Different Basses Sing "Le veau d'or" Aria from Faust

Описание: #faust #gounod #leveaudor #bass #basssinger #french #frenchmusic

A few disclaimers:

I only found 2 basso profondos/seriöser basses singing this aria while I found several basso cantantes/bassbaritons singing this aria.
Cesare Siepi is past his prime in this clip of his and the aria is either transposed about a semitone above or the audio recording didn't capture properly. I usually love Siepi's voice but in this case his voice doesn't hold up well.
Samuel Ramey's version isn't particularly great, either, but I wanted to find a diverse variety of singers for this video.
Pol Plançon is a real bass but 1. He sings in a different style than the others and 2. The recording equipment used for Plançon's version wasn't very good.

Here are the credited links:

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Basso Cantante):    • CORRECT PITCH: Nicolai Ghiaurov sings Le v...  

Francesco Navarini (Basso Profondo):    • Francesco Navarini (1853-1923) - Le veau d...  

Cesare Siepi (Basso Cantante):    • Le veau d'or; Faust; Cesare Siepi (with sc...  

Jerome Hines (Seriöser Bass):    • Bajo Cantante Jerome Hines sing " Le veau ...  

Ezio Pinza (Basso Cantante):    • Ezio Pinza sings Le veau d'or from Gounod'...  

Samuel Ramey (Bassbariton):    • SAMUEL RAMEY-LE VEAU DOR  

Pol Plançon (Basso Cantante):    • Faust: "Le veau d'or"