chronological list of jussi björling’s recordings · 78 hmv sweden x 3377 1930-04 78 hmv sweden...

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Chronological list of Jussi Björling’s recordings

Studio recordings for record companies……………………….. p. 2

Live recordings; Studio recordings for broadcasting companies;

Radio interviews; Films………………………………………. p. 261

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STUDIO RECORDINGS FOR RECORD COMPANIES

1920, February?. New York, Columbia studio? "Juvenile trio" with brothers Olle & Gösta Björling (boy

sopranos) and reed-organ.

1 Wie sie so sanft ruhn [S: O, hur stilla] (Beneken)

85780-1

78 Columbia USA E 4768 1920-11

LP SR SRLP 1354/55 Björling: Jussi, Olle, Gösta, kvartetten: Unika inspelningar från åren 1920-1954

1980-11

CD Bluebell ABCD 016 Jussi Björling: Rare and Alternative Recordings 1933-1949 + ‘Juvenile Trio’ 1920

1988-07

CD Gala GL 100.514 (2) Jussi Björling: The early swedish recordings 1929-1936 1993

CD BelAge BLA 103.356 (2) Jussi Björling: The early Swedish recordings 1999-10

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.110792S Jussi Björling: O sole mio: Songs and Sacred Music 2009-07

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.101101 (11) Jussi Björling Collection 2012-04

CD vax CD 1054-57 Så började det 2014

2 I himmelen [N] (trad.)

85781-1



1980-11


1988-07





3 O Lamm Gottes unschuldig [S: Guds rena lamm oskyldig] (trad.)

85782-1



1980-11


1988-07





1920, February? [probably one or more days after Nos. 1-3]. New York, Columbia studio?

3

"Juvenile trio" with brothers Olle & Gösta Björling (boy sopranos), accompanied by violin and piano (4-

5) or by reed-organ (6).

4 Sommarglädje [S] (trad.) [Misspelled on orig. label: Sommar Glädge]

85798-1,-2


78 Radiotjänst PR 5189 1952-02

LP Odeon SWEDEN PMCS 308 Jussi Björling / En NK-skiva med Jussi Björling 1965-11

LP Unique UORC-377 Jussi Bjoerling, Tenor 1977-12


1980-11

LP Legendary LR 138 The Legendary Jussi Bjoerling in Song: Live Performances 1920-1952 1981-02

CD Pearl GEMM CD 9041 Jussi Björling, Volume I: Scandinavian Songs & German Lieder 1993-08

CD Bluebell ABCD 066 The Björling Family: Four Singing Brothers and Two Ladies 1996-05

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.110740S Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 2: Sånger på svenska = Songs in Swedish,

1929-37 2002-04

CD Naxos 8.110740 Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 2: Songs in Swedish, 1929-1937 2002-12

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.103004 (3) Jussi Björling: De odödliga inspelningarna 1930-44: Opera, operett, sånger

2003-10



5 On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away [S: Barndomshemmet] (Dresser)

85799-1,-2 [Both takes noted on 78 rpm records, but seem to be the same.]



LP ANNA ANNA-1006 Jussi Bjoerling, Tenor 1978-05


1980-11


1988-07


CD Screen Air SCRAT-1900/1938 (2) Vårt 1900-tal: Århundradets CD, del 1: 1900-1938 1998



1929-37 2002-04



2003-10

DVD Pan Vision SWEDEN CINED8541 Jussi i våra hjärtan: Grabben från Stora Tuna 2011-07


DVD Mas-Media (No number) Jussi Björling: He sang with a tear in his voice 2012-09

DVD Kultur D4873 Jussi Björling: He sang with a tear in his voice 2013-07


6 Psalm No. IV [S] (Wennerberg)

85800-1

4


LP Rococo 5201 Jussi Bjoerling 1962-10



1980-11


1988-07

CD Gala GL 315 Jussi Björling: His Last Performances 1959-1960 1992

MC Gala GL 6315 Jussi Björling: His Last Performances 1959-1960 1992




CD So (No number) Rösten vi älskar 2010-10


1929, September 4. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium. [Test recordings.]

With Hjalmar Meissner, piano.

7 For You Alone [S: För dig allén] (Geehl)

BE 1892-1

78 Historic Masters HMB 189 2007-09

CD Testament SBT 1427 Jussi Björling In Song 2008-08

CD EMI 2 17313 2 (5) Jussi Björling: The Swedish Caruso 2008-09

CD Warner 2 17313 2 (5) Jussi Björling: The Swedish Caruso 2015-08 (?)

8 Mattinata [S] (Leoncavallo)

BE 1893-1





CD X5 X5CD116/1038492 Jussi: Musikurval och text av Björn Ranelid 2011-12


1929, December 18. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium.

With Nils Grevillius and his orchestra.

9 Torna a Surriento [S: Gondolsång] (E. De Curtis)

BE 2118-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3376 1930-05

78 HMV SWEDEN X 7536 1949-09

LP Rococo 5237 Jussi Bjoerling, Volume IV 1966-01

LP HMV UK RLS 715 (3) The Art of Jussi Björling: Opera, Operetta and Songs 1977-11


5

LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 153-06518/20M The Art of Jussi Björling: Opera, Operetta and Songs 1978-03

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 05223/25 The Art of Jussi Björling 1978-11

MC World Record Club AUSTRALIA C 05223/25 The Art of Jussi Björling 1978-11

LP World Record Club NEW ZEALAND WE 26451/53 The Art of Jussi Björling 1979-11

CD Legato LCD103-1 Jussi Björling: Live Recordings 1929-1960 1987-09

CD Pearl GEMM CD 9043 Jussi Björling, Volume III: Songs and Arias 1993-10


CD Grammofono 2000 AB 78587 The Young Jussi Björling: His First Recordings (1929-1936) 1995-10

CD Minerva MN-A27 Jussi Björling: The Early Recordings (1929-1936) 1996-04


CD History 20.3060-HI (40) Great Voices of the Opera: Tenores, Sopranos 1999 (?)


1929-37 2002-04

CD Past Perfect PPC 8600 Jussi Björling: Arias and Songs 2002-04 (?)

CD Past Perfect PPC 8603 (3) Jussi Björling: Messa da Requiem, Arias and Songs 2002-04 (?)



2003-10

CD Audio Archive CLA029 Jussi Björling 2004 (?)


CD Rondo RDO 143 Unohtumaton Jussi Björling 2011


CD Documents GERMANY 8600 Jussi Björling: Arias and Songs 2012 (?)

CD Documents GERMANY 8603 (3) Jussi Björling: Messa da Requiem, Arias and Songs 2012 (?)

CD Documents GERMANY 600034 (10) Jussi Björling: The Swedish Caruso 2013-01

10 I drömmen du är mig nära [S] (Sjögren)

BE 2119-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3377 1930-04

78 HMV SWEDEN X 7536 1949-09

78 Victor USA 26-1093 1950-12

LP Rococo 5341 Jussi Bjoerling, Volume VII 1972

LP Rubini GV 21 Jussi Bjorling: The Early Years 1972




LP Dacapo 1C 147-03354/55M Jussi Björling: Der Tenor des Nordens, Folge 2 1978-11




LP Dacapo 1C 137 1033543 (2) Jussi Björling: Der Tenor des Nordens, Folge 2 1983



CD Gala GL 335 Jussi Björling: Scandinavian Songs and Ballads 1929-1960 1996

CD Radio Years RY 81 Jussi Björling on Radio, Vol. III: Lieder, Songs & Traditionals 1997-04

CD Grammofono 2000 AB 78717/20 Jussi Björling: A Man, a Vocal Career (1930-1945) 1997-05


CD MonoPoly GI-2053 (2) Jussi Björling: Songs & Lieder 1999-10

CD Great Opera Performances GOP 66.310 (2) Jussi Björling Sings Lieder & Songs 1939/1952 2004-05

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.110791S Jussi Björling: Land du välsignade: Svenska nationalromantiska sånger 1929-

1953 2008-04


6

CD Naxos 8.110791 Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 7: Swedish National Romantic Songs 1929-1953 2008-

10


11 Vita rosor [S] (Körling)

BE 2120-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3377 1930-04

78 Victor USA 26-1093 1950-12













1953 2008-04



10


12 For You Alone [S: För dig allén] (Geehl)

BE 2121-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3376 1930-05

LP HMV SWEDEN SGLP 507 Jussi Björling 1964-11

LP Odeon USA SGLP 507 Jussi Björling 1965 (?)


LP Odeon SWEDEN PMES 507 Jussi Björling 1968

LP Excellent 1286 001-18 Jussi Björling: För dig allén 1970-09

8T Odeon USA 8PF 6032 Jussi Bjoerling: Opera Arias & Songs, Vol. 2 1973-06

MC Odeon USA MCPF 6032 Jussi Bjoerling: Opera Arias & Songs, Vol. 2 1973-06

LP Music for Pleasure MFP 5571 Jussi Björling 1973






CD Pearl GEMM CD 9042 Jussi Björling, Volume II: Operetta and Song 1993-09



MC Svenska Favoriter (No number) Svenska favoriter: Önskemusik på kassett! nr 125 1995




7


1929-37 2002-04





2003-10


CD Scana SNCD 018 Jussi Björling: Till Havs 2009-09





1930, May 12. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium.

With orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

13 Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life [S: Liv, du är ej längre en mystär] (Herbert: Naughty Marietta)

BE 2444-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3466 1930-08



LP HMV SWEDEN 1359931 Jussi Björling: 30-talsinspelningar på svenska 1984-10


CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.110722S Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 1: Complete Opera and Operetta Recordings

in Swedish 1930-38 = Samtliga Opera- och Operettinspelningar på svenska, 1930-38 2000-12

CD Naxos 8.110722 Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 1: The Complete Opera and Operetta Recordings in

Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


2003-10


14 I de lyse nætter [S: Sommarnatt] (Schrader)

BE 2445-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3466 1930-08





1929-37 2002-04



2003-10


8

1930, September 29. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium (?).


15 Ah! lève-toi, soleil! [S: Höj dig, du klara sol] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette) [On 78 rpm. label, title is written

"Höj dig, min sköna sol", but it is sung as indicated.]

BT 5206-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3628 1931-02













CD Documents ITALY LV 991 Björling Edition (Vol. 2): Björling in Opera 1995

CD Minerva MN-A16 Jussi Björling: Rare Recordings from His Golden Years (1930-1945) 1996-01


CD Vocal Archives VA 1124 Jussi Björling: The Rare Repertoire (1930-1945) 1996-04 (?)

