0:00 Ingemisco : Messa da Requiem : Giuseppe Verdi. 3:57 O paradiso : L'Africaine : Giacomo Meyerbeer. 7:03 La fleur que tu m'avais jetee : Georges Bizet. 10:51 En fermant les yeux : Manon : Jules Massenet. 13:30 Salut! Demeure : Faust : Charles Gounod. 18:15 Che gelida manina : La Boheme : Giacomo Puccini
The most fabulous voice I have heard in person. In 1958 I chased him for an autograph in Cleveland. He walked me back to the vestibule and he gave me not one but two autographs. For me, it was an incandescent moment. Thank you, dear immortal Jussi.
Thanks for listening and for your comment David, that's a great memory of Jussi to have. On another of my videos a lady commented that, after seeing him in a concert in London in the 1950s, she waited outside after the concert to see him. He got into the back of a waiting car and she jumped on the rear bumper (fender) and banged on the car window. He turned round and blew her a kiss.
When I first saw this comment with just a few words and no criticism I thought "poor Shicoff, he must be unwell" but I see from your later messages that you are fully recovered!! But seriously, yes, I completely agree with you, I think the whole concert is wonderful.Also for a live 1939 concert the audio quality is exceptionally good and I think that it was genuinely live rather than a studio recording with applause added. The CD notes say "He was invited to inaugurate the concert season at the Kuzaal, Scheveningen, under the baton of Ernest Ansermet. A few days earlier, however, Jussi Bjorling had sung the same programme at a concert conducted by Frieder Weissmann" and I found out from another source that that the concert was at the studios of the Dutch public broadcasting association AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or General Association of Radio Broadcasting).
Am originally from Wales, my dear mother introduced me to Bjorling when I was a child. Once actually saw him in concert in Cardiff. Undoubtedly he was the prince of tenors. Thank you so much for this. Ron Denning
It's my pleasure Ron, thanks for listening, i'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video. You're a lucky man ,firstly because your mother passed on her good taste in music to you and, secondly, that you saw Jussi "live"!!!
Den störste sångaren som har levat! Ord kan inte beskriva den helt fantastiska röst Jussi Björling hade. Hans röst kommer alltid att leva och beröra de som lyssnar till insjungningarna han gjorde.❤❤ ❤
beautiful Jussi!!!!!!! Thank you so much for this!!! His lyrical perfection voice rings out as beautifully as ever!!!! 💜 is lovely to see all the photos too!!
@@michaelmcgrailengland Jussi probably my favourite tenor of all time, although I also love the likes of Domingo, Di Stefano, Vickers....but Jussi is in his own category!!!! 💜
@@angelaknebel4156 I agree with you Angela but I put three tenors at the top of my list in equal first place, Jussi, of course, and two that are probably a bit too far in the distant past for you, Enrico Caruso John McCormack.. They are closely followed by various others and especially. Joseph Schmidt, Richard Tauber, Fritz Wunderlich and Beniamino Gigli. However, as you say, there was something very special about Jussi. Thanks again for listening.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Bjoerling was voice wise as great later in the 1940's, but here he gave something even more of himself then in some other concerts, the Faust is sung really fantastically well and partly because he was so comfortable in his own Swedish language, as this Faust aria is in Swedish, his pure Lyric voice in its most beautiful upper reaches, but though I did see him much later in the Chicago opera house, it was very similar, but slightly darker of course in 1958, tat was almost 20 years later, still essentially the same at age 47, when I saw him in 58' as the Duke, a tough lyric role for most tenors and one that Corelli, the big voiced Spinto rage of the 1960's never sang of course. His singing would have not been best at it. In 1956 Bjoerling recorded Rigoletto with Merrill and Roberta Peters, who was then a young wonderful Gilda, at age 26, she and Merrill where also terrific on that LP recording complete, but RCA did not give us their best sound on that particular recording. The sound in the 1956 Boheme is excellent, that same year.
It's my pleasure Megan, thanks for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Yes, I love the photos because they show that as well as being such a great singer he was also an ordinary person, just like the rest of us.
It's my pleasure Franklin, thank you for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. I uploaded two others recently that I'm sure you'd like.The first is six great stereo recordings from 19th Sept 1957 and the other is a concert from 1949 at the Hollywood Bowl. If you wanted to watch the videos the links are ua-cam.com/video/TWIZVE80dwA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/uxnpjCV4ajw/v-deo.html
Thanks for listening Cris I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, it is a wonderful concert. If you haven't already done so have a listen to the video I uploaded recently with six arias Jussi recorded in stereo on 19th Sept 1957. The audio quality is very good and, I think, shows that, even then, only three years before he died, his voice was as good, if not better, than in 1939.
