Jussi Björling Live - Holland 1939, Norway 1954
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Composer or Director: Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, (Abraham) Louis Niedermeyer, Charles-François Gounod, Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Giacomo Puccini, George Frideric Handel, Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jean Sibelius
Label: Bluebell
Magazine Review Date: 12/1985
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 50
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: ABCD006
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Messa da Requiem, Movement: Ingemisco |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(L')Africaine, '(The) African Maid', Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Georges Bizet, Composer Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Manon, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Charles-François Gounod, Composer Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Che gelida manina |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Serse, 'Xerxes', Movement: ~ |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor George Frideric Handel, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Pietà, Signore |
(Abraham) Louis Niedermeyer, Composer
(Abraham) Louis Niedermeyer, Composer Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(7) Songs, Movement: The Forest sleeps (Skogen sofver) |
Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, Sigh, sedges, sigh (wds. Fröding) |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Jean Sibelius, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Melodies of the Heart, Movement: No. 3, I love but thee (Jeg elsker dig) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Edvard Grieg, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 2, A swan (En svane) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Edvard Grieg, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Composer or Director: Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, (Abraham) Louis Niedermeyer, Charles-François Gounod, Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Giacomo Puccini, George Frideric Handel, Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jean Sibelius
Label: Bluebell
Magazine Review Date: 12/1985
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: BELL163
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Messa da Requiem, Movement: Ingemisco |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(L')Africaine, '(The) African Maid', Movement: ~ |
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Georges Bizet, Composer Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Manon, Movement: ~ |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Faust, Movement: ~ |
Charles-François Gounod, Composer
Charles-François Gounod, Composer Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Che gelida manina |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Frieder Weissmann, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Hilversum Radio Orchestra Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Serse, 'Xerxes', Movement: ~ |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor George Frideric Handel, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Pietà, Signore |
(Abraham) Louis Niedermeyer, Composer
(Abraham) Louis Niedermeyer, Composer Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(7) Songs, Movement: The Forest sleeps (Skogen sofver) |
Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, Sigh, sedges, sigh (wds. Fröding) |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Jean Sibelius, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Melodies of the Heart, Movement: No. 3, I love but thee (Jeg elsker dig) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Edvard Grieg, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 2, A swan (En svane) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Bergen Symphony Orchestra Carl von Garaguly, Conductor Edvard Grieg, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Composer or Director: Franz Schubert, Georges Bizet, Gustaf (Lazarus) Nordqvist, Amilcare Ponchielli, Giacomo Puccini, Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Giuseppe Verdi, Jean Sibelius
Label: Bluebell
Magazine Review Date: 12/1985
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Catalogue Number: BELL187
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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An Silvia |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Harry Ebert, Piano Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Schwanengesang, 'Swan Song', Movement: No. 4, Ständchen |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Harry Ebert, Piano Jussi Björling, Tenor |
An die Leier |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Harry Ebert, Piano Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Black roses (wds. Josephson) |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Harry Ebert, Piano Jean Sibelius, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, Sigh, sedges, sigh (wds. Fröding) |
Jean Sibelius, Composer
Harry Ebert, Piano Jean Sibelius, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
(7) Songs, Movement: The Forest sleeps (Skogen sofver) |
Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Composer
Harry Ebert, Piano Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor |
Prayer in time of war |
Gustaf (Lazarus) Nordqvist, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Gustaf (Lazarus) Nordqvist, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor Sune Waldimir, Conductor |
Bishop Thomas's Song of Freedom |
Gustaf (Lazarus) Nordqvist, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Gustaf (Lazarus) Nordqvist, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor Sune Waldimir, Conductor |
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Che gelida manina |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Giacomo Puccini, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor Nils Grevillius, Conductor Stockholm Radio Orchestra |
Carmen, Movement: ~ |
Georges Bizet, Composer
Georges Bizet, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor Nils Grevillius, Conductor Stockholm Radio Orchestra |
Aida, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor RCA Victor Orchestra Renato Cellini, Conductor |
(La) Gioconda, Movement: Cielo e mar! |
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer
Amilcare Ponchielli, Composer Jussi Björling, Tenor RCA Victor Orchestra Renato Cellini, Conductor |
Author:
Those recordings were made at Hilversum in 1939. The Bergen concert of 1954 (on the reverse side) seems to have been rather less happy, and the recorded sound is harsher. This too includes a performance of the ''Ingemisco'', but is more constricted and less imaginative. Bjorling's only known recording of
Some of the same songs are also among the 1940 Victor recordings included on BELL187. The main attraction here, however, lies in the 'extras': too fervently-sung patriotic songs from 1939, two others recorded for the Stockholm Scout Movement in 1944, and one of the last of the 78s (HMV DB21513), arias from
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