CD RCA GERMANY 74321-40626-2 (2) Belcanto: Die Tenöre der Schellackzeit 1996-08


CD Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 281/82 Jussi Björling: Le grandi registrazioni operistiche dal 1930

al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)

CD EMI 5 66306 2 (4) Jussi Björling Edition: Studio Recordings 1930-1959 1997-11



CD MonoPoly GI-2054 (2) Jussi Björling: Opera Arias 2000-05






Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10

CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8016 (2) Favorite French Excerpts 2003-07


2003-10



CD VL-Musiikki VLCD-2241D (2) Maailman tähdet: Jussi Björling 2010-09

CD Sony GERMANY 88697796022 (2) Belcanto: Schellack Sound and Simple Taste 2010-11

CD Sony GERMANY 88697796042 (40) Geniesser Lounge: Eine musikalische & kulinarische Reise um die

Welt 2010-11

CD VL-Musiikki VLCD-1291 Jussi Björling: Joulutunnelmissa 2010-11






9

16 Questa o quella [S: O, I kvinnor] (Verdi: Rigoletto) [Original label: Hertigens aria.]

BT 5207-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3628 1931-02

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 337 Faust (Highlights). Jussi Bjoerling Recital 1965-06

LP Rococo 5231 Jussi Bjoerling, Volume III 1965-09










CD Nimbus NI 7835 Björling: The First Ten Years 1992-06

MC Nimbus NC 7835 Björling: The First Ten Years 1992-06



CD BMG Direct D 100291 Björling: The First Ten Years 1993 (?)

CD Documents ITALY LV 988 Björling Edition (Vol. 1): The Italian Opera: Excerpts and Arias 1995-03


CD Vocal Archives VA 1115 Jussi Björling: 1930-1945: From Europe to USA: His First Greatest Hits on

Records 1996-02


CD Grammofono 2000 AB 78664, version 1 Jussi Björling: The Records and the Beginning of a Legend

(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)

CD Nimbus NI 1776 (3) Jussi Björling in Opera and Song 1996-11



al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)







Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10

CD Urania URN 22.243 Björling: Verdi & Puccini: The Original HMV (SW) 78 rpm 2003-06


2003-10





17 Mattinata [S] (Leoncavallo)

BT 5208-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3622 1931-01


10









CD Nimbus NI 7879 Björling In Song 1996-08



1929-37 2002-04



2003-10




18 När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går [S] (Peterson-Berger)

BT 5209-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3675 1931-04

LP HMV SWEDEN SCLP 1008 Jussi Björling: Sånger och operaarior 1961-01

LP Odeon SWEDEN PMES 551 Jussi Björling: Sånger och operaarior 1968-08




LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 153-35445/46M Jussi Björling: 28 av de mest älskade ariorna och sångerna, Vol. 2

1977-10

MC HMV SWEDEN 7C 253-35445/46M Jussi Björling: 28 av de mest älskade ariorna och sångerna, Vol. 2

1977-12

LP HMV SWEDEN PRO 3034 (4) Jussi Björling 1930-1953 1978-11 (?)

LP Odeon USA 7C 153-35445/46M Jussi Björling: 28 av de mest älskade ariorna och sångerna, Vol. 2 1978

(?)

CD EMI SWEDEN 7 61075 2 Jussi Björling: På Svenska = The Swedish Recordings 1988-12



CD EMI SWEDEN 5 56191 2 Jussi Björling: På svenska = The Swedish Recordings 1996-07





CD EMI FINLAND 5 62774 2 (2) Jussi Björling: Tonerna: Jussin Rakastetuimmat 2003-09


1953 2008-04



10





11



19 Bland skogens höga furustammar [S] (Peterson-Berger)

BT 5210-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3675 1931-04







1977-10


1977-12



(?)











1953 2008-04



10




1930, October 8. Stockholm, Concert Hall.


20 Serenata [S] (Toselli)

BT 5266-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3556 1930-12







12

1977-10



1977-12







(?)


LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 061-35731M De 20 mest önskade med Jussi Björling 1980-10

MC HMV SWEDEN 7C 261-35731M De 20 mest önskade med Jussi Björling 1980-10

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OXLP 7660 Jussi Bjorling: Popular Songs and Encores 1982-08

MC HMV AUSTRALIA TC-OXCP 7660 Jussi Bjorling: Popular Songs and Encores 1982-08 (?)

LP HMV AUSTRIA 12C 087-78203 Wunschkonzert: Weltstars präsentieren die schönsten Melodien von einst

und jetzt 1982

MC HMV AUSTRIA 12C 287-78203 Wunschkonzert: Weltstars präsentieren die schönsten Melodien von

einst und jetzt 1982

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 11409 Jussi Björling: Popular Songs and Encores 1983-06











CD EMI SWEDEN CMCD 6252 Jussi Björling: Jussis mest önskade 2000-10

CD hasan & partners (No number) Jonka leipää syöt: hasan&partners esitää – förevisar Jussis mest önskade

After 2000


1929-37 2002-04




2003-10

CD EMI SWEDEN 5 85685 2 (3) Opera: Sveriges mest älskade operastjärnor: Jussi Björling, Birgit Nilsson,

Nicolai Gedda 2003-11



21 To-day [S: I dag] (Arthur; pseud. of Bergh)

BT 5267-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3556 1930-12

78 Victor USA 26-1099 1952-03




13












1929-37 2002-04



2003-10



22 Salut d'amour [S: Violer] (Elgar)

BT 5268-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3622 1931-01

LP HMV UK; AUSTRALIA HQM 1190 Jussi Björling: Songs and Arias by Beethoven, Elgar, Flotow, Godard,

Puccini, Rossini, R. Strauss, Verdi 1969-11

LP Odeon USA PHQM 1190 Jussi Björling 1969-11 (?)

LP Angel URUGUAY UAL 12513 Jussi Bjorling 1970-06

LP Angel CHILE 3ACX-47530 Jussi Björling 1970

LP Seraphim USA 60168 The Art of Jussi Bjoerling: Songs, Oratorio and Opera Arias 1971-04

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 29 Jussi Björling 1971-05 (?)

LP HMV UK; SOUTH AFRICA HLM 7038 Jussi Björling: Arias & Songs by Beethoven, Elgar, Flotow, Puccini,

Rossini, Verdi 1974-01

MC Seraphim USA 4XG-60168 The Art of Jussi Bjoerling: Songs, Oratorio and Opera Arias 1979-04

MC HMV SOUTH AFRICA L4HLM 7038 Jussi Björling: Arias & Songs by Beethoven, Elgar, Flotow, Puccini,


CD Great Opera Performances GOP 786 (2) Omaggio a Jussi Björling: Registrazioni inedite in studio di

canzoni e lieder dal 1930 al 1944 – Brani d’opera dal 1933 al 1944 1996-05





CD Dutton CDLX 7042 Elgar’s Interpreters on Record, Volume 3: Choral, Instrumental, Orchestral &

Vocal Music 1999-06



1929-37 2002-04


CD Living Era CD AJA 5472 Jussi Bjorling: Nessun Dorma and other favourites 2003-03


2003-10





14



CD Ponycanyon PCSD-00988 (3) The Legendary Big 3 Tenors: The Greatest Tenors and Golden Voices of

The Century 2014-06

1931, February 11. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium (?).

With Nils Grevillius' orchestra.

23 Tantis serenad [S] (trad.)

0T 130-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3702 1931-05








1977-10


1977-12



(?)











After 2000


1929-37 2002-04




2003-10



CD Bakhåll BAKCD 0346 Jussi Björling: Pank och fågelfri 2003



24 Carmela [S] (G. de Curtis)

0T 131-1,-2

15

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3702 1931-05








1977-10


1977-12



(?)











1929-37 2002-04



2003-10




25 Love Me and the World Is Mine [S: Bliv min, så är världen min] (Ball)

0T 132-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3724 1931-06






1977-10


1977-12



(?)





1929-37 2002-04

16



2003-10




With Hanns Bingang and his orchestra.

26 Du Veilchen vom Montmartre [S: Du går som en liten prinsessa] (Kálmán: Das Veilchen vom Montmartre)

0T 144-1,-2,-3? [Take 3 is listed in documents from British EMI only.]

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3683 1931-03
















Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


2003-10



27 The Sunshine of Your Smile [S: Säg mig godnatt] (Ray)

0T 145-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3724 1931-06







1977-10


1977-12



(?)

17




CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.110790S Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 6: Jussi Björling alias Erik Odde: Schlager

1931-35 2005-06

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.103012 (3) Jussi Björling: De odödliga inspelningarna 1931-52: Opera, lieder, sånger,

schlager 2005-08

CD Naxos 8.110790 Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 6: The ’Erik Odde’ Recordings and Other Popular Songs

1931-1935 2006-02



28 The Desert Song [S: Från öknen det brusar] (Romberg: The Desert Song)

0T 146-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3683 1931-03









CD Legato LCD207-1 Jussi Björling: The Desert Island Collection: Arias & Songs 1996-05




Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


2003-10



1931, September 18. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


29 I lyckans tempelgård [S] (Åström)

0T 499-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3829 1931-12






1929-37 2002-04



2003-10

18


30 O, milda sång [S] (Törnquist)

0T 500-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3829 1931-12



CD Great Opera Performances GOP 785 (2) Un Ballo in maschera. Bonus: Jussi Björling 1996


1929-37 2002-04



2003-10



With Fred Winter (pseud. of Sten Njurling) and his orchestra (vocal refrain: JB).

31 När rosorna vissna och dö [S] (Borganoff; pseud. of Njurling)

0T 505-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3826 1931-11

LP Bluebell BELL 132 Jussi Björling, alias Erik Odde 1932-1933 1981-11

CD Favorit FACD 5 Ejnar Westling: Från Barnatro till Dräng-Jan 1996



1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02


1932, January 7. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium (?). With Nils Grevillius' orchestra.

32 Varför älskar jag? [S] (trad.)

0T 512-1,-2,-3

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3928 1932-05








19


1929-37 2002-04



2003-10



33 Min sommarmelodi [S] (Bickvor; pseud. of Bick)

0T 513-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3928 1932-05





1929-37 2002-04



2003-10


1932, January 11. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium (?).


34 Dein ist mein ganzes Herz [S: Du är min hela värld] (Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns)

0T 529-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3885 1932-03

45 HMV SWEDEN 7EBS 10 Jussi Björling sjunger 1957-05



LP HMV SWEDEN 4E 153-34532/33M Jussi Björling: 28 av de mest älskade ariorna och sångerna 1971-12

MC HMV SWEDEN 4E 278-51007M Jussi Björling: 28 av de mest älskade ariorna och sångerna 1972-11

LP Odeon USA 4E 153-34532/33M Jussi Björling: 28 av de mest älskade ariorna och sångerna 1972 (?)