Hi Michael, just wonderful listening to these wonderful voices singing quietly that usually would be completely lost is eye opening just amazing to here there tone and distant instruments that again you would only here with difficulty is wonderful!!!!!!! I feel it is like being there at there time thank you very very much you are giving so much joy!!!!!!! Thank you Joe
Hi Joe, thank you for listening and for your kind words. Most people don't seem to notice any improvement in the sound so I can't tell you how satisfying and encouraging it is when I receive a message such as yours. It gives me a lot of joy reading the comments of listeners who enjoy the music. All the best from Yorkshire.
Thank you for listening, I was hoping that you would like this one but I'm still a bit unsure as to whether I did Jussi's voice justice. On one set of headphones it sounded right, on the other set and the hi fi system it sounded a bit harsh so in the end I decided to leave it as it was and hope it sounded good to most listeners. As you say Jussi was at his very best in this concert. i presume that the recording was made to broadcast on radio because the CD notes say that, a few days later, he was to inaugurate the concert season in Holland with the same programme at Kurzaal, Scheveningen under the baton of Ernest Ansermet. The notes don't actually say where this concert took place.
@@michaelmcgrailengland What I would like to say is that no recording technique could do Jussi's early pure lyrical voice real justice. Especially in the treble, the depth or range is not captured. Gets like a little too sharp. I think it has to do with his tone concentration. But this is just an opinion. With the material you have to start from, however, it is a very good job you do. There is probably a single recording from the late fifties that somewhat captures Jussis at that time more lyrically-spinto voice. Does not have it in my head right now but will come back about it. "The notes do not actually say where this concert took place"? Do you mean this concert?
@@suffes1 Thanks for your message. Yes I did mean this concert, the exact wording in the notes is "He was invited to inaugurate the concert season at the Kuzaal, Scheveningen, under the baton of Ernest Ansermet. A few days earlier, however, Jussi Bjorling had sung the same programme at a concert conducted by Frieder Weissmann. The recording made on that occasion,presented here,----------------" Actually, reading it now I suppose it means that it was in the same venue. Let me know what the recording you mention is when it comes to mind.
@@suffes1 I've just found the venue, it was at AVRO studios, Hilversum. Wikipedia states;-AVRO Studios is a building complex and national heritage site in Hilversum, where the radio and TV studios and the head office of the Dutch public broadcasting association AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or "General Association of Radio Broadcasting")
@@michaelmcgrailengland OK, good to know! I found the recording. I myself had commented that it sounded authentic. Getting pretty close to Jussi as he sounded. So here he is lyrical-spinto so you should not compare him with the 30s and early 40s. When listening to this, run the highest volume. Send the wife and dog for a walk and warn your neighbors! ua-cam.com/video/5x4Tru-m_vs/v-deo.html
1939!! It's my contemporary recording!!! Thank you for sharing this beautiful presentation. Applause and congratulations. Lovely art work. Great job on the sound.
Thanks for listening/watching and for your kind words Rosa Angela, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video, it's a great selection of music with Jussi at his best and actually I was lucky enough to come across the CD for next to nothing at a car boot sale a few years ago.
I appreciated every second of this Michael...along with the remarkable collection of photos you have assembled. I have been amazed at how the splendor of his voice rings through even lower quality recordings...almost as if the recording quality does not even matter...but then you come upon a recording done with better equipment, and even more depth of timbre shines through...
Thanks for listening/watching Virginia I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. Yes I completely agree with you. In the dim, distant past we used to listen to the old 78s and then LPs and the most that you could do to improve the sound was to reduce rumbling and crackling a little, you, basically, just appreciated them and enjoyed them as they were. But the new digital technology has given the opportunity to appreciate them even more and sometimes, with the very old ones like Caruso and McCormack it's almost as though you are hearing the recording for the first time. I have some nice stereo recordings of Jussi from 1957 that I'm going to upload soon and just that small improvement in quality allows you to hear the detailed beauty of his voice more clearly.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Oh, I do remember when the 33 1/3 LP's came in...we thought that was really hi-tech, over the 78 RPM's...will look forward very much to that 1957 upload!
It's my pleasure Gemma, thank you for listening, it's lovely to hear from you. I uploaded two more videos of Jussi recently that I think you might enjoy. One is of six arias recorded in stereo on 19th Sept 1957 and the other is a concert he gave at the Hollywood Bowl in 1949. If you wanted to watch the videos I've put links below. ua-cam.com/video/TWIZVE80dwA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/uxnpjCV4ajw/v-deo.html
Den störste sångaren som har levat! Ord kan inte beskriva den helt fantastiska röst Jussi Björling hade. Hans röst kommer alltid att leva och beröra de som lyssnar till insjungningarna han gjorde.
