I have it the same way - I grew up with Björling - with Boheme and Butterfly - since I was 8 - and now - 50 years later - he is a part of me - and no one - absolutely no one, can challenge him. There are many good tenors, - Caruso, de Stefano, Corelli, but there is just one Jussi - he is alone on the top!
Björling or Caruso? The taste is like the backside, divided. My vote goes to Jussi all days of the week, every day of the month and all along the years too. I have always loved Jussis voice. Heard silent night when i was in my Mothers womb And when i draw my last suck (breath) and goes in the fosterposition again i wanna hear his voice in my ears.
The greatest tenor of all time was ENRICO CARUSO!! This recording by Jussi Bjorling is one of my favourite all time records and although he tried and wanted to sound like Caruso his hero, he need not have bothered with such a voice like he had. Wonderful, just wonderful !!!!!
@dougieboy46 Caruso can`t sing in swedish,norwegian or german, he can`t sing lieder as good as Bjorling, No tenor can achive the change of register sounding as good in the top notes or in the low notes Bjorling can. Bjorling has all the virtues a tenor can have and almost none of the flaws or defects plus the sublime musicality.
Forgive my english since it is not my native languge
@jburidan May i say that Bjorling for years always wanted to sound like his hero CARUSO!! He wanted his voice to sound more manly than boyish! Caruso's voice was more powerful, baritonal, beautiful and warm. Bjorling tried to sound like this most of his life rather than youthful. Robert Merrill his close friend and colleague said that Bjorling for years tried to produce this phenomenal Caruso sound. Often Bjorlings wife told Jussi off for doing this. your english is very very good!! Thank you...
@dougieboy46 It is not only sound.If you buy a Stradivari that not make you Jascha Heifetz. It's an overall set of quialities (technique, repertoire, musicality) that makes Bjorling so unique. Of course if you were a young tenor in 1930 the very first model to follow was Enrico Caruso. But Björling's voice had so many nuances His legato is impeccable, the top notes,the breath control pianissimi etc. Don't misunderstood me I am a great fan of Caruso, Musical taste is very subjective
Truly the most beautiful and sincerely heartfelt singing I have ever heard. I think the sadness of his mother & father dying young was embedded in his heart and it really comes to the surface when he sings this. I know he is singing about the maiden and his voice depicts love and tenderness but with Jussi you can always hear the tears in his voice when he sings. A true artist and a monumental example to any aspiring singer in any genre. Thank you for posting.
Those entranced by this recording need a final list of movies.Can we complete this:0-37: ?; 38: Wuthering Heights-Cathy and Heathcliff on the moor as children; 54: same,but as young adults in love; 113: Random Harvest wedding scene; 129: Bishop's Wife.Dudley (the angel) is preparing to leave;148: Brief Encounter; 202: Random Harvest-end, as Smithy's memory returns and he recognizes Paula as his wife; 215:?; 221: Wuthering Heights-End.Heathcliff holds the dead Cathy,and they walk into eternity.
0-37 A Story Told In Dublin (Short ghost story with Orson Welles) 2:15 is the beginning of It's A Wonderful Life. Thank you for watching and enjoying my video. I wish I could do this kind of work as my job.
Looks like Kathy and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights, Smithy and Paula from Random Harvest, and Dudley and Professor Wutheridge from The Bishop's Wife. (Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson, Cary Grant and Monty Wolley)
A very underrated Bjoerling performance. Fine. Particularly fine.
This is one of my favorite pieces sung by Bjorling, "Jungfrun Under Lind" by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger. It really is a shame it is not in more popular. It demands it.
I always come back 2 this beautiful video. The beauty of the song with Jussi's incredible voice, 2gether w/clips from my favorite movies... Thank u again for this post!
The voice of Bjorling is extremely captivating. You can listen to him over and over and it is always a pleasure. There is none other that can convey so many thoughts and emotions with such beauty and voice technique.
I stopped by to listen to this song again, blew my head off, you know what I mean, I have no words for it, like all the sadness in the world builds up inside and then explodes, Whew!!!
Translation<<<(from a comment last year) In the spring a lindedtree buds so green with roses and marchviol under there sits a maiden so pretty and sewing in the bright sun She is like the sun in the spring like the apple is her cheek, when she in the mirror lets out her hair, it falls like flowers from the lindentree like the sun,catched by the lindens leefs. trapped by mind and thought she gets, me with sorcerous ways has bounded, and taken my heart,my heart inside.
