One of the most masculine voices among baritones, whitout losing an ounce of squillo! I wonder how big the voice was live! Also a very respectable man that was not only a great singer, but also an inventor and a businessman. All of this after being abandoned as a child. Admirable and inspiring.
Had to double check....yup, everything you mentioned is peak Lost Generation. He embodied the best of their tendency to make the best of neglected, dangerous childhoods and grow up to become charismatic musicians and lucrative businessmen.
This is not a voice that should (have been)be forgotten. It is a baritone that is clear and resonant where many baritones cover to the point of the words being "lost" or distorted beyond recognition. Why is this voice not considered when the "greats" are discussed?
Indeed! the commercial baritone greats get so much buzz, when this man's voice, style, technique and mastery are simply glorious! He should forever be mentioned at every turn, when great singing is part of a conversation.
I think he is the greatest of all In Verdi... even more impressive, less woofy than Ruffo and with more bite than Warren. And still capable of those soft mezza voce effects at the ends of phrases, as here.
Listen to the clarity of his words and the way he phrases using their meaning. Yes he had a splendid voice but above all he was an artist. He not only had a Stradivarius, he knew how to play it.
Non so come dirlo: Grandforte è stato il Bastianini del passato o Bastianini è stati il Grandforte del suo tempo. Grande Grandforte! ❤🔥 Voce oscura ma brillante come il fuoco! Saluti!
@@GiovanniGGoriperfettamente d'accordo. Una della migliori registrazioni del trovatore. Solo quella di Corelli con Shipper direttore d'orchestra gli sta alla pari.
What a voice, diction, amazing! I really understand every word he is singing, and I am not Italian, but I speak several latin languages. It's such a pity there are not many recordings of Apollo, due to the limits of the time he lived. Thank you a lot for uploading!❤️❤️❤️
sono veramente commosso.... che voce , che interpretazione che rabbia di non avere oggi queste vocalita' !!! E come aver perso la conoscenza di certe cose..... Super-Apollo!!!
ti capisco è come ! anch'io come te 50 anni fa davanti il mio vecchio giradischi ammiravo questa voce meravigliosa e cercavo di produrre dei suoni che somigliavano à questa voce divina... non puoi trovare questa vocalità al giorno d'oggi per la colpa delle case discografiche,le agenzie e i direttori dei teatri. per ''creare'' una voce come quella di Granforte ci vuole l'amore,il Talento vero e lavoro duro... e soprattutto il rispetto verso l'artista che ha il talento vero. l'estetismo ''moderno'' ha ucciso la bellezza divina della voce. chi rispetta oggi i giovani cantanti lirici?... i registi moderni che gridano,urlano durante le ripetizioni quando i giovani cantano ?!... o i loro assistenti ?!.... lasciamo à pace la parola ''rispetto'' ... oggi fanno cantonare le vocine piccoline per tantissime ragioni che non hanno niente à vedere con il lato artistico e la vera arte lirica... una vocalità grande per svilupparsi deve cantare in un ambiante lirico vero. oggi l'orchestra lirico vero non esiste più, i grandi direttori d'orchestra tipo Serafin ancora meno. quasi tutti teatri del mondo stanno usando dei microfoni per ''aiutare'' i cantanti ''eletti'' odierni o le vecchie mummie i che non lascio mai del spazio libero ai giovani .... stasera avevo sentito una Lucia giovane che aveva una voce più ''grande'' di quella della Sutherland... in realtà la mia nonna à 90 anni aveva una voce più bella di questa ragazzina...ma i microfoni oggi fanno delle meraviglie !... viviamo in un altro mondo mio caro amico molto diverso del mondo dell'arte lirica vera al quale apparteneva Apollo Granforte e i suoi colleghi. purtroppo la commedia è finita . cordialità .
malgrado le modernita' varie l'appuntamento e' qua, da Apollo e la compagnia.... Abbiamo perso il maestro Bonaldo, l'avrai sentito.... Tra gli ultimi sinceri....
