Notes and Editorial Reviews
This 5 CD set covers the best of Björling’s EMI solo recordings and includes highlights from three complete operas:
CD 1 contains Opera and Oratorio Arias and Songs in their original language recorded between 1936 and 1941.
CD 2 covers similar repertoire from 1941 to 1950.
CD 3 goes back to the period from 1929 when Björling was still a local Swedish artist and recorded all his material in Swedish. The CD opens with the two recently discovered test recordings that Björling made for EMI Sweden on 4 September 1929: ‘For You Alone’ and ‘Mattinata’, both sung in Swedish.
CD 4 contains a selection of Lieder and Songs, all sung in their original language, recorded between
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1939 and 1959.
CD 5 contains a generous selection of highlights from Björling’s three complete EMI operas: La bohème, Pagliacci and Madama Butterfly. He is partnered in all three recordings by the soprano Victoria de los Angeles. All tracks, except those from Pagliacci and Madama Butterfly on CD 5, have been transferred and digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios from the best available source material in the EMI Archives by the award-winning audio restoration engineer Andrew Walter. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/3/1936
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs.
2.
Aida: Celeste Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/1936
Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs.
3.
La Bohème: Che gelida manina by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/1936
Length: 4 Minutes 16 Secs.
4.
Tosca: Recondita armonia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/1936
Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs.
5.
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 9/4/1937
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs.
7.
La Gioconda: Cielo e mar by Amilcare Ponchielli
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Written: 1876
Date of Recording: 9/4/1937
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs.
8.
L'Africaine: O paradis sorti de l'onde by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Germany
Date of Recording: 9/4/1937
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
9.
Romanze (2): no 1, Ideale by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1882
Date of Recording: 9/5/1937
Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs.
10.
'O sole mio by Eduardo Di Capua
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Italy
Date of Recording: 9/5/1937
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
11.
The Vagabond King: Only a rose by Rudolf Friml
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925; USA
Date of Recording: 9/4/1937
Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs.
12.
For you alone by Henry Ernest Geehl
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 9/3/1937
Length: 1 Minutes 59 Secs.
15.
Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stockholm Concerts Associations Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
Date of Recording: 7/14/1939
Length: 4 Minutes 38 Secs.
16.
Martha: Ach, so fromm by Friedrich von Flotow
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
Date of Recording: 7/14/1939
Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs.
17.
Stabat mater: Cujus animam by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832/1842; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/12/1938
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs.
18.
Requiem Mass: Ingemisco by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/12/1938
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.
19.
Il trovatore: Ah si, ben mio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/12/1938
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.
20.
Il trovatore: Di quella pira by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/12/1938
Length: 1 Minutes 35 Secs.
21.
Il trovatore: Ah si, ben mio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 7/15/1939
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
22.
Il trovatore: Di quella pira by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 7/15/1939
Length: 1 Minutes 35 Secs.
23.
Rigoletto: Questa o quella by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 6/16/1941
Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs.
24.
La Bohème: O soave fanciulla by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Hjordis Schymberg (Soprano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 6/17/1941
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs.
25.
La Bohème: O soave fanciulla by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Anne-Lisa Björling (Soprano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stockholm Concerts Associations Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 8/10/1949
Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs.
26.
Rigoletto: E' il sol dell' anima by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 6/17/1941
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
27.
Rigoletto: Questa o quella by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 3/1944
Length: 2 Minutes 9 Secs.
28.
Un ballo in maschera: Di' tu se fedele by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Italy
Date of Recording: 3/1944
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
29.
Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Date of Recording: 3/1944
Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs.
30.
Andrea Chénier: Come un bel dì di maggio by Umberto Giordano
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 3/1944
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
31.
Fedora: Amor ti vieta by Umberto Giordano
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Italy
Date of Recording: 3/1944
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
33.
I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Renato Cellini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Date of Recording: 1/1953
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs.
34.
Mattinata by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 3/1944
Length: 2 Minutes 16 Secs.
35.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
Date of Recording: 9/7/1945
Length: 4 Minutes 8 Secs.
36.
Les pêcheurs de perles: Je crois entendre encore by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863; France
Date of Recording: 9/7/1945
Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs.