Well, Wuthering Heights for sure. Was the Cary Grant clip from The Bishop's Wife? I recognized Ronald Coleman in two clips, but I don't know the movie. Was his counterpart Garbo?
There is definitely something extra when Jussi sings in Swedish - even tho I don't understand Swedish it reaches me so deeply. The clips go so well w/the emotions in the song. A beautiful video! (Can't believe I left out "Wuthering Hts." in my previous comment - such lovely clips.) TY again for this video.
How wonderfully expressed ! This is the quality of Jussi, a voice ripe with unshed tears. You are so accurate in your description, a better metaphore for the uniqness of Jussi I have never seen.
I hadn't expected to find this video with our Jussi Björling singing the wonderful song Jungrun Under Lind with a real swedish mood of nature. Great sound.
Har balanserar Jussi mellan det sublima och det installsamma men som alltid haller han sig kvar pa linan. Jag langtar efter Paradiset for att fa hora honom live!
Thank you for the translation of the song. It is beautifully sung. Yep , I am convinced that Jussi had some Scottish blood in his veins. Ok Swedes , I'm joking ....thanks for sharing him with us.
if you think the grammar looks weird, its cus the lyrics are written in like very old swedish :P very poetically written. anyways hope you enjoyed it.
Translation<<< In the spring a lindedtree buds so green with roses and marchviol under there sits a maiden so pretty and sewing in the bright sun She is like the sun in the spring like the apple is her cheek, when she in the mirror lets out her hair, it falls like flowers from the lindentree like the sun,catched by the lindens leefs. trapped by mind and thought she gets, me with sorcerous ways has bounded, and taken my heart,my heart inside.
No words to describe this post, maybe tears can tell more. Thank you so much. Bjorling is my fav singer and this video just added beautifuly to his God's given voice.
Yes and Brief Encounter (the scene where Celia Johnson embraces her husband and cries). The song was composed by Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.
That is, the first couple of scenes with people are from WH. Other scenes are taken from variou movies.
Figmox1 4 months ago
The film is Wuthering Heights
Figmox1 4 months ago
Jussi in "Splendid Isolation". No one comes close to his divine voice. Thanks Jussi for the gift to mankind!
Thesnuttan52 9 months ago
I have it the same way - I grew up with Björling - with Boheme and Butterfly - since I was 8 - and now - 50 years later - he is a part of me - and no one - absolutely no one, can challenge him. There are many good tenors, - Caruso, de Stefano, Corelli, but there is just one Jussi - he is alone on the top!
JussiIsBest 11 months ago
Björling or Caruso? The taste is like the backside, divided. My vote goes to Jussi all days of the week, every day of the month and all along the years too. I have always loved Jussis voice. Heard silent night when i was in my Mothers womb And when i draw my last suck (breath) and goes in the fosterposition again i wanna hear his voice in my ears.
Siriusfanatiker 11 months ago
The greatest tenor of all time was ENRICO CARUSO!! This recording by Jussi Bjorling is one of my favourite all time records and although he tried and wanted to sound like Caruso his hero, he need not have bothered with such a voice like he had. Wonderful, just wonderful !!!!!
dougieboy46 1 year ago
@dougieboy46 Caruso can`t sing in swedish,norwegian or german, he can`t sing lieder as good as Bjorling, No tenor can achive the change of register sounding as good in the top notes or in the low notes Bjorling can. Bjorling has all the virtues a tenor can have and almost none of the flaws or defects plus the sublime musicality.
Forgive my english since it is not my native languge
jburidan 1 year ago
@jburidan May i say that Bjorling for years always wanted to sound like his hero CARUSO!! He wanted his voice to sound more manly than boyish! Caruso's voice was more powerful, baritonal, beautiful and warm. Bjorling tried to sound like this most of his life rather than youthful. Robert Merrill his close friend and colleague said that Bjorling for years tried to produce this phenomenal Caruso sound. Often Bjorlings wife told Jussi off for doing this. your english is very very good!! Thank you...
dougieboy46 1 year ago
@dougieboy46 It is not only sound.If you buy a Stradivari that not make you Jascha Heifetz. It's an overall set of quialities (technique, repertoire, musicality) that makes Bjorling so unique. Of course if you were a young tenor in 1930 the very first model to follow was Enrico Caruso. But Björling's voice had so many nuances His legato is impeccable, the top notes,the breath control pianissimi etc. Don't misunderstood me I am a great fan of Caruso, Musical taste is very subjective
jburidan 1 year ago
Wow! My favorite singer and my favorite actor (Ronald Colman) in the same great compilation. Thank you so much for putting it together.
