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The Very Best of Jussi Björling

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Cellini, Renato

Björling, like Gigli and Caruso before him, was idolised in his time as the operatic tenor par excellence in the Italian repertoire. He was a...continue...

Icon - Jussi Björling, The Swedish Caruso sings Verdi, Puccini, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; A...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Newton, Ivor; Reardon, Joh...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Waldimir, Sune; Bokstedt, Bertil; Cellini, Renato; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele

Swedish opera star Jussi Bjorling (1911–1960) was essentially a lyric tenor with the added ability to sing dramatic roles, which enabled him to excel in...continue...

Ten Top Tenors / Caruso, Roswaenge, Gigli, Tauber, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Adolphe Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Fra Diavolo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccin...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Kreisler, Fritz; Martinelli, Giovanni; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Melchior, Lauritz; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Ed...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Szell, George; Paulik, Anton; Gaubert, Philippe; Heurteur, Fernand; Grevillius, Nils; Ormandy, Eugene; Collingwood, L...

The Very Best of Jussi Björling

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Cellini, Renato

The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera Vol 1

6 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-02-15

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Attila; Un ballo in masche...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Battistini, Mattia; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Devries, David; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Ga...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Messner, J.; Reibold, Bruno; Sabajno, Carlo; Polacco, Giorgio; Albergoni, Angelo; Grevillius, Nils; Cloez, Gustave; Setti, G...