Forgotten Great Baritones IX : Gorin

[@rayhickman9340]

I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE SUNG IN A PRODUCTION WITH HIM OVER 55 YEARS AGO. HIS VOICE WAS A MIRACLE AND HE WAS ONE OF THE KINDEST AND MOST GENTLE MEN I HAVE EVER MET - WHAT A LOSS TO THE CANTORATE!!

[@道-p2e]

Wow, well said, it does show through his voice, what a handsome voice and soul, God bless the soul,

[@ONeirda]

For heavens sake ... ! I was thinking I knew more or less all important present and past baritones, being a baritone myself and interested into what the "colleagues" are doing. But: Hey, I missed that one. Gorin just overwhelms me with the easy viguor of his manly and yet refined baritone. What a sound, what a style, what a command - he was forgotten without having deserved it! Thank you, dear primobaritono, for reminding us of him - he was a true gem. Every baritone should get to know him!

[@joanabanyeres]

Magnificent baritone voice and great singer.

[@operalament]

Great artist, blessed with an extraordinarily beautiful voice and added great musicianship and technique to become a consumate artist. I include him among the greatest baritones to grace the concert hall.

[@johnruggeri843]

Magnificent - the tone is smooth as silk and ingratiating to my ear. His legato is sublime. Thanks-John

[@SushiBrightblade]

Great high notes and beautiful singing... definitely one of the old school masters.

[@SilverSingingMethod]

Amazing beauty, chiaroscuro, register balance and vibrato action.

[@pamtupa2]

I was so blessed - at the age of 9, in the summer of 1967, a young couple was going to appear in a yearly event in Ogden, Utah, "All Faces West." Igor Gorin appeared in this every year in the role of Brigham Young. It might seem that I was too young to appreciate the opportunity, but I had been raised by a mother who loved great baritones, and I had heard them all my young life. What great fun this was - a once-in-a-lifetime rubbing of shoulders with a great singer and man!

[@rupepill]

This is a most enjoyable video. The singer is quite remarkable and certainly should be better known. How sad, that so many wonderfully talented singers and other musicians have often been overlooked. It is a cause for celebration, that you, primobaritono, and other generous posters at KZbin, make these examples of great singing again available to enlighten and delight listeners.

[@primobaritono]

Thank you very much for your contribution on Gorin. What you said about Hines regarding Gorin is very interesting. It's hard to judge the size of a voice on recording, especially if it's studio. It seems to me though that Gorin had no problems in that field. In my mind, a voice doesn't need to be huge to be succesful at a large opera house, it needs to project well just as Bjoerling's did so wonderfully.

[@fafner44]

How could I not know this incredible baritone!! What a voice!!! Thanks to primobaritono for uploading this, in deed!!!

[@paulostroff99]

One of the greatest of all time.Bravo! TY.

[@scottgrunow5201]

Just glorious. I always noticed in his voice an upward pull, a tenorial brilliance on the high notes.

[@1psoas9]

Glorious voice, wonderful temperament -- you actually feel like you KNOW him, the quality of his phrasing is so beautifully modulated, and -- well, colored with shades of feeling, personal, unguarded. THank you. I'd never heard of him before.

[@madoffman]

As usual from Egor, another master class in singing. I never tire of his artistry.

[@raythespian]

This is the first time in 50 years that I'm hearing Gorin. I never think to look these people up. I can hear now how marvelous he was...smooth, gorgeous tone, pretty close to Dmitri, to my ear.

[@thomasrexdale3706]

beautiful singing in every respect-a truly talented artists of the first rate--where are they now? these heavenly male voices?? You can certainly tell he had heard Battistini--more than once. And remember Battistini always said his records were his school--Thanks so much for posting! And now since i cant hear any more Gorin--im going to u tube it over to Battistini and listen to his Caro mio ben :)

[@vocalwisdom8769]

Ah goodness. Bel Canto. If you have ears to hear....LISTEN.

[@paulostroff99]

Stunning.One of the very best ever.TY primo for posting.

[@tggold]

I wish I could have heard his voice live. The overtones blow me away. Sometimes I feel like the upper partial rings louder than the fundamental! (The sustained note at 4:20-4:26 is especially beautiful) And the agility he had hiding in there! Wow!

[@TheOperadaddy2]

This is no baritone; he is a miracle.

[@abracadabranque]

Bella voce,good!Never heard before.Thanks!

[@marianneluban3347]

Wonderful. Beautiful colors to the voice.

[@Ivanhoe2]

I echo the sentiments of Rupepill and others in respect of Gorin. A "friendly" and most pleasing voice. Many thanks for posting this.

[@道-p2e]

So finely crafted, gift from Heaven, Glorious!!!!