LP HMV SWEDEN PRO 3019 Saltstänk II 1975






LP HMV FINLAND 7691751 Jussi Björling: Suosituimmat aariat ja laulut = Mest älskade arior och sånger

1987-03

MC HMV FINLAND 7691754 Jussi Björling: Suosituimmat aariat ja laulut = Mest älskade arior och sånger

1987-03



CD EMI FINLAND 7 69175 2 Jussi Björling: Suosituimmat aariat ja laulut = Mest älskade arior och sånger

1990


20


CD Memoir UK CDMOIR 425 Three Tenors, Volume Two: Björling, Gigli, Tauber 1994-10






CD Warner NEW ZEALAND 3984 24410-2 (2) Nostalgia 1998

MC Warner NEW ZEALAND 3984 24410-4 (2) Nostalgia 1998



CD Going for a Song GFS03018 (3) The Original Tenors of Opera: A Powerful Performance of Classics

from the Great Tenors 2000-04 (?)





After 2000




Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10



2003-10




CD soho SOHOCD 039 (3) Opera: 60 of the most popular moments from the world of opera 2005-08


CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.112057 Jussi Björling (1911-1960): Anniversary 2010-06

CD Fanfare 004 (2) Alan Jones: Legends of Song, Volume One 2010-11

CD Fanfare 063 (4) Alan Jones: Legends of Song: Deluxe Box Set 2011-11





CD Ambition ASP020 (4) A Trip down Memory Lane, Volume One: Over 90 songs from the greatest

singers of the 20s 30s 40s & 50s 2013-03

CD Ambition ASP026 (4) Alan Jones: Legends of Song 2014

35 Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz [S: Av äppelblommor jag binder en krans] (Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns)

0T 530-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3885 1932-03









21













Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


2003-10





With Fred Winter (pseud. of Sten Njurling) and his orchestra (vocal refrain: JB, under pseud. "Erik Odde").

36 Det är något som binder mitt hjärta vid dig [S] (Sylvain; pseud. of Hansson)

0T 540-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3880 1932-02









1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02




37 Du traumschöne Perle der Südsee [S: En skimrande pärla i havet] (Abraham: Die Blume von Hawaii)

0T 542-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3879 1932-02


22






Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


2003-10


38 Kann nicht küssen ohne Liebe [S: Kyssar utan kärlek] (Abraham: Die Blume von Hawaii)

0T 543-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3879 1932-02







Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


2003-10



With Fred Winter (pseud. of Sten Njurling) and his orchestra (vocal refrain: JB, under pseud. "Erik Odde").

39 Bagdad [S] (Lindberg)

0T 554-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3882 1932-03






CD Refräng REF 005-2 Från Frisco till Kap 1999


1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02






23

1932, August 8. Stockholm, Fenixpalatset, Odeon studio (?).

With Hanns Bingang and his orchestra.

40 Es führt kein andrer Weg zur Seligkeit [S: Den enda väg, som för till salighet] (Heymann)

0PA 28-1,-2

(Not issued. Compare #44.)

41 Slut dina ögon [S] (Ammandt; pseud. of Ahlberg)

0PA 29-1,-2


1932, August 10. Stockholm, Fenixpalatset, Odeon studio (?).

With Hanns Bingang and his orchestra (vocal refrain: JB, under pseud. "Erik Odde").

42 Varje litet ord av kärlek [S] (Carsten; pseud. of Nordlander)

0PA 30-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3992 1932-10






1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02


43 Aj, aj, aj du [S] (Sahlberg)

0PA 31-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN 3992 1932-10






1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


24

1931-1935 2006-02





1932, August 10 (?). Stockholm, Fenixpalatset, Odeon studio (?).

With piano.

44 Es führt kein andrer Weg zur Seligkeit [S: Den enda väg, som för till salighet] (Heymann)

0PA 32-1

(Test record; not issued. Compare #40.)

1932, September 9 (?). Copenhagen.

With Jens Warny and his orchestra.

45 Slut dina ögon [S] (Ammandt; pseud. of Ahlberg)

0PF 46-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3993 1932-11













1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02



46 Heut' nacht hab' ich geträumt von dir [S: Jag drömmer varje natt om dig] (Kálmán: Das Veilchen vom

Montmartre)

0PF 47-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 3993 1932-11

45 RCA (Victor) USA 43-1111 1952-11

25

78 Victor USA 26-1111 1952-11
























Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10



2003-10

CD Refräng REF 012-2 Trettiotalstoppar 2005





The Century 2014-06

1932, September (or October 1?). Stockholm, Fenixpalatset, Odeon studio.

With Håkan von Eichwald and his orchestra (vocal refrain: JB, under pseud. "Erik Odde").

47 Warum? [S: Varför?] (Lesso-Valerio; pseud. of Plessow)

0PA 45-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4011 1932-11






1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02

26


1932, November 24. Stockholm, Fenixpalatset, Odeon studio (?).

With Hanns Bingang and his orchestra (vocal refrain: JB, under pseud. "Erik Odde").

48 Irgendwo auf der Welt [S: Någonstans på vår jord] (Heymann)

0PA 85-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4036 1933-01






1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02


1933, February 2 (?). Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium (?).

With Folke Andersson's orchestra (vocal refrain: JB, under pseud. "Erik Odde").

49 Läppar som le så röda [S] (Baumann)

0PA 97-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4095 1933-03






1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02


1933, March (#50-51 at the latest on the 12th). Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium (?).


50 Mélancolique tombe le soir [S: Fylld av vemod sänker sig natten] (Laparra: L'illustre Fregona) [Original

label: Serenad ur 'Den fagra Fregona'.]

0PA 122-1,-2

27

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4108 1933-05

LP Rococo 31 Jussi Bjorling, Volume I 1961-06

LP Eterna 8 20 829 Jussi Björling, Tenor 1968-11






















al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8011 (2) Opera Rarities 2002-08


Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


2003-10





51 Vladimir's Cavatina: Medlenno den' ugasal [S: Dagen gick långsamt till ro] (Borodin: Knyaz [Prince] Igor)

0PA 123-1,-2,-3

51 (Take 1 or 2) [It has not been possible to separate these takes by listening. Those listed as Take 1 or 2

are those where the take number is indicated or otherwise known.]

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4108 1933-05






28






1977-10



1977-12







(?)




CD EMI 7 64707 2 Jussi Björling: Opera Arias & Songs = Airs d’Opéras et mélodies = Opernarien &

Gesänge, Vol. II 1993-03

CD Documents ITALY LV 909/10 Jussi Björling: A Discographic Career 1933-1957: Arias, Duets and Great

Scenes from famous operas 1993-11


CD Andromeda ITALY ANR 2522 Jussi Björling: The Famous 78 rpm Recordings 1994-06

CD EMI 4 79932 2 (6) Great Historic Tenors 1994

CD Iron Needle IN 1301 Jussi Bjoerling: The Golden Years, Vol. 1 (1933-1945): Opera Arias 1995-05

CD Mastersound DFCDI-114 The Essential Björling: Operatic Arias and Songs 1995-06








(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)

CD EMI USA 5 65806 2 Tenors in the Grand Tradition, Volume II 1996



al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)





CD Hamburger Archiv 50016 Schweden: Aufnahmen 1920-1951: E1 2001-05









29

51A (Take 1)

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4108, version 1 1933-05


1988-07



51B (Take 2)










Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


2003-10


52 Bachanal [S] (Dahl)

0PA 125-1,-2


1988-07




53 Brinnande gula flod [S] (Nyblom)

0PA 126-1,-2


1988-07



1933, April (11?). Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium (?).


54 Tangoflickan [S] (K.O.W.A.; pseud. of Almroth)

0PA 127-1,-2


30

55 Ochi chernye [S: Svarta ögon] (trad.)

0PA 128-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4128 1933-07










1929-37 2002-04



2003-10




56 (Test record, contents not known; may possibly not be a JB recording.)

0PA 131-1

1933, June (1?). Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium (?).

With orchestra, cond. Hjalmar Meissner.

57 Bachanal [S] (Dahl)

0PA 140-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4127 1933-08

78 Victor USA 26-1099 1952-03








1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08

CD vax CD 1004 (2) Någonting att äta, någonting att dricka: Inspelningar från motbokens tid 2005-10 (?)


1931-1935 2006-02



31

58 Brinnande gula flod [S] (Nyblom)

0PA 141-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4127 1933-08




1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02


59 Tangoflickan [S] (K.O.W.A.; pseud. of Almroth)

0PA 142-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4128 1933-07





CD Refräng REF 008-2 Trettiotalstakter 2002-04 (?)


1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


1931-1935 2006-02


1933, August (10?). Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium (?).

With Gösta Säfbom and his soloist orchestra (vocal refrain: JB, under pseud. "Erik Odde").

60 Alt hvad der er dejligt [S: Allting som är vackert, minner mig om dig] (Tognarelli)

0PA 148-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4133 1933-09






1931-35 2005-06


schlager 2005-08


32

1931-1935 2006-02


61 Kanske att vi på samma drömmar bär [S] (Tilling)

0PA 149-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4134 1933-09






1931-35 2005-06

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.103012 (3) Jussi Björling: De odödliga inspelningarna 1931-52: Opera, lieder,

sånger, schlager 2005-08

CD Naxos 8.110790 Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 6: The ’Erik Odde’ Recordings and Other Popular

Songs 1931-1935 2006-02


62 Sommerens melodi [S: Sommarens melodi är som poesi] (Reidarson)

0PA 150-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4133 1933-09






1931-35 2005-06




Songs 1931-1935 2006-02


1933, September 13. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium (?).


63

Min längtan är du [S] (Bode)

0PA 172-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4176 1933-11






1929-37 2002-04

33



2003-10


64 Klovnens tango [S: Klownens tango] (Handberg-Jørgensen & Bøhling-Petersen)

0PA 173-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4176 1933-11








1929-37 2002-04



2003-10


1933, October 10. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium (?).


65 Ninon [S] (Jurmann & Kaper)

0PA 180-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4179 1933-11





1929-37 2002-04



2003-10


66 Gitarren klinger [S: Gitarren klingar] (Gyldmark)

0PA 181-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4179 1933-11






34



1929-37 2002-04



2003-10



With HMV Special Orchestra, cond. Sune Waldimir (pseud. of Engström) (vocal refrain: JB, under pseud.

"Erik Odde").

67 Dina blåa ögon lova mer, än dina röda läppar ger [S] (Sylvain; pseud. of Hansson)

0PA 182-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4192 1933-12










1931-35 2005-06




Songs 1931-1935 2006-02


68 Kärlekens sång [S] (Le Beau; pseud. of Henrikson)

0PA 183-1,-2 [Test pressing of Take 1 exists.]

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4196 1933-12






1931-35 2005-06




Songs 1931-1935 2006-02


35


With orchestra, cond. Sune Waldimir (pseud. of Engström).

69 Säg, att du evigt håller mig kär [S] (Sylvain; pseud. of Hansson)

0PA 191-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4204 1933-12












CD Fenix CPH 10 Jules Sylvain: Säg det i toner: 1927-33 1998




1931-35 2005-06




Songs 1931-1935 2006-02



70 Var det en dröm [S] (Armand; pseud. of Thiel)

0PA 192-1,-2

70 (Take 1 or 2) [It has not been possible to separate these takes by listening. For CDs listed as Take 1 or

2, the take number is indicated known.]





