Copenhagen concert : October 15, 1959

"I mange år var den pragtfulde og folkekære svenske tenor Jussi Björling fast gæst i København, oftest i Tivoli ... Og det danske publikum tog ham til sig. Den 15. oktober 1959 sang han i det nye Falkoner Teater, som havde åbnet året før. Det blev hans sidste koncert i Danmark ... Et vidnesbyrd om, at han kunne henrykke sit publikum til det sidste. Björling døde året efter ... Man får Björling ekstra med orkester i ikke specielt interessante amerikanske live optagelser fra radioserien The Voice of Firestone".

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"Vurdering: Recording of the month" - "I had hardly reckoned on some previously unknown Jussi Björling recordings cropping up. The record companies have, over the last few years, plundered radio and other archives sources for anything imaginable. Then along come these tapes and they're in excellent sound quality too ... The concert took place less than a year before Jussi Björling's demise on 9 September 1960 ... With this having happened it was expected that he would be in less than top shape but there is little evidence of that here. In a few places his fortes can sound a bit strained but his breath control is as superb as earlier and his legato singing is exemplary. The beauty of his silvery voice is unmistakable - it is the Jussi we know from so many outstanding recordings ... This is a quality issue, in other words and should be in every Jussi Björling collection".

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"Även om han bara hade ett år kvar att leva vid inspelningen är det klassisk fin-Jussi det är frågan om ... Och visst gör sångaren makalösa Alfvén-tolkningar som Skogen sover ... Det känns som att vara där, mitt i Falkoner Centret i Köpenhamn. Så detta är förstås ett måste för varje Björling-fans ... Missa inte!".