@@ursuladietze2094 It's not only about being a bass though, you can easily deepen your voice to bass range by blasting testosterone But he also has a beautiful warm timbre, and you can't buy that!
To be honest, any truly good singer should be able to do this. At the level at which he sang, it's unlikely there were many who *couldn't.* Lots of smaller-time singers can do the same just fine. It's good musicianship. There's a reason there's a meme among instrumentalists at the collegiate level that singers "can't read music."
Wenn man sich die ausländischen Kommentare hier und bei anderen Links so anschaut, wird einem klar, dass Leute wie Kurt Moll nicht nur unbezahlbar als Sänger und Künstler sind, sondern auch als Goodwill-Botschafter für Deutschland. Allein dafür müssten wir ihm schon sehr dankbar sein.
Herr Moll, vous nous manquez terriblement ! Votre legs artistique est sans équivalent. Vous avez apporté à l'opéra une contribution exceptionnelle. Que votre souvenir demeure à jamais !
Et dire qu'en France aucune chaîne dite musicale n'a réalisé une seule émission digne de ce nom à ce géant. Il faut dire que l'époque est davantage au contre ténor. Il émane de cet homme une grande rigueur alliée à une humble simplicité. Le temps lui rendra justice. Laissons passer les effets de mode.
Nekros97 Well I'd say not his strongest note, it definitely sounded like it's at the top of his voice, it's completely different from the rest of his singing. It was nice, clear, bright and ringing at a moderate level
@@arxsyn Tho it's still nice for a very low voiced basso. It's a good proof that basses can sing high for those that act like "I'm bass so I can't sing high".
That’s an F natural, or maybe somewhere in between. It’s possible they aren’t using A440 or the recording got pitch-shifted at some point. And some basses can’t sing that high without cheating. I’ve sung in choirs and rock bands for years and haven’t been able to sing above D4 reliably without mixing in falsetto or screaming since I was 16 (I’m 23 now). As for the low end, I’m in poor vocal health (out of shape physically, bad asthma, a lot of my tension is stored in my neck, etc.) but can maintain mezzo-forte with color down to B1 or so when things are going right, or at least I could before I stopped singing regularly. Of course, I can bullshit my way down to G0, maybe even lower, with vocal fry. I’m just one guy, though. One guy with super-thick vocal cords but not the lungs to match. 🤪
Greg Homan it seems to me this singer not only had thick cords but was rather statuesque??? ah, genetics. Anyway, I'm guessing that even oktavists specialize in singing in vocal fry, the strohbass register. The exact opposite of the Flagolet register. So you don't have to feel so bad about it
@@greghmn Basses are able to sing higher than D4 without head voice or falsetto. Josef Greindl could sing G4 for example. It's all about being well taught. If one does not know good technique then there are no chances he will sing high with ease. Tho opera basses are taught how to sing low and high at the same time so they can be resonant and clear on both ends.
Please forgive the nerdy comment, but his speaking voice resonates a bottom A flat at 03:38 - a truly remarkable artist with a cavernously beautiful voice!
@@lwreltteratgmail you’re right! If I caught it correctly 04:47 is also another low low Eb on the word “auf”, albeit just glanced! I don’t usually geek out on such things, but the effortless and natural timbre he has is in a class of its own. There are basses who deliberately talk ‘on their resonance’ (I knew a few!) and who force their voices into their lowest register, but one honestly gets the impression with Moll that he is speaking within his natural range and that he is utilising unforced registers... there is plenty pitch and trough in his spoken inflections/cadences.
Use the CC button by the gear, and go into the gear and select English as the language. It isn't too accurate, but close enough to understand what they are saying.
I can't imagine a more beautiful speaking voice than this. I think he speaks better than he sings. What I wouldn't give to speak like that for five minutes.
Moll and his amazing trills....what other basso profundo ever had them? A great vocal technician with the most amazing instrument, and the funniest OSMIN ever....sigh....we miss him!
Great singer, and such a treasure as a video! Curiously, the English auto-translate has Moll come through in perfect English while the interviewer is the total opposite: complete confusion! I don’t speak the language hence I have no idea if if Moll is speaking perfect German so it’s easier to translate or if it’s just an oddity, but why it should be one and not the other is lost on me 🤷🏽♂️
It probably is that Herr Moll's voice picks up more clearly ... he is very distinct, as ever ... my German is not great, but I can understand a lot of quite what he said because every word is so clear.
ver este vídeo me hizo querer retomar mi aprendizaje de Alemán, a la vez que me hizo sentir con mi voz de Barítono (C2-G#4) que tengo voz de niño. si tan solo midiera 1,88 o 190 como él en vez de mi 1,77 (estatura promedio)
This is me and my best friend speaking😅. When we are at dinner with family on holidays, everybody says I shake the Room with my low depressed artist mind while he brightens up the room.
