TREMENDOUS SINGING!!!!!! Boris Gmyria 1903 - 1969 Compilation of the legendary Ukranian Bass

0:00 Aleko's Cavatina from Rachmaninov's Aleko 6:18 Tri klada from Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa 9:21 Song of the Viking Guest from Rimsky Korsakov's Sadko 12:32 Pole pole from Glinka's Ruslan und lyudmila sung in ukranian 20:29 Oy shos luzhe zahulyavsya from Artemovsky's Zaporozhets za Dunayem 22:40 Teper ya turok, ne kozak from Artemovsky's Zaporozhets za Dunayem 25:14 Lyubvi vse vozrasty pokorny from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin 31:27 Ella giammai m'amo from Verdi's Don carlo sung in russian 39:11 Madamina il catalogo è questo from Mozart's Don Giovanni sung in russian 44:14 La calunnia è un venticello from Rossini's Il barbiere di siviglia sung in russian 47:57 Dlya beregov otchizny dal'noy by Borodin 51:19 Song of the Volga Boatmen 54:57 The sea spreads wide 58:38 Along the Piterskya Street 01:00:59 When we passed a large village 01:06:13 Down the Volga River 01:11:28 Down the Mother Volga Winterreise by Franz Schubert sung in russian (COMPLETE) 01:14:19 Gute Nacht 01:19:01 Die Wetterfahne 01:21:19 Gefrorne Tränen 01:23:57 Erstarrung 01:27:22 Der Lindenbaum 01:31:39 Wasserfluth 01:36:11 Auf dem Flusse 01:40:01 Rückblick 01:42:51 Irrlicht 01:46:06 Rast 01:49:20 Frühlingstraum 01:52:53 Einsamkeit 01:55:40 Die Post 01:58:08 Die greise Kopf 02:01:07 Die Krähe 02:03:47 Letzte Hoffnung 02:06:03 Im Dorfe 02:09:00 Die stürmische Morgen 02:10:12 Täuschung 02:11:53 Wegweiser 02:14:49 Das Wirtshaus 02:18:27 Mut 02:20:27 Die Nebensonnen 02:22:41 Der Leiermann THE END :) Borys Romanovych Hmyria[a] (August 5 [O.S. July 23] 1903 – August 1, 1969) PAU, was a Ukrainian and Soviet bass singer of opera and art song. He was known for his vocal range and performance style through his combination of the qualities of a basso cantante and basso profondo, enabling him to perform multiple roles in performance. Hmyria first achieved national prominence in the late 1930s after winning second place at the All‑Union Vocalists’ Competition, and subsequently became a leading soloist of the Kyiv Opera. During World War II, Hmyria remained in German-occupied Ukraine due to health issues which prevented him from evacuating, and performed under local theatre administrations. He later refused to evacuate with the Germans, which led Soviet authorities to view him as a collaborator, and he narrowly avoided imprisonment. Despite this controversy, he returned to the Kyiv Opera, where he performed for nearly two decades afterward. During his career, he received the titles of People's Artist of the USSR, the Stalin Prize, and Order of Lenin. Hmyria was considered both a basso cantante and a basso profondo, which was rare. his range allowed him to sing bass, baritone, and some tenor roles simultaneously. This was best seen in his performances of Taras Bulba, where he sang both the bass role of Taras and the tenor role of Andriy. Friendship with Shostakovich Hmyria was a friend of Dmitri Shostakovich and often performed his Five Romances on Verses by Yevgeny Dolmatovsky in concert, although their friendship came under strain because of mutual perceived slights and their contrasting personalities.[6] During the summer of 1962, Shostakovich was completing his Thirteenth Symphony; the bass soloist part had been composed with Hmyria's voice in mind. The singer was reluctant to commit accepting the responsibility of singing the premiere performance, despite the composer's repeated urging. On August 15, Hmyria declined the assignment citing his objections to Yevtushenko's verses, but attended the premiere performance on December 18. After the concert, Hmyria wrote: "This evening I listened to Shostakovich's Thirteenth Symphony. My greatest impressions: 'Babi Yar,' 'In the Shop.'"[7] Awards and legacy In 1951, he was awarded with the title of People's Artist of the USSR, and in the following year he also got the Stalin Prize.[8] Nearly a decade later, in 1960, he was awarded the Order of Lenin.[8] In 1973, a memorial plaque was unveiled outside of his house at 15 Khreshchatyk in Kyiv, where he lived from 1951 to 1969 which was sculpted by Ivan Kavaleridze.[8] The house there has since been turned into a memorial museum.[8] There is also an international foundation named after him, a section at the House of Culture in Lebedin in his honour, and since 2004 Kyiv has hosted the International Singers Competition named after Hmyria.[8] In 2003, on the centenary of his birth, UNESCO in a statement described Hmyria as "Borys the Great", and declared his bass voice unique and his vocal legacy invaluable.[9] However, he has generally remained unknown in Ukraine, and as of 2018, there is no monument or publicly accessible museum dedicated to him.[9] The Hmyria Foundation, which is run by his heirs, has worked to digitize his recordings of nearly 3,000 works since then.[9]