Jussi Bjorling "live" Holland 1939 (audio only). : Six arias : New 2022 restoration..

These recordings were made for a radio transmission at the studios of the Dutch public broadcasting association AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or General Association of Radio Broadcasting) Hilversum, Holland on 8th June 1939 with the Hilversum Radio Orchestra conducted by Frieder Weissmann.
Jussi was then 28 years old and six months earlier had made a sensational debut at the Metropolitan and, just a month before, at Covent Garden when he was described in the press as "the second Caruso" and "one of the greatest singers of our time".
0:00 Ingemisco : Messa da Requiem : Giuseppe Verdi.
3:57 O paradiso : L'Africaine : Giacomo Meyerbeer.
7:03 La fleur que tu m'avais jetee : Georges Bizet.
10:51 En fermant les yeux : Manon : Jules Massenet.
13:30 Salut! Demeure : Faust : Charles Gounod.
18:15 Che gelida manina : La Boheme : Giacomo Puccini.
I have tried to get the best out of the audio but there are some faults in places.
I've restored/remastered quite a few of Jussi's wonderful recordings either separately or as part of compilation videos and if you want to listen to them all the link to the playlist is
• Jussi Bjorling : Four ...

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

0:00 Ingemisco : Messa da Requiem : Giuseppe Verdi. 3:57 O paradiso : L'Africaine : Giacomo Meyerbeer. 7:03 La fleur que tu m'avais jetee : Georges Bizet. 10:51 En fermant les yeux : Manon : Jules Massenet. 13:30 Salut! Demeure : Faust : Charles Gounod. 18:15 Che gelida manina : La Boheme : Giacomo Puccini

[@davidcotuit]

The most fabulous voice I have heard in person. In 1958 I chased him for an autograph in Cleveland. He walked me back to the vestibule and he gave me not one but two autographs. For me, it was an incandescent moment. Thank you, dear immortal Jussi.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment David, that's a great memory of Jussi to have. On another of my videos a lady commented that, after seeing him in a concert in London in the 1950s, she waited outside after the concert to see him. He got into the back of a waiting car and she jumped on the rear bumper (fender) and banged on the car window. He turned round and blew her a kiss.

[@cjb5228]

OMG. SO JEALOUS! GREATEST TENOR. LOVED HIM SINCE I WAS A CHILD. I HOPE IF THERES A HEAVEN HE WILL SING FOR ME.❤❤❤❤

[@annerice4546]

I too have loved him since I discovered him.

[@petternilsson4393]

The greatest singer ever..

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening Petter.

[@shicoff1398]

One of his best ever concerts, 1939 when he was singing so beautifully and lyrically at age 28.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

When I first saw this comment with just a few words and no criticism I thought "poor Shicoff, he must be unwell" but I see from your later messages that you are fully recovered!! But seriously, yes, I completely agree with you, I think the whole concert is wonderful.Also for a live 1939 concert the audio quality is exceptionally good and I think that it was genuinely live rather than a studio recording with applause added. The CD notes say "He was invited to inaugurate the concert season at the Kuzaal, Scheveningen, under the baton of Ernest Ansermet. A few days earlier, however, Jussi Bjorling had sung the same programme at a concert conducted by Frieder Weissmann" and I found out from another source that that the concert was at the studios of the Dutch public broadcasting association AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or General Association of Radio Broadcasting).

[@ARTECATENOR]

Un angelo vocale.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for you comment.

[@JamesSotomayorSotomayor]

This is thevWay to sing!!!! With passion with live and meaning! This is a real man voice!!!0

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment James.

[@mariapeterholm4442]

JUSSI BJÖRLING, ENASTÅENDE!!!!!! FANTASTISK!!!!! ❤️👋👋👋👋👋

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Maria.

[@leonardopizzella7834]

Estimado Michael; puedo pasar horas escuchando cantar a Jussi Bjorling. Es impresionante su precisión en cada nota, su voz y su musicalidad.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening Leonardo and I completely agree with what you say.

[@LarsNygren-k6x]

Den störste sångaren som har levat! Ord kan inte beskriva den helt fantastiska röst Jussi Björling hade. Hans röst kommer alltid att leva och beröra de som lyssnar till insjungningarna han gjorde.❤❤ ❤

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Lars.

