Ideale (Tosti) : Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Jussi Bjorling (New restorations)
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- These are my personal three favourites of the great tenors of the past singing Tosti's lovely song Ideale. The recordings are as follows
0:00 Enrico Caruso 30th Dec 1906.
3:27 John McCormack 1909
6:59 Jussi Bjorling 5th Sept 1937
10:24 Just the last few bars of the three merged together as a trio.
I have tried to improve the general audio quality and just for effect, to disguise noise and give a smooth transition between tracks I have added applause.
The song translates to English as-
I followed you like a rainbow of peace
along the paths of heaven;
I followed you like a friendly torch
in the veil of darkness,
and I sensed you in the light, in the air,
in the perfume of flowers,
and the solitary room was full
of you and of your radiance.
Absorbed by you, I dreamed a long time
of the sound of your voice,
and earth's every anxiety, every torment
I forgot in that dream.
Come back, dear ideal, for an instant
to smile at me again,
and in your face will shine for me
a new dawn. - เพลง
0:00 Enrico Caruso 30th Dec 1906.
3:27 John McCormack 1909
6:59 Jussi Bjorling 5th Sept 1937
10:24 Just the last few bars of the three merged together as a trio
I share your opinion,Michael.
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@@gemmadestate3216 Thank you Gemma.
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@@user-ei9rd7fu5j Thanks for listening, Caruso has been at the top of my list of favourite tenors for many years.
These brilliant tenors will be listened to in 500 years time. Pretenders like Michael Phelps, dimash won't! These are Tenors with exceptional voices. Thanks for this Michael McGrail 🇮🇪👍.
It's my pleasure Isaiah, thanks for listening. These three share top place in my list of favourite tenors and I read recently that when Charles Wagner, an American entrepreneur, agree to be Jussi Bjorling's manager sometime in the 1930s, he said that he was doing so because he thought that Jussi's voice had the best qualities of both Caruso and McCormack.
Yes i totaly agree with you
@@rogerengblom5061 Thanks for listening and for your comment Roger.
I had never heard of McCormack before and I' am absolutely astounded!
Thank you!
It's my pleasure Stelios, thanks for listening, I'm really pleased that the video introduced you to the great voice of John McCormack. He's been my favourite tenor since I first heard him about 60 years ago, partly, I suppose , because, like me, he had Irish ancestory but mainly because of the beauty of his voice and his wonderful technique.
I've uploaded quite a few of his recordings and another that you might like to listen to that perfectly demonstrates his skills and by which he said that he would be happy for his reputation as a singer to stand or fall is of the Mozart aria Il Mio Tesoro. I've put a link to the video below. Thanks again for listening.
th-cam.com/video/is786IixC4w/w-d-xo.html
OMG! Three gods.
Thanks for listening Eddie, I'm glad that you like them, they share first place in my list of favourite tenors.
All three sing so beautiful. The nice thimg is that they have different and beautiful voices. Thank you for this ideo, sinnging Michael! Again.
It's my pleasure Peder, thank you for listening. These three share top place in my list of favourite tenors.As you say, all different, but great in their own individual way.
A Jussi "Fan Girl"... But here... McCormack nearly made me cry. What a feeling in singing this! I'm deeply touched.
The end with the three wonderful Tenors... Thank you for that! 🍀
Thanks for listening Sandra,I'm glad that you like it and particularly McCormack's wonderful singing on this one, and the last bit with the three together. Jussi's recording is also very beautiful, of course, but Caruso is not really at his best. These are my three favourite tenors and I suppose if I really had to choose between the three it would have to be McCormack, partly because he was Irish and I have Irish ancestry and he sings many of the Irish songs that I love.
@@michaelmcgrailengland thank you for the hint with the irish songs... I think I'll search for them. Irish anchestry... Be proud. Years ago I had the pleasure to listen to an unknown irish singer in a little pub (not in Ireland - unfortunately). The irish people were open, communicative, and very friendly. And, oh! , they could really celebrate!
Another wonderful selection, I love Tosti and although I don’t like to choose the singers I must say that this time Caruso is my favourite!! Thank you so much Michael!
It's my pleasure Neus, thank you for listening, I'm glad that you like the video. I also love Tosti's songs and I agree that it's difficult to pick the best, I like all three and the difference in audio quality always has an adverse effect on the older recordings.
