I'm Italian and we have heard a thing or two where singing is concerned. There has never been anyone like this guy. When they say "like a bell", it's his voice that they're thinking about. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to everyone, and thank you so much, Mr.Bjoerling!
This is my favorite recording of O Holy Night....which I sang during Midnight Mass Communion in 1944. Jussi's voice and this recording are magnificent. I was privileged to hear him in concert live in 1959. What a voice!!
Aren't you lucky! My father loved jussi bjorling. And so do I and my two brothers we are in our 60s. We would've loved to see this phenomenal tenor live, in beautiful Sweden 🇸🇪. He sings this the way it should be sung, absolute perfection👍🇨🇮..
Not-human-performance! Despite a sound-quality from the late 50s, NO other performance, from any other artist of all times, gives me goosebumps like this one! Norge bøyer seg i støvet!!
My dad loved JB's version of ”O Helga Natt" and we listened to it every Christmas for as long as I can remember. We lost him a year ago and listening to this song brings the sorrow back so vividly. I miss my dad so much but at the same time I am happy to remember him through this beautiful song that meant so much to him.
När Jussi Björling sjunger denna sång som ingen annan kan blir man så oerhört berörd av både budskapet och den underbara och oöverträffade sångrösten. Tiden stannar och man bara njuter.
It doesn't get any better than this. I never get tired of listening to Jussi. Pavarotti gave the biggest compliment saying. 'Don't compare me to Jussi, I'm only human'.
No Christmas is complete without listening to o holy night with jussi. Because he sets the tone for the true message of Christmas to humanity for all time.
It's difficult to do a side by side comparison due to the very poor quality of the recordings of Caruso that have survived. For what it's worth, Jussi sang this a half step higher than Caruso (singing in the original French) for reasons that only Jussi knows.
He sings it straight throughout. No embellishments. No pop, rock, soul, hip hop, gospel or jazz vocal histrionics. His only concession to personalization is that trill. Nice.
Glad jul from someone who does not speak Swedish. For me it cannot be Christmas without this recording. Here come the tears. Glad jul från någon som inte talar svenska. För mig kan det inte vara jul utan denna inspelning. Här kommer tårarn
This 80 year old Jewish man remembers being in my grampa's house in 1950 and he would have on Howard Barlow and "The Voice Of Firestone". I had no knowledge of opera but I remember Jussi appearing on the program. If you ever heard his voice you could never forget it.
I remember Voice of Firestone from my earliest years. I am 77. I, too, remember Howard Barlow. I can't say exactly if I heard Jussi Brorling, but I have never forgotten the thrill of our first television and my parents telling me all the stories around the music and the singers. The advent of RU-vid brought all those wonderful memories flooding back. His voice brings me to tears.
As a matter of fact, he has some Finnish blood, his grandma is Finnish. His name is Johan Jonatan Bjorling. It was his grandma who started calling him Jussi - Poika, Finnish nickname for Johan boy. So he is part of your country 👍👍
@maria ekman Here is the most famous French version with George Thill ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ofKk_Etapq4.html Then we have Caruso's recording in French from 1916 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hv5t7pOs4vc.html This is usually regarded as the three best versions of all time with the Björling version on top. However, there is a version that perhaps even beats Björlings. And that's Björling himself. His 1946 recording is the most beautiful singing performance I've ever heard.
Allways amazing! He was very excellent singer. I have listened, from record, Luciano Pavarotti, Il Divo, and many singers try this song. Only Jussi Björling hits the high notes. Fantastic! 🥰
Jussi Bjørling må være den beste vokalist/ sanger gjennom alle tider. Har aldri hørt noen som synger så intenst, rent og kraftfullt som det han gjør. Hilsen fra Vestlandet - Norge
I am from Denmark🇩🇰 and It is Christmas again and it is time to listen to the greatest tenor of them all Jussi Björling singin Adams O holy night/ O Helga natt🇸🇪
Jouluun lähtemättömästi kuuluva laulu. Vaikuttavat sanat ja Jussi Björlingin ääni... Korkea kohta loppupuolella saa väreet kulkemaan selkäpiissä. Muut eivät samaan pysty
Ger mig rysningar å tårar i ögonen varje gång jag spelar den. Jussi var den absolut bästa tenoren, någonsin. Hans perfekta timbre, pitch och framför allt den känsla med vilken han sjunger. Jussi 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖❣️
Every Xmas I promise myself I won't listen to this again this year because I know it will inevitably cause me to start weeping like a child. Every year I listen to it again and I every year I end up bawling my eyes out again.