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Il chante très bien en français magnifique ténor 🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Merci d'avoir écouté Marie-Jeanne.

[@rondenning4761]

Am originally from Wales, my dear mother introduced me to Bjorling when I was a child. Once actually saw him in concert in Cardiff. Undoubtedly he was the prince of tenors. Thank you so much for this. Ron Denning

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Ron, thanks for listening, i'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video. You're a lucky man ,firstly because your mother passed on her good taste in music to you and, secondly, that you saw Jussi "live"!!!

[@giovanelliartistmanagement3940]

Sensazionale tenore. Quando ero piccolo la critica italiana non lo apprezzava molto, chissà perché, ed io mi adiravo assai. Poi lo hanno riscoperto...

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment.

[@barbaraprest783]

Just wonderful 👏👏👏

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening Barbara, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed it.

[@sylviawillink4717]

great voice, great conductor, thanks!!

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Sylvia, thank you for listening and for your comment.

[@barbaramichael-grover8246]

God bless you for your work I truly believe he was the best tenor that ever lived So tragic he died so young

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your kind words Barbara, glad that you enjoyed the video.

[@Situnadei]

Rena himmelriket- Vilken närvaro i inspelningarna. ochJUSSI i praktform ! Stort tack för detta.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video.

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Magnifique maestro bgiorling ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️

[@olofalriksson2464]

Helt underbart och fantastiskt! Jussi är helt enkelt en gudabenådad sängar utan dess like!🥰💝💝

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Olof.

[@JoakimLindqvist-d2w]

I usually listen to metal or even more hardcore but good music is universal!

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Joakim and I completely agree with you.

[@robertpettersson5114]

Absolut den bästa någonsin, tveklöst

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Robert.

[@megansjoquist459]

Many thanks Michael. A wonderful recording and always fun to see the photos of Jussi with his wife, family and friends.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Megan, thanks for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Yes, I love the photos because they show that as well as being such a great singer he was also an ordinary person, just like the rest of us.

[@isaiahjohnston823]

Magnificent!! What a VOICE 👍👏👏👏🐐..

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening Isaiah, glad that you enjoyed it.

[@angelaknebel4156]

beautiful Jussi!!!!!!! Thank you so much for this!!! His lyrical perfection voice rings out as beautifully as ever!!!! 💜 is lovely to see all the photos too!!

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Angela, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the music and also the photos.

[@angelaknebel4156]

@@michaelmcgrailengland Jussi probably my favourite tenor of all time, although I also love the likes of Domingo, Di Stefano, Vickers....but Jussi is in his own category!!!! 💜

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@angelaknebel4156 I agree with you Angela but I put three tenors at the top of my list in equal first place, Jussi, of course, and two that are probably a bit too far in the distant past for you, Enrico Caruso John McCormack.. They are closely followed by various others and especially. Joseph Schmidt, Richard Tauber, Fritz Wunderlich and Beniamino Gigli. However, as you say, there was something very special about Jussi. Thanks again for listening.

[@shicoff1398]

@@michaelmcgrailengland Bjoerling was voice wise as great later in the 1940's, but here he gave something even more of himself then in some other concerts, the Faust is sung really fantastically well and partly because he was so comfortable in his own Swedish language, as this Faust aria is in Swedish, his pure Lyric voice in its most beautiful upper reaches, but though I did see him much later in the Chicago opera house, it was very similar, but slightly darker of course in 1958, tat was almost 20 years later, still essentially the same at age 47, when I saw him in 58' as the Duke, a tough lyric role for most tenors and one that Corelli, the big voiced Spinto rage of the 1960's never sang of course. His singing would have not been best at it. In 1956 Bjoerling recorded Rigoletto with Merrill and Roberta Peters, who was then a young wonderful Gilda, at age 26, she and Merrill where also terrific on that LP recording complete, but RCA did not give us their best sound on that particular recording. The sound in the 1956 Boheme is excellent, that same year.

[@shicoff1398]

@@michaelmcgrailengland Yes Schmidt was terrific, dead even before his Prime .

[@franklincox9508]

Thank you! He's my favorite tenor of all.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Franklin, thank you for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. I uploaded two others recently that I'm sure you'd like.The first is six great stereo recordings from 19th Sept 1957 and the other is a concert from 1949 at the Hollywood Bowl. If you wanted to watch the videos the links are kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioisi4l7bZWXraM kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6nRoZ15i5mUoNk

[@franklincox9508]

@@michaelmcgrailengland, thank you!