@@michaelmcgrailengland True, and the age of the recording and the singer both, must be considered of course Acoustic versus Electric etc. , an old Caruso record, compared to a 1930's electric isn't always a completely fair and even playing field, but we can always also consider a singer for the way he sings it, emotion Etc. and as a polished musician, which is another aspect of his singing, so that all plays into it for me, it isn't just the voice alone, that is for me anyhow.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Yes, a well said fact here you point out!
If G_d decided to sing ... he would undoubtedly sound exactly like Enrico Caruso ... simply fabulous.
Bjoerling ...mi voto
Thanks for listening and for your comment Jose.
Great sound and selection of one of my fav arias! Never heard McCormack before so it was a big surprise, he has a beautiful voice. However my favs in this particular aria are Gigli, DiSteffano and JB.
I really enjoyed your video
Thanks for listening Don I'm very pleased that you enjoyed the video and that it introduced you to the great John McCormack, he made many wonderful recordings but, unfortunately recording technology was very poor when his voice was at it's best.
I've improved my system a little since I did this video and, if I get time, I will do it again and include Gigli and DiStefano.
Firstly it's FP Tosti ... the song is otherworldly and musically phenomenal ... and the words are fantastic... it's just brilliant and beautiful.
The interpretations: Caruso 1, Bjorling 2, McCormack close at 3 ... each one is fabulous.... Caruso's voice has such incredible chiaro scurro and emotion ... it's a masterpiece ... the lower register is rich and dark , the middle full and strong tenoric, and the top is heroically tenor ... when Caruso sings the last line: torna caro ideale, torna, torna... his voice effortlessly softly goes into the vocal stratosphere and the higher it goes up to a B, I think B ... it almost sounds like his voice is miraculously descending as it in fact ascends ... it's a masterpiece of bel canto singing ... in my opinion.
Bjorling has fantastic tenoric quality... less color in the lower register than EC and not sure what he's singing at the end ... "as written" I'd say ... beautiful bel canto ... he mispronounces the word "Ideale" .... that's a plus for Caruso... it's EC's native language.
And McCormack ... beautiful lite lovely tenor ... effortlessly floating up to the high note and every other note.
I'd be happy listening to this and only this recording everyday for the remainder of my time here and be quite content.... thanks so much.
It's a great pleasure KP, thank you for listening and for your comment, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video. Ideale has been one of my favourite songs since I first heard McCormack's recording about 60 years ago and the singers here share first place in my list of tenors. They are closely followed by others but, for me the voices of these three together have all the qualities you could wish for in a tenor.
I uploaded a compilation video that you might like of another of Tosti's songs, L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra. It doesn't include McCormack because, unfortunately, he didn't record it but it does include great recordings by Caruso and Bjorling. If ever you fancy listening to it the link is th-cam.com/video/2ccZ68KJWsw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks again for listening.
Absolutely beautiful, the sound of all three much improved from other versions I have listened to in the past. McCormack and Bjorling particularly suited to this song in my opinion, exquisite singing.
Thanks for listening, I'm glad that you like the video. I agree with you about the McCormack and Bjorling recordings but I do love Caruso's version until the last note that he seems to struggle with for some reason.
@@michaelmcgrailengland, Caruso's voice has been changing over the years. You can hear that listening his O Paradiso (1906), La donna a mobile (1907) and Vesti la giubba (1908). While recordings made in 1903 up to 1905 showed his lyric color. After 1908, his voice became strictly dramatic. Probably due to heavy smoking... Also, his voice was not as high as other tenors. Some expressed opinion he should be a baritone. It has taken at least four or even Five years to master his high C. He rarely used it however.
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Listen to all kind of music. This was Nice jussi is my favorit
Thanks for listening Anneli, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Like you, I also enjoy all kinds of music.
Both Caruso and McCormack are splendid, having heard Bjorling in Opera and my grandfather having sung in Opera with them all. I will take my opinion of my grandfather, who apart from singing with them also wrote notes and essays on the singers he knew saw and sung with all his life, being born in 1879 he died at 98 in 1977 his last performance he saw was a Pavarotti Nemorino.
It is also an interesting fact that Caruso when he visited Adelina Patti at her home in Craig y Nos Cwmtawe in the early 1900's sang this with Landon Ronald on the piano, with a small audience of Miners from a Coal mine at Ystradgynlais, who were part of a Cor Meibion ( Male Voice Choir ) and were also guests of Madame Patti, oh I would loved to have heard that.