HellasItalia4 mi dispiace,non sapevo che il grande Giaiottti l'ultimo basso vero non fa più parte di questo mondo ... Bonaldo Giaiotti era l'ultimo BASSO Artista Onesto e Vero . adesso canta per i dei accanto alla Callas ... cordialità
Granforte is much better than Bastianini... are people deaf or what? Bastianini had a small voice and his vowels weren't clear at all. How can someone be so clueless as to group Ruffo and Bastianini in the same category? They're totally different leagues. Ruffo is probably the GOAT while Bastianini isn't even in the top 50, or even 100. If you have a developed ear it's impossible to listen to him.
@@oiuyuioiuyuio I am absolutely against what you said. Bastianini was a great artist and a great baritone. And I never heard him live, but his voice was not small, It can be heard in the live recordings. Bastianini was among the best IN HIS GENERATION, Granforte is Legend.
GRANDIOSO! Mirabilissima versione interpretativa di un artista eccellente. Beati coloro che ebbero la fortuna di applaudirlo alla Scala o in altri templi della grande lirica!
Fantastic recording. Clear phonation. I wish I could hear this sound in any singer today. Just for the sake of elucubration, after having heard this a couple of times. Bellow "A" natural his volume decreases significantly. His outstanding sound is from B flat to e flat., which is the typical phenomenon of a Verdi Baritone. The majority of his high notes are very good. The "e" (in Italian) vowels of some high notes are modified to position of "a" vowel . Which is very intelligent of his. Il balen is a very taxing aria even for Verdi Baritones and at the end I detect some tiredness. But, again, this is like every one should sing.
Chiedo venia se aggiungo un altro commento ma un interpretazione magistrale come quella regalataci da Apollo Granforte merita un ulteriore plauso.Voce straordinaria sorretta da una tecnica solidissima. È incredibile il "gusto"raffinatissimo e molto moderno proposto dal baritono veronese. Grazie ancora di ❤👍per la condivisione
Wow, operatic singing is going backwards, this is obvious the very top, if not the best baritone...after hundred years now we are looking still to land that old one. Bravo!
@@abcdefgh-db1to Yes. And when I say best, I never meant to be like olympic game 100 meter dash. If one is at top 3 or 5 range, it is not illegal to use best word. I always love titto ruffo, and bastianini and... What be your favorite?
@@abcdefgh-db1to Bastianini is the one with strongest personable charisma. But there are so many great voices in the past, not only italian, American baritones' list is long too. Today's is disappointing to me. There is a guy who sounds quite close to Ettore, ua-cam.com/video/mlDEGv7ZcNo/v-deo.html
Grandiosa voce dal timbro ampio e metallico, padrone delle vocalità espressive che si calano nelle profondità più intense. Semplicemente grande, degno partner di Aureliano Pertile che fanno del Trovatore un'opera a loro congeniale, dieci e lode
La classe non è acqua!!! Interpretazione notevolissima plausibile anche oggi ai giorni nostri.Del resto il baritono veronese(nato a Legnago prov.di Verona) fu anche un validissimo maestro!
@@icebabyellen5495 Ettore Bastianini has similar quality, just from records, not sure of their volume of live. But I think he has much cleaner diction and unique style of his own.
Wonderfully clear recording for era at a time when baritones like Ruffo Urbano Stracciari Schnulus were still active -I love Urbano's version -not the refinement or elegance of this recording but a dark baritone off immense power and charm .
He taught: "The voice must float on the breath as a cork on the water" and also " The breath is to be understood as the bow (the violin) that plays the chords (voice): finally the sound must be amplified by the mask (facial) that is the natural resonance box. His Masters Guido Capocci and Nicola Guerrera at the Conservatory of the Prensa in Buenos Aires where he emigrated, were generous in teaching him.
He is the godfather of Baritone, great solid voice, like a gigantic rock. Trained as tenor at younger age, I cannot find anything on youtube of that singing. Thank You.
Was listening to a recording from La Scala. And he sounded way lighter than here. Wonder if that's a recording that gives him this sound or maybe takes away in that recording. Or maybe he's older here? Just a thought. What do you guys think?
The record sounds half a step lower than the normal pitch this aria is performed, so it could be that the transfer was too slow, which makes the voices sound bassier. Or, in case he was actually singing it in a lower key, it would sound a bit different in any case.
@@zomgisha I just listened to Cappuccilli singing in Verdi key 432 and I tried it and it SOO much easier. Don't understand why they had raise it 440, it's way difficult for the singer.