TheCTConservative 1 year ago
Charmant.
abracadabranque 1 year ago
i can't get enough of this tender singing. Thank you for posting this.
winobuff 1 year ago
Thank you, P-B, for composing this beautiful, beautiful song! And who could have sung it better than Jussi, the master singer?
Iwanhoe1 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing this beautiful gem of recorded bliss with us. Jussi is, as he always will be, imcomparable. What a wonderful song by W. P-B.!
PurpleGravityMusic 1 year ago
Truly the most beautiful and sincerely heartfelt singing I have ever heard. I think the sadness of his mother & father dying young was embedded in his heart and it really comes to the surface when he sings this. I know he is singing about the maiden and his voice depicts love and tenderness but with Jussi you can always hear the tears in his voice when he sings. A true artist and a monumental example to any aspiring singer in any genre. Thank you for posting.
AmhranaiAlainn 1 year ago
Underbart!
sauerkrauten 2 years ago
Wonderful as always. TY
majosace 2 years ago
Is it opera or other
bunnyz324 2 years ago
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@bunnyz324 This is a song by Wilhelm Petersen-Berger. Songs set in this manner are usually called "art songs".
uwiger (YouTube user) correctly commented:
"Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composed the music 1927 to a poem by Ernst von der Recke."
Have a beautiful day! :-)
PurpleGravityMusic 1 year ago
who composed this song
bunnyz324 2 years ago
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composed the music 1927 to a poem by Ernst von der Recke.
uwiger 2 years ago
@bunnyz324 This is a Swedish song by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
majosace 2 years ago
Those entranced by this recording need a final list of movies.Can we complete this:0-37: ?; 38: Wuthering Heights-Cathy and Heathcliff on the moor as children; 54: same,but as young adults in love; 113: Random Harvest wedding scene; 129: Bishop's Wife.Dudley (the angel) is preparing to leave;148: Brief Encounter; 202: Random Harvest-end, as Smithy's memory returns and he recognizes Paula as his wife; 215:?; 221: Wuthering Heights-End.Heathcliff holds the dead Cathy,and they walk into eternity.
operafan65 2 years ago
0-37 A Story Told In Dublin (Short ghost story with Orson Welles) 2:15 is the beginning of It's A Wonderful Life. Thank you for watching and enjoying my video. I wish I could do this kind of work as my job.
ffilchtaeh 2 years ago
Jussi björling <3 Silken gåva från Gud! :)
ZalzZe 2 years ago 2
One of the greatest voices ever!
TheBluesGuy65 2 years ago 3
Looks like Kathy and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights, Smithy and Paula from Random Harvest, and Dudley and Professor Wutheridge from The Bishop's Wife. (Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson, Cary Grant and Monty Wolley)
A very underrated Bjoerling performance. Fine. Particularly fine.
tat1685 2 years ago
This is one of my favorite pieces sung by Bjorling, "Jungfrun Under Lind" by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger. It really is a shame it is not in more popular. It demands it.
Bravo on the video setting. 1:55 is perfect.
jth0134 2 years ago 4
Music=Jussi Bjorling
tenornmd 2 years ago 5
Beautiful, like listens to liquid velvet!
dongbat777 2 years ago 5
Tack PB och Jussi!
marinmusiker 2 years ago
What's the movie on 1:48 called? :)
xTheStrangeCarrotx 2 years ago
Brief Encounter. A very sad movie. Great though. Thank you for watching.
Demici 2 years ago
When the next iceage arriwes please take the evidences of Jussis voice down south. Protect it for ever.
Siriussupporter 2 years ago 11
Good thinking.
ffilchtaeh 2 years ago
Thank YOU for taking the time and having the talent to put these together !
