Björling, Jussi

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...

This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...

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; Björling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Lu...
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 Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Alfredo...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

Much of her charm and ease of communication derived from her Spanish background. The dark-hued good looks married to the warm, Mediterranean tints in her...continue...

Terrific Tenors

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta (Idomeneo, King of Crete); Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Best, Roy; Björling, Jussi; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Collins, Kenneth; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Flórez, Juan Diego; Hobson, David [Singer/Com...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Gardiner, John Eliot; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; López-Cobos, Jesús; Rizzi, Carlo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Kubelik, Rafael; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Walker, Antony; ...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

50 Best Puccini / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ercolani...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Boris Christoff IV

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-04-13

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La forza del destino; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; King Saul; The wild wi...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Christoff, Boris; Neri, Giulio
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio; Santini, Gabriele; Perlea, Jonel; Dobroven, Issay; Tzipine, George

Boris Christoff (b.1914) had 120 roles in his repertoire. The most famous were Boris Godunov, which he reportedly sang close to 600 times, Mephistopheles in...continue...

Handel, Schubert, Bizet, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Puccini, etc / Jussi Björling

1 CD / Myto Records / 2009-04-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse, HWV 40; Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Die Forelle, D 550; Schwanengesang, D 957; Richard Strauss: Lieder (3), Op. 29; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Ge...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbié, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björlin...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Best Puccini 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

In 2008, the world honors the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and...continue...

Il mito dell'opera - 26 "E lucevan le stelle" da Tosca di Giacomo Puccini

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2009-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Björling, Jussi; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Caruso, Enrico; Ciniselli, Ferdinando; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta...

An opera becomes popular only if at least one of its arias is a success: Tosca contains many famous pieces, but one above all, "E...continue...

Giacomo Puccini - The Operas / Bartoletti, Prêtre, Alagna, Bergonzi, Caballé, Callas, Corelli, Freni, et al

17 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Le Villi; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; ...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Badioli, Carlo; Banks, Barry; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Busher...
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

All of Puccini's popular operas are represented in this 17-CD boxed set, as well as the less frequently heard titles 'La Rondine', 'La Fanciulla del...continue...

100 Best Puccini

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-10-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

18 "Celeste Aida" da Aida di Giuseppe Verdi / Caruso, Bergonzi, Paoli, Björling, Corelli, Gigli, et al

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Labò, Flaviano; Lagares, Rafael; Martinelli, Gio...

'Aida' is the most widely-performed opera ever and the aria 'Celeste Aida' is what might be termed its calling card. After all, it is sung...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto

2 CD / Naxos (USA) Import / 2008-07-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Celli, Silvana; Chissari, Santa; Frascati, Tommaso; Grandi, Lidia; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Mineo, Andrea; Monrea...
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Björling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-02-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Björling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Rota, Anna Maria
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

"The sound may be limited, but no Puccinian should miss this, where Bjorling gives the finest ever interpretation on record of the role of Des...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; Björling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, M...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grac...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...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: Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Kreisler, Fritz; Martinelli, Giovanni; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Melchior, Lauritz; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Schneide...
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...

Neapolitan Songs

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Romanze (2); L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); La serenata; Canzoni napoletane (3); Marechiare; Addio; Gia...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Bastianini, Ettore; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Capecchi, Renato; Carreras, José; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; de Lucia, Fernando; Del...

Prima Voce - Great Singers Vol 2 (1903-1939)

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ernani; Traditional: Ma Lisette; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Les Huguenots; George Frederic...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Calvé, Emma; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Farrar, Geraldine; Favero, Mafalda; Flagstad, Kirsten; Garden, Mary; Gluck, Alma; Ivo...
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

...An utterly splendid collection, winners every one...a tour from one superlative to another. Gramophone. Very popular selection of arias and featuring the greatest singers recorded...continue...

The Art of Victoria de los Angeles - Mozart, Puccini, etc

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Enrique Granados: Goyesc...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Valletti, Cesare
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 2-CD set features a rich anthology of this singers recordings: from the early recordings of the 1940s, to her unforgettable interpretations of Spanish folk...continue...

Songs in Swedish

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil / 2005-04-16

Works: Hugo Alfvén: Saa tag mit hjerte, R 203; Jag Längtar Dig, song for voice & piano, Op. 28/5; Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Ballades (4) in Swedish Folk Style, Op. 5; Carl Leopold Sjöberg: Ton...
Performers: Björling, Jussi
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

San Francisco Opera Gems Vol 1 - Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, etc

3 CD / Guild / 2003-08-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Jules Massenet: Manon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo i...
Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Björling, Jussi; Bonnelli, Richard; Brownlee, John; Cehanovsky, George; Flagstad, Kirsten; Jobin, Raoul; Lawrence, Marjorie; Lehmann, Lotte; Melchior, Lauritz; Paolis, Alessio d...
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Leinsdorf, Erich; Papi, Gennaro; Reiner, Fritz

The Very Best of Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; ...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

The Opera Album /Alagna, Callas, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Jacques Offenba...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Björling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, David; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessay, ...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cambreling, Sylvain; Soltesz, Stefan; Muti, Riccardo; Chung, Myung-Whun; Armstrong, Richard; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Norringto...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Moffo, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Anne S...continue...

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; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, I...
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...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greatest Heroes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von W...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Bampton, Rose; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Lehmann, Lotte; Lore...

Puccini's Masterworks / Björling, Gigli, Melba, Muzio, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Turandot
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Baronti, Duilio; Björling, Jussi; Borgioli, Armando; Bori, Lucrezia; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Del Monaco, Mario; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; McCo...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Super Villains

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni;...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Bechi, Gino; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Destinn, Emmy; Granforte, Apollo; Hasslo, Hugo; Herrmann, Josef; Pasero, Tancredi; Pertile, Aureliano; Pinza, Ezio;...

