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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 7Swedish National Romantic Songs
Considered by both critics and public as one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century, Jussi Björling left behind a vast recorded legacy. This seventh volume in the Jussi Björling Collection features popular Swedish patriotic and romantic songs spanning Björling’s entire career. Tonerna (Music), generally presented as ‘Visions’ in Björling’s recitals outside Sweden, was one of the most popular items in his repertoire, often used as an encore. Till havs (Towards the Sea), a cheerful evocation of the pleasures of sailing, was another great favourite on the recital programmes of the singer, whose devotion to boating and fishing in the Stockholm archipelago was well-known. Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) is the patriotic song most generally associated with Jussi Björling in Sweden today. “A singer whose art, as well as his voice, placed him among the century’s finest.” Gramophone | | | (also available to download from $9.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Jussi Björling LiveBroadcast Concerts 1937-1960
Adam: | O Holy Night Recorded 20th December 1954 | Alfvén: | Skogen sover, Op. 28 No. 6 Recorded 11th April 1949 Jag längtar dig (Text: Ernest Thiel) Recorded 5th August 1960 | Althen: | Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) Recorded 12th May 1946 Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) Recorded 25th May 1952 | Flotow: | M'appari (from Martha) Recorded 19th November 1945 | Foster, S: | I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Recorded 19th November 1945 I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Recorded 7th November 1949 | Geehl: | For You Alone Recorded 21st January 1946 For You Alone Recorded 8th January 1951 | Giordano, U: | Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Glover: | Rose of Tralee Recorded 12th March 1951 | Godard, B: | Cachès dans cet asile (Jocelyn) Recorded 25th March 1946; sung in English Cachès dans cet asile (Jocelyn) Recorded 11th August 1949; sung in English | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Recorded 12th May 1946 Nuit d'hyménée from Roméo et Juliette Recorded 23rd October 1949 Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano) Nuit d'hyménée from Roméo et Juliette Recorded 30th September 1951 Bidú Sayão (soprano) Prison Scene (from Faust) Recorded 5th December 1937; Björling sings in Swedish | Grieg: | Jeg Elsker Deg, Op. 41 No. 3 Recorded 25th March 1946 | Hardelot: | Because Recorded 25th March 1946 | Herbert, V: | Neapolitan Love Song Recorded 25th March 1946 Neapolitan Love Song Recorded 4th April 1949 | Leoncavallo: | Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Recorded 16th February 1951 Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita' Recorded 15th March 1948 Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Recorded 12th March 1951 | Mascagni: | Addio alla madre (from Cavalleria Rusticana) Recorded 4th April 1949 | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Recorded 19th November 1945 Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Recorded 23rd October 1949 Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Recorded 15th March 1948 Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Recorded 8th January 1951 | Meyerbeer: | Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) Recorded 23rd October 1950 Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) Recorded 5th December 1937 | Millöcker: | Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (from Der Bettelstudent) Recorded 25th May 1952; sung in Swedish | Morgan, O: | Clorinda Recorded 15th March 1948 | Nordqvist: | Till havs (Towards the Sea) Recorded 20th December 1954 | Peterson-Berger: | Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 12th May 1946 Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 11th April 1949 Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 8th January 1951 När jag för mig själv (When I Walk by Myself) Recorded 20th December 1954 | Ponchielli: | Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) Recorded 30th September 1951 | Puccini: | O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 25th September 1949 Licia Albanese (soprano) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 23rd October 1949 O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 23rd October 1949 Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Recorded 30th September 1951 Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 7th November 1949 Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Recorded 8th January 1951 O sventata, sventata (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Recorded 5th December 1937 | Rachmaninov: | Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 Recorded 15th March 1948 V molchanii nochi taynoy, Op. 4 No. 3 Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Rangström: | Tristans död Recorded 11th April 1949 | Romberg, S: | Will You Remember (from Maytime) Recorded 21st January 1946 | Schubert: | An Sylvia, D891 sung in English; recorded 19th November 1945 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 Recorded 4th April 1949 | Sjögren: | I drömmen du är mig nära Recorded 11th April 1949 | Söderman: | Trollsjön Recorded 11th April 1949 Trollsjön Recorded 25th May 1952 | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Recorded 7th November 1949 Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Recorded 5th August 1960; sung in Swedish | Tosti: | L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Recorded 30th September 1951 L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Recorded 11th April 1949 | Verdi: | Quel suon…Ah! Che la morte ognora (from Il Trovatore) Recorded 21st January 1946 Eleanor Steber (soprano) Solenne in quest'ora (from La Forza del Destino) Recorded 5th December 1937 Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Recorded 12th March 1951 Celeste Aida (from Aida) Recorded 12th March 1951 | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded 20th December 1954 In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded 5th August 1960; sung in Swedish |