70A (Take 1)



1931-35 2005-06




Songs 1931-1935 2006-02


36

70B (Take 2)


CD Bluebell ABCD 016 Jussi Björling: Rare and Alternative Recordings 1933-1949 + ‘Juvenile Trio’

1920 1988-07

1933, November 13. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium (?).


71 Recondita armonia [S: Det sköna står att finna] (Puccini: Tosca)

0PA 194-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4205 1934-01



















Records 1996-02



(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)




al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)







Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.103004 (3) Jussi Björling: De odödliga inspelningarna 1930-44: Opera, operett,

sånger 2003-10




37


72 E lucevan le stelle [S: Jag minns stjärnorna lyste] (Puccini: Tosca) [Original label: Sången till livet]

0PA 195-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4205 1934-01



















Records 1996-02



(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)


CD ORF CD 075 Tosca 1996



al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)







Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10



sånger 2003-10





1933, December 20. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium (?).


38

73 La donna è mobile [S: Ack, som ett fjun så lätt] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

0PA 213-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4220 1934-02



















CD Scana 95022 Björling, Caruso & Gigli: The Original Tenors 1995-09 (?)



Records 1996-02



(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)




al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






CD High Fidelity DENMARK CD 58 2001

CD CNR CNRPROMO 4 Comviq bjuder på 75 minuter Klassiska Hits 2001 (?)


Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10



sånger 2003-10






74 Recitar!...Vesti la giubba [S: Spela komedi!...Pudra ditt anlet] (Leoncavallo: Pagliacci) [Original label:

39

Skratta Pajazzo]

0PA 214-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4220 1934-02






















al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)


CD Music Digital CD 6092 The Original Great Tenors 1997




CD Delta Blue 63 002 (2) The Greatest Tenors 2001


Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


sånger 2003-10

CD Performance 38109 (2) The Greatest Tenors 2004-03





1934, March 3. Stockholm.


75 Di quella pira [S: Skyhögt mot himlen] (Verdi: Il trovatore) [Original label: Strettan ur 'Trubaduren']

0PA 235-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4265 1934-04



LP TAP T 333 Il Trovatore: di quella pira: 1 aria, 40 tenors, 80 high C’s 1962-01

40











Records 1996-02


(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)




al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10



sånger 2003-10




76 O Lola [S] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana) [Original label: Siciliana ur 'På Sicilien']

0PA 236-1,-2 [Take 2 missing, probably by mistake, in recording ledgers.]

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4265 1934-04








LP MDP MDP 026 (2) Bjoerling ... Live! 1980-10






Records 1996-02


(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)




41

al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


sånger 2003-10

CD Artone 222374-354 (4) Björling 2005-03




1935, March 4. Stockholm.


77 I männer över lag och rätt [S] (Atterberg: Fanal)

0SB 99-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4436 1935-05










1977-10


1977-12


LP Odeon USA 7C 153-35445/46M Jussi Björling: 28 av de mest älskade ariorna och sångerna, Vol. 2

1978 (?)











al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






42

Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


sånger 2003-10







78 Ch'ella mi creda [S: Låt henne tro] (Puccini: La fanciulla del West)

0SB 100-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4436 1935-05












Records 1996-02


(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)




al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


sånger 2003-10





1935, May 1. Stockholm.

With Sune Waldimir's orchestra (Waldimir = pseud. of Engström).

79 Bryllupsvalsen [S: Bröllopsvalsen] (Christgau)

0SB 126-1,-2

43

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4449 1935-06








1931-35 2005-06




Songs 1931-1935 2006-02


80 Lilla prinsessa [S] (Enders)

0SB 127-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4449 1935-06




1920 1988-07








1931-35 2005-06




Songs 1931-1935 2006-02


1936, October 7. Stockholm.


81 Tonerna [S] (Sjöberg)

0SB 402-1,-2 [Test pressing of Take 1 exists.]

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4716 1937-01

78 HMV FINLAND TG 128 After 1949-03

45 HMV SWEDEN 7EBS 1 Jussi Björling 1954-08

LP Capitol G 7247 The Beloved Bjoerling, Volume 2: Songs & Ballads 1936-1953 1961-05

LP HMV UK ALP 1857 Jussi Björling: Songs and Ballads 1961-10

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 1857 Jussi Björling: Songs and Ballads 1962-04

44

LP Angel JAPAN HA-5032 The Beloved Bjoerling, Vol. 3: Songs and Ballads, 1936-1953 1962-05

LP Angel CHILE 3ACX-47365 Jussi Björling: Canciónes y Baladas 1962

LP HMV NEW ZEALAND MALP 1857 Jussi Björling: Songs and Ballads 1963 (?)

LP Angel USA COLH 149 The Beloved Bjoerling, Volume Two: Songs and Ballads 1936-1953 1965-03

LP Angel JAPAN AB-7123 The Beloved Bjoerling, Vol. III: Songs and Ballads, 1936-1953 1965-11






LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA 3199 Jussi Bjorling: Songs and Ballads 1974-02

LP World Record Club NEW ZEALAND CO 566 Jussi Bjorling: Songs & Ballads 1975-02







LP HMV SWEDEN PRO 3053 The Voice of Sweden 1979-10


LP Columbia SWEDEN SPPH 016 Together 1980-05 (?)







LP Musik AB LPFG 001 Tre generationer Björling: Jussi, Raymond, Rolf 1985

LP Musik AB LPFG 003 Musik på Salsta slott 1985


1987-03


1987-03



1990

CD Nimbus NI 7842 Björling, Volume 2 1993-01

MC Nimbus NC 7842 Björling, Volume 2 1993-01



CD Prism PLATCD 38 The Original Tenors: Caruso, Gigli, Björling 1995-03

MC Prism PLAC 38 The Original Tenors: Caruso, Gigli, Björling 1995-03 (?)





CD BMG Direct D 216718 (3) Opera Legends: Björling, Flagstad, Melchior 1997

CD Nimbus NI 1768 (3) Opera Legends: Björling, Flagstad, Melchior 1997


CD EMI JAPAN TOCE-55126/27 The Beloved Björling: Opera Arias & Songs 2000-07


CD hasan & partners (No number) Jonka leipää syöt: hasan&partners esitää – förevisar Jussis mest

önskade After 2000



45




CD vax CD 1936 Populärmusik från 1936 2006-05

CD Documents GERMANY 223502-321 (10) 10 Great Tenors 2006-09

CD Documents GERMANY 231198 10 Great Tenors 2007-02

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.110791S Jussi Björling: Land du välsignade: Svenska nationalromantiska sånger

1929-1953 2008-04


CD Naxos 8.110791 Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 7: Swedish National Romantic Songs 1929-1953

2008-10





82 Ack Värmeland, du sköna [S] (trad.)

0SB 403-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4720 1936-10

78 HMV FINLAND TG 334 After 1937

78 HMV NORWAY AL 2324 1938 (?)

78 Victor USA V 24110 1939-01

45 RCA (Victor) USA 53-5004 1951-04

78 Victor USA 26-1097 1951-04

45 RCA (Victor) USA 43-1105 1952-04

78 Victor USA 26-1105 1952-04








LP Odeon SWEDEN PMCS 303 A Remembrance of Sweden / NK Presents Music from Creative Sweden

1964-06



LP Marcato 75 316 Weltstars singen Lieder der Welt 1965

LP Royal XSTX 109/10 A collection of best loved Swedish music 1965 (?)

LP Odeon SWEDEN PMES 560 Sweden in Music: A musical journey to the land of the midnight sun 1968-

06

LP Odeon SWEDEN PRO 3014 Sweden in Music: En hälsning från Scania = A greeting from Scania = Un

souvenir de Scania After 1968 (?)

MC Odeon SWEDEN 4E 254-34402 Sweden in Music 1971-04

MC Odeon SWEDEN 4E 254-34403M A Remembrance of Sweden 1971-04

LP Odeon SWEDEN 4E 154-34398/99M Sweden! 1971-08


MC Emidisc 4E 278-51009M Sweden! 1972-11




LP Columbia GERMANY 1C 052-30174 Holiday in Scandinavia 1973 (?)

46

MC Columbia GERMANY lC 228-30174 Holiday in Scandinavia 1973 (?)



LP Columbia SWEDEN 4E 056-35326M Värmland 1976-07

MC Columbia SWEDEN 4E 246-35326 Värmland 1976-08

MC Odeon SWEDEN 7C 254-34205M A Remembrance of Sweden 1976-10

MC Odeon SWEDEN 7C 254-34206 Sweden in Music 1976-10




LP EMI SWEDEN 7C 138-35580/81 Scandinavia!: Music from Sweden, Norway and Finland 1978-11







LP Das Beste SDM 7650 (8) Sternstunden der Musik: die schönsten Stimmen unseres Jahrhunderts 1982



1987-03


1987-03

MC EMI SWEDEN 1362734 A Remembrance of Sweden 1987-06

MC EMI SWEDEN 1362744 Värmland 1987-06

MC EMI SWEDEN 1362764 A Musical Journey 1987-06


CD Memoir UK CDMOIR 409 Three Tenors: Björling, Gigli, Tauber 1991-12 (?)

MC Memoir CMOIR 409 Three Tenors: Björling, Gigli, Tauber 1991-12 (?)



CD Memoir UK CDMCS 111 Presenting Memoir Classics: Selections from Great Voices of the Century

Series 1992


CD Documents ITALY LV 909/10 Jussi Björling: A Discographic Career 1933-1957: Arias, Duets and

Great Scenes from famous operas 1993-11



CD Conifer CDHD 214 Jussi Björling: Opera, Lieder and Song 1994-02

MC Conifer MCHD 214 Jussi Björling: Opera, Lieder and Song 1994-02



CD RCA NORWAY 74321-31744-2 Jussi Björling: Jussis Beste 1995-11

MC RCA NORWAY 74321-31744-4 Jussi Björling: Jussis Beste 1995-11



(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)


CD RCA CANADA 74321-42414-2 Jussi Björling: Tenor of the Century 1996-11

CD RCA SWEDEN 74321-43852-2 Jussi Björling: Jussis Bästa 1996-11

CD Conifer HDBOX 001 (3) Three Great Tenors 1996





47


önskade After 2000






CD RCA SWEDEN 82876-74647-2 (2) Jussi Björling: 38 paradnummer: från operans värld till svenska

sånger 2005-10

CD Nidelven NCD 0602 LirekasCD’n No. 24: Arrivederci Roma: Melodiminnen fra 1956 2007


1929-1953 2008-04




2008-10








CD Ponycanyon PCSD-00988 (3) The Legendary Big 3 Tenors: The Greatest Tenors and Golden Voices

of The Century 2014-06


83 Allt under himmelens fäste [S] (trad.)

0SB 404-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4720 1936-10

78 HMV FINLAND TG 334 After 1937

78 HMV NORWAY AL 2324 1938 (?)

78 Victor USA V 24110 1939-01

45 RCA (Victor) USA 53-5003 1951-01

78 Victor USA 26-1095 1951-01















MC Svenska Favoriter SFMC 1057 Svenska favoriter nr 57 1989



48







CD EMI SWEDEN CMCD 6173 Sweden in Music 1997





1929-1953 2008-04




2008-10





1936, October 8 (?). Stockholm.


