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The very best of Jussi Björling.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960, singer.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Italian
- Multiple languages
- Swedish
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Operas.
- Songs (High voice).
- Genre:
- Downloadable audio file.
- Sound recordings.
- Excerpts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : EMI Classics, [2003]
- Language Note:
- Sung in Italian, French, English, or Swedish.
- System Details:
- digital recording
- Summary:
- Tenor, Jussi Björling sings excerpts from some of the opera roles for which he was famous. Includes selections from Romantic and Verismo operas, and several Romantic and early 20th century Art Songs.
- Contents:
- CD 1. Rigoletto. Questa o quella ; Rigoletto. La donna è mobile ; Il trovatore. Ah sì ben mio ; Il trovatore. Di quella pira ; Un ballo in maschera. Di' tu se fedele ; Aida. Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida ; Requiem. Ingemisco / Giuseppe Verdi
- Stabat mater. Cujus animam / Gioachino Rossini
- L'elisir d'amore. Una furtiva lagrima / Gaetano Donizetti
- La Gioconda. Cielo e mar / Amilcare Ponchielli
- Andrea Chénier. Come un bel dì di maggio ; Fedora. Amor ti vieta / Umberto Giordano
- L'arlesiana. È la solita storia / Francesco Cilea
- Manon Lescaut. Donna non vidi mai ; La bohème. Che gelida manina ; La bohème. In un coupé? ... O Mimì, tu più non torni ; Tosca. Recondita armonia ; Tosca. E lucevan le stelle ; Turandot. Nessun dorma / Giacomo Puccini
- Cavalleria rusticana. Mamma! quel vino è generoso / Pietro Mascagni
- Pagliacci. Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba ; Pagliacci. No, Pagliaccio non son / Ruggero Leoncavallo.
- CD 2. L'africaine. Mi batte il cor ... O paradiso / Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Faust. Salut! demeure chaste et pure ; Roméo et Juliette. Ange adorable ; Roméo et Juliette. Ah! lève-toi, soleil / Charles Gounod
- Manon. Instant charmant ... En ferment les yeux ; Manon. Je suis seul! ... Ah, fuyez, douce image / Jules Massenet
- Carmen. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée ; Les Pêcheurs de perles. Je crois entendre encoure / Georges Bizet
- Adelaide / Ludwig van Beethoven
- Morgen! ; Cäcilie / Richard Strauss
- In the silence of night ; Lilacs / Sergei Rachmaninov
- Ideale / Francesco Paolo Tosti
- 'O sole mio / Eduardo di Capua
- Mattinata / Ruggero Leoncavallo
- Because / Guy d'Hardelot
- Only a rose / Rudolf Friml
- For you alone / Henry Ernest Geehl
- La belle Hélène. Au mont Ida trois déesses
- Uti en skog på berget Ida / Jacques Offenbach
- Der Bettelstudent. Ich hab' kein Geld
- Nu är jag pank och fågelfri / Carl Millöcker
- Cantique de Noel. Julsång (O helga natt) / Adolphe Adam.
- Participant:
- Jussi Björling, tenor ; with various accompanying solo artists and orchestras.
- Notes:
- EMI Classics: 7243 5 75900 2 0 (on discs: 7243 5 75901 2 9, 7243 5 75902 2 8).
- Recorded 1936-1959.
- The final three works sung in Swedish; original languages are French and German.
- Description based on hard copy version record.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Björling, Jussi. Very best of Jussi Björling.
- OCLC:
- 840331740
- Publisher Number:
- GBAYC9704763
- GBAYC9704716
- GBAYC9704749
- GBAYC9704751
- GBAYC9803696
- GBAYC9704714
- GBAYC9704747
- GBAYC9704745
- GBAYC9704775
- GBAYC9800621
- GBAYC9704767
- GBAYC9803701
- GBAYC9704782
- GBAYC9704786
- GBAYC9803691
- GBAYC9803693
- GBAYC9803703
- GBAYC9704770
- GBAYC9803706
- GBAYC9803708
- GBAYC9800615
- GBAYC9800616
- GBAYC9704793
- GBAYC9803711
- GBAYC9800617
- GBAYC9803713
- GBAYC9800618
- GBAYC9704777
- GBAYC9704805
- GBAYC9704807
- GBAYC9704809
- GBAYC9704811
- GBAYC9704804
- GBAYC9704734
- GBAYC9704735
- GBAYC9704773
- GBAYC9704801
- GBAYC9704737
- GBAYC9704738
- GBAYC9800619
- GBAYC9800620
- SEBAC8701140
- GBAYC9704788
- GBAYC9704789
- 0724357590051 EMI Classics
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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