Opera Goes to the Movies

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-08-07

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Costa, Mary; Domingo, Placido; Kraus, Alfredo; Marton, Eva; Merrill, Robert; Moffo, Anna; Onesti, Giorgio; Peters, Roberta; Price, Leontyne; Seiffert...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Patanè, Giuseppe; Downes, Edward; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Levine, James; Santi, Nello; Steinberg, Pinchas; Leinsdorf, Erich; Ormandy, Eugene; Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia ...

The #1 Tenor Album / Alagna, Bergonzi, Björling, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bi...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aragall, Giacomo; Bailey, Norman; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placi...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Böhm, Karl; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Patan...

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; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Eames, Emma; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals...

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; Björling, Jussi; Carena, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; Civil, Pablo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Debicka, Hedwig...

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...

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

Viva Verdi!

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I lombardi; Ernani; Attila; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don...
Performers: Angelis, Nazzareno de; Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Christoff, Boris; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Frank, Erns...

Prima Voce Vol 2 - Treasury of Opera - Historic Recordings

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Sadko; Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bri...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Barone, Clement; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [So...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ormandy, Eugene; Cloez, Gustave; Bourdon, Rosario; Albergoni, Angelo; Dobrindt, Otto; Pelletier, Wilfred; Coppola, Piero; Ghione, Franco; Barb...

Verdi: Requiem, Four Sacred Pieces / Price, Bjoerling, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 2000-10-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Price, Leontyne; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Mehta, Zubin

"Leontyne Price in her early-thirties, and Jussi Bjorling shortly before his death at 49: these are the two outstanding reasons for acquiring this reissue. Both...continue...

Golden Operetta Vol 2 -Millöcker, J. Strauss, Offenbach, etc

1 CD / Pearl / 2000-05-23

Works: Carl Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent, operetta; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Fra Diavolo; Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Liden Kirsten; Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood), operetta (arr. &...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Frind, Anni; Kern, Adele; Klose, Margarete; Lange, Hans; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Lehmann, Lotte; Ludwig, Walther; Machula, Traude; Merrem-Nikisch, Grete; Schiotz, Aksel; Schumann,...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Wöldike, Mogens; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Weissmann, Frieder; Setti, Giulio; Orthmann, Erich; Hauke, Ernst; Muller, Hans Udo
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Orchestra

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; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Devries, David; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelit...
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...

Four Famous Met Tenors of the Past

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Fr...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Quartararo, Florence; Swarthout, Gladys; Thorborg, Kerstin; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Vinay, Ramón
Conductors: Levin, Sylvan; Weissmann, Frieder; Cooper, Emil; Pelletier, Wilfred; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich

Ten Tenors in Prayer / Domingo, Lanza, Heppner, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Die Allmacht, D 852; Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Percy Kahn: Ave Maria; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angel...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Domingo, Placido; Elman, Mischa; Hadley, Jerry; Heppner, Ben; Kahn, Percy; Kreisler, Fritz; Lanza, Mario; McCormack, John; O'Brien, Vincent; Pavarotti, Luciano; ...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter; Froschauer, Helmuth; Santi, Nello; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Roberto; Sinatra, Ray; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bass, Warner; Ellstein, Abraham; Kout, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Alexander (New Age); English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Bo...

Lieder von Franz Schubert in historischen Aufnahmen

2 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Die Post ("Von der Strasse her"), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/13 (Op. 89/13); Der Wegweiser ("Was vermeid' ich denn die Wege")...
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Anders, Peter; Anderson, Marian; Balogh, Erno; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bibb, Frank; Björling, Jussi; Branzell, Karin; Dahlke, Julius; Ebert, Harry; Erb, Karl; Ferrier, Kat...

Nessun Dorma - 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-06-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Um...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Bailey, Norman; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Bode, Hannelore; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placi...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Chailly, Riccardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maazel, Lorin; Bonynge, Richard; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Resc...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; New P...

The 30 Tenors

1 CD / Symposium / 1997-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Jérusalem; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Anton Arensky: Rafael, Op. 37; Ka...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Burke, Tom; Caruso, Enrico; Cortis, Antonio; Ershov, Ivan Vasilyevich; Escalaïs, Leon; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Lauri-Volpi, G...

Famous Tenors of the Past

2 CD / Preiser / 1997-01-21

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Don Pasquale; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénie...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Ansseau, Fernand; Björling, Jussi; Borgioili, Dino; Caruso, Enrico; Cortis, Antonio; Crooks, Richard; d'Arkor, André; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Ederle, Nino; Filippesc...

Prima Voce - Björling

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; La Bohème; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, op...
Performers: Björling, Jussi
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils
Ensemble: Orchestra; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Prima Voce - Björling in Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-01

Works: Georg Enders / Nils Perne: Lilla prinsessa; Christgau: Bröllopsvalsen; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Ballads (4) in Swedish folk style, Op. 5; Enrico Toselli: Serenade...
Performers: Björling, Jussi
Conductors: Waldimir, Sune; Grevillius, Nils; Warny, Jens; Meissner, Hjalmar

Il Mito Dell'Opera - 23 Vesti la Giubba da Pagliacci

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 1992-07-07

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Ansseau, Fernand; Bassi, Amedeo; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chamlee, Mario; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Lazaro, Hipolito; Lugo, Giuseppe; Mar...

34 "Di Quella Pira" da "Il Trovatore" di Giuseppe Verdi

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 1991-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Bergammaschi, Ettore; Biel, Julian; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Constantino, Florencio; Cortis, Antonio; De Muro, Bernardo; Escalais, Léonce; Filippeschi, Mario; Fusati, Nicola; Gigl...