84 I de lyse nætter [S: Sommarnatt] (Schrader)

0SB 409-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4716 1937-01


45 RCA (Victor) USA 53-5003 1951-01

78 Victor USA 26-1095 1951-01















LP Odeon SWEDEN 7C 062-35947M Odeonkavalkaden 1936-1945, del 4 1982-11

MC Odeon SWEDEN 1359474 Odeonkavalkaden 1936-1945, del 4 1983-11





1987-03

49


1987-03



1990










CD YLE YLECD 1996 Lauantain toivotut 1996





önskade After 2000






sånger 2005-10


1929-1953 2008-04



2008-10








85 Song of India: Ne shchest almazov [S: I söderns hav] (Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko) [Original label: Chanson

hindoue]

0SB 410-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4723 1936-10

78 HMV AUSTRALIA EC 60 After 1936-10









50


1977-10


1977-12



1978 (?)
















CD Nimbus NI 1434 Three Legendary Tenors in Opera and Song 1996-01







(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)




al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)


CD GyC CD-1264 Los tres tenores legendarios: Caruso, Gigli, Björling 1997


CD GyC CD-1547 3 tenores legendarios: Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Björling 1998












Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


sånger 2003-10



CD Nimbus NI 7913 Björling, Caruso & Gigli: Three Legendary Tenors in Opera and Song 2004-08

51


CD rajon AUSTRALIA CDR 0384 (3) The Great Voices of the Century, Volume 2 2005-02

CD Nimbus CHINA, PIRATE ISSUE (Number?) (4) The Tenors for Ever 2005-11

CD rajon AUSTRALIA CDR 0669 (4) The World’s Greatest Voices of the 20th Century, Vol. 2 2006-10


CD Musidisk 5249833712 (3) The Best & The Greatest Voices of the Century 2011-03

CD Timeless Music 5249875325 (20) The Power of Song: A Musical Introduction to the 20th Century

2012-01






86 Ay, ay, ay [S] (Pérez-Freire)

0SB 411-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4723 1936-10











1977-10


1977-12



1978 (?)









1929-37 2002-04



sånger 2003-10



CD Timeless Music 5249875325 (20) The Power of Song: A Musical Introduction to the 20th Century

2012-01


52

1936, December 1. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


87 Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

2SB 439-1,-2

78 HMV DB 3049 1937-03

78 HMV NORWAY DBN 3049 After 1937-03

78 Victor USA 12039 1937-09

78 Victor JAPAN RL-31 1937 (?)

78 Electrola DB 3049 1938 (?)

78 Victor USA M 633 (5) Stars of the Metropolitan, vol. 2 1940-02

78 HMV ITALY DB 5393 1941-04

78 Victor USA MO 1275 (3) Jussi Bjoerling, Tenor, Singing Favorite Operatic Arias 1949-02

78 Victor JAPAN RL-210 1949

78 Victor JAPAN ND-434 1950 (?)

45 HMV ITALY 7RQ 3128 1955 (?)

45 HMV UK 7P 239 Jussi Björling 1959-10

LP HMV UK ALP 1620 Jussi Björling: Operatic Arias 1959-11

45 HMV NETHERLANDS 7PH 1013 1959 (?)

LP Angel ARGENTINA 6083 Jussi Bjoerling: Arias de Operas After 1959

LP Angel KOREA ALP 1620 Jussi Björling: Operatic Arias After 1959

LP Angel ARGENTINA LPC-12083 Jussi Björling: Arias de Operas After 1959

LP Angel URUGUAY UAL 12211 Jussi Bjorling: Operatic Arias After 1959

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 1620 Jussi Björling: Operatic Arias After 1959

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 1620 Jussi Björling: Operatic Arias 1960-01

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10266 Jussi Björling: Recital operistico 1960-04

LP HMV FRANCE FALP 629 Jussi Björling: Airs d’Opéras 1960-07

45 HMV AUSTRALIA 7PO 239 1960-08

LP Capitol G 7239 The Beloved Bjoerling, Volume One: Opera Arias 1936-1948 1961-02

LP Electrola E 70412 Das Sänger-Porträt: Jussi Björling 1 1961-03

45 HMV UK 7ER 5196 Jussi Björling: Operatic Arias 1961-06

45 HMV ITALY 7ERQ 251 Jussi Björling: ... 1961-06

LP Angel CHILE 3ACX-47190 Jussi Björling: Arias de Opera 1961

45 HMV AUSTRALIA 7ERO 5196 Jussi Björling: Operatic Arias 1962-04

LP Angel JAPAN HA-5085 The Beloved Bjoerling: Arias 1936-1948 1962-10

LP HMV NEW ZEALAND MALP 1620 Jussi Björling: Operatic Arias 1962 (?)

LP Voix Illustres 50018 Jussi Björling 1963-11

LP HMV NETHERLANDS GHLP 1027 Jussi Björling 1963 (?)

LP Angel USA COLH 148 The Beloved Bjoerling, Volume One: Opera Arias 1936-1948 1965-03

LP Angel JAPAN AB-7134 The Beloved Bjoerling: Opera Arias 1965-11

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10402 I grandi tenori del secolo 1966-04

LP HMV NETHERLANDS XLPH 1002 Jussi Bjorling, tenor: Opera-aria’s 1966-04

LP Odeon ITALY QALP 10402 I grandi tenori del secolo 1966 (?)

LP Odeon ITALY 3C 061-00739M I grandi tenori del secolo 1967 (?)

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 7534 Great Tenors of the Century 1968-03

LP Melodiya D 21793/94 Yussi B’yorling 1968

45 HMV FRANCE ROVL 9040 1969 (?)

LP Dacapo 1C 177-00947/48M Jussi Björling: Der Tenor des Nordens 1970-07

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OELP 9673 Jussi Bjorling: Operatic Arias 1971-03


LP Dacapo 1C 147-00947/48M Jussi Björling: Der Tenor des Nordens 1971

LP Angel ARGENTINA 10059 El arte de Jussi Bjoerling: Arias de Operas 1971 (?)

53



MC Odeon ITALY MC 5003 I grandi tenori del secolo 1973 (?)

MC HMV ITALY CV 5003 I grandi tenori del secolo 1974 (?)

LP HMV NETHERLANDS 5N 045-01715M Jussi Björling zingt aria’s van Puccini, Donizetti... 1976-03


LP HMV AUSTRALIA OXLP 7633 A Portrait of Jussi Bjorling 1978-02


LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 137-00947/48M Önskeartisten 2: Jussi Björling: 30 av den legendariske svenske

tenorens mest älskade arior och sånger 1978-10


MC HMV SWEDEN 7C 237-00948M Önskeartisten 2: Jussi Björling, Vol. 2 1978-11




LP HMV SWEDEN SPPH 030 Famous Opera Arias 1980-09



LP MET MET-110 Jussi Bjoerling at the Met 1980-11

LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 061-35822 Operans svenska världsartister 1981-05

MC MET MET-110C Jussi Bjoerling at the Met 1981-11

MC HMV SWEDEN 7C 261-35822 Operans svenska världsartister 1981-12

LP Dacapo 1C 137 1009473 (2) Jussi Björling: Der Tenor des Nordens 1985

LP Angel JAPAN GR-70085 Jussi Björling: Opera Arias 1986 (?)

CD MET MET 110CD Jussi Bjoerling at the Met 1987-09

CD EMI UK; USA 7 61053 2, version 1 Jussi Björling: Airs d’Opéras = Opera Arias = Opernarien, Vol. I /

Jussi Bjoerling: Opera Arias 1988-03

CD Pro-Arte Digital USA CDD 489 20 Legendary Tenors 1990-06

CD Pro-Arte Digital PHILIPPINES CD-ICDD 489-2 20 Legendary Tenors After 1990-06

MC Pro-Arte Digital PHILIPPINES 489-4 20 Legendary Tenors After 1990-06

CD EMI 7 54016 2 Tenorissimo 1990

LP HMV FRANCE 7540161 Tenorissimo 1990

MC EMI 7 54016 4 Tenorissimo 1990

MC HMV FRANCE 7540164 Tenorissimo 1990

CD Award AWCD 29115 Jussi Björling: ‘Nessun Dorma’ 1991

CD Tring TFP 013 (4) Opera: Favourite Highlights 1991

MC Tring MC VAR 059/62 Opera: Favourite Highlights 1991

CD Tring RPS004 (4) Opera: Favourite Highlights After 1991

CD Axis 701767-2 The Incomparable Jussi Bjorling 1992-04 (?)

MC Axis 7017674 The Incomparable Jussi Bjorling 1992-04 (?)



CD Golden Legacy GLRS 103 The Magnificent Björling 1993-09








CD Conifer CDHD 235 The Puccini Album 1994


MC Conifer MCHD 235 The Puccini Album 1994



54

CD ZYX PD 5001-2 Jussi Björling: Wie eiskalt ist dies Händchen 1995-05





Records 1996-02




CD Grammofono 2000 AB 78664 Jussi Björling: The Records and the Beginning of a Legend

(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)

CD EMI 5 69535 2 (3) The Three Original Tenors 1996-11


CD Music & Memories MMD 1043-2 (2) Opera’s Greatest Hits 1996



al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)


CD Altaya 01625 Jussi Björling: Arias de óperas italianas y francesas 1997

CD EMI FRANCE 5 72007 2 (2) Les 40 Ténors 1997


CD Nimbus ON-1 Opera News ‘Prima Voce’ Collection: Great Voices from the Met’s Past 1997

CD HMV Classics 5 72842 2 Caruso, Gigli, Björling 1998-06

CD MonoPoly GI-1002 Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème: Che gelida manina 1998-10

CD EMI KOREA EKC2D-0435 (2) The Best 40 Tenors Album In The World…Ever! 1998


CD Lebendige Vergangenheit 89952 Four Famous Met-Tenors of the Past 1999-01

CD Hallmark 309562 Björling: The King of Tenors 1999-04

CD Platinum 15095-4642-2 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Music from and inspired by the movie 1999-

07

CD Bongiovanni GB 1156-2 18 ’Che gelida manina’ da La Bohème di Giacomo Puccini, volume 1 1999-

