Jussi Björling Edition: Studio Recordings 1930-1959

~ Release by Jussi Björling (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Issued in 1997 as EMI Classics 66306 as disc 1 of a four disc box titled Jussi Björling Edition: Studio Recordings 1930-1959.
Reissued in 2008 as EMI Classics 50999 2 17313 2 7 as disc 1 of a five disc box titled Icon: The Swedish Caruso Sings Verdi, Puccini, Leoncavallo, Opera Arias, Lieder & Songs, Swedish Folk Songs.

Recorded at the Small Auditorium of the Stockholm Concert Hall.
Digitally remastered in 1996 by Andrew Walter and Björn Norén

The liner note credits for John Steane and Disc ID OkUYvZWsyD6aZEiGdqBqWpDPF9Q- are associated with the 2008 re-issue.

Issued in 1997 as EMI Classics 66306 as disc 2 of a four disc box titled Jussi Björling Edition: Studio Recordings 1930-1959.
Reissued in 2008 as EMI Classics 50999 2 17313 2 7 as disc 2 of a five disc box titled Icon: The Swedish Caruso Sings Verdi, Puccini, Leoncavallo, Opera Arias, Lieder & Songs, Swedish Folk Songs.

Recorded at the Small Auditorium of the Stockholm Concert Hall.
Digitally remastered in 1996 by Andrew Walter and Björn Norén

The liner note credits for John Steane and Disc ID 4IS.fGF5QoTRZynzlPuxpdb5f6I- are associated with the 2008 re-issue.

Issued in 1997 as EMI Classics 66306 as disc 3 of a four disc box titled Jussi Björling Edition: Studio Recordings 1930-1959.
The 2008 5 disc reissue as EMI Classics 50999 2 17313 2 7 titled Icon: The Swedish Caruso Sings Verdi, Puccini, Leoncavallo, Opera Arias, Lieder & Songs, Swedish Folk Songs uses a different track list as its third disc with two additional tracks at the beginning.

Issued in 1997 as EMI Classics 66306 as disc 4 of a four disc box titled Jussi Björling Edition: Studio Recordings 1930-1959.
Reissued in 2008 as EMI Classics 50999 2 17313 2 7 as disc 4 of a five disc box titled Icon: The Swedish Caruso Sings Verdi, Puccini, Leoncavallo, Opera Arias, Lieder & Songs, Swedish Folk Songs.

Tracks 1-9 recorded at the Small Auditorium of the Stockholm Concert Hall.
Tracks 10-13 recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London
Tracks 14-17 recorded at the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm
Tracks 18-22 recorded at the Large Auditorium of the Stockholm Concert Hall.
Digitally remastered in 1996 by Andrew Walter and Björn Norén

The liner note credits for John Steane and Disc ID 2JGEy04s7W4eB1txqoDa74JFJOs- are associated with the 2008 re-issue.

