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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...

Henri Marteau - Pupils & Colleagues

4 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Göran Olsson-Föllinger: Polka for violin & piano in A minor; Nejlikan for violin & piano; Jämtsägen for violin & piano; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B mi...
Performers: Allan Pettersson; Anderson, Olof; Andreason, Lottie; Barkel, Charles; Bjork, Gosta; Bjorling, Jussi; Broman, Nathaniel; Broman, Sten; Brostrom, Tage; Erland von Koch; Fritz Ahlberg; Frumerie, Gunnar ...
Conductors: Westerberg, Stig; Frykberg, Sten; Rybrant, Stig; Busch, Fritz; Bendix, Kurt; Grevillius, Nils

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...

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...

The Essential Collection - Great Tenors / McCormack, et al

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Salvatore Fucito: Sultanto a Te for voice & orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; George Frederick Handel: Semele; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Aida, op...
Performers: Ancona, Mario; Bjorling, Jussi; Bourdon, Rosario; Burke, Tom; Caruso, Enrico; Cortis, Antonio; Crooks, Richard; Gigli, Beniamino; Martinelli, Giovanni; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Melba, Nellie; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Rogers, Walter B.; Goehr, Walter; Sabajno, Carlo; Ormandy, Eugene; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Harty, Hamilton, Sir; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Bourdon, Rosario; Grevillius, Nils...

The Essential Collection takes its first foray into classical music in this set, which features some of the greatest tenor voices of the first half...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Favorite French Excerpts

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jules Massenet: Il re di...
Performers: Aumonier, Paul; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Civil, Pablo; Clement, Edmond; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Journet,...
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Erede, Alberto; Molajoli, Lorenzo

The first-ever budget priced album of great singers in French opera features selections from all the most famous titles, as well as a few rarities...continue...

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

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

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

Bidu Sayao Rarities

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1998-08-25

Works: Brazilian Traditional: A casinha pequenina (The Tiny Little House); Alberto Costa: Canto da saudade (Song of Longing); Cisnes (Swans); O luar da minha terra (The Moonlight of My Homeland); Barrozo Ne...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]; Tajo, Italo
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano

"...Sayao is a coloratura soprano with a difference: she may not give quite so effortless an impression in passages of agility...but she has more temperament...continue...

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

References - Jussi Björling - Opera Arias

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1988-06-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Fanci...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Schymberg, Hjordis
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

Jussi Björling - Opera Arias / Leinsdorf, Rome Opera

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 1987-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Turandot; Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Faust; R...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Tebaldi, Renata; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Cellini, Renato; Grevillius, Nils; Leinsdorf, Erich