@@andymanland i like 432 better as well, sounds more round and dark and relaxed... but the only way you're singing like that nowadays is with a piano. :)
изначально именнл апплло мванович был есть и будкт королем баритонов совремменник руффо именно он станет главным певцом в жизни такого же гения как этторе бастивннини любмм обоих ипреклоняемся пред гениями
It was very frequent at the time, even composers didn't mind, Puccini allowed Caruso to lower che gelida manina by a whole step. Puccini still said that it was god himself who sent Caruso to him !
Great voicw but no expression. All sung stentorean, authoritative booming fortissimo. The pianissimo on the low notes do not count. Anyone can do that. This aria is supposed to be of a man in love. You dont hear love here. Give me De Luca anyday
One of the greatest voices of all time. Thanks.
Just lovely! What a joy to hear this great voice from the past--makes the phonograph invention even more appreciated!
One of the most masculine voices among baritones, whitout losing an ounce of squillo! I wonder how big the voice was live! Also a very respectable man that was not only a great singer, but also an inventor and a businessman. All of this after being abandoned as a child. Admirable and inspiring.
Had to double check....yup, everything you mentioned is peak Lost Generation. He embodied the best of their tendency to make the best of neglected, dangerous childhoods and grow up to become charismatic musicians and lucrative businessmen.
Una delle voci baritonali nell'olimpo con Titta Ruffo,Ettore Bastianini,Battistini...grandi,immense e bellissime voci!
Nato a Legnago a 15 km da Montagnana dove è nato A.Pertile. Due stratosferici interpreti di questo Trovatore.
Anche Giovanni Martinelli è nato a Montagnana...altro cantante notevole e amico di Pertile
@marcoc.8386 Erede di Caruso al Metropolitan.
Voce stupenda, per timbro e dizione. Magnifico baritono. Assolutamente perfetto, che emozione ascoltare questo interprete eccezzionale!
Mi piace molto. Grazie.
This is not a voice that should (have been)be forgotten. It is a baritone that is clear and resonant where many baritones cover to the point of the words being "lost" or distorted beyond recognition. Why is this voice not considered when the "greats" are discussed?
Indeed! the commercial baritone greats get so much buzz, when this man's voice, style, technique and mastery are simply glorious! He should forever be mentioned at every turn, when great singing is part of a conversation.
I think he is the greatest of all In Verdi... even more impressive, less woofy than Ruffo and with more bite than Warren. And still capable of those soft mezza voce effects at the ends of phrases, as here.
@@liedersanger1 Absolutely!!! The true line for Bastianini, was Apollo Granforte. No other baritone had that absolutely gorgeous voice!
Vilhelm Hammershoi Not to mention the diction, which, as a choral conductor of mine once put it, “you could take dictation with.”
To me he is one of the very Greatest of all!
Listen to the clarity of his words and the way he phrases using their meaning. Yes he had a splendid voice but above all he was an artist. He not only had a Stradivarius, he knew how to play it.
Questa è la voce naturale del vero baritono, fantastici.
Господи чтобы не забыть вот так звучит природный красивый густой баритон!
Voce Incredibile e meravigliosa. Curiosamente la cabaletta è in tono ma l'aria è eseguita un semitono sotto. Sempre bellissima
eine. wundervolle stimme eine der schönsten baritonarien die Verdi komponiert hat.
Да,да..баритоновый голос как ракрывается ..Верди любил низкие голоса
ottima interpretazione !
magnifico !
meraviglioso !
sublime !
Non so come dirlo:
Grandforte è stato il Bastianini del passato o Bastianini è stati il Grandforte del suo tempo.
Grande Grandforte! ❤🔥 Voce oscura ma brillante come il fuoco!
Saluti!
In quel Trovatore lui e Pertile fanno faville!
@@GiovanniGGoriperfettamente d'accordo. Una della migliori registrazioni del trovatore. Solo quella di Corelli con Shipper direttore d'orchestra gli sta alla pari.
