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
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YIbgqRoGc6M.html
9 апр 2022