This month is an excellent one for Björling fans. This collection is a treasury of rare performances from the US and Sweden and includes previously unreleased material. There is commentary and interviews, as well as Art and popular songs, Arias and duets and there are many guest artists such as Licia Albanese, Anna Lisa Björling and Renata Tebaldi. “Björling recorded [Lensky's aria] many times but never, I think, so poignantly as here. As a prologue to this year's centenary celebrations the album is a worthy offering and this track an especially moving example of the great tenor's art at its best.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Adam: | O, helga natt | Alfvén: | Saa tag mit Hjerte (Text: Tove Ditlevsen) | Althen: | Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) | Atterberg: | Fanal: Final Scene | Beach: | Ah, Love, but a day! Op. 44, No. 2 | Beethoven: | Adelaide, Op. 46 | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) | Campbell-Tipton: | A Spirit Flower | Capua: | O sole mio | Cilea: | È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana) | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) | Flotow: | M'appari (from Martha) | Foster, S: | I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair | Friml: | Only A Rose (from The Vagabond King) | Geehl: | For You Alone | Giordano, U: | Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) Amor ti vieta (from Fedora) | Godard, B: | Berceuse from Jocelyn | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) De grâce demeurez… Ange adorable (Roméo et Juliette) | Hardelot: | Because | Leoncavallo: | Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita' I Pagliacci: excerpts Victoria de los Angeles (Nedda), Leonard Warren (Tonio), Paul Franke (Beppe), Robert Merrill (Silvio) | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) O Lola, ch'ai di latti la cammisa (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) | Meyerbeer: | Mi batte il cor … O paradiso (from L'Africana) | Millöcker: | Soll ich redden…Ich setz’ den Fall (from Der Bettelstudent) Sung in Swedish Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (from Der Bettelstudent) Sung in Swedish | Nordqvist: | Bön I ofredstid (Prayer in Time of War) Bisp Thomas frihetssång (Bishop Thomas' Song of Freedom) Till havs (Towards the Sea) | Offenbach: | Le jugement de Pâris - Au Mont Ida (from La Belle Hélène) | Peterson-Berger: | När jag för mig själv (When I Walk by Myself) Bland skogens höga furustammar (Among the High Fir-Trees in the Forest) Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) | Ponchielli: | Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West) O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Hjödis Schymberg (Mimi) Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) La Bohème (highlights) Victoria de los Angeles (Mimi), Lucine Amara (Musetta), Robert Merrill (Marcello), John Reardon (Schaunard), Giorgio Tozzi (Colline) Madama Butterfly (highlights) Victoria de los Angeles (Butterfly), Miriam Pirazzini (Suzuki), Mario Sereni (Sharpless), Piero de Palma (Goro) | Rachmaninov: | In the silence of the secret night, Op. 4 No. 3 Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Song of the Hindu Guest (from Sadko) | Rossini: | Stabat Mater: Cujus animam gementem | Salén: | Sången till havet (Song to the Sea) Visa kring slånblom och månskära (Song of Blackthorn and Crescent Moon) | Schrader, M: | Sommarnatt (Summer Night) | Sibelius: | Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) | Sjöberg: | Tonerna (text: Erik Gustaf Geijer) | Söderman: | Kung Heimer och Aslög (Text: Frans Hedberg) Trollsjön | Speaks: | Sylvia | Stenhammar: | Sverige (Sweden) | Strauss, J, II: | Wer uns getraut? (from Der Zigeunerbaron) Sung in Swedish | Strauss, R: | Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 | Tosti: | Ideale L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra | Verdi: | Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Ingemisco (from Requiem) Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) (two recordings) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) (two recordings) Questa o quella (from Rigoletto) (two recordings) Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) | Widestedt: | Nämner du Sverige (If You Mention Sweden) |
This 5 CD set covers the best of Björling’s EMI solo recordings and includes highlights from the three complete operas: CD 1 contains Opera and Oratorio Arias and Songs in their original language recorded between 1936 and 1941. CD 2 covers similar repertoire from 1941 to 1950. CD 3 goes back to the period from 1929 when Björling was still a local Swedish artist and recorded all his material in Swedish. The CD opens with the two recently discovered test recordings that Björling made for EMI Sweden on 4 September 1929: ‘For You Alone’ and ‘Mattinata’, both sung in Swedish. CD 4 contains a selection of Lieder and Songs, all sung in their original language, recorded between 1939 and 1959. CD 5 contains a generous selection of highlights from Björling’s three complete EMI operas: La bohème, Pagliacci and Madama Butterfly. He is partnered in all three recordings by the soprano Victoria de los Angeles. All tracks, except those from Pagliacci and Madama Butterfly on CD 5, have been transferred and digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios from the best available source material in the EMI Archives by the award-winning audio restoration engineer Andrew Walter. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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