VERY BEST OF JUSSI BJORLING

The Very Best of Jussi Björling

Jussi Björling

[1] Bizet: Les Pecheurs des Perles – Au fond du temple saint (1951)**with R Merrill 4:36
[2] Puccini: Tosca – Recondita armonia (1957) *** 3:03
[3] Puccini: Tosca – E lucevan le stelle (1957) *** 3:42
[4] Puccini: Turandot – Non piangere Liù (1960)*** 2:54
[5] Puccini: Turandot – Nessun dorma (1960)*** 3:27
[6] Bizet: Carmen – La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (1938) * 3:52
[7] Massenet: Manon – Je suis seul… Ah! Fuyez, douce image (1945)* 4:31
[8] Gounod: Roméo et Juliette – Ah! lève-toi soleil (1946)-* 3:21
[9] Meyerbeer: L’Africana – Mi batte il cor… O Paradiso! (1937) * 3:14
[10] Verdi: Aida – Se quel guerrier… Celeste Aida (1951)** 4:41
[11] Verdi: La Forza del Destino – Solenne in quest’ora (1951)**with Robert Merrill 4:10
[12] Verdi: Otello – Si, pel ciel [with Robert Merrill] (1951)** 4:26
[13] Ponchielli: La Gioconda – Cielo e mar (1951)** 4:25
[14] Puccini: Manon Lescaut – Donna non vidi mai (1948)* 2:26
[15] Puccini: La Bohème – Che gelida manina (1956) ** 5:09
[16] Puccini: La Bohème – – O Mimi, tu più non torni (1956) ** with Robert Merrill 3:04
[17] Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana – Mamma, quel vino e generoso (1944) * 3:49
[18] Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci – Recitar! Vesti la giubba (1944) * 3:41
[19] Leoncavallo: Mattinata (1944) * 2:17
[20] Tosti: Ideale (1937)* 3:21
[21] Alfvén: Skogen sover [with Harry Ebert, piano] (1939) 2:31

*Orchestras incl Royal Opera Stockholm conducted by Nils Grevilius (6-9,14,17-20)
**RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini (1,10-13) conducted Thomas Beecham (15,16)
***Orchestra of the Rome Opera / Erich Leinsdorf 1957 (2-3) 1960 (4,5)