for once im proud to be Swedish, Jussi is the best tenor EVER to walk this planet, that is my opinion, there is no one that can even get Close to this version, Jussis voice cuts like a razorblade, rest in piece Jussi. JUSSI AD SALUTANDUM
Don't be a smartass Kerstin. I was of course addressing the original comment. Why would I call Constantin a fellow Swede if he writes "Greetings from Russia"? The issue I speak of is people saying stupid things like "for once I'm proud to be Swedish".
Varje gång jag lyssnar på denna underbara sång som sjungs av den store Jussi Björling, en av de största tenorerna som någonsin vandrat på jorden, börjar tårarna rinna nerför mina kinder och jag kan inte stoppa dem!......Every time I listen to this wonderful song sung by the great Jussi Björling, one of the greatest tenors to ever walk the earth, tears start rolling down my cheeks and I can't stop them!
Vid 4.20 bryter man fullständigt ihop. Går inte att ta till sig, så starkt är det. Lev för alltid i våra minnen, käre Jussi. Den störste sångaren på Jorden.
Den här inspelningen får mig att börja gråta varje gång jag hör den. Den är så fantastiskt vacker. Och det kommer från en jäkla punkare... Det finns ingen som kan mäta sig med hans röst. Han är och förblir den med största sannolikhet främsta tenoren genom tiderna. Det sägs att Pavarotti grät när han träffade Björlings änka.
Vi,Vet att Jussi Björling är Världens bästa tenor. Men tack. Jag menar, Vi Svenskar Vet att Han är Världens bästa Tenor, genom tiderna!!!! GOD JUL från SVERIGE!!!!
Thank you for sharing, Arianor. Bjorling's voice was a gift to us all. Your photos are lovely and have put in me in the Christmas spirit. I write from the US. Merry Christmas to everyone!
Absolut den bästa tenor som funnits... Varje gång jag lyssnar på hans röst och denna sång får jag gåshud... Och blir så tårögd och det väcker så många känslor inom mig...:-) Tack Gud för denna röst...
Jag ar norsk och det bliver ingen julafton utan Jussi Bjørlings " O Helga Natt", her i Norge ochså, Kalle Anka och Arne Weise.. Carl Bertil Jønssons Jul måste visseligen ochså vara ned. Heja Sverige! :D
Underbar kommentar Tone. Jussi är ju hela Nordens tenor så det är ju inte mer än rätt att hela Norge avnjuter hans underbara julsång under julhelgen. God Jul till dig och till din landsman Mr Oystein som också skrev en fin kommentar. :-)
tonepett vilken fin kommentar. Och Norge, vi får lyssna kanske till Sissel och njuta. Hon har en fantastisk röst. God Jul Norge, Danmark, Finland, Island och alla andra länder som firar Jul! Och min bestemor var norska. Det är en anknytning till Norge. Jag tror att Jussis hårda barndom då båda föräldrarna dog, präglade hans liv och man, tycker jag, hör det i hans röst som är så känslig och otroligt vacker. Det finns många fantastiska operasångare, och vi kan höra dom här på fina youtube, men Jussi blir för alltid min favorit. God Jul som sagt!
Det var visst några politiker som sa att Sverige inte har någon kultur, bara larv. - vad är då detta? Vad är då Jussi? Är inte detta musikarv något att värna om? Vår svenska musikskatt ska vi värna och lyfta fram, vårda och vörda.