Thanks for listening Marie Jeanne, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.. When you have time have a listen to these three that I uploaded recently, I'm sure you would like them. ua-cam.com/video/juGPcku2Ghc/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/TWIZVE80dwA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/uxnpjCV4ajw/v-deo.html
The only recording of Björling‘s FLOWER SONG where he sings the written diminuendo B flat that I have yet to hear. He could have done this at the end of CELESTE AIDA as well on the AIDA studio recording but someone seemed to have talked him out of it. This is a great compilation & the mid section of the INGEMISCO, may be the best in my experience. It matters little to me that much is sung in his native language. These performances are also included as a bonus on his live ROMEO still available on the MYTOS label hopefully.
Quite a voice, very listenable, and memorable-never really tire of it. Interesting, whatever language, he always sings with the same fullness and quality, very consistent and even, with color always the same-and always with an incredible line. Of note, his first and primary teacher was his Dad who supposedly sang a while at the Met when Cauruso was there. Like Cauruso and Gigli, though without the Italianate sound, he seems to sing every song a little bit slower than “usual”, holding that line throughout, taking a breath whenever he pleases, holding high notes at will and getting maximum effect. I have read reviews saying he had a small voice-maybe (?) sounding small in the big Met house (?) but I took him to his last Atlanta concert ( really good recording available) at Glynn Memorial Church ( Emory University) where size of his voice sounded magnificent,lacking nothing.He told me that the acoustics there were the best he had ever encountered., He was pretty much all business and said little.I noticed in his dressing room before the recital he took a little of something, maybe cognac.Whatever it was did not appear to have any adverse effect on the voice which was riveting.
Thanks for listening and for your comment Richard. It's a good question, but many these days certainly regard him as one of the best, if not the best ever.
These same recordings have turned up in other venues (such as Bonus tracks on some complete Bjorling sets on MYTOS several of which I have.) Some are among the best recordings he made of: INGEMISCO & SALUT DEMEURE (in Swedish), for example. Even at this time Bjorling could show some spinto qualities as in O PARADISO & unusual at the time he sang a diminuendo on the FLOWER Song.
Thank you so much for this extraordinarily beautiful video, Michael! I enjoyed every minute, every second of it! Where do we hear singing like that in our day? Let me make an educated guess: Nowhere?! I hope your Easter holidays were pleasant; presently I‘m fighting against time issues, so I was a little (much too) slow to wish you a Happy Easter in time. I‘m sorry! Isn‘t your birthday in April? Unfortunately I don‘t know the exact date... Anyway, all the best! And lots of luck! 🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀
Hello Harriet, lovely to hear from you, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, it is a great concert. Yes, actually I'm 80 on the 29th of this month, yet another millstone, sorry, I meant milestone, of course. Best regards from pleasantly sunny Yorkshire.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Thank you, Michael, for telling me your birthday... and I know what you mean by „accidentally“ calling it a millstone... I won‘t be home on the 29th (a little vacation in Italy - wanted and needed!) and with (probably) no internet I‘ll not be able to send my greetings on that very day, but I promise to think of you!!! Shamrocks and Glücksklee in their spiritual form will be floating from Lago Maggiore to Yorkshire!!! ☘️🍀☘️🍀☘️ Best regards from sunny Franken to equally sunny Yorkshire! ☀️☀️☀️
@@michaelmcgrailengland Thank you! You too... Will you spend your birthday at home, throwing the party of your lifetime - or maybe a little more secluded... in Ireland...?
Hello Sylvia, thanks for your message. I've had a look at your channel content and two that I saw were Richard Tauber recordings with Frieder Weissmann conducting. Richard Tauber is one of my favourite tenors. I was familiar with Frieder Weissmann's name but didn't know anything about him. I looked him up on Wikipedia and in addition to other details of his interesting life, now know that you and he were good friends. I also know that you are a renowned Sculptor and painter who has produced some beautiful works of art. Congratulations. All the best from Yorkshire, England.
Thanks for listening John I'm glad that you like the restoration, it's a system that I devised myself about 5 years ago, mainly to try to improve the old acoustic recordings of Caruso, McCormack etc. CD companies seem to concentrate on simply reducing noise rather than improving the sound of the music. I suppose that Jussi was at his peak then but, if you get time, have a listen to a video that I uploaded recently of six arias that he recorded in stereo on 19th Sept 1957.The recordings were only made to fill one of the LPs in a complete opera recording but I think they captured very well how Jussi's great artistry and vocal powers had remained intact. Thanks again for listening, the link to the video that I mentioned is ua-cam.com/video/TWIZVE80dwA/v-deo.html
@@michaelmcgrailengland I did listen to it. I also have that recording on vinyl, the 4th side of the Cavalleria Rusticana recording. That recording is the first time I ever heard his voice, over 50 years ago.
