Björling: The First Ten Years

~ Release by Jussi Björling (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1Il trovatore: “Di quella pira” (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1934-03-03)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1934-03-03)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1934-03-03)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Di quella pira l’orrendo foco” (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, armed men) (on 1934-03-03)
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 Verdi1:50
2Tosca: “Recondita armonia” (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1933-11-13)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1933-11-13)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1933-11-13)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”) (on 1933-11-13)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:55
3Tosca: “È lucevan le stelle” (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1933-11-13)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1933-11-13)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1933-11-13)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi) (on 1933-11-13)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini2:49
4Prince Igor: Vladimir’s Cavatina (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1933-03-21)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1933-03-21)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1933-03-21)
recording of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Cavatina (Vladimir) (Swedish version) (on 1933-03-21)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin)
translated version of:
Prince Igor: Act II. Cavatina "Медленно день угасал" (Vladimir)
Alexander Borodin3:26
5Rigoletto: “Questo a quella” (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1930-09-29)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1930-09-29)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1930-09-29)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto I, scena 1. N°2 Ballata “Questa o quella” (Duca) (on 1930-09-29)
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 Verdi2:01
6Rigoletto: “La donna e mobile” (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1933-12-20)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1933-12-20)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1933-12-20)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca) (on 1933-12-20)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi2:19
7Pagliacci: “Vesti la giubba” (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1933-12-20)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1933-12-20)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1933-12-20)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” - “Vesti la giubba” (Canio) (on 1933-12-20)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer) (in 1892)
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:59
8Cavalleria rusticana: “O Lola” (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1934-03-03)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1934-03-03)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1934-03-03)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa” (Turiddu) (“Siciliana”) (on 1934-03-03)
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 Mascagni2:38
9Fanal: “I männer över lag och rätt” (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1935-03-04)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1935-03-04)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1935-03-04)
recording of:
Fanal, op. 35: Akt I. "I männer över lag och rätt" (on 1935-03-04)
composer:
Kurt Atterberg (composer) (in 1934)
part of:
Fanal, op. 35: Akt I
Kurt Atterberg3:11
10La fanciulla del West: “Ch’ella mi credo“ (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1935-03-04)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1935-03-04)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1935-03-04)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III. “Ch’ella mi creda libero e lontano” (Johnson, Rance) (on 1935-03-04)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1910)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini2:40
11Sadko: “Song of India“ (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1936-10-08)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1936-10-08)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1936-10-08)
recording of:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest (Swedish version) (on 1936-10-08)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov)
translated version of:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov3:22
12L’Illustre Frégona: « Mélancolique tombe le soir » (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1933-03-21)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1933-03-21)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1933-03-21)
partial recording of:
L'Illustre Frégona (on 1933-03-21)
composer:
Raoul Laparra
Raoul Laparra3:36
13Ack Värmeland, du sköna (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1936-10-07)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1936-10-07)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1936-10-07)
recording of:
Ack, Värmeland, du sköna (Fryxell version) (on 1936-10-07)
lyricist:
Anders Fryxell
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Risingevisan
[traditional]3:29
14Allt under himmelens fäste (sung in swedish)
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1936-10-07)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1936-10-07)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1936-10-07)
recording of:
Allt under himmelens fäste (on 1936-10-07)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]3:25
15Il trovatore: “Ah si, ben mio … Di quella pira”
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1939-07-15)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1939-07-15)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1939-07-15)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Ah si, ben mio, coll'essere io tuo” (Manrico) (on 1939-07-15)
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 Verdi5:09
16Aida: “Celeste Aida”
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1936-12-04)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1936-12-04)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1936-12-04)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès) (on 1936-12-04)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni (in 1870)
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:34
17L’Africaine: “O Paradiso”
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1937-09-04)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1937-09-04)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1937-09-04)
recording of:
L’africana: Atto IV. “Mi batte il cor” … “O Paradiso” (on 1937-09-04)
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe
translated version of:
L'Africaine: Acte IV. "Pays merveilleux" ... "Ô Paradis"
Giacomo Meyerbeer3:25
18La Gioconda: “Cielo e mar”
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1937-09-03)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1937-09-03)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1937-09-03)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. “Cielo e mar!” (Enzo) (on 1937-09-03)
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. Il rosario
Amilcare Ponchielli4:24
19La Bohème: “Che gelida manina”
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1936-12-04)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1936-12-04)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1936-12-04)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo) (on 1936-12-04)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini4:30
20Manon: Il sogno
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1938-08-10)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1938-08-10)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1938-08-10)
recording of:
Manon: Atto II. “O dolce incanto” (Il sogno) (on 1938-08-10)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
translated version of:
Manon : Acte II. « Instant charmant » … « En fermant les yeux » (des Grieux) (le rêve de Des Grieux)
part of:
Manon: Atto II
Jules Massenet3:59
21Stabat mater: Cujus animam
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1938-10-12)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1938-10-12)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1938-10-12)
recording of:
Stabat Mater: II. Aria - Cuius animam gementem (tenore) (on 1938-10-12)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (from 1832 until 1839)
part of:
Stabat Mater
Gioachino Rossini4:34
22Messa da Requiem: Ingemisco
recorded in:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden (on 1938-10-12)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1938-10-12)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1938-10-12)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore) (on 1938-10-12)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1873 until 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi4:11

Credits

Release

manufactured in:England, United Kingdom
liner notes:Nigel Douglas (British operatic tenor and writer)
manufactured by:Nimbus Records Limited
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Nimbus Records Limited (in 1992)
part of:Prima Voce (Nimbus) (order: 6)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/8134422 [info]