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Part III: Rare and unknown voices - BORIS GMYRYA

Please open the bar to read more about this artist! Boris Gmyrya, Bass (1903-1969) Franz Schubert WINTERREISE (Winter Journey) First song: Gute Nacht! Last song: Der Leiermann Accompanied by Lev Ostrin Recorded 1965 My personal opinion: If you think about Schubert´s WINTERREISE (transposed for a darker male voice), who comes to your mind? Certainly at first Fischer-Dieskau (who left us 12 different versions!), next Hotter, Prey, Allen, Bär, Van Dam (for me a little bit disappointing), Goerne (apparently anyhow disinterested), Hampson, Holl and some others. For an even more darker bass-voice, it´s not easy to illustrate the diverging desperate feelings of a young man near to suicide. Normally a bass sounded like an elder and matured man (The late hungarian László Polgar was a welcome change). In 1965, the ukrainian bass-baritone Boris Gmyrya recorded a most interesting version (with an indifferent accompaniment by Lev Ostrin that forces the singer to fast tempi). At the time, Gmyrya was already 62 years old, but he still sounded fresh and vivid. It was one of those performances that makes you wanna hear more. My next Gmyrya recording was the death-scene of BORIS GODUNOV. I was impressed by the heart-melting immediacy. It was soulful singing, a welcome alternative to the refine rendition of Christoff, the expansive sound-production of Ghiaurov or the affected declamatoric style of a well-known canadian bass-baritone. Boris Gmyrya is a typical example for a great singer, longtime hidden behind the iron curtain. He was born in a small ukranian town. At an early age, he performed a lot of folk songs. When he was a teenager, he started to work as an office boy, stoker and sailor. In his mid-twenties he was known for his remarkable voice. He studied in the class of Pavel Golubev and already in his thirties, he made his debut in an unknown ukrainian opera. In 1939 he won the first prize in a nation-wide competition, which was followed by his first tour through the country. His repertory of 36 roles included Gremin, Galitzky, Boris, Sobakin (THE BRIDE OF THE CZAR by Rimsky-Korsakov) and many other character roles. He became famous for his portrayal of Salieri (MOZART AND SALIERI), but he was most admired as a recitalist on the concert platform (starting in 1948) as well as in radio broadcasts. He even gained more attention in songs by russian composers as well as Brahms, Schumann, Grieg, Dvorak and Schubert. Very popular in his country, he was given the title of "Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian Republic" and "People´s Artist of the USSR". It it symptomatical, you will hardly find his name in western literature, much less you will find records of him. I believe, the isolation of many basses from the east are the reason, why so many mediocre baritones and basses from the so-called "free world" came to international fame. As far as I can see, Boris Gmyrya sang in two entire operas on record: In 1956 he was Maxim in BOGDAN CHMELNITZKI by Dankevitch, one year earlier he recorded THE BRIDE OF THE CZAR (again under Vladimir Piradov). Two rare russian operas: This is of course not enough to build an international reputation. Perhaps with this contribution here, he reaches a new audience. I´m sure, he deserves your confidence! Here are the beginning and the end of Franz Schubert´s immortal song-cycle WINTERREISE, sung in russian. Well, just imagine this winter landscape is not in Austria, it´s in Siberia... And when you´re back from this journey, please let us know your opinion about Boris Gmyrya! THE COMPLETE OVERVIEW: GO TO ALL SINGERS IN THE LIST with this new link:    • Видео