Jussi Bjorling :- O Holy Night (O helga natt):-(IMO the best recording of this Christmas Carol/Hymn)

Please click on the following link for an updated version of this video with improved audio quality and more pictures of :// This is the original 8 2 1959 mono recording.I have tried to get the best possible sound from the recording and just to give a live effect and add presence I have added applause. Jussi sings this in his native language, Swedish. The original text was from a poem called “Minuit,chretiens“ (Midnight,christians) which was written by French wine merchant and poet Placide Cappeau in afterwards a French composer Adolphe Adam composed the music and the song was called Cantique de Noel (Song of Christmas).In 1855 an American Minister,John Sullivan Dwight produced the well known O Holy Night which is not really a translation but follows the spirit of the original poem. A translation to English of O Helga Natt is as follows:- O holy night, o most holy moment in the world When the son of God steps do
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