@@lz43p15 Io adoro anche la versione diretta da Karajan e con protagonisti Di Stefano, Panerai, la Callas e la Barbieri
What a voice, diction, amazing! I really understand every word he is singing, and I am not Italian, but I speak several latin languages. It's such a pity there are not many recordings of Apollo, due to the limits of the time he lived. Thank you a lot for uploading!❤️❤️❤️
sono veramente commosso.... che voce , che interpretazione che rabbia di non avere oggi queste vocalita' !!! E come aver perso la conoscenza di certe cose..... Super-Apollo!!!
ti capisco è come !
anch'io come te 50 anni fa davanti il mio vecchio giradischi ammiravo questa voce meravigliosa e cercavo di produrre dei suoni che somigliavano
à questa voce divina...
non puoi trovare questa vocalità al giorno d'oggi per la colpa delle case discografiche,le agenzie e i direttori dei teatri.
per ''creare'' una voce come quella di Granforte ci vuole l'amore,il Talento vero e lavoro duro...
e soprattutto il rispetto verso l'artista che ha il talento vero.
l'estetismo ''moderno'' ha ucciso la bellezza divina della voce.
chi rispetta oggi i giovani cantanti lirici?...
i registi moderni che gridano,urlano durante le ripetizioni quando i giovani cantano ?!...
o i loro assistenti ?!....
lasciamo à pace la parola ''rispetto'' ... oggi fanno cantonare le vocine piccoline per tantissime ragioni che non hanno niente à vedere con il lato artistico e la vera arte lirica...
una vocalità grande per svilupparsi deve cantare in un ambiante lirico vero.
oggi l'orchestra lirico vero non esiste più, i grandi direttori d'orchestra tipo Serafin ancora meno.
quasi tutti teatri del mondo stanno usando dei microfoni per ''aiutare'' i cantanti ''eletti'' odierni o le vecchie mummie i che non lascio mai del spazio libero ai giovani ....
stasera avevo sentito una Lucia giovane che aveva una voce più ''grande'' di quella della Sutherland...
in realtà la mia nonna à 90 anni aveva una voce più bella di questa ragazzina...ma i microfoni oggi fanno delle meraviglie !...
viviamo in un altro mondo mio caro amico molto diverso del mondo dell'arte lirica vera al quale apparteneva Apollo Granforte e i suoi colleghi.
purtroppo la commedia è finita .
cordialità .
malgrado le modernita' varie l'appuntamento e' qua, da Apollo e la compagnia.... Abbiamo perso il maestro Bonaldo, l'avrai sentito.... Tra gli ultimi sinceri....
HellasItalia4
mi dispiace,non sapevo che il grande Giaiottti l'ultimo basso vero non fa più
parte di questo mondo ...
Bonaldo Giaiotti era l'ultimo BASSO Artista Onesto e Vero .
adesso canta per i dei accanto alla Callas ...
cordialità
@@bodiloto Parole sante...sono pienamente d'accordo...che tristezza oggi la lirica...
Πόσο δίκαιο έχετε ,απλά θλίβομαι για την σημερινή κατάντια.
A combination of Ruffo and Bastianini. Fantastic
Granforte is much better than Bastianini... are people deaf or what? Bastianini had a small voice and his vowels weren't clear at all.
How can someone be so clueless as to group Ruffo and Bastianini in the same category? They're totally different leagues. Ruffo is probably the GOAT while Bastianini isn't even in the top 50, or even 100. If you have a developed ear it's impossible to listen to him.
@@oiuyuioiuyuio totally agree!! Who's your top 10?
@@oiuyuioiuyuio I am absolutely against what you said. Bastianini was a great artist and a great baritone. And I never heard him live, but his voice was not small, It can be heard in the live recordings. Bastianini was among the best IN HIS GENERATION, Granforte is Legend.
A fabulous analogy.
Voce STUPENDA!!!!! BELLISSIMA!!! BELLISSISSIMA!!!!
Sublime! Divino! Queste si che erano ancora voci! Oggi la lirica è diventata un'unica tristezza...
BRAVO -- SO GLAD HE INCLUDED THE RECITATIVO & CABALETTO. WHAT EASY SINGING.
Wow! Thanks so much for this post. I have to say that this great baritone should be better known. Truly one of the great voices!
Its incrdible to hear such a clear recording from that date. thanks
I wish I had a baritone singer to work with)) Great singer, hope we will hear such a hero in our days!
GRANDIOSO! Mirabilissima versione interpretativa di un artista eccellente. Beati coloro che ebbero la fortuna di applaudirlo alla Scala o in altri templi della grande lirica!
voila un vrais baryton superbe voix que nos barytons d' aujourd' hui prennent une leçon nous n'entendons plus de chanteurs comme lui
When you are named aftet a God -Apollo and a name like Granforte you really have to deliver and he certainly does .!!!