Från Jussi i ena änden till Ebba Grön i den andra rent stilmässigt, och så oerhört mycket mer. Att inte erkänna rock- och popartister som svensk kultur är lika illa som att påstå att opera inte vore det. Annars blir vi kvar med skillingtryck, kuling och jojk. Skillingtrycken hade ofta melodier från kontinenten för övrigt. Likaledes när det gäller konst. Från förhistoriska hällristningar via runstenar, medeltida kyrkomålare, Urban Målare, Gustaf Lundberg och det sena 1800-talets stora; Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, August Malmström, Bruno Liljefors, Karl Nordström, Eva Bonnier, Jenny Nyström sedan också Hilma af Klint, Nils von Dardel, Isaac Grünewald, Carl Eldh, Carl Milles, Döderhultaren till Ernst Billgren, Dan Wolgers och dagens namnkunniga Lars Vilks och graffitikonstnären Daniel Blomqvist "Puppet". Ett axplock. Att Sverige inte har någon "egen" kultur är galenskap. ALL kultur, oavsett varifrån, är påverkad och influerad av andra. Och alla har satt sin prägel på sin konstutövning, vare sig det är musik, måleri, skulptur eller teater och film. 🤔Då är kanske inte heller Ingmar Bergman inte en del av vårt kulturarv? Eller...? Politiker... Visserligen är de bara människor, men de har pressen på sig att tänka INNAN de talar. Eller låter trycka valaffischer "Det ska vara lika enkelt att boka tåg till Paris som till Piteå" 😂. Den sistnämnda har inte haft persontrafik sedan 70-talet. God Jul!! O Gott Nytt År!
Pavarotti was great. The strength and articulation and higher notes was with less air than the notes leading up to the crescendo. I love Pavarotti but the richness, the depth and the ability to get more forceful with air on the end with the high notes, that was all Jussi. And I must correct you "I'm only human" and Pavarotti also declared that when he was performing he had always heard Jussi's recording before he even started to rehearse the song. Pavarotti was great, but Jussi he was like it can be with popstars, he had it, that something that you never forget.❤❤❤
Jussi har ej sin like! Beundrad även av världens största sångare. Övertygelse, styrka och kraft utan att det övergår till ett skrik eller ett vrål. Gör efter, den som kan! There is nobody like Jussi Björling! Admired by everybody, even by the world's greatest singers. Conviction, strength and power, without ever turning into shrieking or shouting.
Without a doubt! His voice is surreal. I'd love to live in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. I love the cold weather and snow. In Ireland we always have warm weather on Christmas. 🇸🇪🇧🇻🇫🇮👍.
It is Christmas Eve 2017 and this elderly Jewish man who listens regularly to Jussi rendering this classic is listening now. This is meditative to all souls. Peace to All.
Dieser wunderbare Sänger singt eines der schönsten Weihnachtslieder (Cantique de Noel von Adolphe Adam) mit einer Beseeltheit, die zu Herzen geht. Herzlichen Dank! Ein gesegnetes, friedliches Weihnachtsfest!!!
Now just try to imagine a man who has been deaf all his life and somehow got his hearing back and the very first sound he heard was Jussi Björling singing O Helga Natt
Many have tried 2 sing like the great Jussi Bjorlig 🙂 but nobody can do it, far away from even close 😅 Mr Jussi was one of a kind in deed 👏🎵🎤😊 What a voice of gold he had 💯%💚👌
@@Leyla7292 Tommy Johansson is a member of a swedish band called Sabaton. His voice is amazing. Greetings from Sweden and Merry Christmas to you too 🎄🌟🎅🤶🥰
Swedish people say it is not Christmas until they have heard Jussi sing "O Helga Natt". Luciano Pavarotti emulated Jussi. There are similarities but Jussi is the best.
I always feel such a sorrow in his voice, in spite of his incredible singing technique and power, there is this X-factor that moves so many to their tears. The swedish melancoly? So many of our folksongs are so filled with sorrow but, it does'nt really explain. It's a part, surely, but, as far as my knowledge streches, there's another element in his story. His father David was a very very good singer and pedagogue and made this trio of his sons, Olle, Gösta and Jussi to do tours in North America and Europe when just 5, 6 years old. That gave Jussi his fenomenal technique but, as I have learned, his fenomenal voice also made it natural for all, possibly even himself, to sing at his mothers funeral, at the age of seven. I believe he sang for his beloved and much missed mother for the rest of his life. Listen again and think of my words.