Annotation last modified on 2013-07-31 19:10 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Opera Arias, Oratoria Arias and Songs 1936-1941
2CD: Opera Arias and Songs 1941-1950
3CD: Opera Arias, Operetta Arias and Songs in Swedish 1930-1941
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1Romeo och Julia: Höj dig, du klara sol!
producer:
Inger Forsblom and Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Romeo och Julia: Höj dig, du klara sol!
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
Charles‐François Gounod3:13
2Rigoletto: O, I kvinnor
producer:
Inger Forsblom and Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Rigoletto: O, I kvinnor
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
translated version of:
Rigoletto: Atto I, scena 1. N°2 Ballata “Questa o quella” (Duca)
Giuseppe Verdi1:51
3L'illustre Fregona: Fylld av vemod sänker sig natten
producer:
Inger Forsblom and Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
L'Illustre Frégona: Fylld av vemod sänker sig natten
composer:
Raoul Laparra (French composer)
translated version of:
L’Illustre Frégona: « Mélancolique tombe le soir »
Raoul Laparra3:20
4Knyaz (Prince) Igor: Dagen gick långsamt till ro
producer:
Inger Forsblom and Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Knyaz (Prince) Igor: Dagen gick långsamt till ro
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин3:13
5Tosca: Det sköna står att finna
producer:
Inger Forsblom and Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Tosca: Det sköna står att finna
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
translated version of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”)
Giacomo Puccini2:41
6Tosca: Jag minns stjärnorna lyste
producer:
Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Tosca: Jag minns stjärnorna lyste
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
translated version of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
Giacomo Puccini2:34
7Rigoletto: Ack, som ett fjun så lätt
producer:
Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Ack, som ett fjun så lätt
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
translated version of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
Giuseppe Verdi2:07
8Trovatore: Skyhögt mot himlen
producer:
Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Skyhögt mot himlen
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
translated version of:
Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Di quella pira l’orrendo foco” (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, armed men)
Giuseppe Verdi1:38
9Pagliacci: Spela komedi! ... Pudra ditt anlet
producer:
Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Spela komedi! ... Pudra ditt anlet
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
translated version of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” … “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:47
10Cavalleria rusticana: O Lola
producer:
Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “O Lola ch'hai di latti la cammisa” (Turiddu) (“Siciliana”)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1890)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni2:25
11La fanciulla del West: Låt henne tro
producer:
Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Låt henne tro
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Guelfo Civinini (Italian librettist) and Carlo Zangarini
Giacomo Puccini2:29
12Fanal, Op 35: I männer över lag och rätt
producer:
Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Fanal, op. 35: Akt I. "I männer över lag och rätt"
composer:
Kurt Atterberg (Swedish composer) (in 1934)
part of:
Fanal, op. 35: Akt I
Kurt Atterberg3:02
13Sadko: I söderns hav
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Sadko: I söderns hav
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
librettist:
Владимир Бельский (Vladimir Belski, Russian poet), Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) and Владимир Васильевич Стасов (Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков3:09
14La belle Hélène: Uti en skog på berget Ida
producer:
Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
La Belle Hélène : Acte I. “Uti en skog på berget Ida” (Pâris entresang, swedish lyrics)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
translated version of:
La Belle Hélène : Acte I, Scène 7. Jugement de Pâris « Au mont Ida, trois déesses » (Pâris)
Jacques Offenbach3:22
15Der Zigeunerbaron: Vem har oss vigt?
producer:
Lars Tocklin
soprano vocals:
Hjördis Schymberg (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Der Zigeunerbaron: Vem har oss vigt?
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
librettist:
Ignaz Schnitzer
Johann Strauss II3:09
16Der Bettelstudent: Skall jag tala ... Antag det fall
producer:
Lars Tocklin
soprano vocals:
Hjördis Schymberg (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Tiggarstudenten: Skall jag tala ... Antag det fall
composer:
Carl Millöcker (composer)
librettist:
Richard Genée (composer) and Camillo Walzel
translated version of:
Der Bettelstudent: Akt II. Duett Symon, Laura: „Soll ich reden, darf ich schweigen?“ … „Ich setz' den Fall“
Karl Millöcker3:17
17Der Bettelstudent: Nu är jag pank och fågelfri
producer:
Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Nu är jag pank och fågelfri
composer:
Carl Millöcker (composer)
librettist:
Richard Genée (composer) and Camillo Walzel
translated version of:
Der Bettelstudent: Akt III. Couplet Symon: „Ich hab’ kein Geld, bin vogelfrei“
Karl Millöcker1:41
18När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går, song for voice & piano
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
När jag för mig själv, op. 5 no. 1
lyricist:
H.
composer:
Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger (Swedish composer and music critic)
part of:
Fyra visor i svenska folkton, op. 5
Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger2:13
19Bland skogens höga furustammar
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Bland skogens höga furustammar, op. 5 no. 4
lyricist:
Wendela Hebbe
composer:
Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger (Swedish composer and music critic)
part of:
Fyra visor i svenska folkton, op. 5
Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger2:44
20Ack Värmeland, du sköna
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
arranger:
Andreas Randel
recording of:
Ack, Värmeland, du sköna (Fryxell version)
lyricist:
Anders Fryxell
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Risingevisan
[unknown]3:14
21Allt under himmelens fäste
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Allt under himmelens fäste
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[unknown]3:12
22Tonerna, for voice & piano
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Tonerna
lyricist:
Erik Gustaf Geijer
composer:
Carl Sjöberg
Carl Sjöberg3:13
23Sommarnatt
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1936-10-08)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1936-10-08)
recording of:
Sommarnatt (on 1936-10-08)
composer:
Mogens Schrader
Mogens Schrader3:11
24Sverige, for voice & piano, Op. 22/2
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Ett folk, op. 22: II. Sverige
lyricist:
Verner von Heidenstam
composer:
Wilhelm Stenhammar (composer, conductor and pianist) (from 1904 until 1905)
part of:
Ett folk, op. 22
Wilhelm Stenhammar2:49
25Land, du välsignade
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Land, du välsignade
lyricist:
Ingeborg Björklund
composer:
Ragnar Althén (Swedish composer)
Ragnar Althén2:35
26Nämner du Sverige
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Nämner du Sverige
composer:
Ragnar Widestedt
Ragnar Widestedt3:05
4CD: Lieder and Songs 1939-1959