08


CD Naxos INTERNATIONAL; SWEDEN 8.110701 Jussi Björling: Opera Arias / Jussi Björling: Älskade opera-

arior 1999-10




CD Storia dell’opera italiana 24 Selezioni da La bohème 2000


önskade After 2000

CD Hallmark HALMCD 1268 Björling: The King of Tenors 2001

CD Regis RRC 1080 Jussi Björling: ’Pearl Fishers’ Duet: Classic Arias & Duets… 2002-01

CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8005 (2) Puccini’s Masterworks 2002-04


CD EMI FRANCE 5 75329 2 (2) Les 40 Ténors 2002

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.110754S Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 3: Opera-arior och duetter 1936-44 2003-03


CD IMP 790222 The Magnificent Björling 2003-08


sånger 2003-10



CD Collection 867 Jussi Björling: Ténor de légende 2003

CD Hot Record Society HRS014 Hot Record Society Presents Opera: The Golden Age of Opera 2003

55

CD Fono Enterprise FONO 1088 Puccini: My voice and the voice of my singers 2004-01

CD Player CM952-B52-106 Great Singer Jussi Bjorling 2004-01

CD Naxos 8.110754 Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 3: Opera Arias and Duets 1936-1944 2004-02


CD IMP 730172 (3) Magnificent Gigli, Björling, Caruso 2004-09



CD DMG TV DMGTV 023 (4) Classical Dreams: A Collection of Inspirational & Relaxing Classical

Music 2005-11




CD Preiser PR21002 Dreamticket to La Bohème: selected recordings from 1902-1950 2011-11




88 Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida [I] (Verdi: Aida)

2SB 440-1,-2

78 HMV DB 3049 1937-03



78 Victor USA 12039 1937-09

78 Electrola DB 3049 1938 (?)


78 Victor JAPAN RL-210 1949


45 RCA (Victor) USA; GERMANY ERA 209 Arias Sung and Acted: Sung by Jussi Bjoerling, Acted by

Joseph Cotten 1954-06

LP RCA USA; GERMANY LM 1801 Arias Sung and Acted 1954-06

45 HMV ITALY 7RQ 3128 1955 (?)

45 HMV UK 7P 239 Jussi Björling 1959-10



LP Capitol G 7248 The Beloved Bjoerling, Volume 3: Opera Arias 1936-1945 1961-05

LP HMV UK ALP 1841 Jussi Björling: Operatic Recital 1961-07

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 1841 Jussi Björling: Operatic Recital 1961-12

LP Angel ARGENTINA LPC-12193 Jussi Björling: Arias de Operas After 1961 (?)

LP Angel URUGUAY UAL 12321 The Beloved Bjoerling, Volume 3: Opera Arias 1936-1945 After 1961 (?)

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 1841 The Beloved Björling After 1961 (?)

LP Angel JAPAN HA-5031 The Beloved Bjoerling, Vol. 2: Opera Arias 1936-1945 1962-04

LP HMV NEW ZEALAND MALP 1841 Jussi Björling: Operatic Recital 1962 (?)

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10319 Jussi Björling: Recital operistico 1962 (?)

LP Angel CHILE 3ACX-47341 Jussi Björling: Recital de Opera 1964 (?)

LP Angel JAPAN AB-7127 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Recital 1965-03

LP Angel USA COLH 150 The Beloved Bjoerling, Volume Three: Opera Arias 1936-1945 1965-03

LP HMV NETHERLANDS XLPH 20010 Jussi Björling 1968-04




LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA 3145 Jussi Bjorling: Operatic Recital 1972-01


56


8T EMI SOUTH AFRICA L8EMGJ 6004 (2) 20 Magnificent Opera Arias 1974-04

LP EMI SOUTH AFRICA EMGJ 6004 (2) 20 Magnificent Opera Arias 1974-04

MC EMI SOUTH AFRICA L4EMGJ 6004 (2) 20 Magnificent Opera Arias 1974-04

LP Seraphim USA 60219 The Art of Jussi Bjoerling, Album 2: Opera Arias 1974-05

LP HMV NETHERLANDS 5C 047-00191M Jussi Björling zingt aria’s van Verdi, Gounod... 1974-09

LP HMV NETHERLANDS 5C 045-00191M Jussi Björling zingt aria’s van Verdi, Gounod... 1976

LP Columbia AUSTRIA Parnass 62528 Unvergessene Stimmen: Die grossen Tenöre 1976 (?)

LP HMV GERMANY 29601-2 (2) Die grossen Tenöre 1976 (?)

LP Parnass 62 528 (2) Unvergessene Stimmen: Die grossen Tenöre 1977-06 (?)










MC Seraphim USA 4XG-60219 The Art of Jussi Bjoerling, Album 2: Opera Arias 1979-08





LP Angel BRAZIL 3CBX 328 Jussi Bjorling: Recital de Saudade 1982-08

LP Fame FAME 20 20 Magnificent Opera Arias, Vol. 2 1983-07

MC Fame L4FAME 20 20 Magnificent Opera Arias, Vol. 2 1983-07


LP Parnass 42 413 5 (2) Goldenes Tenor-Staralbum 1985



1987-03


1987-03

CD EMI UK; USA 7 61053 2 Jussi Björling: Airs d’Opéras = Opera Arias = Opernarien, Vol. I / Jussi

Bjoerling: Opera Arias 1988-03


1990


















57





Records 1996-02




CD Grammofono 2000 AB 78664 Jussi Björling: The Records and the Beginning of a Legend (1930-

1945) 1996-09 (?)




CD Music & Memories MMD 1043-2 (2) Opera’s Greatest Hits 1996



al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)

CD ZYX ZYX 11075-2 (2) The World of Grosse Tenöre 1997-07




CD Memoir UK CDMOIR 445 The Immortal Jussi Björling: Twenty-one Arias to Cherish 1999-09



arior 1999-10



CD Ongaku no tomo sha OCD-2080 Opera Arias 2000

CD Fono Enterprise FONO 1001 Maria Callas and the great Verdi voices 2001-02



CD EMI 5 75900 2 (2) The Very Best of Jussi Björling 2003-02

CD EMI KOREA EKC2D-0706 (2) The Very Best of Jussi Björling 2003-03






sånger 2003-10



CD Opera Delaware (No number) 03/04 Opera Delaware Season Highlights 2003





CD Castle Pulse PLSCD 753 Jussi Björling 2005-06

CD Music & Memories MMD 1260 Great Tenors Sing The Big Arias 2005

CD RMG 1479 MP3 Yussi B’yorling = Jussi Björling: Pesni i arii iz oper (zapisi s 1936 po 1955 god)

2005

CD Parnass 62 650 7 (2) Goldenes Tenor-Staralbum 2005 (?)

CD Castle Pulse PDSCD 649 (2) The Grand Opera Record 2006-07

CD ZYX PD 5083-2 Unvergessene Tenöre 2006-10

CD White Puma 6963 (3) Legendary Tenors 2006

CD ANY ANOC 6091 Opera Arias 2007

58

CD Bongiovanni GB 1202-2 18 ’Celeste Aida’ da Aida di Giuseppe Verdi 2008-09






CD ZYX CLABOX 030 (10) The Greatest Historical Tenor Masterpieces of the 20th Century 2013-10

CD Warner 5 75900 2 (2) The Very Best of Jussi Björling 2014 (?)


1936, December 3. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


89 La donna è mobile [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

0SB 441-1,-2,-3

78 HMV DA 1548 1937-03

78 HMV NORWAY DAN 1548 After 1937-03

78 Victor USA 4372 1937-11

78 Electrola DA 1548 1938 (?)

78 Victor JAPAN HL-54 1940 (?)

78 Victor JAPAN JE-100 1940 (?)

78 HMV IRELAND IR 420 1956 (?)

45 HMV UK 7ER 5087 Jussi Björling 1958-02

45 HMV ITALY 7ERQ 229 Jussi Björling 1960-08




45 HMV AUSTRALIA 7ERO 5087 Jussi Björling 1961 (?)



LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 1841 The Beloved Björling After 1961
















LP Selezione dal Reader’s Digest 3C 147-52402/10 Va pensiero: Le melodie immortali di G. Verdi 1976-

04




59


















1987-03


1987-03



1990

CD Testament SBT 1005 Ten Top Tenors 1991-07

















Records 1996-02


CD Classic CD 78 Opera Then and Now...hear the difference 1996-09


(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)

CD Audioclásica 3 Ópera antes y ahora…escuche la diferencia 1996-11




al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






60





arior 1999-10




CD Nimbus NI 1738 (5) The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera, Vol. Two: Great Arias in Historic Recordings

2000-11

CD History 205121-333 (20) Verdissimo 1813-1901 2000

CD Storia dell’opera italiana 7/8 Rigoletto 2000


önskade After 2000


CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8008 (2) Opera’s Super Villains 2002-04


CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8010 (2) Verdi’s Masterworks 2002-08








sånger 2003-10




CD Musical Heritage 5571617 (5) The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera, Vol. Two: Great Arias in Historic

Recordings 2003


CD Documents GERMANY 221759-303 (2) Jussi Björling in Ruggero Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci, plus bonus

CD: Björling sings great arias and songs 2004-06

CD Diapason DIAP 128 Les 100 ténors 2004-07








2005


CD Documents GERMANY 231210 (4) Verdissimo 2007-02

CD Pelléas CD-0117 (6) L’Opéra: Les choix de Georges Nicholson 2007-12







61

90 Recondita armonia [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

0SB 442-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1548 1937-03


78 Victor USA 4372 1937-11

78 Electrola DA 1548 1938 (?)


78 Victor JAPAN NF-4128 1950 (?)

78 HMV IRELAND IR 420 1956 (?)











LP Angel BRAZIL 3BBX 28 Vozes de Ouro, Volume 2 1962-11










LP HMV AUSTRALIA OXLP 7586 The Golden Age of Song, Vol. 3 1975-02


LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 03176 The Golden Age of Song, Vol. 3 1977-07 (?)

MC World Record Club AUSTRALIA C 03176 The Golden Age of Song, vol. 3 1977-07 (?)


1977-10


1977-12



1978 (?)







LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 13509 (4) The Golden Age of Song 1982



LP EMI SWEDEN EMISP 127 Arias for Lovers of Opera 1987-09



CD BBC BBC CD 715 Opera, vol. 1 1989

62

LP BBC BBC REH 715 Opera, vol. 1 1989

MC BBC BBC ZCF 715 Opera, vol. 1 1989

CD Memoir UK CDMOIR 405 Great Tenors 1990-10

MC Memoir CMOIR 405 Great Tenors 1990-10

CD Memoir BRAZIL RGE 342.8010 Great Tenors After 1990-10

CD Laser LAS4777 (6) The Great Tenors Collection After 1990 (?)

CD Spack 0048 (2) 50 Magnificent Tenor Performances After 1990 (?)

MC Laser LASC 4777 (6) The Great Tenors Collection After 1990 (?)

