[@mariantaylor7109]

That was superb TY so much

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Marian, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed it.

[@crisha721]

Thank you for this fantastic restoration. By this time his voice was at its peak. What a marvelous tone and musicality

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening Cris I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, it is a wonderful concert. If you haven't already done so have a listen to the video I uploaded recently with six arias Jussi recorded in stereo on 19th Sept 1957. The audio quality is very good and, I think, shows that, even then, only three years before he died, his voice was as good, if not better, than in 1939.

[@crisha721]

@@michaelmcgrailengland I will check it out. Thank you very much

[@curthyhammarberg3358]

Felice di leggere tutti i Belli apprezzamenti su Jussi ..Io l'ho visto più volte a Stoccolma...❤

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks again for listening Curthy, that's a great memory of Jussi to have, you are very lucky.

[@suffes1]

Good job Michael! Again! This was a very good concert by Jussi. His pure, resilient, lyrical voice was at its peak here.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thank you for listening, I was hoping that you would like this one but I'm still a bit unsure as to whether I did Jussi's voice justice. On one set of headphones it sounded right, on the other set and the hi fi system it sounded a bit harsh so in the end I decided to leave it as it was and hope it sounded good to most listeners. As you say Jussi was at his very best in this concert. i presume that the recording was made to broadcast on radio because the CD notes say that, a few days later, he was to inaugurate the concert season in Holland with the same programme at Kurzaal, Scheveningen under the baton of Ernest Ansermet. The notes don't actually say where this concert took place.

[@suffes1]

@@michaelmcgrailengland What I would like to say is that no recording technique could do Jussi's early pure lyrical voice real justice. Especially in the treble, the depth or range is not captured. Gets like a little too sharp. I think it has to do with his tone concentration. But this is just an opinion. With the material you have to start from, however, it is a very good job you do. There is probably a single recording from the late fifties that somewhat captures Jussis at that time more lyrically-spinto voice. Does not have it in my head right now but will come back about it. "The notes do not actually say where this concert took place"? Do you mean this concert?

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@suffes1 Thanks for your message. Yes I did mean this concert, the exact wording in the notes is "He was invited to inaugurate the concert season at the Kuzaal, Scheveningen, under the baton of Ernest Ansermet. A few days earlier, however, Jussi Bjorling had sung the same programme at a concert conducted by Frieder Weissmann. The recording made on that occasion,presented here,----------------" Actually, reading it now I suppose it means that it was in the same venue. Let me know what the recording you mention is when it comes to mind.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@suffes1 I've just found the venue, it was at AVRO studios, Hilversum. Wikipedia states;-AVRO Studios is a building complex and national heritage site in Hilversum, where the radio and TV studios and the head office of the Dutch public broadcasting association AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or "General Association of Radio Broadcasting")

[@suffes1]

@@michaelmcgrailengland OK, good to know! I found the recording. I myself had commented that it sounded authentic. Getting pretty close to Jussi as he sounded. So here he is lyrical-spinto so you should not compare him with the 30s and early 40s. When listening to this, run the highest volume. Send the wife and dog for a walk and warn your neighbors! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6mXhaWrYtKSrNU

[@dubbelhenke854]

Goosebumps as always.....🎶

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening Dubbel, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

[@shicoff1398]

A sensational concert, probably his best musically but the voice was almost always very great as it is here in his 20's.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

As you know, another of my top favourites. Did you see the latest post I did of him "live" at the Met? It's at kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5yah5KBfZWJjJo

[@shicoff1398]

@@michaelmcgrailengland Yes, I have a LP set that was put out long ago from the 1948 Met. Brdcst. The complete Boheme but not in very good sound.

[@albertogallo8752]

Memorable, la voz más hermosa voz de tenor de todos los tiempos.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Alberto.