I'm not sure but I hear that there's a young man in South Korea called Chang who sings in the mountains and passes messages to me from Caruso perhaps he could be the third Caruso. I love your latest video and it also makes me appreciate how nice the Abba song melodies were.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Oh! my GOD!! Thank you so much. I decided changing my name with Changruso. I really happy!!! I consider spring flowers are winners endured winter cold. And Michael is winner against YOU TUBE and achievement gold trophy. Today's climbing mountain is fantastic.
T there was only one Caruso, one Bjoerling , one Tucker, one Gigli, one Mc Cormack, one MDM, One Corelli and one film, concert, radio and TV singer Mario Lanza! All are unique.
0:00 Ingemisco : Messa da Requiem : Giuseppe Verdi.
3:57 O paradiso : L'Africaine : Giacomo Meyerbeer.
7:03 La fleur que tu m'avais jetee : Georges Bizet.
10:51 En fermant les yeux : Manon : Jules Massenet.
13:30 Salut! Demeure : Faust : Charles Gounod.
18:15 Che gelida manina : La Boheme : Giacomo Puccini
The most fabulous voice I have heard in person. In 1958 I chased him for an autograph in Cleveland. He walked me back to the vestibule and he gave me not one but two autographs. For me, it was an incandescent moment. Thank you, dear immortal Jussi.
Thanks for listening and for your comment David, that's a great memory of Jussi to have.
On another of my videos a lady commented that, after seeing him in a concert in London in the 1950s, she waited outside after the concert to see him. He got into the back of a waiting car and she jumped on the rear bumper (fender) and banged on the car window. He turned round and blew her a kiss.
OMG. SO JEALOUS! GREATEST TENOR. LOVED HIM SINCE I WAS A CHILD. I HOPE IF THERES A HEAVEN HE WILL SING FOR ME.❤❤❤❤
God bless you for your work I truly believe he was the best tenor that ever lived So tragic he died so young
Thanks for listening and for your kind words Barbara, glad that you enjoyed the video.
Un angelo vocale..
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for listening and for you comment.
Just wonderful 👏👏👏
Thanks for listening Barbara, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed it.
Magnificent!! What a VOICE 👍👏👏👏🐐..
Thanks for listening Isaiah, glad that you enjoyed it.
Estimado Michael; puedo pasar horas escuchando cantar a Jussi Bjorling. Es impresionante su precisión en cada nota, su voz y su musicalidad.
Thanks for listening Leonardo and I completely agree with what you say.
JUSSI BJÖRLING, ENASTÅENDE!!!!!! FANTASTISK!!!!! ❤️👋👋👋👋👋
Thanks for listening and for your comment Maria.
One of his best ever concerts, 1939 when he was singing so beautifully and lyrically at age 28.
When I first saw this comment with just a few words and no criticism I thought "poor Shicoff, he must be unwell" but I see from your later messages that you are fully recovered!!
But seriously, yes, I completely agree with you, I think the whole concert is wonderful.Also for a live 1939 concert the audio quality is exceptionally good and I think that it was genuinely live rather than a studio recording with applause added.
The CD notes say "He was invited to inaugurate the concert season at the Kuzaal, Scheveningen, under the baton of Ernest Ansermet. A few days earlier, however, Jussi Bjorling had sung the same programme at a concert conducted by Frieder Weissmann" and I found out from another source that that the concert was at the studios of the Dutch public broadcasting association AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or General Association of Radio Broadcasting).
great voice, great conductor, thanks!!
It's my pleasure Sylvia, thank you for listening and for your comment.
This is thevWay to sing!!!! With passion with live and meaning! This is a real man voice!!!0
Thanks for listening and for your comment James.
Am originally from Wales, my dear mother introduced me to Bjorling when I was a child. Once actually saw him in concert in Cardiff. Undoubtedly he was the prince of tenors. Thank you so much for this.
Ron Denning
It's my pleasure Ron, thanks for listening, i'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video. You're a lucky man ,firstly because your mother passed on her good taste in music to you and, secondly, that you saw Jussi "live"!!!
Den störste sångaren som har levat! Ord kan inte beskriva den helt fantastiska röst Jussi Björling hade. Hans röst kommer alltid att leva och beröra de som lyssnar till insjungningarna han gjorde.❤❤ ❤
Thanks for listening and for your comment Lars.
