minnie888444 (August 27, 2008 at 6:47 am)

This is absolutely splendid choir singing: this is the way a (church) choir should sound like: deep, round, covered sounds, mysterious, with subdued female voices. Thank you for posting.DO YOU HAVE MORE?

babydrane (August 24, 2008 at 1:29 pm)

This is glorious. Do they have a CD from this time and if so what is the name?

wagasblouc (August 23, 2008 at 6:10 pm)

basso profondo Vladimir Pasyukov(the bearded one)whispers and all blue panties in first row are wet... for sure .HAPPY MAN !am i sex maniac or simply a french guy with weird flashes ?

AriaSinger1 (August 22, 2008 at 11:56 pm)

I love the vibrancy of the basses, it just comes so easily to them! The choral dynamics here in general are impeccable

kaffelatte2 (August 22, 2008 at 11:54 am)

Thank you. After reading your first comment, I really thought you were right :) One of the other basses could have sung a weaker F#1. The A1 (or Ab1) near the end is not written in the note sheet, but Pasiukov adds it, and so they could also have added an F#1 even if there is an F#2 on the sheet. But now we know that the note that we hear, is an undertone.

Andrey601 (August 22, 2008 at 11:12 am)

Oh I'm very sorry. It's strange because I believed I saw these harmonics. But I've just checked the sonogram one more time. Indeed, there are neither G1 at 1:19..1:25, nor F#1 at 1:15..1:32! And no G1 at 1:55..1:57. What a pity!..

Andrey601 (August 22, 2008 at 10:58 am)

There IS F#1 on this recording. Look at the sonogram and you'll see all the harmonics, from 1st to seventh and further. The situation similar to what you described takes place at the end of the recording, where composer, indeed, wants us to hear D1, while actually Pasiukov sings D2 and the chorus sings A2 and F#3, making up 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th harmonics, but no 1st and 7th. At 01:25 there is 1st and 7th harmonics among others. P.S. My audio system is very good :-)

kaffelatte2 (August 22, 2008 at 7:33 am)

There is no F#1 in this recording. I can tell because I have listened to the CD on several good HiFi-players. (I also have the note sheet) The reason why we hear the F#1 is because the composer wants us to hear it. He has written a C#3 above the F#2 in the bass line, and this "Empty quint" produces undertones that sound one octave lower. So even if we hear a weak F#1, nobody is singing it. BUT it is true that Pasiukov sings a clear and strong G1 on track 4 of the CD.

Andrey601 (August 21, 2008 at 9:14 pm)

For those who can't catch a pitch... (0:16)B1(0:19)E2(0:24)B1(0:29); (0:30)B1(0:38)E2(0:44)B1(0:49); (0:50)B1(0:58)E2(1:03)A1(1:13)D2(1:19)G1(1:25)F#1(1:32); (1:35)B2(1:37)B1(1:40)E2(1:42)E3(1:45)A2(1:49)D2(1:54); (1:55)G1(1:57)... and so on, finishing on (3:32)D2.

brandensgirl08 (August 19, 2008 at 3:39 am)

This is very Beautiful !!! The choir is amazing!!!! Its so beautiful. its been my dream to see this one day in real life... Church Choirs are beautiful !!!!! Their voices are so beautiful. And yes its a Catholic Church... St. Petersburg! Its a famous place !!!!!! :)