These are my personal three favourites of the great tenors of the past singing Tosti's lovely song Ideale. The recordings are as follows
0:00 Enrico Caruso 30th Dec 1906.
3:27 John McCormack 1909
6:59 Jussi Bjorling 5th Sept 1937
10:24 Just the last few bars of the three merged together as a trio.
I have tried to improve the general audio quality and just for effect, to disguise noise and give a smooth transition between tracks I have added applause.
The song translates to English as-
I followed you like a rainbow of peace
along the paths of heaven;
I followed you like a friendly torch
in the veil of darkness,
and I sensed you in the light, in the air,
in the perfume of flowers,
and the solitary room was full
of you and of your radiance.
Absorbed by you, I dreamed a long time
of the sound of your voice,
and earth's every anxiety, every torment
I forgot in that dream.
Come back, dear ideal, for an instant
to smile at me again,
and in your face will shine for me
a new dawn.
Негізгі бет Ideale (Tosti) : Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Jussi Bjorling (New restorations)
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