[@josephdeery4931]

Hi Michael, just wonderful listening to these wonderful voices singing quietly that usually would be completely lost is eye opening just amazing to here there tone and distant instruments that again you would only here with difficulty is wonderful!!!!!!! I feel it is like being there at there time thank you very very much you are giving so much joy!!!!!!! Thank you Joe

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Hi Joe, thank you for listening and for your kind words. Most people don't seem to notice any improvement in the sound so I can't tell you how satisfying and encouraging it is when I receive a message such as yours. It gives me a lot of joy reading the comments of listeners who enjoy the music. All the best from Yorkshire.

[@sheilamillar]

Heaven at 8 o’clock this morning.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening Sheila, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

[@reginaltedbrown]

On this day in 1960 we lost JUSSI BJORLING ,he now stands to left of GOD !

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Reginal.

[@Rosangela161]

1939!! It's my contemporary recording!!! Thank you for sharing this beautiful presentation. Applause and congratulations. Lovely art work. Great job on the sound.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening/watching and for your kind words Rosa Angela, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video, it's a great selection of music with Jussi at his best and actually I was lucky enough to come across the CD for next to nothing at a car boot sale a few years ago.

[@Rosangela161]

@@michaelmcgrailengland Encore!!! Applause and congratulations.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@Rosangela161 Thank you Rosa, It is a great concert.

[@johnthomas5129]

Absolutely fantastic thank you again Michael

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's a great pleasure John, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video.

[@curthyhammarberg3358]

❤Forse cera gelosia nei confronti di Jussi..troppo perfetto❤

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening again and for your comment Curthy, I'm sure that you will be right.

[@sylviawillink4717]

thank you for Jussi and Conductor Frieder Weissmann in 1939!

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Sylvia, thank you for listening again and for your comment.

[@Xerxes89]

Thank you very much. Beautiful as always.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure, thank you for listening, I.m really pleased that you enjoyed it.

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Ve devait un homme plein de gentillesse 😍😊💐💐💐🌹🌹🌹

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Yes, I'm sure you are right Marie-Jeanne.

[@1VirginiaL]

I appreciated every second of this Michael...along with the remarkable collection of photos you have assembled. I have been amazed at how the splendor of his voice rings through even lower quality recordings...almost as if the recording quality does not even matter...but then you come upon a recording done with better equipment, and even more depth of timbre shines through...

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening/watching Virginia I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. Yes I completely agree with you. In the dim, distant past we used to listen to the old 78s and then LPs and the most that you could do to improve the sound was to reduce rumbling and crackling a little, you, basically, just appreciated them and enjoyed them as they were. But the new digital technology has given the opportunity to appreciate them even more and sometimes, with the very old ones like Caruso and McCormack it's almost as though you are hearing the recording for the first time. I have some nice stereo recordings of Jussi from 1957 that I'm going to upload soon and just that small improvement in quality allows you to hear the detailed beauty of his voice more clearly.

[@1VirginiaL]

@@michaelmcgrailengland Oh, I do remember when the 33 1/3 LP's came in...we thought that was really hi-tech, over the 78 RPM's...will look forward very much to that 1957 upload!

[@annerice4546]

I have loved a few people in my life. Some I married some I didn’t. The ones I loved without knowing them. As a child I loved Roy Rodgers for years. Oscar Wilde as I got older. Now I love Jussi. Just having them around, gives me an inner love that keeps my life complete. So sad I know.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Anne. It's not sad at all, it sounds like the same course that many a person's life has run and anyway, who couldn't love the great Jussi Bjorling. Christmas has gone now, of course, but I bet that you would enjoy this video. It has good quality sound, colourized photos and a spoken Christmas greeting from Jussi. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKaqgZahqpd6nsU Thanks again for listening.

[@neildarling2404]

You are not alone.

[@sundayoliver3147]

I don't find it sad, either. The kind of loves you describe expand us and enrich us. Nothing sad about that!

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Magnifique 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening Marie Jeanne, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.. When you have time have a listen to these three that I uploaded recently, I'm sure you would like them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKaqgZahqpd6nsU kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioisi4l7bZWXraM kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6nRoZ15i5mUoNk

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Sil vous plaît commentes en français merci pour votre gentillesse 💖😍

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@marie-jeannevallecalle9991 merci d'avoir écouté

[@curthyhammarberg3358]

Il più bello e capace non lo scordare❤

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for you comment Curthy.

[@LarsNygren-k6x]

Den störste sångaren som har levat! Ord kan inte beskriva den helt fantastiska röst Jussi Björling hade. Hans röst kommer alltid att leva och beröra de som lyssnar till insjungningarna han gjorde.

