Arias, Duets & Songs, Vol. 2

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

Tracklist

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1Rigoletto: “Questa o quella”
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto I, scena 1. N°2 Ballata “Questa o quella” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1850 until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (from 1850 until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi2:16
2Rigoletto: “È il sol dell’anima”
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto I, scena 2. “È il sol dell’anima” (Duca, Gilda, Ceprano, Borsa, Giovanna)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1850)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (in 1850)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi3:26
3Rigoletto: “La donna è mobile”
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi2:14
4II trovatore: “Di quella pira”
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Di quella pira l’orrendo foco” (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, armed men)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1853)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist) (in 1853)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto III. Il figlio della zingara
Giuseppe Verdi1:43
5Les Pêcheurs de perles : « Je crois entendre encore »
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 4 Romance « Je crois entendre encore » (Nadir)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer) (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré (librettist) and Eugène Cormon
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I
Georges Bizet3:43
6La Belle Hélène : « Au mont Ida trois déesses"
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
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 Offenbach3:23
7Romeo et Juliette : « Ah! Lève‐toi, soleil »
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Roméo et Juliette : Acte II. No. 7 Cavatine « L’amour ! l’amour ! » … « Ah ! lève‐toi, soleil ! » (Roméo)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1867)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
publisher:
Choudens
part of:
Roméo et Juliette: Acte II
Charles Gounod3:28
8Carmen : « La Fleur que tu m’avais jetée »
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 17 Duo : « La fleur que tu m’avais jetée » (Carmen, Don José) (Flower Song)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (french librettist) (in 1875) and Henri Meilhac (in 1875)
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet3:58
9Manon : « Instant charmant » … « En fermant les yeux »
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Manon : Acte II. « Instant charmant » … « En fermant les yeux » (des Grieux) (le rêve de Des Grieux)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (in 1884)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Manon : Acte II
Jules Massenet3:51
10Requiem: Ingemisco
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1873 until 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi4:12
11La Gioconda: “Cielo e mar”
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. “Cielo e mar!” (Enzo)
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. Il rosario
Amilcare Ponchielli4:17
12Cavalleria rusticana: “O Lola” (Siciliana)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “O Lola ch'ai 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 Mascagni2:39
13Cavalleria rusticana: “Mamma… quel vino”
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Mamma, quel vino è generoso, è certo” (Turiddu, Lucia, Donne) (Addio alla madre)
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 Mascagni3:58
14Prince Igor: Vladimir’s cavatina
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Cavatina "Медленно день угасал" (Vladimir)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin)
part of:
Prince Igor: Act II
Alexander Borodin3:17
15Manon Lescaut: “Donna non vidi mai”
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto I. “Donna non vidi mai simile a questa!” (Des Grieux)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1893)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi
part of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:29
16La bohème: “O soave fanciulla”
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (in 1896)
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini3:39
17Andrea Chénier: “Come un bel dì di maggio"
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto IV. “Come un bel dì di maggio” (Chénier)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica (in 1896)
part of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto IV
Umberto Giordano3:19
18In the Silence of the Night, op. 4: No. 3
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
6 Romances, op. 4: no. 3 "In the Silence of the Secret Night"
lyricist:
Афанасий Фет
composer:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer) (in 1892)
part of:
6 Romances, op. 4
Sergei Rachmaninoff3:04
19Lilacs, op. 21: No. 5
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
12 Romances, op. 21: no. 5 Lilacs (for solo piano, by composer)
composer:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer)
piano arranger:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer) (from 1913 until 1914)
arrangement of:
12 Romances, op. 21: no. 5 Lilacs (for voice+piano, original version)
Sergei Rachmaninoff2:17
20Mattinata
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Mattinata
lyricist and composer:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:21
21Ideale
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Ideale
lyricist:
Carmelo Errico
composer:
Francesco Paolo Tosti (composer) (in 1882)
Paolo Tosti3:24
22Adelaide, op. 46
piano:
Harry Ebert (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Adelaide, op. 46
lyricist:
Friedrich von Matthisson
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1794 until 1796)
dedicated to:
Friedrich von Matthisson
part of:
Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 46)
Ludwig van Beethoven6:56
23Morgen, op. 27: No. 4
producer:
Inger Forsblom and Lars Tocklin
piano:
Harry Ebert (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (in 1939)
recording of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and piano) (on 1939-07-15)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
recording of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and piano) (in 1939)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
Richard Strauss3:21