His opinion on Caruso was that he was simply Unique, Range colours shadings dynamics he had everything, but his voice was Large and it would become larger as it left his body, he was able to sing Mozart which he did with Success in London, McCormack certainly sung Mozart but he was not able to match Caruso in Floridity in Don Giovanni at that time in the 1900's there were many great Mozart tenors Russian Smirnov was a great Mozart in any Language , so to was the Heldentenor Heinrich Knote and Jadlowker , but he would opine that the best after Caruso in his mind better than Wittrisch or Roswaenge was the Hungarian Koloman von Pataky, whom he sang with at Covent Garden and Glyndebourne in the Thirties.
Now back to Ideale, I am going to say I like the three they are all very fine recordings, but a fact that has to be said that Caruso made all of his recording accoustically and on ONE take, that was to save money.
McCormack knew how great Caruso was and he revered his Great Friend, McCormack was no Caruso. that is for sure but a truly great likeable and lovely man and singer.
Jussi Bjoerling my Grandfather heard first on his early records and Radio from Vienna, when he came to London before the war he was looking forward to seeing him and hearing him in the flesh as to say, he was to sing Manrico in Il Trovatore, I think Aida as well, but I have not found my Grandfathers notes on that.
I can say that he was not disappointed but he had Caveats, he noted, " I have heard many Great and not so great Manrico's, I had sung the role myself with success in Nice and Lyon in 1902 " Mr Bjorling certainly has a beautiful and Italianate voice, he has not quite mastered the Language yet, but that matters not, it is a very Beautiful voice, but he was not good Histrionically and moved with the least movement possible, also the Voice was not carrying, people were complaining that he was not hearable in the Auditorium, I thought at the time that was petty, but having listened to the BBC recording a week later I could see the point, he needs to place the voice towards the auditorium, otherwise it is lost, he will learn and I am sure that will not be the last we will see or Hear of the young Mr Bjorling.
My Father had a friend who was an avid Opera Watcher and I believe he wrote for the Irish times, on opera and Concerts in London his name was Tommy O' Brien, who talked with my grandfather a lot in London in the twenties and thirties, my grandfather being of Brythonic Cymric lineage and Tommy of the Gaelic lineage they were like two lost Celtic cousins I believe.
Mr O ' Brien said he was not taken by Mr Bjorling who did not master the role as he had seen in London from Pertile or Merli who had strong voices with Carrying Power and he knew from fact that Caruso and Martinelli when they sang the role here were often noted for the Squillo at the back of the auditorium, but he was also very nervous, young maybe, but we shall see he said.
I saw him three times, two performances of Tosca and one of La Boheme, I thought he sang beautifully and was pleased with that, but I did say to my Father he was like a stick of wood on the stage very stiff, also if I remember it was Milanov who totally outsung him, that was Tosca, the La Boheme was different he was really superb, in his element I believe, that is the way I want to remember him.
So I would say Caruso having been Italian knew Songs like he knew his Barber and how to sing them with empathy and PATHOS for words and feeling. is certainly my favourite by a mile.
But equally I would say that all three are in Gods hand in Heaven that is for sure.
Diolch yn fawr ich i, Nos da.
It's my pleasure, thank you for listening and for your very interesting comment.
Caruso McCormack and Bjorling share first place in my list of favourite tenors but as you say, unfortunately all Caruso's recordings and those McCormack made when his voice was at it's best, were made before electrical recording started in 1925.
Your grandfather obviously had a long and fascinating career, did he make any recordings himself?
I'll bet your father's friend Tommy O'Brien was the same Tommy O'Brien who had a weekly radio show on RTE that I listened to for several years. I think that the show was devoted to the great singers of the past.
Thanks again for listening and best wishes from Yorkshire.
Just read the interesting post by garwafechan and of course I didn't see Caruso and so many others I wished (My grandfather did see them all, EC was his favorite by far) I had seen, but of course I did see Jussi in the Chicago opera house in 1958, as the Duke a role that fit his voice very well, I was 18, a lot of the opera I don't recall very well, but I do remember the "La Donna E Mobile" and his duet with the young Soprano Anna Moffo very well. The Rigoletto was baritone Gobbi. @@michaelmcgrailengland
Jussi is undoubtedly the best opera singer of the 20th century! His technique and beauty surpasses all!
