JUSSI BJORLING SINGS MATTINATA 1930 AGED 20

[LinMingXin]

He was singing in the language of poetry and LOVE--namely Italiano! La bella lingua del mondo! xo

[kerstinej]

@LinMingXin He was singing in Swedish!

[LinMingXin]

@kerstinej Ha ha! Thanks! I obviously was imagining hearing the original and was not listening to this at all! ;-)

[Nevichka1]

THIS is a wonderful voice.

[sprinter848]

I find the Swedish language utterly incompatible to the spirit of this song to the extent that even the beloved Bjoerling can't make it work.

[vpo2g2]

No tenor has come close to his second Mattinata studio recording, made, I believe, in the forties.

[leojornalista13]

In what language was he singing? Swedish?

[kerstinej]

@leojornalista13 Sí es sueco 

[Honken]

@leojornalista13

Indeed.

[kerstinej]

If this was recoreded in 1930 then he was 19 years old! Fantastic!

[blakemooney]

Imagine waking one morning at age 20 and trying to get a better delivery on this song and out comes this magnificent sound! He was trained so brilliantly by his devotrd father that the whole Bjorling family must have glowed and choked on their praise. I can see them all staring at each other in wonderment. People around the world still do.