They are appreciated !
David
bud21s 2 years ago 6
Bjorling AND scenes from "Random Harvest " one of my all time favorite movies ?! To much !
Thank you for this stunning compilation !
David
bud21s 2 years ago 5
Thank you for the comment!
ffilchtaeh 2 years ago
Beutiful voice!! RIP
RickardFromSweden 3 years ago 5
One clip is from "The Bishops Wife" with Gary Grant and another is Wuthering Heights with Sir Laurence Olivier.
Joedorrp 3 years ago
Stunning.Bravo!TY
Dobrib 3 years ago 5
Kunde han sjunga eller kunde han sjunga...?
The videos fits in really great. Nice clip.
karakoima 3 years ago 2
I always come back 2 this beautiful video. The beauty of the song with Jussi's incredible voice, 2gether w/clips from my favorite movies... Thank u again for this post!
wollestoncraft 3 years ago 3
Jussi Björling. En Hjälte.
zlatantillifk 3 years ago
omg, im so glad i "found" this.
heroesinpatria 3 years ago 2
can there be anything greater than this???
hodjataoista 3 years ago 14
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Crap audio - Jussi Björling is singing a duet with a grashopper
ravsax 3 years ago
a virtuouso grasshopper, apparently.
flaze3 3 years ago
@hodjataoista
Only an even more perfect rendition by Master Bjorling himself.
Bjorlingmiracle 4 months ago
Superb !!
GYLEN1234 3 years ago 3
The voice of Bjorling is extremely captivating. You can listen to him over and over and it is always a pleasure. There is none other that can convey so many thoughts and emotions with such beauty and voice technique.
gauss2005 3 years ago 5
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RudySunseeker 2 years ago
i could listen to this all day it is just perfect
muesdale 3 years ago 4
Forgot to mention, Thanks for translation, beautiful words.
Mickell1234 3 years ago 2
I stopped by to listen to this song again, blew my head off, you know what I mean, I have no words for it, like all the sadness in the world builds up inside and then explodes, Whew!!!
Mickell1234 3 years ago 4
decided to pop in here again, glad to see so many ppl appreciated my translation :)
Kerec 3 years ago 2
Thankyou for the translation. The words are indeed beautiful as is the melody , but the voice ......oh the voice !!
GYLEN1234 3 years ago 3
Chokes me up and i don't even know what the song means...
ideale123 3 years ago 8
ffilchtaeh 3 years ago
Thank you for the translation!
ideale123 3 years ago 2
Thank you for the information!
ffilchtaeh 3 years ago
This is Beautiful, amazing!
Mickell1234 3 years ago 5
What a superb artist Bjoerling was, splendid in whatever he sang.
Ivanhoe2 3 years ago 7
I had to watch this again just to end my day with something beautiful. Who the heck rated this video less than five stars?
Demici 3 years ago 3
Probably someone more interested in the video clips than the glorious voice.
ceb2633 3 years ago 2
Well, Wuthering Heights for sure. Was the Cary Grant clip from The Bishop's Wife? I recognized Ronald Coleman in two clips, but I don't know the movie. Was his counterpart Garbo?
johnhoie 3 years ago
Yes, Wuthering Heights, The Bishop's Wife, Random Harvest w/Greeg Garson & Ronald Coleman. Any idea about the three others?
ffilchtaeh 3 years ago
One clip is from "Brief Encounter" with Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson.
skatesindreams 3 years ago
I think you'll find sir Laurence Olivier there also. what a wondeful singer was our Jussi.
thebaldchemist 3 years ago 3
Does anybody have the lyrics in swedish to this song?
Har någon texterna till denna sång?
Mvh
johanstockholmung 3 years ago
This lyrics is a poem by E. v. der Recke - a dane, translated into swedish by the composer.
grodan0ll 3 years ago
Wonderful stuff. I'm sure that it isn't only me who's noticed that Swedish has a melodic timbre to it even when it's in normal conversational speech.
MikeJS57 4 years ago
There is definitely something extra when Jussi sings in Swedish - even tho I don't understand Swedish it reaches me so deeply. The clips go so well w/the emotions in the song. A beautiful video! (Can't believe I left out "Wuthering Hts." in my previous comment - such lovely clips.) TY again for this video.
wollestoncraft 4 years ago
You are welcome! Thanks for watching again.
ffilchtaeh 4 years ago
Not only was Bjorling a great lieder and opera singer he was perhaps the exponent of Swedish songs.