Великолепный певец и прекрасный педагог!
Fantastic recording. Clear phonation. I wish I could hear this sound in any singer today. Just for the sake of elucubration, after having heard this a couple of times. Bellow "A" natural his volume decreases significantly. His outstanding sound is from B flat to e flat., which is the typical phenomenon of a Verdi Baritone. The majority of his high notes are very good. The "e" (in Italian) vowels of some high notes are modified to position of "a" vowel . Which is very intelligent of his. Il balen is a very taxing aria even for Verdi Baritones and at the end I detect some tiredness.
But, again, this is like every one should sing.
The best ever! No doubt
Meraviglioso interpretazione straordinaria questo e' un. Vero baritono
Chiedo venia se aggiungo un altro commento ma un interpretazione magistrale come quella regalataci da Apollo Granforte merita un ulteriore plauso.Voce straordinaria sorretta da una tecnica solidissima.
È incredibile il "gusto"raffinatissimo e molto moderno proposto dal baritono veronese.
Grazie ancora di ❤👍per la condivisione
Wow, operatic singing is going backwards, this is obvious the very top, if not the best baritone...after hundred years now we are looking still to land that old one. Bravo!
Maybe not the best best but definitely in the top 3 greatest
@@abcdefgh-db1to Yes. And when I say best, I never meant to be like olympic game 100 meter dash. If one is at top 3 or 5 range, it is not illegal to use best word. I always love titto ruffo, and bastianini and...
What be your favorite?
@@道-p2e personally my top three favourite baritones is Ruffo, Granforte, Bastianini, in this order !
@@abcdefgh-db1to Bastianini is the one with strongest personable charisma. But there are so many great voices in the past, not only italian, American baritones' list is long too. Today's is disappointing to me.
There is a guy who sounds quite close to Ettore,
ua-cam.com/video/mlDEGv7ZcNo/v-deo.html
@@道-p2e I don't hear the bastianini sound in him. while the sound is lovely. it is not Bastianinian.
Ho riascoltato di recente anche Galeffi...altro gigante dimenticato. Perché queste voci non tornano... Che pena e che nostalgia....
Huge vocal power
What a voice!!!!!
Grandiosa voce dal timbro ampio e metallico, padrone delle vocalità espressive che si calano nelle profondità più intense. Semplicemente grande, degno partner di Aureliano Pertile che fanno del Trovatore un'opera a loro congeniale, dieci e lode
Bel timbro, piglio nobile da grand seigneur. Una interpretazione da manuale
Manuale chi piu pochi ano...
Monstruo! Que vozarron
Grazie Lorenzo Ma di averci proposto questo meraviglioso cantante, una voce splendida!
His Name is true to his ART
Clear as a bell diction so pure a master of his craft
Apollo Granforte , a true Super-Baritono, perfect voice
Simply brilliant....
Maravilloso
La classe non è acqua!!! Interpretazione notevolissima plausibile anche oggi ai giorni nostri.Del resto il baritono veronese(nato a Legnago prov.di Verona) fu anche un validissimo maestro!
Non era di Gorgonzola?
@@gianlucagalbiati9646 no era della prov.di Verona Legnago appunto patria anche di Antonio Salieri.
SUPERIOR TO ALL WHO FOLLOWED HIM ESPECIALLY IN OPERA TODAY
Perfecto
Granforte sings the best version of this wonderful aria IMO.
***** Who is Placebo?
+sven sundquist placido domingo. addio is making a joke.
How about Bastianini?
@@icebabyellen5495 Ettore Bastianini has similar quality, just from records, not sure of their volume of live. But I think he has much cleaner diction and unique style of his own.
@Barone Vitellio Scarpia this guy you be sent to your scam or permanent delete status.
Wonderfully clear recording for era at a time when baritones like Ruffo Urbano Stracciari Schnulus were still active -I love Urbano's version -not the refinement or elegance of this recording but a dark baritone off immense power and charm .
Che bella voce !!!
I LOVE this wonderful artist!!!
Wonderful!!! Fantastic technique and musical instincts!
Sublime ed immenso!!
Before there was Bastianini, there was Granforte.
