Article Title
Keywords
Amor ti vieta, recitals, recordings, Jussi
Abstract
"Amor ti vieta" was a popular encore with Jussi's fans. In fact, on the Atlanta Recital CD (Bluebell 020), he says that he will sing the aria in response to a specific request. I think that his approach to this aria is special, and one version, in particular, is peerless. I first heard my favorite in 1957, sung by JB as part of a recital on the fourth side of Cavalleria Rusticana, and it virtually spoiled all other versions for me (RCA LP LM 6059, September 1-7, 1957, conducted by Alberto Erede). Harald Henrysson lists four other renditions: a 1944 studio recording with Nils Grevillius (on both the EMI four-disc set and the new Naxos CD); and three live performances- September 1955, December, 1955, and April, 1959. I have all five versions, and they are as fine as one expects from Jussi, but his 1957 treatment possesses everything which I believe is necessary to make this deceptively simple sounding aria succeed.
Recommended Citation
Clayton, William C.
(2000)
"Jussi and "Amor ti vieta","
Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK: Vol. 9:
No.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jussibjorlingsociety/vol9/iss1/12