I expected Siepi to be my preference......but Malaspina blows me away!!! Round/expansive, full of texture and use of text He's *sounds* like a hit man. 😎😎😎 Thanks for this and all the work you do!
Rugby8 This depends of the recording. The second Rigoletto with Siepi was made by John Culshaw. He put the singers behind the orchestra. The singers stood not directly behind the microphones.
@@achmedmohamed4708 Based on what we were given to listen, I liked Malaspina the best. The others may have had better versions somewhere- but judging this group, for *my* taste, Malaspina for the *Win* . 😎😎😎
@@rugby8-Philadelphia I heared all basses from the first row of the world since the 50ths of the last century. A lot of them I met personal since then. The oldest one I met was Tancredi Pasero in his house in Milan in1976, where I breathed the same air with him for a longer interview. Before I heared Christoff some days earlier in Venice as Attila and in Milan Nicolai Ghiaurov in Simon B. Who is Malaspina? He was not important. I have more than 30.000 operas in my collection. True!
@@rugby8-Philadelphia I found only the Norma with Malaspina, Ross and del Monaco. Nothing more! Nobody knows him! Even in the Italian Wikipedia I found nothing about him. He was of no importance in opera history. I would know this when he was "someone".
@@achmedmohamed4708 That all sounds really cool BUT This post had 14 versions of Sparafucil's low F. The title of the video includes the word "Comparison" Point is -- compare THESE 14 recordings. In advance, I *would* have expected to like Siepe the best. Of THESE 14 recordings, *I* prefer Malaspina to the others. Period.
Gottlob Frick is great in this role, because his voice is so dark and evil-sounding, but his bottom is very dry and stiff! Why was Josef Greindl not included? His low notes are fantastic!
Perhaps Siepi or Neri but some solved the problem by substituting the difficult E vowel for a different word entirely Frick & Pasero for example. Why was Talvela not represented here?
I heared Siepi often singing Seneca`s death and Baldassarre in La Favorita, 4th act. There Siepi sang always deep C. THIS is a deep tone! F is not deep. I have this all on tapes.
Malaspina is fantastic. I’d like to hear more of him. I like him, Neri and Siepi the best.
Siepi and Neri the best❤
Thanks for this posting .
Siepi!!!!
Malaspina
Ghiaurov
Tozzi
I expected Siepi to be my preference......but Malaspina blows me away!!!
Round/expansive, full of texture and use of text
He's *sounds* like a hit man.
😎😎😎
Thanks for this and all the work you do!
Rugby8
This depends of the recording.
The second Rigoletto with Siepi was made by John Culshaw.
He put the singers behind the orchestra.
The singers stood not directly behind the microphones.
@@achmedmohamed4708
Based on what we were given to listen, I liked Malaspina the best.
The others may have had better versions somewhere- but judging this group, for *my* taste, Malaspina for the *Win* .
😎😎😎
@@rugby8-Philadelphia
I heared all basses from the first row of the world since the 50ths of the last century.
A lot of them I met personal since then.
The oldest one I met was Tancredi Pasero in his house in Milan in1976, where I breathed the same air with him for a longer interview.
Before I heared Christoff some days earlier in Venice as Attila and in Milan Nicolai Ghiaurov in Simon B.
Who is Malaspina?
He was not important.
I have more than 30.000 operas in my collection.
True!
@@rugby8-Philadelphia
I found only the Norma with Malaspina, Ross and del Monaco.
Nothing more!
Nobody knows him!
Even in the Italian Wikipedia I found nothing about him.
He was of no importance in opera history.
I would know this when he was "someone".
@@achmedmohamed4708
That all sounds really cool
BUT
This post had 14 versions of Sparafucil's low F.
The title of the video includes the word "Comparison"
Point is -- compare THESE 14 recordings.
In advance, I *would* have expected to like Siepe the best.
Of THESE 14 recordings, *I* prefer Malaspina to the others.
Period.
incredibile
Gracias!!!
Adrien Legros, Gottlob Frick, Giulio Neri, Ignacio Ruffino, Cesare Siepi, Massimiliano Malaspina, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Tancredi Pasero, Ernesto Dominici, and Deszö Ernster are my favorite basses singing Sparafucile's Low F.
Gottlob Frick is great in this role, because his voice is so dark and evil-sounding, but his bottom is very dry and stiff!
Why was Josef Greindl not included? His low notes are fantastic!
Agreed. I don’t think he ever recorded “O Wie Will Ich Triumphieren” in its entirety.
@@homagetogreathistoricalsin9711 He recorded the whole role atleast twice with all the low notes.
Primo Siepi. Secondo Siepi. 🤤
1. SIEPI ,THE BEST
2. Tozzi
3. Malaspina
4. Ghiaurov
Sono d'accordo!
danke
🥰
Эта низкая нота Фа большой октавы(F2)? Вот интересно, кто-нибудь сейчас поёт эту ноту? Сейчас таких басов нет..Grazie!
I can, and i can go lower(C2)
@@ariasemusicaslegendadas7657 Strohbass?
@@den3963 Pure chest voice
@@ariasemusicaslegendadas7657 Bravo!
@@den3963 What is your lowest note?
Perhaps Siepi or Neri but some solved the problem by substituting the difficult E vowel for a different word entirely Frick & Pasero for example. Why was Talvela not represented here?
I will also add David Ward
@@Norman1566 And Josef Greindl.
Siepi. Poi Frick e Ghiaurov.
I heared Siepi often singing Seneca`s death and Baldassarre in La Favorita, 4th act.
There Siepi sang always deep C.
THIS is a deep tone!
F is not deep.
I have this all on tapes.
Only giants here
ALLE SIND GROSSARTIG
F is not low for an operabass.
C is low.
I know