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:

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0724357590051 EMI Classics

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