Mikhail Zlatopolsky & Don Kosaken Choir Prayer for the Dead - Double Low C

Visit for more info on the oktavist voice! This has been on Youtube for a while, but without the information on the oktavist and the exact notes on this recording. This recording contains the lowest notes ever recorded without amplification (e.g., “basses“ who use vocal fry and microphones to reach these notes). Zlatopolsky drops from A1 to D1 repeatedly: at 1:35, 2:47, 4:50, 6:04, and at the end of the piece. At 4:50, he even drops down to a low C1--an octave below low C--and is clearly audible over the entire choir. Here is a short biography of Zlatopolsky for those interested. Mikhail (Motja Moiseevich) Zlatoposlky was born to a family of Don Cossacks in the province of Rostov. Although his family were ethnically Jewish, they converted to the Russian Orthodox Church. After the Revolution, when the Orthodox singing moved into the category of marginal employment, the number of bass profundo sharply declined. Soviet oktavists enjoyed intense demand: duri