Records 1996-02

CD Eagle EA-B 7000 (7) The World’s Greatest Tenors 1996-04


1945) 1996-09 (?)







al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






CD GyC CD-1645 El verismo italiano 1998

CD Master CD 0838 (2) Goldene Stimmen des Jahrhunderts 1998



arior 1999-10

CD rajon AUSTRALIA RXBOX 31082 (3) The Great Voices Of The Century 2000-04




CD Startel STELCD0142 (4) The World’s Greatest Voices of the 20th Century 2000

CD Storia dell’opera italiana 15/16 Tosca 2000


önskade After 2000

CD Regis RRC 2036 (2) More Voices of the Century 2001-03


63

CD Music Masters MM 0023 (4) The World’s Greatest Voices of the Century 2001

CD rajon UK RMGG 3047 (3) The Great Voices Of The Century 2001



CD GyC CD-2555 O verismo italiano 2002 (?)





sånger 2003-10










CD rajon AUSTRALIA CDR 0420 (4) The World’s Greatest Voices of the 20th Century 2005-03

CD CEL CEL 159 (4) The World’s Greatest Voice’s of the Century After 2005-03


2005

CD rajon AUSTRALIA CDR 0677 (3) The Encyclopaedia of Music: best of Opera 1907-1954 2006-10

CD Sputnik SPUTCD-0601 the soundtrack of the film Lights in the Dusk by Aki Kaurismäki 2006

CD Fenice TM 05 Puccini: da Le Villi a La Fanciulla del West: Historical Rare Recordings 2007




1937, January 26. Stockholm.


91 Sverige [S] (Stenhammar: Ett folk)

0SB 471-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4777 1937-05

78 Victor USA V 24111 1939-01

45 RCA (Victor) USA 53-5004 1951-04

78 Victor USA 26-1097 1951-04

45 RCA (Victor) USA 43-1105 1952-04

78 Victor USA 26-1105 1952-04











64

LP Odeon SWEDEN 4E 154-34398/99M Sweden! 1971-08


MC Emidisc 4E 278-51009M Sweden! 1972-11






LP EMI SWEDEN 7C 138-35580/81 Scandinavia!: Music from Sweden, Norway and Finland 1978-11




LP Columbia SWEDEN SPPH 061 Winds of Sweden 1982-04

MC Columbia SWEDEN TC-SPPH 061 Winds of Sweden 1982-04

LP EMI SWEDEN SPPH 061 Winds of Sweden After 1982 (?)


MC Visans skepp 2 1990

CD EMI SWEDEN CMCD 6061 Sweden 1992


MC EMI SWEDEN CMC 3022 Sweden! 1993












önskade After 2000





CD EMI SWEDEN CMCD 6383 Stora firar-CD’n 2004

CD vax CD 1937 Populärmusik från 1937 2007


1929-1953 2008-04



2008-10





92 Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

0SB 472-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4777 1937-05

78 Victor USA V 24111 1939-01

65

78 Victor USA 26-1098 1951-07















LP Odeon SWEDEN 4E 054-34633M Svenska filmschlager. 2 1973-01






LP Odeon SWEDEN 7C 138-35818/20 Säg det i toner: En nostalgisk kavalkad 1981-11

LP Odeon SWEDEN 7C 158-35912/13 The Sounds of Sweden 1982-06

MC Odeon SWEDEN 7C 458-35914 The Sounds of Sweden 1982-06

LP EMI SWEDEN 2600833 (2) Gyllene ögonblick på Gröna Lund 1984-05




1987-03


1987-03

MC EMI SWEDEN 1362774 The Sounds of Sweden 1987-06



1990









önskade After 2000




CD EMI SWEDEN CMCD 6349 Sweden: The best-loved Swedish music and folksongs 2005

CD EMI SWEDEN CMCD 6449 Schweden: Die beliebtesten Musikstücke und Volkslieder Schwedens

2006

CD Screen Air SCRAT-3701 1937: Musiken, händelserna, företeelserna, stämningen… 2006


1929-1953 2008-04



66

2008-10







1937, April 22. Stockholm.


93 Dreams of Long Ago [S: Ungdomsdrömmar] (Caruso)

0SB 538-1,-2,-3

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4832 1937-04





















1929-37 2002-04



sånger 2003-10



94 Sjung din hela längtan ut [S] (Widestedt) [Original label: Sjung din hela längtan]

0SB 539-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 4832 1937-04





67










1929-1953 2008-04


2008-10





95 Cielo e mar! [I] (Ponchielli: La Gioconda)


78 HMV DB 3302 1937-12

78 Victor USA 12150 1938-02


78 HMV ITALY DB 5393 1941-04













45 HMV ITALY 7ERQ 258 Jussi Björling: ... 1961 (?)















68









CD MET MET 207CD Sunday Night Concert at the Met 1987-10

MC MET MET-207C (2) Sunday Night Concert at the Met 1987-12

CD Testament SBT 1005 Ten Top Tenors 1991-07










CD Nimbus NI 7851 Legendary Voices 1993






CD Musical Heritage 513705M Legendary Voices 1994

MC Musical Heritage 313705X Legendary Voices 1994






Records 1996-02




1945) 1996-09 (?)






al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)


CD EMI 5 66807 2 Heroes: Jussi Björling 1998-08




arior 1999-10

CD Nimbus NI 1742 (6) The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera, Vol. One: Great Arias in Historic Recordings

2000-02




69





sånger 2003-10






2005










96 Ch'ella mi creda [I] (Puccini: La fanciulla del West)

0SB 571-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1584 1937-11


78 Electrola DA 1584 1938-01

78 Victor USA 4408 1938-11





LP HMV ITALY QALP 10305 Ricordo di Giacomo Puccini 1962-09

LP HMV UK; AUSTRALIA HQM 1190 Jussi Björling: Songs and Arias by Beethoven, Elgar, Flotow,

Godard, Puccini, Rossini, R. Strauss, Verdi 1969-11








LP HMV UK; SOUTH AFRICA HLM 7038 Jussi Björling: Arias & Songs by Beethoven, Elgar, Flotow,

Puccini, Rossini, Verdi 1974-01










70



MC HMV SOUTH AFRICA L4HLM 7038 Jussi Björling: Arias & Songs by Beethoven, Elgar, Flotow,





CD ABC 836 642-2 Singers of Renown 1988




CD Memoir UK CDMOIR 412 Great Voices of the Century Sing Puccini 1992

MC Memoir CMOIR 412 Great Voices of the Century Sing Puccini 1992







CD EMI 5 68202 2 (8) Gateway to Classical Music: A Musical Journey 1994-03











Records 1996-02





(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)




CD EMI USA 5 65931 2 Gateway to Classical Music: Opera 1996

CD Hallmark 7210897 (2) Ultimate Tenors 1996

CD Symphonia SYM113 The Greatest Tenors ‘Golden Era’: Songs and Arias by the Greatest Tenors of

the Golden Era 1996 (?)

CD Carlton 7210897 (2) The Ultimate Tenors After 1996 (?)

CD Carlton 30361 50187 (2) the Ultimate tenors After 1996 (?)



al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)




CD FMCG FMC 064 The Ultimate Opera Album: Featuring the Original Great Tenors 1997

CD Hallmark 306892 The Ultimate Tenors: 20 Legendary Performances from Caruso, Gigli, Björling and

more 1997


71




CD exceed 500562 The Ultimate Opera Album: Featuring the Original Great Tenors 1999

CD Purple Flame PF 2042 (2) The Ultimate Tenors Collection 1999

CD Scoop 20110-2 Ultimate Opera 1999



CD IM SPAIN 8227 (2) Arias de Opera: 30 Exitos: Interpretes originales varios 2001-11



CD IM MEXICO 2CDE-8227 (2) Arias de Opera: 30 Exitos: Interpretes originales varios 2001









sånger 2003-10








CD IM MEXICO 3CD-SET-0342 (3) Arias de Ópera: Enrico Caruso y otros artistas 2004






2005

CD Regis RRC 2075 (2) La Bohème plus 7 bonus arias 2007-01

CD exceed 785582 The Ultimate Opera Album 2007

CD Fenice TM 05 Puccini: da Le Villi a La Fanciulla del West: Historical Rare Recordings 2007


CD ABC 480 1379 (3) A Tribute to John Cargher 2008






97 For You Alone [Eng] (Geehl)

0SB 572-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1594 1938-01




72



45 HMV IRELAND 7P 330 Jussi Björling 1963 (?)








1977-10



1977-12







1978 (?)










2005

CD alto ALC 1007 Jussi Björling in Concert: Live at Carnegie Hall plus Opera Duets 2007-01











98 Pays merveilleux...Ô paradis [I: Mi batte il cor...O paradiso] (Meyerbeer: L'africaine)

2SB 573-1,-2

78 HMV DB 3302 1937-12

78 Victor USA 12150 1938-02




73

















LP HMV-Columbia 33 RC 113 de ‘gulden’ plaat: een introductie tot de serie ‘Gramophonehouse

Klassieken’ 1963 (?)








LP HMV UK; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA HLM 7004 Great Tenors of the World 1972-03

LP Seraphim USA 60206 Great Tenors of the Century 1974-01


LP HMV NETHERLANDS 5C 047-01266M Wereldberoemde tenoren 1974 (?)





LP Marcato 34 399 6 (3) Tenöre des Jahrhunderts 1978

MC Marcato 33 332 8 (3) Tenöre des Jahrhunderts 1978

MC HMV UK TC-HLM 7004 Great Tenors of the World 1979-05


MC HMV SOUTH AFRICA L4HLM 7004 Great Tenors of the World 1981-06

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 10132 Great Tenors of the World 1982-01

















74






















(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)









al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)





more 1997

LD Universal JAPAN VDU 1476 John McCormack, Jussi Björling 1997

VHS Kultur 0096 Bel Canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era, Volume Three: Björling, Melchior, Rosvaenge

1997

VHS Kultur 1539 (4) Bel Canto: The Tenors of the 78 Era 1997

VHS Pars Media 3-9803265-8-6 (4) Belcanto: The Tenors of the 78 Era = Die Tenöre der Schellackzeit

1997

CD superdoubles SD 703672 (2) 41 Golden Opera Treasures 1998-02







arior 1999-10





CD Nimbus NI 7056/57 The Golden Age of Singing: 50 Years of Great Voices on Record, Volume Four:

75

1930-1950 2001-10





CD rajon UK RMGSN 2032 (2) Legendary Voices: A Treasury of Song 2002







sånger 2003-10


CD D Classics MP 905479 (3) Best of Opera 2003

CD Gift of Music CCL CDG 1064 Opera Classics: Great performances of favourite Arias 2003








CD Prism PLATBX 507 (5) 101 Opera Greats 2005-06

DVD TDK DV-DOCBEL 2 Belcanto: The Tenors of the 78 Era, Part II = Die Tenöre der Schellackzeit

2005-07

CD Prism PLATCD 1345 The Best of French Opera: 20 Opera Classics 2005-08

DVD EuroArts CANADA 2050217 Belcanto: The Tenors of the 78 Era, Part II 2005-08

CD DMG TV DMGTV 023 (4) Classical Dreams: A Collection of Inspirational & Relaxing Classical

Music 2005-11



CD Prism PLATBX 867514 (21) Forever Opera + 101 Opera Greats 2006-03


CD Prism PLATBX 626 (6) 120 Opera Greats: The Ultimate Collection 2006



CD Emporio EMPRBXMAS002 (4) Classical : The Christmas Collection 2007-10


DVD medici arts 2050218 Belcanto: The Tenors of the 78 Era, Part II 2009

CD alto ALC 1100 Jussi Björling: Pearl Fisher’s Duet (Very Best of) 2010-08

CD Gift of Music CCL CDG 1244 Music for Opera Lovers: Classic Arias 2010-08






CD Documents GERMANY 600163 (10) The World’s Most Famous Voices in Opera & Song 2014-06



99 E lucevan le stelle [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

0SB 574-1,-2

76

78 HMV DA 1584 1937-11


78 Electrola DA 1584 1938-01

78 Victor USA 4408 1938-11













LP Angel BRAZIL 3BBX 28 Vozes de Ouro, Volume 2 1962-11

















1977-10


1977-12





LP Odeon USA 7C 153-35445/46M Jussi Björling: 28 av de mest älskade ariorna och sångerna, vol. 2

1978 (?)













