Jussi Bjorling - Mattinata

Jussi Bjorling - Mattinata

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• Jussi
• bjorling
• Leoncavallo
• Mattinata

[99Gambo]

One feels a little guilty in trying to compare great tenors, each of which had more ability than most of put together! Yet, despite the presence of about twenty truly great tenors of the 20th century, and allowing for the fact that some pieces suit some tenors better than others, I think that three platinum-gilted tenors rise above the tremendously talented: Caruso, Gigli and JB. The talent that they possessed is enough to make one very very religious.

[vstasov]

Human artistic achievement at its summit. Gorgeous.

Thank you.

[BERNARDOANUK]

@mabroussardii jajaja BRAVO!!

[MrJohnathon17]

Don`t you just hate the nit pickers that give you more than seventeen words about this man...

[sugarbist]

@suffes I listened to it and as usual Bjorling is excellent, however I enjoyed the 1945 recording more. Thanks for the update and enjoy

[suffes]

@sugarbist Comming back to you beacuse now some real "hot stuff" has appered! As i mentioned before there are to many studio and TV recordings compared to opera live recordings of Björling here on YT. Now some legendary recordings from the Stockholm opera 5.1.1957 has turned up. Trye at Addiobelpassato "Ella mi fu rapita ". This is IMO as far as tenor singing gets everything counted! The second half of this is concidered as very hard to sing and here he bocomes warm and really shines!!!

[TheVerdiBaritone]

So beautiful! Where is his like today?

[mabroussardii]

he sings better than me

[sugarbist]

@suffes I commented positivelyon JB'sLIVE ( E Lucevan Le Stelle),which I thought was terrific.I don't think that Bjorling is a tenor that could produce a sour sound.I also think that the pulsation in a live performance tends to be sharper than a studio recording because of the sense of the required urgency involved.I think the emotion is called for in the solo performances where an artist is attempting to relay his feelings as appose to just singing musically. I do prefer LIVE performances.Enjoy

[sugarbist]

@suffes I really prefer Lanza in the so-called American songs, where he is more familiar with the language and really interprets extremely well.It's interesting, I did not realize that Bjorling suffered from nerves in the studio and live.For a Nordic, I thought JB's Italian was very good, exept for a few aria recordings he did later in his career.I must say that the live recordings and performances have a tendency to be more exciting for the artists& listeners.

[sugarbist]

@suffes continued.This could be the reason why I do enjoy this type of singing. In the 1960s, I listened to only Pertile Fleta&Bjorling & no other tenors, every day for a period of about 4 months. I thought they were all very captivating.Pertile did not have a beautiful voice by any stretch of the imagination, but he was indeed a great interpreter & he did sing beautifully.I admire Bjorling very much, but my favorites are Del Monaco Corelli Di Stefano& Lanza, whom are all subject to criticism

[sugarbist]

@suffes I respect your opinion about Bjorling's lyric constant flow, etc.& again I reiterate that JB had a beautiful voice with a marvelous tecnique.However, Caruso was an Original interpretator for so many songs& operas,that many great tenors emulated EC's interpretations which did include sobbings,gear shiftings&perhaps roller coaster rides which I have grown accustom to over the years,listening to Volpi Gigli Corelli Del Monaco Pertile Di Stefano Merli Fillipeschi Fleta Cortis. Continue