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Borys Hmyrya
 Borys HMYRIA. Opera and chamber singer.
He was called "Borys the Great", his talent was considered miraculous, his voice was regarded to be a perfect bass, and his vocal mission was believed to be ideal and unsurpassed by anyone up to date. People's Artist of the USSR (1951). Winner of the State Prize of the USSR (1952). Holder of the Order of Lenin (1960) Borys Hmyria was born into a poor family in Lebedyn Sumy region. After leaving a primary school, the 11-year old boy had to work. He earned his living doing odd jobs. In 1930, he entered Kharkiv Civil Engineering Institute and, later the Kharkiv Conservatoire. He took vocal classes from a well-known teacher P. Holubiev, who was a follower of the famous Federico Bugamelli. At the same time, he started to perform on the stage of the Kharkiv Opera Theatre. The unique artistic individuality of the virtuoso was shaped by the best samples of the Ukrainian, Russian and world music culture. Characteristic features of the performing style of Borys Hmyria are profound psychologism in presenting the expressive content of a musical work, good articulacy, exceptional artistic talent, exquisitely polished details, striking self-control, and high vocal and artistic culture. In 1940-57, the artist's creative life was linked with the Kyiv Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after T. Shevchenko. In Borys Hmyria's versatile opera heritage the central genre directions took shape, namely heroic epic, psychological and philosophic, and tragic. Among his best parts are Taras (M. Lysenko's Taras Bulba), Kryvonis (K. Dankevych's Bohdan Khmelnytsky), Susanin (M. Glinka's Ivan Susanin), Boris (M. Musorgsky's Boris Godunov), Salieri (M. Rymsky-Korsakov's Mozart and Salieri), Mephistopheles (C. Gounod's Faust), and Ruschak (H. Maiboroda's Milana). B. Hmyria's repertoire included about 600 chamber vocal compositions, among which there are 75 arias and 545 romances of well-known Ukrainian, Russian and foreign composers, and folk songs. This rich vocal heritage is recorded on 200 gramophone records, which had been replicated over 120 times, circulations amounting from 100 thousand to 600 thousand copies. Today, it is possible to produce more than 50 CDs covering the singer's versatile repertoire. The creative heritage of the artist also includes 150 manuscripts of popular scientific and artistic articles, diaries, letters, musical notes, and scores with composers' dedications. B. Hmyria's singing can be heard in all countries of the world, on all continents. His name can be proudly mentioned among such world-renowned singers as Maria Callas, Kathleen Ferrier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Feodor Chaliapin and others information, photo from: http://www.borys-hmyria.narod.ru/
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This disc is a certain illustration of the variety of his creative activity, of his capability to take the high art behind political and geographic bounds. Here you can find Ukrainian folk songs, Russian romances and opera arias.
| Domestic price: 116.64UAH,
International price: $25.92USD
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It will be surprising if you are not excited with the tenderness and deepness of his voice and with the nuances he plays with, as well as the way he pierces the wind in which he sounds.
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International price: $25.92USD
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His heritage contains, for example, 44 opera parts. And every time it is a complete reincarnation, penetration and even trying to understand, expressed not only in make-up and clothes, but also in the intonation of sounding.
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A wonderful and unique voice ... intonation, purity and exactness of rendering feelings and emotions; somewhat oceanic or cosmic depth.
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In the repertoire of B. Hmyrya, there are more than 100 pieces by foreign composers. Among them, opera parties – 10, arias – 21, romances – 67 and a few folk songs. The singer was proud of this, because he realized that, while mastering the heights of the world art, he enriched his people as well...
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Borys Hmyrya and Dmitry Shostakovych. The vocal and music of genius. Hmyrya is a son of Ukraine. Shostakovych – a son of Russia. However, their creative inheritance belongs not to the countries or peoples that gave birth to them but to the world. Because what they created moved the humanity another step forward in its spiritual development...
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The military theme is a special page in life and work of Borys Hmyrya, taking into account his forced stay in the territory of Ukraine occupied by fascists (1941-1944)... Only a crystal clear person could perform pieces by soviet composers on military topics in that way.
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Among the composers of the first half of the 19th century who composed vocal music, Alyabyev, Varlamov, Gurilev and others stand out. Since all of them composed music beyond their main employment providing earnings, for a long time, in spite of the undeniable value of the music, they were considered dilettante...
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What is the secret of the unique attractiveness of Hmyrya's art for the wide audience of listeners?.. Hmyrya captures with his sincerity and the depth of the truth of life, which he conveys in infinitely diverse tints and semi-tone...
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The love theme in songs by Grieg-Andersen, as well as in folk poetry, are closely linked with nature. And this is understandable. Only in nature and through it you can find the purity and lyrical originality of the feeling that permeated music by Grieg and poetry by Andersen ...
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For the first time in the global music culture, one can see and track the laboratory of the vocalist's creative process, his methods and approaches in selecting and preparing pieces for being performed, professional analysis of concerts, opera performances, etc. But most importantly, in his diaries Hmyrya revealed and developed the philosophy of the vocal...
| Domestic price: 508.14UAH,
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Basically, this CD is a second release of "For the Great Kobzar", copies of which have long been sold out – but. The first – and, perhaps, the most valuable – difference is that the new publication is a collection of restored records.
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...the mastery performance of these choirs can be compared with academic examples of the world choir music – in particular, thanks exactly to Muravskyi...
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The theme of today's disc is close to, as a minimum, half of human population of the planet. Judging by everything, it was also close to the performers represented here – these songs are performed with appreciable enthusiasm.
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...for visitors to our shop the disc represented is a great opportunity to not only remember the pieces long familiar from previous releases, but also to touch upon a bit different aspect of favorite artists' creativity. In the end, music has no borders. Agree?
| Domestic price: 67.14UAH,
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