Il chante très bien en français magnifique ténor 🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Merci d'avoir écouté Marie-Jeanne.
The greatest singer ever..
Thanks for listening Petter.
beautiful Jussi!!!!!!! Thank you so much for this!!! His lyrical perfection voice rings out as beautifully as ever!!!! 💜 is lovely to see all the photos too!!
It's my pleasure Angela, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the music and also the photos.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Jussi probably my favourite tenor of all time, although I also love the likes of Domingo, Di Stefano, Vickers....but Jussi is in his own category!!!! 💜
@@angelaknebel4156 I agree with you Angela but I put three tenors at the top of my list in equal first place, Jussi, of course, and two that are probably a bit too far in the distant past for you, Enrico Caruso John McCormack.. They are closely followed by various others and especially. Joseph Schmidt, Richard Tauber, Fritz Wunderlich and Beniamino Gigli. However, as you say, there was something very special about Jussi.
Thanks again for listening.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Bjoerling was voice wise as great later in the 1940's, but here he gave something even more of himself then in some other concerts, the Faust is sung really fantastically well and partly because he was so comfortable in his own Swedish language, as this Faust aria is in Swedish, his pure Lyric voice in its most beautiful upper reaches, but though I did see him much later in the Chicago opera house, it was very similar, but slightly darker of course in 1958, tat was almost 20 years later, still essentially the same at age 47, when I saw him in 58' as the Duke, a tough lyric role for most tenors and one that Corelli, the big voiced Spinto rage of the 1960's never sang of course. His singing would have not been best at it. In 1956 Bjoerling recorded Rigoletto with Merrill and Roberta Peters, who was then a young wonderful Gilda, at age 26, she and Merrill where also terrific on that LP recording complete, but RCA did not give us their best sound on that particular recording. The sound in the 1956 Boheme is excellent, that same year.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Yes Schmidt was terrific, dead even before his Prime .
Many thanks Michael. A wonderful recording and always fun to see the photos of Jussi with his wife, family and friends.
It's my pleasure Megan, thanks for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Yes, I love the photos because they show that as well as being such a great singer he was also an ordinary person, just like the rest of us.
Sensazionale tenore. Quando ero piccolo la critica italiana non lo apprezzava molto, chissà perché, ed io mi adiravo assai. Poi lo hanno riscoperto...
Thanks for listening and for your comment.
That was superb TY so much
It's my pleasure Marian, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed it.
Rena himmelriket- Vilken närvaro i inspelningarna. ochJUSSI i praktform ! Stort tack för detta.
It's my pleasure, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video.
Incomparable thanks 😊ll
It's my pleasure Colin, thank you for listening.
Thank you! He's my favorite tenor of all.
It's my pleasure Franklin, thank you for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
I uploaded two others recently that I'm sure you'd like.The first is six great stereo recordings from 19th Sept 1957 and the other is a concert from 1949 at the Hollywood Bowl. If you wanted to watch the videos the links are
ua-cam.com/video/TWIZVE80dwA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/uxnpjCV4ajw/v-deo.html
@@michaelmcgrailengland, thank you!
Helt underbart och fantastiskt! Jussi är helt enkelt en gudabenådad sängar utan dess like!🥰💝💝
Thanks for listening and for your comment Olof.
Magnifique maestro bgiorling ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
Thank you for this fantastic restoration. By this time his voice was at its peak. What a marvelous tone and musicality
Thanks for listening Cris I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, it is a wonderful concert.
If you haven't already done so have a listen to the video I uploaded recently with six arias Jussi recorded in stereo on 19th Sept 1957. The audio quality is very good and, I think, shows that, even then, only three years before he died, his voice was as good, if not better, than in 1939.
@@michaelmcgrailengland I will check it out. Thank you very much
Goosebumps as always.....🎶
Thanks for listening Dubbel, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Absolut den bästa någonsin, tveklöst
Thanks for listening and for your comment Robert.
Hi Michael, just wonderful listening to these wonderful voices singing quietly that usually would be completely lost is eye opening just amazing to here there tone and distant instruments that again you would only here with difficulty is wonderful!!!!!!! I feel it is like being there at there time thank you very very much you are giving so much joy!!!!!!! Thank you Joe
Hi Joe, thank you for listening and for your kind words. Most people don't seem to notice any improvement in the sound so I can't tell you how satisfying and encouraging it is when I receive a message such as yours.
It gives me a lot of joy reading the comments of listeners who enjoy the music.
All the best from Yorkshire.