Toutbon 4 years ago
His voice, these images....it just makes you want to cry. No other tenor had that "ripe with unshed tears" quality.
daddy2foots 4 years ago 5
How wonderfully expressed ! This is the quality of Jussi, a voice ripe with unshed tears. You are so accurate in your description, a better metaphore for the uniqness of Jussi I have never seen.
swe50 4 years ago 2
I saw these clips long ago. In Swedish Bjorling's voice is so colourful! Don't ask me why!
sebreathnach 4 years ago
certainly one of the greatest tenors of our generation................
bunker321 4 years ago
Det finns, och har inte funnits nâgon som Jussi, alla andra i all ära, men ingen nâr Jussis höjder, bâde i röst och tolkning!
puhtube 4 years ago
The Swedes are an amazing people.
swanningaround 4 years ago 4
Thans again for the beautiful translation. A beautiful song , and a singer who just takes your breath away.
GYLEN1234 4 years ago 4
LOVE JUSSI! 1st clip Rebecca? (the drive to
Manderly). Then Random Harvest (My favorite
movie), Brief Encounter, The Bishop's Wife,
the scene of the house (next to last) Since
You Went Away? Thanks for this beautiful video.
wollestoncraft 4 years ago 2
Thank you for watching. First clip is from Orson Welles Ghost Story then Wuthering Heights and the old house at the end?....It's A Wonderful Life!
ffilchtaeh 4 years ago
He is a man like no other vocally.He had few equals,and there were none better.
paulostroff99 4 years ago
I hadn't expected to find this video with our Jussi Björling singing the wonderful song Jungrun Under Lind with a real swedish mood of nature. Great sound.
asatro66 4 years ago
Har balanserar Jussi mellan det sublima och det installsamma men som alltid haller han sig kvar pa linan. Jag langtar efter Paradiset for att fa hora honom live!
angelsears 4 years ago
En mycket vacker film, och så denna vackra sång av Jussi Björling
bernalyckan 4 years ago
Thank you for the translation of the song. It is beautifully sung. Yep , I am convinced that Jussi had some Scottish blood in his veins. Ok Swedes , I'm joking ....thanks for sharing him with us.
GYLEN1234 4 years ago
Thankyou for posting this on the web. Masters of such singing to be enjoyed here are the reason television is no longer favoured.
GYLEN1234 4 years ago
Magnificent voice "" Just like one of the other comments I thank Almighty God that such gifts are given.
GYLEN1234 4 years ago
if you think the grammar looks weird, its cus the lyrics are written in like very old swedish :P very poetically written. anyways hope you enjoyed it.
Kerec 4 years ago 2
Kerec 4 years ago 6
Thank you for the translation and for watching!
ffilchtaeh 4 years ago
Many thanks for the translation of this beautiful song.
jkircher314 4 years ago 3
Just wonderfull. Very much thank You!
Erkele 4 years ago 2
Immense beauty!
steelgl0ve 4 years ago 2
No words to describe this post, maybe tears can tell more. Thank you so much. Bjorling is my fav singer and this video just added beautifuly to his God's given voice.
dipankara 4 years ago
what a singer i want to gry when i hear him
toddyboy345 4 years ago 3
Absolutely splendid. Very good taste in both voice and films, rare qualities. Thank you
796824 4 years ago
Thank you. I'm glad you like it.
ffilchtaeh 4 years ago
Many thanks for this lovely offering from the great tenor Bjoerling and the entertaining montage of film clips.
Ivanhoe2 4 years ago
You're very welcome. Thank you for the nice comment.
ffilchtaeh 4 years ago
Wuthering Heights, Random Harvest, The Bishops Wife are some of the films the scenes are taken from. Nice voice. Nice song too.
MisterChandu 4 years ago
Yes and Brief Encounter (the scene where Celia Johnson embraces her husband and cries). The song was composed by Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.
ellandelachapelle 4 years ago
What a beautiul monatage and tribute to these great movies and the late incredible Jussi Bjorling. Wonderful work by the great ffilchaeh
mikeh69 5 years ago