Astonishing performance
Susan Flaster | Charleston, SC United States | 03/03/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is the last recorded performance we have of Bjorling's, made only about a month before his death. The quality of the singing is rich, shining, sensitive and full of the power and wonder that characterized his whole career.The Lohengrin aria ( in Swedish) is in every way superior to the 1952 recording, and gives a small glimpse into what was left undone in his short life.A bonus is a big excerpt from the 1960 Stockholm Trovatore, where he sounds rather baritonal and a bit tired, but still gives a performance which will make your hair stand on end."