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Jussi Bjorling - Che Gelida Manina

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Uploaded by on Apr 21, 2007

From Puccini's La Boheme. This is a live performance from 1938.

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  • Bjorling has the purest voice. It leaves no questions. I grew up with Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras, but only when I heard Jussi Bjorling, I forgot them, and can not listen to them again, because now I understand what a pure voice is... and the high C!

  • Glorious, pure vocal sound. He owns this aria. Each note seems to reach out from the soul. Exquisite! I'm so grateful to hear this today.

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  • 3:29 amazing note - perfection!

  • Jussi's Pearl Fishers duet with Robert Merrilll was one of top ten favourites in UK for many years.

    go watch

    ...

  • @BuryTone You're replying to an oddball tenor wannabe who thinks Tucker was among the elite tenors.

  • Pavarotti in 1961 was better in my opinion, he had more power in the highest notes.

    This guy sounds like a man singing very, very good.

    Pavarotti sounds like god(I'm an atheist..), or some kind of machine...

    I do agree Jussi Bjorling has a lot of plus points to later pavarotti. He has a higher sound which is more compelling sometimes, but Pavarotti has that metallic sound in the high C's which made him so popular. Probably, Pavarotti just got too fat in his later years.

  • @gaytenor If you listen closely, you will notice that the break is just an unevenness in the tape recording. I think most fans are aware of Jussi's distinct vibrato - and they like it. It has no similarity to a wobble since there is no (wrong) pressure.

  • His Italian is a bit shaky, but I think it adds to his charm.

  • This seriously needs som more views!

  • I don't mean to offend anyone, who loves another Tenor above Jussi, but to ME all other voices (yes even Di Stefano's, Gigli's and Caruso's) pale into significance when compared to Jussi's mellow trumpet.

  • What I find the most fascinating about Bjorling is the inherent melancholy in his voice that makes anything he sings so incredibly poignant. Oh and such note-perfect technique, too! A shame he died so young still at the height of his powers.

  • He is not sharp to my ear. He hits his notes on the top of the round not on the bottom as too many others do.

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