Felice di leggere tutti i Belli apprezzamenti su Jussi ..Io l'ho visto più volte a Stoccolma...❤
Thanks again for listening Curthy, that's a great memory of Jussi to have, you are very lucky.
Good job Michael! Again! This was a very good concert by Jussi. His pure, resilient, lyrical voice was at its peak here.
Thank you for listening, I was hoping that you would like this one but I'm still a bit unsure as to whether I did Jussi's voice justice. On one set of headphones it sounded right, on the other set and the hi fi system it sounded a bit harsh so in the end I decided to leave it as it was and hope it sounded good to most listeners.
As you say Jussi was at his very best in this concert. i presume that the recording was made to broadcast on radio because the CD notes say that, a few days later, he was to inaugurate the concert season in Holland with the same programme at Kurzaal, Scheveningen under the baton of Ernest Ansermet. The notes don't actually say where this concert took place.
@@michaelmcgrailengland What I would like to say is that no recording technique could do Jussi's early pure lyrical voice real justice. Especially in the treble, the depth or range is not captured. Gets like a little too sharp. I think it has to do with his tone concentration. But this is just an opinion.
With the material you have to start from, however, it is a very good job you do. There is probably a single recording from the late fifties that somewhat captures Jussis at that time more lyrically-spinto voice. Does not have it in my head right now but will come back about it.
"The notes do not actually say where this concert took place"? Do you mean this concert?
@@suffes1 Thanks for your message. Yes I did mean this concert, the exact wording in the notes is
"He was invited to inaugurate the concert season at the Kuzaal, Scheveningen, under the baton of Ernest Ansermet. A few days earlier, however, Jussi Bjorling had sung the same programme at a concert conducted by Frieder Weissmann. The recording made on that occasion,presented here,----------------"
Actually, reading it now I suppose it means that it was in the same venue.
Let me know what the recording you mention is when it comes to mind.
@@suffes1 I've just found the venue, it was at AVRO studios, Hilversum.
Wikipedia states;-AVRO Studios is a building complex and national heritage site in Hilversum, where the radio and TV studios and the head office of the Dutch public broadcasting association AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or "General Association of Radio Broadcasting")
@@michaelmcgrailengland OK, good to know!
I found the recording. I myself had commented that it sounded authentic. Getting pretty close to Jussi as he sounded. So here he is lyrical-spinto so you should not compare him with the 30s and early 40s.
When listening to this, run the highest volume. Send the wife and dog for a walk and warn your neighbors!
ua-cam.com/video/5x4Tru-m_vs/v-deo.html
1939!! It's my contemporary recording!!!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful presentation. Applause and congratulations. Lovely art work. Great job on the sound.
Thanks for listening/watching and for your kind words Rosa Angela, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video, it's a great selection of music with Jussi at his best and actually I was lucky enough to come across the CD for next to nothing at a car boot sale a few years ago.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Encore!!! Applause and congratulations.
@@Rosangela161 Thank you Rosa, It is a great concert.
Absolutely fantastic thank you again Michael
It's a great pleasure John, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video.
I appreciated every second of this Michael...along with the remarkable collection of photos you have assembled. I have been amazed at how the splendor of his voice rings through even lower quality recordings...almost as if the recording quality does not even matter...but then you come upon a recording done with better equipment, and even more depth of timbre shines through...
Thanks for listening/watching Virginia I'm glad that you enjoyed the video.
Yes I completely agree with you. In the dim, distant past we used to listen to the old 78s and then LPs and the most that you could do to improve the sound was to reduce rumbling and crackling a little, you, basically, just appreciated them and enjoyed them as they were. But the new digital technology has given the opportunity to appreciate them even more and sometimes, with the very old ones like Caruso and McCormack it's almost as though you are hearing the recording for the first time.
I have some nice stereo recordings of Jussi from 1957 that I'm going to upload soon and just that small improvement in quality allows you to hear the detailed beauty of his voice more clearly.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Oh, I do remember when the 33 1/3 LP's came in...we thought that was really hi-tech, over the 78 RPM's...will look forward very much to that 1957 upload!
Thank you very much. Beautiful as always.
It's my pleasure, thank you for listening, I.m really pleased that you enjoyed it.
I usually listen to metal or even more hardcore but good music is universal!
Thanks for listening and for your comment Joakim and I completely agree with you.
Memorable, la voz más hermosa voz de tenor de todos los tiempos.
Thanks for listening and for your comment Alberto.
Fabulous transfers! I've known these recordings since the Lp era, this is the best they've ever sounded.Well done!
Thanks for listening Richard and thanks for your kind words, I really appreciate them.
thank you for Jussi and Conductor Frieder Weissmann in 1939!
It's my pleasure Sylvia, thank you for listening again and for your comment.