Don't forget Leonard Warren, the suavest IL Balen ever.
But Bastianini was a dramatic bartione,Granforte was a lyric baritone.
Definitely dramatic!
Increible la grabación una voz marabillosa
Granforte, indeed!
Una delle voci più belle che sia mai esistita nel mondo baritonale.
EINE DER SCHÖNSTEN UND MÄCHTIGSTEN BARITONSTIMMEN DER OPERNGESCHICHTE
Great voice & unfortunately not represented enough,would like more.Rene
Thanks for posting
He taught: "The voice must float on the breath as a cork on the water" and also " The breath is to be understood as the bow (the violin) that plays the chords (voice): finally the sound must be amplified by the mask (facial) that is the natural resonance box. His Masters Guido Capocci and Nicola Guerrera at the Conservatory of the Prensa in Buenos Aires where he emigrated, were generous in teaching him.
wilm van velsen a voice cannot be PLACED this is a stream of gold...pure gold!!!!
Аполон Гранфорте очень красивый, убедительный голос настоящего Графа Луны,который страстно влюблен и полон сдержанности
eccezionale! che meraviglioso conte di luna.
perchè lo si ascolta poco?
Granforte, Stracciari,Ruffo,Bastianini!!
He is the godfather of Baritone, great solid voice, like a gigantic rock. Trained as tenor at younger age, I cannot find anything on youtube of that singing. Thank You.
Glorious baritones, anyone will certainly rock and wow the whole opera houses...
Danise,Guelfi
@@piero7322 Danise???
@@道-p2e Yes.Giuseppe Danise.
Is this half a tone down? Anyway, an incredible sound and performance!! Bravo!
The other guy is Bruno Carmassi to answer- J J Ryunahnea a top notch bass of the era.
i saw your reply now haha after two years later.. maybe it's too late but better late than never! thanks a lot!
Hello! Thought I'd mention that this is a semitone too low. Need to fix to hear his true voice. But thanks for sharing though.
Они на записях звучат с Бастианини как басы
Great redintion
Powerful and Charm!
Was listening to a recording from La Scala. And he sounded way lighter than here. Wonder if that's a recording that gives him this sound or maybe takes away in that recording. Or maybe he's older here? Just a thought.
What do you guys think?
The record sounds half a step lower than the normal pitch this aria is performed, so it could be that the transfer was too slow, which makes the voices sound bassier. Or, in case he was actually singing it in a lower key, it would sound a bit different in any case.
@@zomgisha I just listened to Cappuccilli singing in Verdi key 432 and I tried it and it SOO much easier. Don't understand why they had raise it 440, it's way difficult for the singer.
@@andymanland i like 432 better as well, sounds more round and dark and relaxed... but the only way you're singing like that nowadays is with a piano. :)
@@zomgisha yes, unfortunately it's not easy to tune the whole orchestra down to 432 😄😄 and even harder to convince a conductor 😅😅
4:10 😱😱
who is the other guy here at the beginning part? anyone?
Bachsänger θΩ Yes!! Who?
@@nybuffymeister8328 Corrado Zambelli sings Ferrando here
This sounds better in the lower key of E.
Mi chiedo se sia mai esistito un timbro baritonale simile. A me pare di no.
What happens with the pitch?!
It's half tone under.((
Ниже только ария, стретта в тональности.
@@Yondal
Кого волнует стретта?!))
@@femistokll_Moskalkov Мне казалось вас волнует запись целиком, а не половина...
el mejor baritono argentino, en paz descance
マエストロ！！
M A R A V I L L O S O * * * * * !!!!!!!!
изначально именнл апплло мванович был есть и будкт королем баритонов совремменник руффо именно он станет главным певцом в жизни такого же гения как этторе бастивннини любмм обоих ипреклоняемся пред гениями
Amazing cabaletta.......LoL
Bis 🎉❤😅
Beautiful, but down a 1/2 step....
It was very frequent at the time, even composers didn't mind, Puccini allowed Caruso to lower che gelida manina by a whole step. Puccini still said that it was god himself who sent Caruso to him !
Great voicw but no expression.
All sung stentorean, authoritative booming fortissimo.
The pianissimo on the low notes do not count. Anyone can do that.
This aria is supposed to be of a man in love. You dont hear love here.
Give me De Luca anyday