PAUL GERIMON, bass - COLD GENIUS - PURCELL

Paul Gerimon, Paul Gérimont, deep bass, basse noble, basso profondo, low voice, singer, actor, film, musical.
Cold Genius, King Arthur, Henry Purcell.
Arrangement by Paul Gérimont.
Recorded and mixed by Cyril Orcel and Paul. Gerimon at Studio Molière, Brussels
Remixed by Tom Goris and Paul Gerimon.
CD Fedor Records 2006.
Dinant - Belgium.
Video clip edited by Yvan Reekmans
Official website: www.paulgerimon.net

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[SwizawPizayu]

But the tone is note correct... in wich tone is he singing it? it's a little bit high... anyway i have to admit that in this tone it sounds better

[ezio892]

@SwizawPizayu The Air of Cold Genius is written in C minor but at the time of Purcell the diapason was more or less a lower tone ! Thus this air should be sung normally in our time in B flat minor by a bass voice. Here, the air is sung in G minor (one and half lowest tone). A lot of contretenors sing it seven tones higher and one of the first purposes of baroque music is to arouse strong feelings... Thus why not...?

[ezio892]

@SwizawPizayu Personally the version of Klaus Nomi (singing it seven tones higher with slow staccati through a nice legato and an arrangement different from the original) is one of my prefered. Nobody can really say how must be executed the music of this time except for some rare instructions given by the composers. They often interpreted their works of different manners using makeshift devices of moment. ;-)

[ezio892]

@SwizawPizayu There are also Luciano Berio's wonderful arrangements on works of Monteverdi for Cathy Berberian... ;-). It is always necessary to distrust "rules" and "dogmae" even in music... This version of "Cold Genius" is what it is and if it arouses some emotion, the purpose is reached ;-). It is enough to open its spirit and its heart and to be positive ;-).

[ezio892]

@SwizawPizayu Anyway thank you for your interest ;-). 

[oraur160903]

Magnifique interprétation qui se distingue justement du cold genius que nous avons l'habitude d'entendre. Interprétation créative et originale qui donne une épaisseur particulièrement tragique et sensible au personnage. Profondeur et intelligence... bravo.

[orhedresden]

great voice. but the keyboard is horrible.

[Taenyr]

...I wonder if there's a basso profundo out there who could perform this aria in C, as written, but start not on a C3 but on a C2. Now *that* would be awe-inspiring.

[Firestarjude]

Klaus Nomi is chilly, but this version is the kind of cold you feel in your bones.

[Dysanfel23]

This is the way it was written, but Klaus Nomi did a great interpretation as a contretenor!

[plozikou]

@oraur160903

D'accord ! Dieu du ciel! Voilà l’interprétation qui me plait le plus. J’aime ces voix profondes qui donnent un effet dramatique et intense que je ne ressens pas dans les interprétations avec des voix plus claires… Bravo!

[louiscouturiaux]

Super cette interprétation... Bravo Paul de mettre ta belle voix en évidence

Louis

[SwizawPizayu]

thank you for the info. It was the first time i listend to this piece it was asked me to hear and to practice, i'm starting with it but in the original tone, there's a lot of breathing stuff to practice in this aria