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Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

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...

Verdi Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Nabucco; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Don Carlo; Otello; La Forza Del Destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Caruso, Enrico; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scotto,...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Previtali, Fernando; Buckley, Emerson; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Cellini, Renato; Masini, Gianfranco; Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pr...

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 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...

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...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 4

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Ernani; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Amilcare Ponc...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Baum, Kurt; Bjorling, Jussi; Christoff, Boris; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roman, Stella; Wa...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (Members); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Leonard Warren (1911-1960), is still a shimmering beacon of the operatic art, a role model to whom so many are compared. During his brief career...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Verdi's Masterworks Vol 2

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Macbeth; Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Andreva, Stella; Bampton, Rose; Battistini, Mattia; Bjorling, Jussi; Burzio, Eugenia; Caniglia, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Castagna, Bruna; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cordon, Norman; de Luca, Gi...
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Gui, Vittorio; Sabajno, Carlo; Sandberg, Herbert; Tansini, Ugo; Pitt, Percy; Panizza, Héctor

The Great Voices survey of Verdi operas continues with this second of three volumes, including extensive excerpts from 'La Traviata' and 'Un Ballo in Maschera'...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

Great Voices of the Past - Verdi's Masterworks Vol 1

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; Il Trovatore; I lombardi; I due Foscari; Attila
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Badini, Ernesto; Bechi, Gino; Bernelli, Gina; Bjorling, Jussi; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caruso, Enrico; Crimi, Giulio; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, Apollo; Hempel...
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario
Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra

This is the first release in a 4 volume series (8 CDs altogeher) surveying the greatest Verdi recordings made by the past century's most legendary...continue...

Verdi: Ballo in Maschera highlights, etc / Björling, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2002-06-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi
Conductors: Herbert, Walter
Ensemble: New Orleans Opera Chorus; New Orleans Opera Orchestra

This important document of the great tenor's art is taken from a New Orleans performance of April 1950. The disc also contains selections by Chopin,...continue...

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

Great Voices of the Past - Legendary Opera Duets

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Simon Boccanegra; Otello; Henry Pur...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Baillie, Isobel; Bampton, Rose; Beuf, Augusto; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Eames, Emma; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Fr...

This is a unique collection of some operatic rarities, some sung by famous singers, some by names now forgotten, but belonging to artists of surprising...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Great Opera Ensembles

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; La traviata; I lombardi; Ernani; Attila; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: La bo...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Amato, Pasquale; Anthony, Grace; Bada, Angelo; Bjorling, Jussi; Carena, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; Civil, Pablo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Debicka, Hedwig von;...

Trios, quartets and quintets from the great operas, featuring familiar stars of yesteryear, mixed in with some of the great voices whose memories have faded...continue...

Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass; Otello; Mac...
Performers: Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borodina, Olga; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara, Maria; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; ...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Pritchard, John; Santi, Nello; Davis, Colin; Haitink, Bernard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, ...
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Kirov Theater...

2001 is the Verdi Year - Verdi's 100th Anniversary. "Essential Verdi" is packed with 40 selections from the great Verdi operas sung by the greatest...continue...

Verdi - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Don Carlos; La forza del destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kraus, Alfred...
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Santi, Nello; Basile, Arturo; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Fiedler, Arthur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Previtali, Fernando; Cleva, ...
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Boston Pops; London Symphony Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: Il trovatore / Gui, Björling, Cigna, Basiola, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2000-10-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Dua, Octave; Huder, Maria; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano; Wettergren, Gertrud; Zambelli, Corrado; Zammit, Giuseppe
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

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

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Herbert, Björling, et al

2 CD / Video Artists International / 1999-11-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Berger, George; Bjorling, Jussi; Dabdoub, Jack; Feux, Henri; Larrimore, Martha; Morris, Suzy; Rothmuller, Marko; Schuh, Audrey; Treigle, Norman
Conductors: Herbert, Walter
Ensemble: New Orleans Opera Orchestra

Romantic Nights / Bocelli, Pavarotti, Domingo, Lanza, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-04-13

Works: Eberhard Schoener: La Luna; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Testa: Il corrag...
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Caruso, Enrico; Domingo, Placido; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Lanza, Mario [Actor/Singer]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Peerce, Jan [Tenor ...
Conductors: Schoener, Eberhard; Mehta, Zubin; Rother, Artur; Pasternack, Josef A.; Morricone, Ennio; Callinicos, Constantin; Previtali, Fernando; Bass, Warner; Bonavolontà, Nino; Sinatra, Ray; Perlea, Jonel...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Oper...

Prima Voce - Björling, Caruso, Gigli

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Mattinata; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; La traviata; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino

Long before Pavarotti, Domingo, and Carreras caught the public imagination there were three legendary tenors who became household names in their own lifetime. They were...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

Verdi: Requiem, Quattro Pezzi Sacri / Reiner, Mehta, et al

2 CD / Decca / 1995-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Elias, Rosalind; Minton, Yvonne; Price, Leontyne; Tozzi, Giorgio
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Singverein

Opera's Greatest Love Songs - Pavarotti, Domingo, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-10-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; T...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Price, Margaret [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich; Perlea, Jonel; Prêtre, Georges; Oren, Daniel; Steinberg, Pinchas; Levine, James; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry

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

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