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Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

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...

Prima Voce: Merrill & Björling

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Un ballo ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Cellini, Renato; Grevillius, Nils; Fiedler, Arthur

In the early ’50s, the 78 rpm recording of the lovely duet from Bizet's 'Pearl Fishers' sung by Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill, colleagues at...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...

Jussi Björling in Song

1 CD / Testament / 2008-09-09

Works: Henry Geehl: For you alone; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Emil Sjögren: I drömmen di är mig nära; August Körling: Vita rosor; Gerald A...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils
Ensemble: Orchestra

Historic Masters Ltd., a company formed to continue historic reissues of vocal recordings initiated by the British Institute of Recorded Sound, contributed to this release...continue...

Jussi Björling in Concert - Live at Carnegie Hall

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Schwanengesang, D 957; Die schöne Müllerin, D 7...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Schauwecker, Frederick; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Cellini, Renato; Grevillius, Nils

"Bjorling was sadly underused as a concert singer; recordings of renowned recitals such as here offer glimpses of his musicianship even in unfamiliar territory... Included...continue...

10 Great Tenors

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, Mario ...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Björling Rediscovered - Carnegie Hall Recital September 1955

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-09-09

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Schwanengesang, D 957; Die sch&...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick

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

Menus and Music - Dining and the Opera in Manhattan - Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, etc / Price, Sills, Domingo, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; George Gershwin: Porgy and ...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Boesch, Christian; Caballe, Montserrat; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Kraus, Alfre...

Jussi Björling - Opera Recordings 1948-1951

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2003-01-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos;...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: Orchestra

The World's Greatest Arias / Domingo, Price, Heppner, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-08-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze d...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Merrill, Robert [Barito...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Santi, Nello; Cellini, Renato; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Navarro, Garcia; Previtali, Fernando; ; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; New Philharmonic Orchestra; Orquestra Sinfonica de Sevilla; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; R...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Jussi Björling

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-06-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Giacomo Meyerb...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Markow, Emil; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Cellini, Renato

Jussi Bjoerling - Rarities

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2000-06-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile;...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; Dickson, Donald; Moore, Grace; Steber, Eleanor
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Iturbi, Jose; Weissmann, Frieder; Ormandy, Eugene; Ehrling, Sixten; Barlow, Howard; Voorhees, Donald; Gustafsson, Ille

Prima Voce - Björling Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; An die Leier ("Ich will von Atreus Söhnen"), song for voice & piano, D. 737 (Op. 56/...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Ebert, Harry; Schymberg, Hjordis
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

Opera's Greatest Moments - Domingo, Price, Caballé, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1992-11-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Kr...
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando; Patanè, Giuseppe; Leinsdorf, Erich; Cellini, Renato; Solti, Sir Georg; Ozawa, Seiji; Steinberg, Pinchas; Santi, Nello; Janowski, Marek; Schippers, Thomas; Davis, Colin; Levi...
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orc...

Jussi Björling- Pearl Fishers Duet, etc / Tebaldi, Merrill

1 CD / RCA Records / 1988-08-30

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Frascati, Tommaso; Markow, Emil; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; T...
Conductors: Cellini, Renato; Leinsdorf, Erich; Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: ; RCA Victor Orchestra

Pearl Fishers Duet

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 1988-08-02

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Frascati, Tommaso; Markow, Emil; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; T...
Conductors: Cellini, Renato; Leinsdorf, Erich; Perlea, Jonel