[@Ramakrishnademeester]

Thank you Mother for such a beauty. O what is this beautifull

[@janejones11]

I only discovered him by accident on compilation CD of historical singers. At that point, I became interested in him and sought out more recordings. His voice was extremely beautiful and his technique refined. Like the others on this list, he should be better known.

[@vanmusician]

He sang in the first opera I ever saw - Germont in Traviata - Vancouver 1961

[@ЕваНемотка]

слушаю и не могу наслушаться...гениальный Верди, великолепный Горин...

[@numetutelare]

Stupefacente... un baritono con gli attributi, come diceva Toscanini!!!

[@piasecznik]

@egarrulo The range I'm absolutely confident to use on stage. By now it's probably more like G2-F#4 or G4. I wouldn't use my high A in concerts because it just has an unpleasant sound to it, while I can sing it easily 100% of the time.

[@operalament]

what a beautiful voice.

[@flaze3]

fantastic. I am in awe!

[@JozefSterkens]

great!!!

[@piasecznik]

Well... there's a video of a Russian tenor showing off his extreme ranges in a cadenza at the end of 'Ecco ridente in cielo'- Ivan Kozlovsky. The cadenza goes from the low F to the F above the tenor high C- F2 to F5. I'm a high baritone too, and my 'acceptable' range is probably about A2 to F4- kess than 2 octaves. The range that I can SING- as in, produce a sustainable sound without counting the falsetto range, is Eb2 to C#5 though- almost three octaves. Big difference.

[@boothtarkington2681]

A TRULY GREAT BARITONE, GORIN SURPASSES ALL THOSE TODAY WHO ARE CLASSIFIED AS PROFESSIONALS.

[@flaze3]

supposedly Bjorling had mastered his 'formant' to a superb level... well it sounds plausible.

[@pamtupa2]

I should add, "Mama" Lynn and "Papa" Dave were looking for children to be their "family." That's where my luck came in.

[@PennyDreadful1]

Matt Barlow has more 31/2 octaves in range if you count reinforced falsetto screams and low notes that couldnt be heard without a microphone.

[@1947Rollo]

E' davvero una gran voce che nemmeno io conoscevo.Vedo che sei un baritono interessato a ciò che fanno i tuoi colleghi,più o meno famosi,per eventualmente trarre qualche spunto.Ti segnalo Antonio Salvadori sulla stessa aria(dal vivo),è senza il recitativo però in compenso ha la cabaletta.Dimmi cosa pensi e tanti auguri per la tua carriera.

[@ONeirda]

Lucky you! I'm envying you.

[@egarrulo]

@piasecznik What does it mean "acceptable range"? Thanks.

[@lastofdmelocchians]

My god! It's really like I'm listening to the great TIBBETT!!! The only major difference 2me is that Gorin is a bit more modern sounding...meaning, TIBBETT had that "old-school" vibrato where at times it'd speed up(fast vibrato...but nowhere near 2B described as a TREMOLO which many EARLY singers had)& at times it'd be very even. Gorin's was never fast. Always the same. 2me this seems more modern. Fast vibratos R quite rare these days. Only 1 I can think of 2day's singers is that Maltese tenor:)

[@piasecznik]

Nope. There are some baritones with a three-octave range (that they wouldn't use on stage though). 4 octaves? Forget it. That's a range with which they could sing from a Bass low C (which most baritones don't get) to a High Soprano C (which not even tenors come close to getting.)

[@raphaelhudson]

No offence man, but what Matt Barlow does has n relation to what an operatic baritone does. I am a high baritone and with a few days notice can get myself down to an A or G below low C, but that means nothing compared the vocal mechanism of an operatic bass singing a low F. The only thing that matters is the range in which you can make an acceptable strength and quality. Most pros with a big range, that is 2 and a half octaves. I don't know of any that can sing 3 octaves with consistent quality.

[@ArianaDana]

Joseph schmidt was romanian jew !!! :) but still both amazing

[@PennyDreadful1]

Ahh dont put a metal singer together with a opera singer! Thats just ridiculous. And yes I like Matt Barlow too but its not the same thing.

[@ctafrance]

Great baritones? Who are you kidding. There can be no great baritones. You can be a great bass. You can be a great tenor. But the bartitone voice is the essence of mediocrity between the two. No matter how you slice this cheese it will never be better than swiss, whereas the other two male voices can be all manner of variety of more interesting and tasteful flavors.

[@AIdem-ig9fq]

There are "just" great singers regardless of their fach...

[@nybuffymeister8328]

Well articulated but making up nonsense..

[@geminikid1617]

You listen to this recording of this purely excellent vocalist that can out-sing nearly every current Tenor & “Bass” today, & yet you still found the time to write this ignorant crap, along w/this horrible analogy?