Thanks also for listening and commenting on this one.
I know it's very important for Swedes to proclaim that Bjorling was the best opera singer ever or in the 20th century, rather than just enjoying his remarkable voice. However, you should take a look at Garwfechan's post for a reality check. It shouldn't dissuade you from Bjorling being your favorite tenor, but Garwfechan's post along with the Metropolitan Opera Archive critical reviews seem to be accurate. Enjoy.
@@sugarbist It is not only Swedes who considers Jussi to be one of the famoust tenors of the 20th century! Nothing you say can make me think otherwise! Thank you!😊
@@olofalriksson2464 Yes, olofalriksson, we are in agreement. I also believe that Bjorling was ''one'' of the finest and famous tenors of the 20th century.
@@olofalriksson2464 yo también considero que Bjoerling es el mejor de todos, y no soy sueco. Cuando comienzas a escuchar a Jussi, los demás pasan a segundo plano, él tiene una voz, técnica y un gusto de otro nivel. Además he escuchado la misma impresión de varios maestros de canto. Saludos
Wonderful! Thank you so much for uploading this - an absolute delight.
It's my pleasure Paul, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed it.
Wonderful great voices thanks . Nothing better to my mind than this no matter how good. Pb
It's my pleasure Peter, thanks for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. It's a wonderful song and they are my top three tenors.
Three great intrepretations. Personally I like Bjoring best
Thank you for listening Fok Wing Chau, I'm very pleased that you enjoyed the video. These three singers share first place in my list of favourite tenors.
My three favourites an early xmas present thank you
It's my pleasure Barbara, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video.
as always -just sublime thank you
Thanks for listening and for your message Marian, I thought you might like this one.
El pianissimo de Caruso al final es algo fuera de este mundo. Para mi hay dos tipos de tenores, Caruso y todos los demas... Bravo! Todo el video es sublime, Gracias Michael McGrail, tus fotos y la calidad del audio son excelentes. Mil gracias!
It's my pleasure Rogelio, thank you for listening, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video. These three share first place in my list of favourite tenors.
It is great to see another one of your videos! I like Tosti songs, and of course, I like McCormack's version the best! He always touches my heart!
Thanks for listening Phyllis I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. McCormack's recording has always been one of my absolute favourites.
I haven't uploaded anything for a while because I had a knee replacement at the end of August that made it too uncomfortable to sit at the computer for long periods, so I'll have to try to make up for lost time!!
@@michaelmcgrailengland I do hope your knee gets to feeling perfect real soon, Michael! God bless!
@@phyllisramsey9531 Thanks Phyllis.
Son maravillosos los tres. Preciosa romanza de Tosti. Para cerrar los ojos y soñar con lo mejor que pueden hacer el pensamiento y sentimiento humanos.
Thanks for listening and for your comment, I'm really pleased that you enjoyed the video. They are the three tenors who share top place in my list of favourites.
Welcome!! You did a wonderful job. All the performers interpret the melody differently and beautifully. Each one in his style. The applause gives us an approach to reality and the end... More
Hello Rosa, thanks for listening, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, it's a lovely song and these are my top three tenors. I'm glad that you like the end bit and the applause, quite a few people criticize it.
Exquisite performances especially from John McCormack and Jussi Bjorling. It's unfair to make comparisons when the difference in recording technology was much better in Jussi's era.
Thanks for listening and for your comment Diarmuid and I couldn't agree with you more.
This is my choice of day... Being a huge fan of Tosti‘s beautiful canzoni (he left us a very nice selection of songs with English lyrics as well), out of all the great videos presented on this channel it had to be „Ideale“... and once more Michael turned the three recordings into something special, adding his own devotion and admiration, his technical skills and his knack for the extraordinary: this time being the blending of the three marvelous voices he chose for the video.
Another extra: the translation of the lyrics into English and a pleasant amount of interesting pictures...
Thank you very much, Michael!!!
And no, I won‘t pick my favourite recording...
Thanks for listening Harriet, I'm glad that you like this one. My other favourite of Tosti's is LAalba Separa.
Yes,my mountain climbing South Korean TH-cam friend is a very nice man.He himself is a singer and has a very good sense of humour.He has his own TH-cam channel on which he puts videos of his walks in the mountains with a background of nice classical music.
