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The Very Best of Jussi Björling (2003)
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Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano) , Harry Ebert (piano) , Jussi Björling (tenor) , Leonard Warren (baritone) , Paul Franke (tenor) , Robert Merrill (baritone) , Victoria de Los Angeles (soprano) , Robert Shaw Chorale (choir, chorus)
Adolphe Adam , Amilcare Ponchielli , Carl Millöcker , Charles Gounod , Eduardo di Capua , Francesco Cilea , Gaetano Donizetti , Georges Bizet , Giacomo Meyerbeer , Giacomo Puccini , Gioachino Rossini , Giuseppe Verdi , Guy d' Hardelot , Henry Geehl , Jacques Offenbach
About this title: Jussi Björling was one of the finest tenors of the twentieth century. He was not the most consistent artist, but his galvanizing voice is still among the most remarkable on record 40 years after his death. Those wanting an introduction to Björling's singing, or fans wanting a good collection, should be very happy with EMI's The Very Best of Jussi Björling. Not every performance is a hit, but many of them do represent the best he had to offer, and in every case, the unique beauty of his voice is on full display. Most of the recordings are from the 1930s and 1940s, and some of them sound their ...
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Rigoletto, opera: Act 1. Questa o quella
Rigoletto, opera: Act 3. La donna è mobile
Il Trovatore, opera: Act 3. Ah sì, ben mio
Il Trovatore, opera: Act 3. Di quella pira
Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 1. Di' tu se fedele
Aida, opera: Act 1. Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida
Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Ingemisco
Stabat mater for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra: Cujus animam
L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 3. Una furtiva lagrima
La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Act 2. Cielo e mar
Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 4. Come un bel di di maggio
Fedora, opera: Act 2. Amor ti vieta
L'Arlesiana, opera: Act 2. È la solita storia
Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Donna non vidi mai
La bohème, opera: Act 1. Che gelida manina
La bohème, opera: Act 4. In un coupé?...O Mimì, tu più non torni
Tosca, opera: Act 1. Recondita armonia
Tosca, opera: Act 3. E lucevan le stelle
Turandot, opera: Act 3. Nessun dorma
Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Mamma! quel vino è generoso
Pagliacci, opera: Act 1. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
Pagliacci, opera: Act 2. No, Pagliaccio non son
L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: Act 4. Mi batte il cor...O paradiso
Faust, opera: Act 3. Salut! demeure chaste et pure
Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act 1. Ange adorable
Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act 2. Ah! lève-toi, soleil
Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 2. Instant charmant...En ferment les yeux
Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Je suis seul!...Ah, fuyez, douce image
Carmen, opera: Act 2. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Je crois entendre encore
Adelaide, song for voice & piano, Op. 46
Morgen ("Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 27/4 (TrV 170/4)
Cäcilie ("Wenn du es wüsstest"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 27/2 (TrV 170/2)
In the silence of the secret night, song for voice & piano, Op. 4/3
Lilacs, song for voice & piano, Op. 21/5
Ideale for voice & piano (or orchestra)
O sole mio, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Mattinata ("L'aurora di bianco vestita"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra)
The Vagabond King, operetta: Only a Rose
For You Alone for voice & piano (or orchestra)
La belle Hélène, operetta in 3 acts: Act 1. Uti en skog på berget Ida (Au mont Ida trois déesses)
Der Bettelstudent, operetta: Act 3. Nu är jag pank och fågelfri (Ich hab' kein Geld)
Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra "O Holy Night"
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