Vishnyakov, along with Boris Tchepikov, and Viktor Krutchenkov, sung perhaps the most impressive rendition of Chesnokov's "Do Not Reject Me in My Old Age," a piece for a basso profondo soloist, although, in this case, three basso profondos sing!
You can hear the recording below:
Vishnyakov hits a rather impressive G1 at the end, although it is somewhat masked by the G2 sung by the other two bassos. Vishnyakov has performed with a number of Russian Choirs. He recently has performed with the Orthodox Singers choir, but he can be seen here performing the Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow:
In a more recent video, we have Vishnyakov singing with the Orthodox Singers, performing the entering chant "It is Fitting" :
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Do not reject me in my old age -- This brought shivers and tears to me. Beautiful, profound, and deep (no pun intended).
ReplyDeleteOn Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Wichniakov) it is mentioned that Vishynakov performed in what I presume to be the recording of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil directed by Valery Polyansky in 1986.
ReplyDeleteThere were more bassi profundi in the recording directed by Alexander Sveshnikov in 1965 (Melodiya). It would be very interesting to find out who they were...
Here's a link to the Sveshnikov recording (in MP3; unfortunately I hear artifacting). The previews provide ample opportunity to hear the bassi.
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