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Très belles photos merci beaucoup ☺️ ♥️ ♥️ 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖 💖

[@marie-jeannevallecalle9991]

Photo très touchante 😍🌹🌸🌸🌸

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Glad you like them.

[@AnneDekle]

Quite a voice, very listenable, and memorable-never really tire of it. Interesting, whatever language, he always sings with the same fullness and quality, very consistent and even, with color always the same-and always with an incredible line. Of note, his first and primary teacher was his Dad who supposedly sang a while at the Met when Cauruso was there. Like Cauruso and Gigli, though without the Italianate sound, he seems to sing every song a little bit slower than “usual”, holding that line throughout, taking a breath whenever he pleases, holding high notes at will and getting maximum effect. I have read reviews saying he had a small voice-maybe (?) sounding small in the big Met house (?) but I took him to his last Atlanta concert ( really good recording available) at Glynn Memorial Church ( Emory University) where size of his voice sounded magnificent,lacking nothing.He told me that the acoustics there were the best he had ever encountered., He was pretty much all business and said little.I noticed in his dressing room before the recital he took a little of something, maybe cognac.Whatever it was did not appear to have any adverse effect on the voice which was riveting.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment.

[@colinbrigham8253]

Incomparable thanks 😊ll

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Colin, thank you for listening.

[@richardfrankel6102]

Fabulous transfers! I've known these recordings since the Lp era, this is the best they've ever sounded.Well done!

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening Richard and thanks for your kind words, I really appreciate them.

[@petergraham8681]

The only recording of Björling‘s FLOWER SONG where he sings the written diminuendo B flat that I have yet to hear. He could have done this at the end of CELESTE AIDA as well on the AIDA studio recording but someone seemed to have talked him out of it. This is a great compilation & the mid section of the INGEMISCO, may be the best in my experience. It matters little to me that much is sung in his native language. These performances are also included as a bonus on his live ROMEO still available on the MYTOS label hopefully.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Peter. I have it on a 1985 Bluebird CD together with a 1954 Norway concert.

[@gemmadestate3216]

Thank you so much, dear Michael God bless you!

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Gemma, thank you for listening, it's lovely to hear from you. I uploaded two more videos of Jussi recently that I think you might enjoy. One is of six arias recorded in stereo on 19th Sept 1957 and the other is a concert he gave at the Hollywood Bowl in 1949. If you wanted to watch the videos I've put links below. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioisi4l7bZWXraM kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6nRoZ15i5mUoNk

[@colinbrigham8253]

Thank you wonderful 😊

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure Colin, thank you for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video.

[@petergraham8681]

These same recordings have turned up in other venues (such as Bonus tracks on some complete Bjorling sets on MYTOS several of which I have.) Some are among the best recordings he made of: INGEMISCO & SALUT DEMEURE (in Swedish), for example. Even at this time Bjorling could show some spinto qualities as in O PARADISO & unusual at the time he sang a diminuendo on the FLOWER Song.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Peter.

[@JamtlandsRA]

Thank you for postning this!

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

It's my pleasure, Berit, thank you for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.

[@johnpage4581]

Simply the best,2nd to no one

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment John.

[@RaulRossi-ts3zu]

Realmente Maravilloso.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@RaulRossi-ts3zu Thanks for listening Raul.

[@richardneedham2134]

In a class of his own. I wonder if audiences realised this at the time?

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Richard. It's a good question, but many these days certainly regard him as one of the best, if not the best ever.

[@dawnadriennetaylor970]

I assure you they did and were very disappointed with what came along much later.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@dawnadriennetaylor970 Thanks for listening and for your comment Dawn.

[@miguelemiliovidal2150]

Bella Vocce Bjorling

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Miguel.

[@emailvonsour]

*voce

[@hrbooksmusic7878]

Thank you so much for this extraordinarily beautiful video, Michael! I enjoyed every minute, every second of it! Where do we hear singing like that in our day? Let me make an educated guess: Nowhere?! I hope your Easter holidays were pleasant; presently I‘m fighting against time issues, so I was a little (much too) slow to wish you a Happy Easter in time. I‘m sorry! Isn‘t your birthday in April? Unfortunately I don‘t know the exact date... Anyway, all the best! And lots of luck! 🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Hello Harriet, lovely to hear from you, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, it is a great concert. Yes, actually I'm 80 on the 29th of this month, yet another millstone, sorry, I meant milestone, of course. Best regards from pleasantly sunny Yorkshire.