Thank you so much, dear Michael
God bless you!
It's my pleasure Gemma, thank you for listening, it's lovely to hear from you.
I uploaded two more videos of Jussi recently that I think you might enjoy. One is of six arias recorded in stereo on 19th Sept 1957 and the other is a concert he gave at the Hollywood Bowl in 1949. If you wanted to watch the videos I've put links below.
ua-cam.com/video/TWIZVE80dwA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/uxnpjCV4ajw/v-deo.html
Thank you wonderful 😊
It's my pleasure Colin, thank you for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video.
Très belles photos merci beaucoup ☺️ ♥️ ♥️ 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖
Ve devait un homme plein de gentillesse 😍😊💐💐💐🌹🌹🌹
Yes, I'm sure you are right Marie-Jeanne.
Den störste sångaren som har levat! Ord kan inte beskriva den helt fantastiska röst Jussi Björling hade. Hans röst kommer alltid att leva och beröra de som lyssnar till insjungningarna han gjorde.
❤Forse cera gelosia nei confronti di Jussi..troppo perfetto❤
Thanks for listening again and for your comment Curthy, I'm sure that you will be right.
A sensational concert, probably his best musically but the voice was almost always very great as it is here in his 20's.
As you know, another of my top favourites. Did you see the latest post I did of him "live" at the Met?
It's at ua-cam.com/video/ak7V_KH0VV8/v-deo.html
@@michaelmcgrailengland Yes, I have a LP set that was put out long ago from the 1948 Met. Brdcst. The complete Boheme but not in very good sound.
Magnifique 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖
Thanks for listening Marie Jeanne, I'm glad that you enjoyed it..
When you have time have a listen to these three that I uploaded recently, I'm sure you would like them.
ua-cam.com/video/juGPcku2Ghc/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/TWIZVE80dwA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/uxnpjCV4ajw/v-deo.html
Sil vous plaît commentes en français merci pour votre gentillesse 💖😍
@@marie-jeannevallecalle9991 merci d'avoir écouté
On this day in 1960 we lost JUSSI BJORLING ,he now stands to left of GOD !
Thanks for listening and for your comment Reginal.
Il più bello e capace non lo scordare❤
Thanks for listening and for you comment Curthy.
Heaven at 8 o’clock this morning.
Thanks for listening Sheila, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
The only recording of Björling‘s FLOWER SONG where he sings the written diminuendo B flat that I have yet to hear. He could have done this at the end of CELESTE AIDA as well on the AIDA studio recording but someone seemed to have talked him out of it. This is a great compilation & the mid section of the INGEMISCO, may be the best in my experience. It matters little to me that much is sung in his native language. These performances are also included as a bonus on his live ROMEO still available on the MYTOS label hopefully.
Thanks for listening and for your comment Peter. I have it on a 1985 Bluebird CD together with a 1954 Norway concert.
Photo très touchante 😍🌹🌸🌸🌸
Glad you like them.
Quite a voice, very listenable, and memorable-never really tire of it.
Interesting, whatever language, he always sings with the same fullness and quality, very consistent and even, with color always the same-and always with an incredible line. Of note, his first and primary teacher was his Dad who supposedly sang a while at the Met when Cauruso was there.
Like Cauruso and Gigli, though without the Italianate sound, he seems to sing every song a little bit slower than “usual”, holding that line throughout, taking a breath whenever he pleases, holding high notes at will and getting maximum effect.
I have read reviews saying he had a small voice-maybe (?) sounding small in the big Met house (?) but I took him to his last Atlanta concert ( really good recording available) at Glynn Memorial Church ( Emory University) where size of his voice sounded magnificent,lacking nothing.He told me that the acoustics there were the best he had ever encountered.,
He was pretty much all business and said little.I noticed in his dressing room before the recital he took a little of something, maybe cognac.Whatever it was did not appear to have any adverse effect on the voice which was riveting.
Thanks for listening and for your comment.
Thank you for postning this!
It's my pleasure, Berit, thank you for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Simply the best,2nd to no one
Thanks for listening and for your comment John.
Realmente Maravilloso.
@@RaulRossi-ts3zu Thanks for listening Raul.
In a class of his own. I wonder if audiences realised this at the time?
Thanks for listening and for your comment Richard. It's a good question, but many these days certainly regard him as one of the best, if not the best ever.
I assure you they did and were very disappointed with what came along much later.
@@dawnadriennetaylor970 Thanks for listening and for your comment Dawn.
