baritone tessitura) who can reach A5 and can Do it in much Darker tones than those girls. The only tenor worthy is Robert Plant.

[Swordman85]

@panda123456789ed

Tenors are TOO GIRLY???? OMG, you make me laugh! :D

[panda123456789ed]

@Swordman85 Well, compared to Bass-Baritone high notes, Tenor High Notes don't have that "darkness"....And just for clarification, Freddie Mercury isn't a tenor. lol

[Aubury]

revelation, what glory

[Chrotisofus]

Chills.

[zs3019]

Great song, by far one of my favorites. I love the entire cd though. an incredible collection.

[Max0Inq]

My bass voice sounds like falsetto compared to this...

[zs3019]

@Max0Inq its all good though, you are a bass and he is a contrabass. I am a bass as well, but all i can say... is "at least you arent a tenor." they are just a bunch of little girls.

[zoltanlucian]

mi s-a ridicat parul in cap..

[Iggy3d]

The austere dignity of Eastern Orthodox music is breathtaking.

[SlappaDeBassMon]

I'm starting to listen to more choral music and I am really really enjoying the russian, the byzantine and italian choral work. I especially love russian because I myself am a low bass singer (lowest proper note is an A below low C), does anybody know where i can aquire some good recordings of choral work?

[Pudersepp]

@SlappaDeBassMon

The source of all good is your local library. I got 2-3 university libraries and one central library in my town. It will take years to deplete your library.

[mrlibroid]

@SlappaDeBassMon i can help. write in pm

[mrlibroid]

@SlappaDeBassMon i can help. write in pm.

[julianhayda]

@SlappaDeBassMon

go to bandura.org for some great American-Made Ukrainian choral music.

[SlappaDeBassMon]

@julianhayda Cheers mate, will do!

[KjeXXXer]

@SlappaDeBassMon musicarussica is a great site fro both the music and sheet music as well as much else!

[Jezebel29]

I'm going to listen to this over and over.

[DonSair20]

There are three profondos in this recording. Vicktor Kryuchenkov, Boris Tchepikov and Yury Wichkniakov. The most powerfull, resonant and most world wide known is Wichniakov :D

[RAAMerisima]

@DonSair20 I don't know them... but hell this is beautiful. I'm basso profondo, and in Mexico my voice is extrmely rare, I want to study in russia beacuse of this choir and Vladimir Pasuikov. I wonder, you seem to know about these guys... MEN, you know how can I get their music?

[DonSair20]

@RAAMerisima A basso profondo? put on a video then I'm a bass my self and my lowest note is an E2 and only 16 hehe...I'm costa rican by the way so I dont know why we are talking in english but well, i know about profondos really , add me as a friend and I can tell where you find music scores!

[Sieglinde84]

And to think of what one think when hearing the term "basso profondo" is mainly Osmin, Sarastro, Ring villains, Grand Inquisitor or Baron Ochs. They sound like boys compared to a Slavic bass.

They say Mihály Székely had notes below the low C, but he never had to use them in opera.

[tubaeuphboyemk4]

Ancient and heavy sounding... WOW.

[Pudersepp]

@tubaeuphboyemk4

I'm going to listen to Vladimir Miller live tomorrow, expecting a big wow factor from that as well!

[27005909]

О если бы вы пришли бы к Богу и веровали бы православно, то увидели бы ещё не такую красоту

[Plot082]

@Pudersepp So.. how did it go?

[Pudersepp]

@Plot082

You mean the Miller concert? I did not go, I don't remember why!

[plagueofangels666]

@Pudersepp i hope you were dying or something, cause missing that is unforgivable!

[PancakesoftheLove]

Hearing this makes my mind drift back so far... it feels so ancient and so powerful.

[firebird116]

one of the most amazing and moving things i have heard

[MusikMajor]

This continues to be one of the most amazing things I've ever heard. I wish I had a couple of those basses in MY groups. =P Absolutely amazing, there's not really any other way to put it.

