Geehl, Henry Ernest

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...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Richard Crooks

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-04-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Edouard L...
Performers: Crooks, Richard
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred; Shilkret, Nathaniel

Richard Crooks was known less for the richness of his voice than his musicality, line and concentration of tone. His recordings of Mozart are rightfully...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...

Songs you Love - Love Songs - Songs from Sunny Italy / Merrill, Peerce, Tucker

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-05-13

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Non ti scordar di me; Emanuele Nutile: Mamma mia, che vo' sapè; Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Lolita "Spanish Serenade"; Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Cesare A...
Performers: Corigliano, John, Sr. [Violin]; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Antonini, Alfredo; Case, Russ; Bass, Warner
Ensemble: Columbia Concert Orchestra; Orchestra; Russ Case Orchestra

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...

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

Singers to Remember - Alfred Piccaver - The Son of Vienna

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2002-10-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo...
Performers: Angerer, Margit; Piccaver, Alfred; Prüwer, Julius
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred

Great Voices of the Past - The 30 Tenors

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem Mass; Eduardo...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, Ivan; ...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Rother, Artur; Bourdon, Rosario; Sabajno, Carlo; Elmendorff, Karl; Orlov, Alexander; Gurlitt, Manfred; Rapée, Erno; Erede, Alberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Quadri, Argeo; Barbiro...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Radio City Music Hall Orchestra

Opera d'Oro has gathered together 30 of the greatest male voices of the last century to each belt out an aria on "The 30 Tenors"....continue...

Jussi Björling - The Early Swedish Recordings

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-05

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Carmela; Emil Sjögren: I Drömmen di är Mig Nära (You are near in my dreams), song for voice & piano; August Körling: Vita rosor; Henry G...
Performers: Björling, Gösta; Björling, Jussi; Björling, Olle
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

Puccini: Arias; Favourite Ballads / Charles Craig, et al

1 CD / Testament / 1998-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Guy d'Hardelot: Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Irish Traditional: Believe Me, If All ...
Performers: Craig, Charles
Conductors: Collins, Michael
Ensemble: Orchestra

Prima Voce - Richard Crooks in Songs and Ballads

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-09-01

Works: Antoni Perez Moya: The Song of Songs; John W. Metcalf: Absent; James Carroll Bartlett: A Dream; Teresa Clotilde Del Riego: Oh, Dry Those Tears, song; Eugene Cowles: Forgotten; Stephen Foster: Swanee ...
Performers: Crooks, Richard

Prima Voce - Caruso in Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Vincenzo di Crescenzo: Tarantella sincera; Henry Ernest Geehl: For you alone; Helen Guy: Because; Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Petite Messe solennelle; Josef Zygmunt Szulc: Hantis...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico

Alfred Piccaver - The Complete Electric Recordings 1928-1930

2 CD / Preiser / 1995-09-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; R...
Performers: Piccaver, Alfred; Pruwer, Julius
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred