Perlea's Manon Lescaut
Just listened to this again. What a wonderful recording this is. Beautifully conducted and singing of a quality that belies its age. Albenese is wonderful, singing with such sincerity and affection for the part. Bjoerling has moments of tenderness. It's a very real performance free of the histrionics and self conscious intensity associated with other performances.I feel this was a real golden age of singing and recording and there are very few modern performances that match this.Loved it.