On the subject of noise, I like listening to my restorations in the car because the engine noise seems to just overshadow the recording noise and make the music stand out more.
By the way, you mentioned that you are not perfect.Don't worry about it, I'm sure that even I am not absolutely perfect. I can't just just bring my faults to mind at the moment but I'm sure they must exist!!!
And with that I'll say good night.
@Michael McGrail
Looks like I should check out your Korean friend‘s video channel... He seems a very nice and likable man indeed!
When I wrote „never mind the noise“ what I actually meant was: „You did a hell of a good job to improve the sound quality; if there‘s still a little background noise left, that‘s probably something you (and the listeners) will just have to live with, because further improvement obviously isn‘t possible...“ Something like that. For people like us who love the wonderful and great voices of the past, there won‘t be a recording with no background noise at all. If we long for „background silence“ we‘ll have to turn to... Jonas Kaufmann, which I‘m not going to do... I prefer my „oldies but goodies“ - and so do you, if I‘m not completely mistaken...
Forgetting about the few weaknesses people like you may (or may not) have, is probably one of the benefits of growing... wise...
Have a very nice evening! 🍀
@@hrbooksmusic7878 You're right about the noise. I can't remember if it was on one of mine but one comment was something like "very nice, but I miss the crackling"
I certainly agree with you about the oldies but goodies, my top singers basically end at Jussi Bjorling.
I liked the old music when I was young and when I started going out with my wife, who had just started in the office where I worked, one of the girls said to her "he's alright, but he likes weird music"
I've remembered my only fault, it's modesty!!!
Bye for now.
@Michael McGrail
Judging by your little story (love it!), very obviously weird music is good music!!!
I fell in love with „weird music“ when I was six years old... Literally falling out of bed after a nightmare, I stumbled into our living room where my parents sat in front of the TV watching „The Great Caruso“, starring Mario Lanza. The scene presented Lanza singing „Torna a Surriento“ to a very lovely Ann Blyth, listening in awe and utter delight. That‘s probably what I looked like, too, nightmare forgotten and all... I just wanted to watch that movie! My parents gave a thumbs up when they realized there was no chance to persuade me to go back to bed (I was a stubborn child, but very easy to handle as soon as people surrendered to my superior judgement). That was the beginning of it all...
In a record store somewhere in the US I once looked for CDs by Mario Lanza. When I wasn‘t able to find any, I asked one of the sellers, a young man who looked totally lost and puzzled... I started to explain, and after a while it dawned upon him, his mouth fell open, he stared at me and said (with slight disgust): „Oh, you are looking for that long-haired stuff...“
I had never heard that term before, now I know what it stands for. Back ghen I only stared back, because he wore his hair long, and I tried to figure out whether there was a connection between my musical preferences and trendy hairstyles...
Oh dear, lengthy answer again... Please accept my (not entirely sincere) apologies!
Best regards and have a very nice day!!!
@@hrbooksmusic7878 Sorry for the late reply Harriet, and forgive me if I don't reply at all, I often get to bed and think"damn, I forgot to to do this that and the other".
That's an interesting story about Mario Lanza and long hair. I'd forgotten that classical music used to be described as something like "long haired music".
I'll bet Mario Lanza and the film The Great Caruso turned quite a few people towards Opera and classical singing, it certainly influenced me. Mind you, at that time I was more into Rock and Roll, Jazz,Irish music and Country music. And actually, nothing has changed because I still love those genres but since added music like Classical and Opera. I just love music, I don't care what sort it is, if it pleases my ear I like it.
The first tenor that took my ear was an Irish singer called Josef Locke, my parents used to listen to a weekly radio program that he had and he sang lots of the lovely old Irish ballads. He didn't do classical music but he told the story of how he once stood in for Gigli who was ill. He had to sing an Italian song that he knew the melody of but not the Italian words so he basically just mumbled unintelligible words.When he finished the audience applauded loudly.
I'll say Gute Nacht as I must get back to my weird music!!!
All 3 are outstanding, however I personally I single out Björling especially above the other two here. . During these early years his musicianship in addition to the sheer beauty of his lyric voice were unsurpassed, IMO. Gigli had that special, Italian lyric timbre but could not match Björling in artistry. The same could be said of Di Stefano a few years later.
Thanks for listening to this one also Peter. Actually these three singers share first place in my list of favourite tenors.
