Less steel/or sweetness in Placido's voice compared to Jussi. Slightly smoky, with a little vibrato. Nor as effortless. Still, a great vocal instrument.
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Benz Hogs <benz-n-h...@gulseth.net> wrote: > Too much head voice and not enough blending of head/chest voice which > makes it sound higher than it should. His closed e vowel, which is > naturally heavy on head voice, definitely needs more of that body of sound > up from his bottom range. > > Like this: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=18Io-mYoPyE<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Io-mYoPyE> > > > Luther KB5QHU Forest Park, IL > '98 ML320 "Max" (170,xxx mi) > > On 8/28/2013 12:01 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > >> French. >> >> Guiseppe DeStefano is also phenomenal. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=f667ibKJrD8<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f667ibKJrD8> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Benz Hogs <benz-n-h...@gulseth.net> >> wrote: >> >> What language is he singing in? Certainly not French, too crisp and >>> heavy >>> on the rolled 'r'. >>> >>> I know this was French, but his inflection is all wrong, it's too >>> rhythmic >>> and like Italian/German/English. French is a smooth language with very >>> little inflection. His recit sounds way too Italian and just a little >>> like >>> French. >>> >>> Luther KB5QHU Forest Park, IL >>> '98 ML320 "Max" (170,xxx mi) >>> >> > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