Yes, I love Jussi's voice, way way better than even Enrico Caruso, Gigli, Lanza, Schipa and the others, so you really don't have to be Italian to sing Italian Opera...Jussi, one of the Trio Swedish singers could do Art Song, Neapolitan Folk Songs, and OMG OPERA...I use to collect Jussi's records back in Calcutta, India on the old shellac 78 RPM records.... An interesting incident from "JUSSI"the book written by Ana-Lisa Bjoerling & Andrew Farkas (and which I own and treasure with many pages highlighted and dog-eared) The incident was when David Bjoerling went to New York to the Metropolitan Opera House to study and sing...he actually met and sang for the great Enrico Caruso and I guess pissed off Caruso so badly that Caruso slapped David Bjoerling...but guess what? David slapped him back...too bad in those days outrageous T-Shirts were not in vogue...David could print on a T-Shirt..."I slapped Enrico Caruso and now all I've got is this lousy T-Shirt" ROFLMAO There's an Armenian Bass-Baritone named Pavel Lisitsian that had that rich VERY NATURAL voice that Jussi had...I've not heard anyone else with the sonorous, soulful...words cannot describe Jussi Bjoerling's gift and talent...To me he NO QUESTION ABOUT IT...is the Greatest Tenor that has ever lived...to bad he died so very young at age 38, Caruso died at age 48 too...They're both probably entertaining GOD in Heaven...hah hah hah
And he sang for his beloved father too. His father who worked so hard together with Jussis' sieblings. And then suddenly his father died. And at that time it was poverty in most of the places in Sweden. So they had a hard time after his father's death. What you wrote is just what I believe too. And he had a deep soul of just life and living. I like other tenors too. I admire for example Pavarotti very much and Caruso and Gigli and other great tenors, but to listen to Jussi is just something that like a beautiful arrow touch your heart. Merry Christmas 2017.
childhood hardship and losing mother at that young age, we all know it will stick to the youngster's mind all through his life. I am sure that is the very reason to make him sing so spiritually and with unique take than anyone else, it is a bit sad, but not deep sorrow, blended with proud, hope, strength, honesty, and clean clear voices...love so much,
M. Lanza , E. Caruso and J.Bjorling had that insane amounts of pathos in their voice, a crying like singing . Sometimes feels like he is on the brink of emotional breakdown . Crystal clear voice with incredible squillo .
My pleasure, my friend. Glad you liked it. I too love this song. Luckliy Jussi recorded it for us shortly before he died. Sweden would have been a gloomier place without this wonderful song at Christmas.
I'm not a vocal coach, but the extreme talent and precision of this performance is easy to spot. Greatest tenor I have ever licened to. Thank you grandmother, for introducing me to this voice. RIP.
@@dinerouk :-) thank you. Not always easy to be totally correct, when using another language than my own. But. Being corrected , is the only way to learn
Fast jag är finsk tycker jag att det riktiga "O helga natt" måste man sjunga på svenska tack vare Jussi Björling. Jussi är ett vanlingt finskt namn och han fick smeknamnet från sin finska farmor.
I know it's been 15 yrs. but I'm just learning this song in 2-fingered piano, then realized to fully appreciate it it has to be Jussi and it HAS to be in Swedish (and I don't speak a word).. I'm 73 yrs old and bawling like baby 😂 THANK YOU!!
.., also let me add it's 2024, half of Gaza is starving, Russia is exterminating Ukraine and half the US population thinks a tinhorn dictator can solve our myriad of problems.. Happy New Hear!
Vilken fantastisk röst han hade! Och vilken underbar sång! Var och en får ju tro på vad de vill - eller inte tro alls. Mig berör den på ett fint sätt och ger så många fina minnen. Tack för att du lade upp den!
Jussi Björling on suomalainen, alunperin. Who knows? Finland was Sweden till 1809, when it became a part of Russia. Joka tapauksessa Suomi on ollut itsenäinen valtio yli sata vuotta. Henki lähtee, kun kuuntelee tämän maailman ihanimman joululaulun. And again,again,again. Finnish, not Swedish.
@@anna-kaisapaaskyla8113 Korjataan sen verran, että Jussin isovanhemmista toinen (muistaakseni mummi) oli suomalainen. Muuten kaikuu ruotsalainen ääni ja upeasti kaikuukin... joulu ilman tätä on melko tyhjä tapaus. Hyvää joulua och Jag önskar er alla en riktigt god jul!