[Dogsledfan]

Unfortunately, you are correct about this Mr. Pudersepp )-: The Latin Rite Church has had a LONG history of using whatever music is popular at the moment in the sacred liturgy. Sometimes I can't tell if I'm at a Mass or a rock concert. As I say, the Eastern Rite musical liturgy is far better than ours. Orthodox music brings one CLOSER to God; Latin music seems to create more distance from Him. Palestrina was our church's greatest liturgical composer. Now he's completely forgotten.

[jnycrwsh]

@Dogsledfan Our church here in Louisville, KY (St. Martin of Tours) just did a vespers for St. Joseph's feast day in which we did Alleghri's Miserere and a Palestrina motet. Now, we are a traditional church, but I just want you to know that there are those out there that still do the "old stuff". Anyway, you can search St. Martin of Tours Louisville to find some of our taped stuff also.

P.S. - I'm pushing for us to do more Russian stuff since I have the notes to fill out the bass parts.

[Dogsledfan]

As a Latin Rite Catholic speaking here, I wish that instruments were not prohibited from the Orthodox Mass. Can one imagine what musical miracles might have been wrought by Tchaikowsky, Rachmaninov, or even Anton Rubinstein? Nonetheless, a capella is good......the Orthodox folk definately have us beat when it comes to the musical liturgy now! We've almost totally lost our classical traditions. Last time I went to mass, it was basically a guitar group doing the music. Thanx Vatican II...

[Pudersepp]

@Dogsledfan

I've sung on Catholic mass and on a Orthodox mass. I like the power in the Orthodox music, it has an ancient feeling to it. Catholic music ain't that powerful. Though I like the Byzantine music, chants and early polyphony as well. Modern Catholic music seems to lack roots.

[OscarsanchezIII]

@Dogsledfan

Couldn't agree more with you, Althoughg I know in some places choral music and gregorian chant is still used, I have to tolerate groups that sing like it was a party, with whistles and more, and not a Holy Mass.

I appreciate their will to cooperate and serve, but still... Time and place, I guess.

[bigmandrel]

@Dogsledfan Yes. I'm with you on this one. Cheap, plastic, vulgar and profane is the new Catholic Mass, thanks to Vatican II. I've even withnessed a bari sax wail away in the sleaziest rendition of "Oh When the Saints" in the midsts of a high mass. Oh, the indignities in the name of modernization! I like my sacred life, and i love my secular life; never hould they cross paths.

[xmetbass]

WOW ! How lucky can one be!!!! I've got the cd. I've married into an orthodox family! That plus I've got a lot of recordings of the Don Cossacks who I was lucky enough to hear in person years ago.

[jericho4004]

this is so beautiful. It brings tears to my eyes and makes me grateful that we can praise the Lord Jesus with our voices.

[TheHenrylaycock]

[er, how else would you propose to do it?]

[janmoeyaert1]

Wow! And listen to that low G below the low C at 3:42 !!!!

[gudjonv91]

@janmoeyaert1 it's incredible!!!

[Embrikkk]

beautiful

thnx alot

[Pudersepp]

Glad you like it! Hearing it live is better, seek out concerts.

Regards,

Puder

[982Munchie]

Only 89 bucks on Amazon....sigh.

[Pudersepp]

I got it from my local library. No charge.

Regards,

Puder

[philosoful]

What?! Ha. I'm having the same problem as the above dude.

[philosoful]

I phoned the company who distribute it and it's down to an expired licence that hasn't been renewed thus no more copies of it unless they re apply for it. The person I spoke to from the English Distribution (if I remember correctly) said that it was one of the companies best selling CDs. I got the St Petersburg choir CD instead but the one I have has very little Basso Profondo in it except the opening track (which can be found on youtube) - We Praise Thee.

[982Munchie]

Thanks. I have a similar album from our library but they don't have this one of yours (yet). Yours is better, IMHO.

[Pudersepp]

@982Munchie

If there is interest, I can upload more songs of this CD. I don´t know how the authorities will respond, but it is worth a try.

[982Munchie]

If you could, I'm sure I'm not the only person who would greatly appreciate it, thanks!

[nils89]

@Pudersepp

please please upload more! this is incredible.

[CastilloGuitar]

@Pudersepp

PLEASE!!

[Pudersepp]

@CastilloGuitar

Please what?

[Rumblo]

@Pudersepp I fully support this idea. Hell I'd pay to buy the album from you.