Ideale (Tosti) : Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Jussi Bjorling (New restorations) 

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.