Various Artists - Art of Singing - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Lars Björling writes of his new InchWhen my Father Jussi was chosen as the 20th century's leading male opera singer by English music critics at the turn of the century, we felt great joy and pride in the family. From my very early age I experienced singing and music at home, but most of all, I remember visiting the Opera house when Father sang. As soon as Father began to sing, I recognized him, it was easy. He sounded 'different' than the rest of the ensemble. My Father was in his early 30s and had then been singing for 25 years. Already at the age of four to five, my Father and his brothers began to learn the essentials of the art of singing under my grandfather David's solid guidance. I have spent a great deal of my life exploring the secrets of the Italian bel canto, conveyed by David and my Father, and I have reached the conclusion that there are no secrets; it is just the natural voice that has to be heard, free from settings and so-called tone formation.Inch Album Tracks 1. Ingemisco from Requiem (Dies Irae) 2. Recitative Ye People, Rend Your Hearts and Air If with All Your Heart from Elijah, Act I 3. Ave Verum Corpus, K618 4. Recitative Comfort Ye My People (Sung in Swedish Trosten Mitt Folk) and Air Ev'ry Wall Shall Be Exalted (Sung in Swedish All Dalar Skola Hojas) 5. Ombra Mai Fu from Xerxes (Serse), Act I 6. Waft Her Angels Through the Skies from Jephtha, Act 3 7. Care Selve from Atalanta, Act I 8. Where Ever You Walk from Semele, Act 2 9. Ich Will Bei Meinem Jesu Wachen from St, Matthew Passion, BWV244 10. Ave Maria, D839 11. Den Store Hvide Flok, Op. 30 10 12. Herren ÄR Min Herde 13. O Helga Natt = O Holy Night / Cantique de Noel, Sung in Swedish 14. Maria Wiegenlied (Sung in Swedish) 15. Adeste Fideles 16. Voi Partite Mio Sole 17. Non Mi Negate, Ohime 18. O Del Mio Dolce Ardor from Paride Ed Elena Act I