Очень красиво, божественный Бьерлинг!
Thanks for also listening to this one, I'm glad that you like it.
Björling and McCormac have the voices for this!
Caruso the best.
Thanks for listening and for your comment Jaime.
Caruso does sing it beautifully, as he did in all his recordings.
Have you ever listened to Tito Schipa's recordings?
Schipa was a superb interpreter of famous arias..
Yes Gemma, I certainly have, he was a wonderful singer. I've only uploaded two of his as part of compilations but I intend to do others soon.The first will be one of my own favourites Le Violette. If you wanted to have a listen to the two that I have uploaded I've put the links below..
th-cam.com/video/wojqQLiDyfk/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/YicAXrCwAeI/w-d-xo.html
Bjorling,Mc Cormack................. Caruso.
Thanks for listening and for your comment Eduardo.
Thank you brilliant. Wow, the superimposition of the three on the last moments of the song. John Benson, MD
Thanks for listening John, I'm glad that you enjoyed it (especially the three of them together at the end).
Difficile de choisir.....- 1 . Bjoerling .
Thanks for listening and for your comment.
My favorite tenors with their birth year: Enrico Caruso 1873, John McCormack 1884, Beniamino Gigli 1890, Joseph Schmidt 1904, Jussi Bjorling 1943. Since there were those who had never heard McCormack, I suspect they never heard Schmidt. For many years McCormack was my favorite, but that was before I discovered Joseph Schmidt.
The technical quality of the Bjorling recording is far above the other two. It is much more natural sounding. This is an even bigger problem for sopranos. I have tried to compare Ponselle with Tebaldi, but while I absolutely love Tebaldi, I have trouble with the technical quality of most Ponselle recordings.
Thanks for listening and for your comment Cary. The audio quality of the Caruso and McCormack recordings is poor compared to the Bjorling recording but, as you probably know, prior to 1925 there were no microphones or other electrical aids in recording studios, it was all done mechanically by the the singer singing into a horn with a needle or stylus attached to a diaphragm at the narrow end that scratched the vibrations into a soft wax disc that was then used to produce the records and you must make allowances for this. Also the orchestras used then were very basic compared to those used in the electrical era. Many of Rosa Ponselle's recordings were acoustic, made before 1925 and again the audio on those will be poor compared to Tebaldi's recordings which will all be electrical.
By the way our choice of tenors is very similar as the three who share my top spot are Caruso McCormack and Bjorling and they are very closely followed by Schmidt, Tauber and Gigli.
Thanks again for listening.
Caruso mi piace tantissimo ...ha un modo di esprimere le parole che non trovo in nessun altro! Fenomeno! Bravissimo anche McCormack,con un bel piano finale! Bjorljng tenore stupendo,da prova con il suo strumento di essere un fenomeno come Enrico! Grazie
It's my pleasure, thank you for listening and for your comment, these three share first place in my list of favourite tenors.
no disrespect to any of these incredible artists. However, that being said, Jussi owns this!
Thanks for listening and for your comment Manuel.
That is, this is humiliating mere mortals. So at least we will remember how small we are before the almighty, after Jesus Christ, of course.
Thanks for listening and for your comment.
Honestly, why do you have to bring Jesus Chris into this? He had nothing to do with the song or the performances.
When they begin the begin
Thanks for listening Edward. Although once again you don't mention the video, I take it that you like it.
When they begin the beguine
It brings back the sound of music so tender,
It brings back a night of tropical splendor,
It brings back a memory ever green.
All beautiful but some things just belong to Bjorling.
Thanks for listening Trudi, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
I agree. John Benson, MD
유씨브요링이가곡분야에서 서정성이돋보인다
Thanks for listening and for your comment.
Maybe it's the audio of the time, but Bjorling sounds far and away the best of the three. No comparison at all.
Thanks for listening William. The audio quality does make a big difference but I'm sure that Jussi's singing would still sound wonderful, even with poor quality audio.
How did you make ending sound? Very unique. Thank you.
The pleasure is all mine, thanks for listening.
It took a while to do the ending but luckily the pitch of all three was the same so I didn't have change that but the timings were all different.
I took a section of two of the recordings from the same starting point, one above the other on the computer screen and then cut bits out of each one until they matched as closely as possible and ended at about the same point. I then merged the two together as one track and went through the same process with the third track to merge it with the first two.