[@hrbooksmusic7878]

@@michaelmcgrailengland Thank you, Michael, for telling me your birthday... and I know what you mean by „accidentally“ calling it a millstone... I won‘t be home on the 29th (a little vacation in Italy - wanted and needed!) and with (probably) no internet I‘ll not be able to send my greetings on that very day, but I promise to think of you!!! Shamrocks and Glücksklee in their spiritual form will be floating from Lago Maggiore to Yorkshire!!! ☘️🍀☘️🍀☘️ Best regards from sunny Franken to equally sunny Yorkshire! ☀️☀️☀️

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@hrbooksmusic7878 That sounds wonderful Harriet, have a great time.

[@hrbooksmusic7878]

@@michaelmcgrailengland Thank you! You too... Will you spend your birthday at home, throwing the party of your lifetime - or maybe a little more secluded... in Ireland...?

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@hrbooksmusic7878 I'm not a party person these days so, weather permitting, we are just going to a little town in the Dales for a walk and lunch

[@johnhoie1]

This sounds like a very fine recording for the era. How was it restored? Sounds like peak Jussi, which means peak tenor.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening John I'm glad that you like the restoration, it's a system that I devised myself about 5 years ago, mainly to try to improve the old acoustic recordings of Caruso, McCormack etc. CD companies seem to concentrate on simply reducing noise rather than improving the sound of the music. I suppose that Jussi was at his peak then but, if you get time, have a listen to a video that I uploaded recently of six arias that he recorded in stereo on 19th Sept 1957.The recordings were only made to fill one of the LPs in a complete opera recording but I think they captured very well how Jussi's great artistry and vocal powers had remained intact. Thanks again for listening, the link to the video that I mentioned is kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioisi4l7bZWXraM

[@johnhoie1]

@@michaelmcgrailengland I did listen to it. I also have that recording on vinyl, the 4th side of the Cavalleria Rusticana recording. That recording is the first time I ever heard his voice, over 50 years ago.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@johnhoie1 Thanks for your message John, I just thought that you may not have heard those excellent recordings.

[@sylviawillink4717]

Dear Michel, have you seen my Frieder Weissmann-videos?Beautiful conductor!(1893-1984)

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Hello Sylvia, thanks for your message. I've had a look at your channel content and two that I saw were Richard Tauber recordings with Frieder Weissmann conducting. Richard Tauber is one of my favourite tenors. I was familiar with Frieder Weissmann's name but didn't know anything about him. I looked him up on Wikipedia and in addition to other details of his interesting life, now know that you and he were good friends. I also know that you are a renowned Sculptor and painter who has produced some beautiful works of art. Congratulations. All the best from Yorkshire, England.

[@MountainwalkwithMusic]

Michael! Who is third Caruso? Bjorling's tears come from his throat.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

I'm not sure but I hear that there's a young man in South Korea called Chang who sings in the mountains and passes messages to me from Caruso perhaps he could be the third Caruso. I love your latest video and it also makes me appreciate how nice the Abba song melodies were.

[@MountainwalkwithMusic]

@@michaelmcgrailengland Oh! my GOD!! Thank you so much. I decided changing my name with Changruso. I really happy!!! I consider spring flowers are winners endured winter cold. And Michael is winner against YOU TUBE and achievement gold trophy. Today's climbing mountain is fantastic.

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

@@MountainwalkwithMusic I knew you would be up a mountain somewhere. Enjoy the day.

[@shicoff1398]

​T there was only one Caruso, one Bjoerling , one Tucker, one Gigli, one Mc Cormack, one MDM, One Corelli and one film, concert, radio and TV singer Mario Lanza! All are unique.

[@MountainwalkwithMusic]

@@shicoff1398 You are absolutely right.

[@luigigiovanelli8929]

Si può cantare meglio di Jussi ? NO .

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Luigi.

[@TonyGonzalez-jz8jm]

Nobody like him

[@michaelmcgrailengland]

Thanks for listening and for your comment Tony.