Reizen Mark - Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina - 1946

[Yitzhakhazak]

Bassos and dark bass-baritones ! Please listen to Reizen. Soft and round, like velvet, all the way. Take any phrase and vocalize it without too much volume. It goes in D minor. Up and down. Try it and feel the tones rolling in front of your mouth.

As to the Russian vocals 0000 and AAAA, they are produced in the back of the oral cavity, as well as the thick L...which is typical of the language. The more forward vocals in Italian would do if not too open. The thin L would not do!