Thanks for your interest.
@@michaelmcgrailengland Thanks for reply. Even though different speed but pitch is same. I got it.
This February is very warm in England I heard. Take care Michael.
@@MountainwalkwithMusic Hello Chang. Yes, the weather is mild for February but it isn't hot. It was 15C today but set to get colder again by the end of the week.
I watched your latest video yesterday and enjoyed it very much. What was the music, I thought that it sounded familiar but couldn't put a name to it. I have hundreds of recordings of the old Irish tunes played on acoustic guitar and also the harp.
I watched your video of the Chopin piece and it certainly is not crappy, if it really is you playing you do a first class job. I did wonder though why the two hands had "made in China" printed on them!!!
@@michaelmcgrailengland Michael, thank you for watching my video. The guitar song is a guitar arrangement of Korean pop songs. The song's name is Magic Castle.
th-cam.com/video/DB-2ak5O2yc/w-d-xo.html This is original version.
The Chopin video I played was able to find the file that I thought I had lost and upload it.
Michael, I don't understand the meaning of this sentence. (I did wonder though why the two hands had "made in China" printed on them!!!) Is that a compliment? Yundi Li or LangLang? Made in Korea?
Hahaha!!!
my favourite is Schippa's, so tenderly sung
Thanks for listening Joseph I love Tito Schipa myself and almost included him in this video. However I decided to try merging the singers at the end and an extra one made it too complicated.
@@michaelmcgrailengland oh I see, it was a great video! Hearing each of their unique interpretational side by side. Have u heard Antonio Aramburo's recording of this song? I might be butchering his name as I did Tito Schipa's -- but Aramburo's is almost the opposite of Schipa's, it's a visceral, instinctive, almost animalistic way of singing this song. Very thrilling.
@@josephthompson607 Thanks for you message Joseph, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video even with Schipa missing.
I've got to admit that I had never heard of Antonio Aramburo until you mentioned him, he sounds like an interesting character. It's impossible to judge him properly when the recordings of him are so poor and he was in his 60's but, taking that into account he certainly makes a good job of Ideale.
When I first took an interest in classical music about 60 years ago I listened to many singers and musicians and once I had selected my favourites I more or less stuck to those and only very occasionally listened to others.
@@michaelmcgrailengland I'm glad you liked it, and yes the quality of recording is primitive.
I am still at that stage of finding my taste in music and musicians, being eighteen. I started listening to these vintage recordings about three years ago and was hooked! But as u can probably guess, not anyone in my generation or pretty much any generation alive today, listens to this music (that I know personally) and think it's weird that I like it.
But I luv the comment sections on these TH-cam videos, it gives me a sense of community and makes me feel less weird😂
Thanks for taking the time to talk to me about this great music
@@josephthompson607 You lucky lad Joseph being just 18 years old with all that wonderful music to discover, I'm 79 now. My own top three favourite tenors are John McCormack, Enrico Caruso and Jussi Bjorling.
By the way, I worked in an office many years ago and started going out with a girl who came to work there. One day, one of the others girls who had know me for some years said to her "he's OK but he's got a weird taste in music".It didn't put her off me as we eventually married.
Keep enjoying the music.
Alessandro Moreschi ❤
Thanks for listening and for your comment. For me Alessandro Moreschi's recording is just an interesting document of the castrato voice, It's definitely not something that I enjoy listening to.
Como siempre jussy Bjorling el mejor en todas las las comparaciones. Su voz es mas bonita y perfecta que la de Caruso.
Thanks again for listening.
Tal vez, Bjorling sea el mejor de los discos, pero no de la opera. Se lees muchas de las resenas criticas del archivo Metropolitano, te daras quenta de que Caruso era superior en todos los sentidos.
The "clapping" for the boss should have been 4 minutes long.
Thanks for listening Kirk, you are probably right!!!
Hecho en falta a Beniamino Gigli
Thanks for listening and for your comment.
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Caruso y Bjoerling tenían efectivamente mejores voces , pero les cito a que escuchen esta canción al Tagliavini joven y observaran un ajuste muy superior en el estilo y en el gusto , siempre teñido de melancolía y desesperanza , que aporta el tenor de Reggio Emilia.
Thanks for listening and for your comment Angel. I do like Tagliavini but the three singers on this video share top place in my list of favourite tenors.