37.
Roméo et Juliette: Ah! lève-toi, soleil by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; France
Date of Recording: 9/6/1945
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
38.
Manon: Ah! fuyez, douce image by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883-1884; France
Date of Recording: 9/6/1945
Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs.
39.
L'Arlesiana: E la solita storia...Anch'io vorrei "Lamento" by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stockholm Concerts Associations Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897/1937; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/27/1947
Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs.
41.
Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 9/15/1948
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs.
42.
Roméo et Juliette: Ange adorable [Madrigal] by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Anne-Lisa Björling (Soprano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stockholm Concerts Associations Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; France
Date of Recording: 8/10/1949
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs.
43.
Jocelyn, Op. 100: Cachés dans cet asile by Benjamin Godard
Performer:
Anne-Lisa Björling (Soprano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stockholm Concerts Associations Orchestra
Date of Recording: 8/11/1949
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs.
44.
L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:
Anne-Lisa Björling (Soprano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stockholm Concerts Associations Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1907
Date of Recording: 8/11/1949
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs.
47.
Fanal, Op. 35: I männer över lag och rätt by Kurt Atterberg
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929-1932; Sweden
Date of Recording: 3/4/1935
Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs.
48.
Sadko: no 4, Song of the Indian Guest by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1896; Russia
Date of Recording: 10//1936
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs.
49.
La belle Hélène: Au mont Ida trois déesses by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1864; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 5/31/1938
Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs.
50.
Der Zigeunerbaron: Wer uns getraut by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Hjordis Schymberg (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 4/28/1938
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs.
51.
Der Bettelstudent: Ich setz' den Fall by Karl Millöcker
Performer:
Hjordis Schymberg (Soprano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 5/31/1938
Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs.
55.
Ack Värmeland, du sköna by Traditional
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Written: Sweden
Date of Recording: 10/7/1936
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Andrew Rangell.
56.
Allt under himmelens fäste by Traditional
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Written: Sweden
Date of Recording: 10/7/1936
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
57.
Tonerna by Carl Sjöberg
Performer:
Ivor Newton (Piano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 11/24/1952
Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs.
58.
Summer Night Serenade by Mogens Schrader
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 10/8/1936
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs.
59.
One Folk, Op. 22: no 2, Sverige by Wilhelm Stenhammar
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904-1905; Sweden
Date of Recording: 1/26/1937
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs.
60.
Land du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) by Ragnar Althen
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Modern
Written: by 1920; Sweden
Date of Recording: 1/26/1937
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
61.
When You Mention Sweden by Ragnar Widestedt
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: 20th Century
Written: Sweden
Date of Recording: 5/30/1938
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs.
62.
Adelaide, Op. 46 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Harry Ebert (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1794-1795; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 7/15/1939
Length: 6 Minutes 50 Secs.
63.
Lieder (4), Op. 27: no 4, Morgen by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Harry Ebert (Piano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; Germany
Date of Recording: 7/15/1939
Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs.
64.
Lieder (4), Op. 27: no 2, Cäcilie by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Harry Ebert (Piano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; Germany
Date of Recording: 7/15/1939
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs.
65.
Prayer in a time of unrest by Gustaf Nordqvist
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sune Waldimir
Period: Romantic
Written: Sweden
Date of Recording: 4/5/1944
Length: 2 Minutes 44 Secs.
66.
Freedom is the finest thing by Gustaf Nordqvist
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sune Waldimir
Period: Romantic
Written: Sweden
Date of Recording: 4/5/1944
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs.
67.
Songs (6), Op. 4: no 3, In the silence of the night by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stockholm Concerts Associations Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Russia
Date of Recording: 11/27/1947
Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs.
68.
Songs (12), Op. 21: no 5, Lilacs by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stockholm Concerts Associations Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Russia
Date of Recording: 11/27/1947
Length: 2 Minutes 12 Secs.
69.
Jeannie with the light brown hair by Stephen Foster
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854; USA
Date of Recording: 9/7/1948
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
70.
Because by Helen Guy
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; France
Date of Recording: 9/7/1948
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs.
