Gérard Souzay - Après un rêve - Gabriel Fauré

Gérard Souzay est le grand interprète de la mélodie française !

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[Zva26]

Souzay was clearly an artist for the "conoscenti". His voice was absolutely gorgeous, and his way with French "melodies" and German Lieder (Schubert, Brahms and Schumann) was unsurpassed. I acknowledge the greatness of Fischer-Dieskau, but Souzay's singing and phrasing gives me more pleasure than just about any lyric baritone I've ever heard. He was a true aristocrat of vocal art. I wish he were around today. He brought great beauty into the world.

[einalemland]

@Zva26 Thank you for your input.

You are right, there are a lot of nobility in his voice

[sdegrace]

C'est une référence magnifique pour moi depuis très longtemps. Il est noble.

[einalemland]

@sdegrace Noble ! Exactement !

[vstasov]

I love Souzay - the Dinu Lipatti of the voice. Thank you.

[goldenthroat86]

@tmtstudio1983 You are quite right. No professional singer has even a few minutes of free time. If one does, one cannot possibly be a professional singer. I don't even sleep. I practice all night long. And forget meals, my profession takes up every second of every day! By the way, Richard Miller's opinion of Souzay was similar to mine :) And now, since I tire of responding to these comments, I'm removing all of mine.

[tmtstudio1983]

@goldenthroat86 My voice teacher was also a student of Richard Miller, she is a professional singer as well, yet I don't see her have time to write endless hater comments online like you do. Of course you can have your opinion about Souzay being a bad singer, but it's your ATTITUDE that make you sound stupid. The fact that you have time to leave hater comments in youtube may imply that you are a failure as a classical singer as the true professional ones don't even have time for this nonsense.

[yusukeundisolde]

thank you

[danmessias]

What a superb voice!

[makswen]

anyone who calls himself "goldenthroat" surely has neither. This is from souzay's early recordings and the disc is marvelous. Maybe the aspiring "goldenthroat" should try and figure out instead how a singer who was "universally regarded...and all that bullshit" have become such an icon? Maybe then you will be on your way to your aluminum throat.

[theropodia]

@goldenthroat86 ...as Pavaroti once opined, "the greatest VOICES in the world are in the church choirs of Europe"... Voice is nothing, communication is everything.

[theropodia]

@goldenthroat86 then you obviously have no ear for the lovely refinements on display here. Artistry like this is a rare and special thing. Having lived my life as a professional singer and educator, I find comparing this kind of text painting and subtle delivery with a student effort, simply silly.

[operamac]

I don't care if his voice was "universally regarded as a mediocre instrument." He was still able to create some damn fine music. Does that mean that he was great all the time or the best? No. This, however, along with the L'horizon chimerique that is posted on Youtube are excellent examples of his finer singing.

[r562580]

i love his expression.

[ChantezWithMe]

j'adore sa voix!!