Jussi Björling. The very best of. 2 cd. EMI

The very best of Jussi Björling.

2 cd. EMI. 575900-2

1.  Rigoletto: Questa o quella by Giuseppe Verdi
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 1944
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs.
 

2.  Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 1936
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs.
 

3.  Il trovatore: Ah si, ben mio by Giuseppe Verdi
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 1939
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
 

4.  Il trovatore: Di quella pira by Giuseppe Verdi
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Length: 1 Minutes 35 Secs.
 

5.  Un ballo in maschera: Di' tu se fedele by Giuseppe Verdi
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
 

6.  Aida: Celeste Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Italy
Date of Recording: 1936
Length: 4 Minutes 21 Secs.
Notes: This selection begins with "Se quel guerrier io fossi !..."   

7.  Requiem Mass: Ingemisco by Giuseppe Verdi
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Italy
Date of Recording: 1938
Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs.
Language: Latin
 

8.  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: 1945
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs.
 

9.  La Gioconda: Cielo e mar by Amilcare Ponchielli
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Written: 1876
Date of Recording: 1937
Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs.
 

10.  Andrea Chénier: Come un bel dì di maggio by Umberto Giordano
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 1944
Length: 4 Minutes 12 Secs.
 

11.  Fedora: Amor ti vieta by Umberto Giordano
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Italy
Date of Recording: 1944
Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs.
 

12.  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: 1947
Length: 3 Minutes 58 Secs.
 

13.  Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai by Giacomo Puccini
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs.
 

14.  La Bohème: Che gelida manina by Giacomo Puccini
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 8 Secs.
 

15.  La Bohème: O Mimì, tu più non torni by Giacomo Puccini
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra/Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs.
 

16.  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: 1950
Length: 2 Minutes 47 Secs.
 

  17.  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
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs.
 

18.  Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs.
 

19.  Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma, quel vino è generoso "Addio" by Pietro Mascagni
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs.
 

20.  L'Africaine: O paradis sorti de l'onde by Giacomo Meyerbeer
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: Italian
 

21.  Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure by Charles Gounod
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
Date of Recording: 1939
Length: 4 Minutes 41 Secs.
 

22.  Roméo et Juliette: Ange adorable [Madrigal] by Charles Gounod
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stockholm Concerts Associations Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; France
Date of Recording: 1949
Length: 4 Minutes 22 Secs.
 

23.  Roméo et Juliette: Ah! lève-toi, soleil by Charles Gounod
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; France
Date of Recording: 1945
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.
 

24.  Manon: Instant charmant...En fermant les yeux "Dream of des Grieux" by Jules Massenet
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883-1884; France
Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs.
 

25.  Manon: Ah! fuyez, douce image by Jules Massenet
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883-1884; France
Date of Recording: 1945
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs.
 

26.  Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée "Flower song" by Georges Bizet
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).   

27.  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: 1945
Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs.
 

28.  Adelaide, Op. 46 by Ludwig van Beethoven
 
Performer: Harry Ebert (Piano), Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Period: Classical
Written: 1794-1795; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1939
Length: 6 Minutes 47 Secs.
 

29.  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: 1939
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
 

30.  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: 1939
Length: 1 Minutes 55 Secs.
 

31.  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: 1947
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs.
 

32.  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: 1947
Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs.
 

33.  Romanze (2): no 1, Ideale by Francesco Paolo Tosti
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1882
Date of Recording: 1937
Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs.
 

34.  'O sole mio by Eduardo Di Capua
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Italy
Date of Recording: 1937
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
 

35.  The Vagabond King: Only a rose by Rudolf Friml
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925; USA
Date of Recording: 1937
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs.
 

36.  For you alone by Henry Ernest Geehl
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 1937
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
 

37.  La belle Hélène: Au mont Ida trois déesses by Jacques Offenbach
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1864; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1938
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs.
Language: Swedish
 

38.  Der Bettelstudent: Ich hab' kein Geld, bin Vogelfrei by Karl Millöcker
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1938
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: Swedish
 

39.  Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night" by Adolphe Adam
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Length: 5 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: Swedish
 

40.  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
Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs.
 

41.  I Pagliacci: No! Pagliaccio non son! by Ruggero Leoncavallo
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Renato Cellini
Orchestra/Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 53 Secs.
 

42.  Mattinata by Ruggero Leoncavallo
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 1944
Length: 2 Minutes 14 Secs.
 

43.  Because by Helen Guy
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; France
Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs.
 

44.  Stabat mater: Cujus animam by Gioachino Rossini
 
Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Nils Grevillius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832/1842; Italy
Date of Recording: 1938
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: Latin