71.
Sylvia by Oley Speaks
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Ivor Newton (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914; USA
Date of Recording: 11/24/1952
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs.
72.
A spirit flower by Louis Campbell-Tipton
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Ivor Newton (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Date of Recording: 11/24/1952
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.
74.
Songs (3): no 3, Toward the Sea by Gustaf Nordqvist
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Bertil Bokstedt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1922; Sweden
Date of Recording: 9/30/1953
Length: 2 Minutes 14 Secs.
75.
Song to the Sea by Sven Salén
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Bertil Bokstedt
Written: Sweden
Date of Recording: 9/30/1953
Length: 2 Minutes 36 Secs.
76.
Song of Blackthorn and Crescent Moon by Sven Salén
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Bertil Bokstedt
Written: Sweden
Date of Recording: 9/30/1953
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs.
77.
King Heimer and Aslög by Johan August Söderman
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1870
Date of Recording: 1/22/1957
Length: 7 Minutes 16 Secs.
78.
Enchanted lake by Johan August Söderman
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Sweden
Date of Recording: 2/8/1959
Length: 4 Minutes 43 Secs.
79.
Saa tag mit hjerte, R 203 by Hugo Alfvén
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946; Sweden
Date of Recording: 2/8/1959
Length: 3 Minutes 52 Secs.
81.
La Bohème: O Mimì, tu più non torni by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
John Reardon (Baritone),
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Robert Merrill (Baritone),
Giorgio Tozzi (Bass),
Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 1956
Length: 4 Minutes 28 Secs.
82.
Madama Butterfly: Viene la sera...Bimba dagli occhi pieni by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Gabriele Santini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 1959
Length: 14 Minutes 57 Secs.
83.
Songs (3), Op. 10: no 1, Jungfrun under lind by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Bertil Bokstedt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1895; Sweden
Date of Recording: 9/30/1953
Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs.
84.
I Pagliacci: Un grande spettacolo a venitre ore! by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Paul Franke (Tenor),
Leonard Warren (Baritone),
Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Renato Cellini
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Date of Recording: 1/1953
Length: 5 Minutes 15 Secs.
85.
I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Date of Recording: 3/1944
Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs.
86.
I Pagliacci: Corraggio! by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Robert Merrill (Baritone),
Paul Franke (Tenor),
Leonard Warren (Baritone)
Conductor:
Renato Cellini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Robert Shaw Chorale,
RCA Victor Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Date of Recording: 1/1953
Length: 8 Minutes 15 Secs.
87.
Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 2/8/1959
Length: 5 Minutes 7 Secs.
88.
Tosca: Recondita armonia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 9/12/1950
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.
89.
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 9/12/1950
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs.
92.
I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/20/1933
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.
93.
Tosca: Recondita armonia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/13/1934
Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs.
94.
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/13/1934
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
95.
Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/20/1933
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs.
96.
Il trovatore: Di quella pira by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 3/3/1934
Length: 1 Minutes 37 Secs.
97.
Tonerna by Carl Sjöberg
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 10/7/1936
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
98.
For you alone by Henry Ernest Geehl
Performer:
Hjalmar Meissner (Piano),
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 9/4/1929
Length: 2 Minutes 13 Secs.
99.
Mattinata by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Hjalmar Meissner (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 9/4/1929
Length: 2 Minutes 12 Secs.
100.
Madama Butterfly: Dovunque al mondo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Mario Sereni (Baritone),
Piero de Palma (Tenor)
Conductor:
Gabriele Santini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rome Opera House Orchestra,
Rome Opera House Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 1959
Length: 7 Minutes 16 Secs.
101.
La Bohème: O soave fanciulla by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano),
Giorgio Tozzi (Bass),
Robert Merrill (Baritone),
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
John Reardon (Baritone)
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 1956
Length: 4 Minutes 59 Secs.
102.
La Bohème: Che gelida manina by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 1956
Length: 9 Minutes 35 Secs.
103.
La Bohème: Dunque è proprio finita? by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Robert Merrill (Baritone),
Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano),
Lucine Amara (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 1956
Length: 15 Minutes 6 Secs.
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