The Very Best of Jussi Björling
Jussi Björling
Feb 2003•44 Songs
Tracks
- 1Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 2b, Ballata, "Questa o quella per me pari sono" (Duca)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 2Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 3 Scene 2: "La donna è mobile" (Duca)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 3Verdi: Il trovatore, Act 3 Scene 6: "Ah sì, ben mio, coll'essere" (Manrico)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 4Verdi: Il trovatore, Act 3 Scene 6: "Di quella pira … l'orrendo foco" (Manrico)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 5Verdi: Un ballo in maschera, Act 1 Tableau 2: No. 11b, Canzone, "Di' tu se fedele" (Gustavo)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 6Verdi: Aïda, Act 1 Scene 1: Romanza, "Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida" (Radames)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 7Verdi: Messa da Requiem: II. Sequence, 8. Ingemisco (Tenor)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 8Rossini: Stabat Mater: II. Aria, "Cujus animam gementem" (Tenor). Allegro maestosoJussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 9Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, Act 2 Scene 7: No. 11, Romanza, "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino)Jussi Björling/Kungliga Hovkapellet Orkester, Stockholm/Nils Grevillius
- 10Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act 2 Scene 4: Romanza, "Cielo e mar!" (Enzo)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 11Giordano: Andrea Chénier, Act 4: "Come un bel dì di maggio" (Chénier)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 12Giordano: Fedora, Act 2 Scene 7: "Amor ti vieta di non amar" (Count Loris Ipanov)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 13Cilèa: L'Arlesiana, Act 2: "È la solita storia del pastore" (Federico)Jussi Björling/Stockholm Concert Society Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 14Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Act 1: "Donna non vidi mai" (Des Grieux)Jussi Björling/Royal Opera Orchestra, Stockholm/Nils Grevillius
- 15Puccini: La Bohème, Act 1: "Che gelida manina" (Rodolfo)Jussi Björling/Rca Victor Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham
- 16Puccini: La Bohème, Act 4: "In un coupè? … O Mimi, tu più non torni" (Marcello, Rodolfo)Jussi Björling/Robert Merrill/RCA Victor Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham
- 17Puccini: Tosca, Act 1 Scene 3: "Recondita armonia" (Cavaradossi)Jussi Björling/Swedish Radio Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 18Puccini: Tosca, Act 3 Scene 2: "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi)Jussi Björling/Swedish Radio Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 19Puccini: Turandot, Act 3 Scene 1: "Nessun dorma!" (Calaf)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 20Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana: "Mamma, quel vino è generoso" (Turiddu)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 21Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act 1 Scene 4: "Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio … Vesti la giubba" (Canio)Jussi Björling/RCA Victor Orchestra/Renato Cellini
- 22Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act 2 Scene 2: "No! Pagliaccio non son! … Suvvia, così terribile" (Canio, Chorus, Silvio, Nedda, Peppe, Tonio)Jussi Björling/Victoria de los Angeles/Paul Franke/Robert Merrill/Leonard Warren/Robert Shaw Chorale/RCA Victor Orchestra/Renato Cellini
- 1Meyerbeer: L'Africaine, Act 4 Scene 2: No. 15, Recitativo ed Aria, "Mi batte il cor … O paradiso" (Vasco)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 2Gounod: Faust, CG 4, Act 3 Scene 4: No. 12, Cavatine, (b) "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure" (Faust)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 3Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act 1 Scene 7: No. 4, Madrigal, "Ange adorable, ma main coupable" (Roméo, Juliette)Anna-Lisa Björling/Jussi Björling/Stockholm Concert Association Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 4Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 7b, Cavatine, "Ah! lève-toi, soleil!" (Roméo)Jussi Björling/Royal Opera Orchestra, Stockholm/Nils Grevillius
- 5Massenet: Manon, Act 2: "Instant charmant" - "En fermant les yeux, je vois là-bas" (Des Grieux)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 6Massenet: Manon, Act 3: "Je suis seul" - "Ah ! Fuyez, douce image" (Des Grieux)Jussi Björling/Royal Opera Orchestra, Stockholm/Nils Grevillius
- 7Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 2 Scene 5: No. 17a, Cantabile, "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 8Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Act 1: No. 4, Romance, "Je crois entendre encore, caché sous les palmiers" (Nadir)Jussi Björling/Royal Opera Orchestra, Stockholm/Nils Grevillius
- 9Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46Jussi Björling/Harry Ebert
- 10Strauss, R: 4 Lieder, Op. 27: No. 4, Morgen!Jussi Björling/Harry Ebert
- 11Strauss, R: 4 Lieder, Op. 27: No. 2, CäcilieJussi Björling/Harry Ebert
- 12Rachmaninov: 6 Romances, Op. 4: No. 3, In the Silence of the Secret NightJussi Björling/Stockholm Concert Society Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 13Rachmaninov: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 5, LilacsJussi Björling/Stockholm Concert Society Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 14Tosti: IdealeJussi Björling/Royal Opera Orchestra, Stockholm/Nils Grevillius
- 15Di Capua: O sole mioJussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 16Leoncavallo: Mattinata in D MajorJussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 17D'Hardelot: BecauseJussi Björling/Kungliga Hovkapellet Orkester, Stockholm/Nils Grevillius
- 18Friml: Only A Rose (from the Michael Curtiz's 1956 Film "The Vagabond King")Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 19Geehl: For You AloneJussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 20Offenbach: La Belle Hélène, Act 1 Scene 7: Ronde, "Au mont Ida, trois déesses" (Pâris - Sung in Swedish)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 21Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent, Act 3: "Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei" (Symon - Sung in Swedish)Jussi Björling/Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
- 22O helga natt (Adams julsång)Jussi Björling
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