Jussi Björling, Una Furtiva Lagrima

[mactopolis]

He was a radio tenor

[mactopolis]

This rendition sucks

[nadaniente115a]

@mactopolis Why?

[mactopolis]

@mactopolis He has an odd sounding voice..it's a very small voice

[suffes]

@mactopolis Yes an "odd" sounding voice and probably the best voice ever! He has a feeling inbuilt in his tone wich no other tenor has, like "a tear of silver" as they say. If the voice was small ore not is only of academic interest today while we can only here him on recordings.

[nita8100]

Бесподобно !!!!!!!!!!!

[walshseant]

That was wonderful!

[1salvatoremartorana]

altro che pavarotti....

[MrRcirillo]

Caruso has a week ass voice compared to Jussi

[seektheforce]

@MrRcirillo I think you are mistaken. Bjoerling had a very small voice.  Simply because Caruso chose not to sing everything in "full voice" does not make his voice weaker or stronger.

[PhysicsProf1]

Very similar to the Pavarotti version, but neither singer is truly in the style of bel canto, for which this piece was written. Their voices are too powerful and forceful But, having said that, it is a great version.

[nadaniente115a]

Thank you for your comment. I would never compare Bjorling to Pavarotti, but I am verey curious to learn who does it better than Bjorling... :-)

[Addeludde]

@nadaniente115a Tecnicaly Schipa does it better, but I tend to get bored by his voice. Björling's version remains my favourite.

[nadaniente115a]

Yes, Schipa is too sweet, "sleepy", monotonous, I agree...  :-)

[tomfroekjaer]

@nadaniente115a: Enrico Caruso's version from 1904 I think is better than Jussi's (and Pavarotti's). - Just my opinion - as everything ...

I've uploaded Caruso's version from 1904 and 1911.

[nadaniente115a]

@tomfroekjaer - I wll see if I also have That Caruso's version but in any case Caruso was always great and Jussi and Caruso's voice had that special vibration that other lack. Thanks.

[tomfroekjaer]

PhysicsProf1: maybe the bel canto tradition was initially broken by Caruso. Possibly inadvertently - being quite an emotional singer.

[nadaniente115a]

@tomfroekjaer - sometimes aesthetic changes just happpen that way, someone has the skills to do it differently... it makes sense

[tomfroekjaer]

Yes, nadaniente115a - wow, quite a username :-) - Caruso was an "intuitive" singer. He, according to his own statement, never heard himself sing when performing - only on recordings. He sort of "disappeared" into his own interpretation. I don't think Caruso meant to break with the bel canto tradition of singing intentionally.

..continued ...

[tomfroekjaer]

Possibly he didn't even know exactly what bel canto was or that this aria was supposed to be sung in that style. Indeed, he may not have had enough singing lessons to know. Caruso was a "Neapolitan peasant" with two years of formal schooling. He had difficulties reading, but he spoke some 7 languages. Quite a fellow ...

[nadaniente115a]

I believe myself, tom, that the great artisys are the ones who have the courage to do it their own way - if they also have the talent we are all fortunate to see how the world suddenly becomes more interesting and vast tan we imagined... :-) your comments make a lot of sense to me... thanks for sharing...

[tomfroekjaer]

@nadaniente115a: yes, I fully agree with that!

[nadaniente115a]

i have no idea why the video sometimes is not working well... sorry... :-)

[gilc7540]

whats up with the video?

[thehix]

Best furtiva Lagrima I've heard......!!

[nadaniente115a]

i guess not... ! :-)

[GrandDraggon66]

it sue doesnt

[JOlsson01]

It doesn't get much better than this.