These same recordings have turned up in other venues (such as Bonus tracks on some complete Bjorling sets on MYTOS several of which I have.) Some are among the best recordings he made of: INGEMISCO & SALUT DEMEURE (in Swedish), for example. Even at this time Bjorling could show some spinto qualities as in O PARADISO & unusual at the time he sang a diminuendo on the FLOWER Song.
Thanks for listening and for your comment Peter.
Thank you so much for this extraordinarily beautiful video, Michael! I enjoyed every minute, every second of it! Where do we hear singing like that in our day? Let me make an educated guess: Nowhere?!
I hope your Easter holidays were pleasant; presently I‘m fighting against time issues, so I was a little (much too) slow to wish you a Happy Easter in time. I‘m sorry! Isn‘t your birthday in April? Unfortunately I don‘t know the exact date...
Anyway, all the best! And lots of luck! 🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀
Hello Harriet, lovely to hear from you, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, it is a great concert.
Yes, actually I'm 80 on the 29th of this month, yet another millstone, sorry, I meant milestone, of course.
Best regards from pleasantly sunny Yorkshire.
@@michaelmcgrailengland
Thank you, Michael, for telling me your birthday... and I know what you mean by „accidentally“ calling it a millstone... I won‘t be home on the 29th (a little vacation in Italy - wanted and needed!) and with (probably) no internet I‘ll not be able to send my greetings on that very day, but I promise to think of you!!! Shamrocks and Glücksklee in their spiritual form will be floating from Lago Maggiore to Yorkshire!!!
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Best regards from sunny Franken to equally sunny Yorkshire! ☀️☀️☀️
@@hrbooksmusic7878 That sounds wonderful Harriet, have a great time.
@@michaelmcgrailengland
Thank you! You too... Will you spend your birthday at home, throwing the party of your lifetime - or maybe a little more secluded... in Ireland...?
@@hrbooksmusic7878 I'm not a party person these days so, weather permitting, we are just going to a little town in the Dales for a walk and lunch
Bella Vocce Bjorling
Thanks for listening and for your comment Miguel.
*voce
Dear Michel, have you seen my Frieder Weissmann-videos?Beautiful conductor!(1893-1984)
Hello Sylvia, thanks for your message. I've had a look at your channel content and two that I saw were Richard Tauber recordings with Frieder Weissmann conducting. Richard Tauber is one of my favourite tenors.
I was familiar with Frieder Weissmann's name but didn't know anything about him. I looked him up on Wikipedia and in addition to other details of his interesting life, now know that you and he were good friends. I also know that you are a renowned Sculptor and painter who has produced some beautiful works of art. Congratulations.
All the best from Yorkshire, England.
This sounds like a very fine recording for the era. How was it restored?
Sounds like peak Jussi, which means peak tenor.
Thanks for listening John I'm glad that you like the restoration, it's a system that I devised myself about 5 years ago, mainly to try to improve the old acoustic recordings of Caruso, McCormack etc. CD companies seem to concentrate on simply reducing noise rather than improving the sound of the music.
I suppose that Jussi was at his peak then but, if you get time, have a listen to a video that I uploaded recently of six arias that he recorded in stereo on 19th Sept 1957.The recordings were only made to fill one of the LPs in a complete opera recording but I think they captured very well how Jussi's great artistry and vocal powers had remained intact.
Thanks again for listening, the link to the video that I mentioned is
ua-cam.com/video/TWIZVE80dwA/v-deo.html
@@michaelmcgrailengland I did listen to it. I also have that recording on vinyl, the 4th side of the Cavalleria Rusticana recording. That recording is the first time I ever heard his voice, over 50 years ago.
@@johnhoie1 Thanks for your message John, I just thought that you may not have heard those excellent recordings.
Michael! Who is third Caruso?
Bjorling's tears come from his throat.
I'm not sure but I hear that there's a young man in South Korea called Chang who sings in the mountains and passes messages to me from Caruso perhaps he could be the third Caruso.
I love your latest video and it also makes me appreciate how nice the Abba song melodies were.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Oh! my GOD!! Thank you so much.
I decided changing my name with Changruso. I really happy!!!
I consider spring flowers are winners endured winter cold.
And Michael is winner against YOU TUBE and achievement gold trophy.
Today's climbing mountain is fantastic.
@@MountainwalkwithMusic I knew you would be up a mountain somewhere. Enjoy the day.
T there was only one Caruso, one Bjoerling , one Tucker, one Gigli, one Mc Cormack, one MDM, One Corelli and one film, concert, radio and TV singer Mario Lanza! All are unique.
@@shicoff1398 You are absolutely right.
Si può cantare meglio di Jussi ? NO .
Thanks for listening and for your comment Luigi.
Nobody like him
Thanks for listening and for your comment Tony.