77

1987-03


1987-03





1990










CD Pearl GEMM CD 9040 20 Great Tenors sing 20 Great Tenor Arias 1993-11









Records 1996-02




1945) 1996-09 (?)






al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)










arior 1999-10



CD Pearl GEM 0089 Puccini: The Supreme Operatic Recordings 2000-08


CD Nimbus NI 1738 (5) The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera, Vol. Two: Great Arias in Historic Recordings

2000-11

CD Storia dell’opera italiana 15/16 Tosca 2000


78

önskade After 2000



CD Fono Enterprise FONO 1053 Caruso & Friends 2002-06




CD Fono Enterprise FONO 1205 (4) Enrico Caruso: Il Tenore del Secolo 2003-05




sånger 2003-10




CD MET MET 251 (3) The Tenors 2003

CD Musical Heritage 5571617 (5) The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera, Vol. Two: Great Arias in Historic

Recordings 2003










CD Bongiovanni GB 1209-2 26 ’E lucevan le stelle’ da Tosca di G. Puccini 2009-01



CD Musidisk 5310510155 (4) The Best & The Greatest Opera & Classical: Original & Vintage

Recordings 2012-04



100 Only a Rose [Eng] (Friml: The Vagabond King)

0SB 575-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1607 1938-03










CD Music & Memories MMD 1035 (2) Only A Rose 1995



CD GCM GCMD504 Greatest Voices of Our Time, Volume 1 1997

MC GCM GCMC504 Greatest Voices of Our Time, Volume 1 1997

79




CD K-tel ECD 3946 Great Tenors of Our Time 2005-09

CD Regis RRC 1231 These We All Loved 2: 22 more original classical memories 2005-12


2005


CD Boulevard BOUL0305 great tenors of our time 2008

CD Boulevard BOUL0693 (12) Great Classical Music & Voices 2008












101 'O sole mio [I] (di Capua)

0SB 576-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1582 1937-12


78 HMV DA 1607 1938-03

78 Victor USA 4379 1938-03

78 Electrola DA 1582 1938-04


78 HMV IRELAND IR 409 1956-11


45 HMV UK 7EB 6030 Jussi Björling (Tenor) 1958-04

45 HMV AUSTRALIA 7EBO 6030 Jussi Björling (Tenor) 1958-04

45 HMV ITALY 7EPQ 607 Jussi Björling 1958-08

45 HMV NEW ZEALAND 7EBM 6030 Jussi Björling (Tenor) 1958 (?)



LP Angel BRAZIL 3BBX 21 Vozes de Ouro 1961-08





45 HMV NEW ZEALAND 7ERM 5189 Jussi Björling 1962 (?)







80



1977-10



1977-12









1978 (?)









1987-03


1987-03

CD Conifer TQ 305 Golden Legacy of Legendary Singers 1989

MC Conifer TQC 305 Golden Legacy of Legendary Singers 1989


1990









CD EMI 5 66863 2 O sole mio: Song of Italy 1998-07

CD Bongiovanni GB 1155-2 24 ’O sole mio 1999-02




CD Double Gold DBG 53087 (2) Italian Songs 2000


önskade After 2000










81


CD Naxos 8.110768 Italian Popular Songs. 1: Historical Recordings 1926-1951 2004-03



2005

CD Golden Stars GSS 5408 (3) Neapolitan Songs 2006-02













102 Ideale [I] (Tosti)

0SB 577-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1582 1937-12


78 HMV DA 1594 1938-01

78 Victor USA 4379 1938-03

78 Electrola DA 1582 1938-04

78 Victor JAPAN HL-47 1940 (?)



78 HMV IRELAND IR 409 1956-11





















1977-10


82


1977-12








LP Odeon USA 7C 153-35445/46M Jussi Björling: 28 av de mest älskade ariorna och sångerna, vol. 2

1978 (?)


LP EMI AUSTRALIA SCA 034 Nostalgic Memories, Volume 2: 18 Songs from the World’s Greatest Singers

1979

MC EMI AUSTRALIA 7 01686 4 Nostalgic Memories, Volume 2: 18 Songs from the World’s Greatest

Singers 1979

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 08064 Songs from the World’s Greatest Singers, Vol. 2 1980-10

MC World Record Club AUSTRALIA C 08064 Songs from the World’s Greatest Singers, Vol. 2 1980-10























CD GCM GCMD504 Greatest Voices of Our Time, Volume 1 1997




MC GCM GCMC504 Greatest Voices of Our Time, Volume 1 1997











83














2005













1938, April 28. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Attic Auditorium.


103 Wer uns getraut? [S: Vem oss har vigt?] (J. Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron).

With Hjördis Schymberg (sop.).

0SB 741-1,-2,(-3)


104 Sjungom studentens lyckliga dag [S] (Prince Gustaf).

With double male quartet.

0SB 742-1,-2 [Take 1TS, which has also been issued, is probably a transcription of Take 2.]

78 HMV SWEDEN X 6235 1939-03

78 HMV DENMARK X 7255 1950-04

45 RCA (Victor) USA 43-1111 1952-11

78 Victor USA 26-1111 1952-11

45 HMV DENMARK 45X 8433 1961-04






84




1929-1953 2008-04


2008-10


105 Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [S: Nu är jag pank och fågelfri] (Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent)

0SB 743-1,-2


1938, May 30. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


106

Wer uns getraut? [S: Vem oss har vigt?] (J. Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron) [Original label: Duett ur

'Zigenarbaronen']


0SB 741-3,-4,-5

106A (Take 4)


1920 1988-07



106B (Take 5)

78 HMV SWEDEN X 6146 1938-10









1977-10



1977-12








85

1978 (?)






1987-03


1987-03



1990



CD Memoir UK CDMOIR 419 Vienna Nights: The Golden Age of Operetta 1993-04

MC Memoir CMOIR 419 Vienna Nights: The Golden Age of Operetta 1993-04
















CD Pearl GEM 0078 Golden Operetta, Volume II 2000-05



CD Regis RRC 2047 (2) Die Fledermaus 2001-07




Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10


CD Naxos 8.110292 Viennese Operetta Gems 2003-06

CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8015 (2) Light Opera Gems 2003-07



sånger 2003-10





CD Musidisk 5310508692 (2) Highlights from Musical Comedy & Operetta 2012-03






86



107 Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [S: Nu är jag pank och fågelfri] (Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent)

0SB 743-3,-4

107A (Take 3)


1920 1988-07



107B (Take 4)

78 HMV SWEDEN X 6090 1938-08


78 HMV NORWAY AL 3096 1949 (?)

78 HMV AUSTRALIA EC 214 1955



LP Odeon GERMANY O 83343 Die teuerste Operette der Welt. 1 1963 (?)
















MC Columbia SWEDEN TC-SPPH 036 På Beställning med Lars-Gunnar 1982-02



1987-03


1987-03



1990







CD Nimbus NI 7851 Legendary Voices 1993

87



CD Musical Heritage 513705M Legendary Voices 1994

MC Musical Heritage 313705X Legendary Voices 1994












CD Valitut Palat V91317VV3 (4) Operetin ja musikaalin tähtihetkiä 1996







CD EMI AUSTRIA 5 67092 2 Tenöre: Die beliebtesten Tenöre aller Zeiten 1999-05

CD Avid AMSC 679 Avid Presents The Great Tenors 1999-11






önskade After 2000

CD Regis RRC 2047 (2) Die Fledermaus 2001-07



Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10




CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8015 (2) Light Opera Gems 2003-07




sånger 2003-10







2005

CD West End AVC 891 (2) The Essential Collection: Great Tenors 2006-11


CD alto ALC 1049 Golden Operetta of Vienna 2009-04




88



Welt 2010-11









108 Nämner du Sverige [S] (Wide; pseud. of Widestedt)

0SB 753-1,-2 [Test pressing of Take 1 exists. Take 1TS, which has also been issued, is probably a

transcription of Take 2.]

78 HMV SWEDEN X 6235 1939-03

78 Victor USA 26-1098 1951-07








1977-10


1977-12





1978 (?)





CD vax CD 1938 Svenska år: 1938 1999



1929-1953 2008-04



2008-10




109 (Test record; contents not given in recording ledger.)

0SB 754-1

89

1938, May 31. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


110 Au mont Ida trois déesses [S: Uti en skog på berget Ida] (Offenbach: La belle Hélène) [Original label:

Paris' entrésång ur 'Den sköna Helena']

0SB 755-1,-2

110A (Take 1)

78 HMV SWEDEN X 6090 1938-08


78 HMV NORWAY AL 3096 1949 (?)










LP Club ”99” CL 110 Tales of Offenbach 1977-11



LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 03668 The Golden Age of Song, Vol. 4 1978-06

MC World Record Club AUSTRALIA C 03668 The Golden Age of Song, vol. 4 1978-06








LP Accord ACC 1500 17 (4) Jacques Offenbach 1880-1980 1980






LP HMV UK EX 29 0169 3 (13) The Record of Singing, Vol. 3 1984-11

LP Seraphim USA IM 6143 (13) The Record of Singing, vol. 3: 1926-1939 1985

CD Legendary LR-CD 1004 Tales of Offenbach 1988-09


CD Club ”99” CL 511/12 Tales of Offenbach 1990-02

CD EMI AUSTRALIA 1 66418 2 Masterpiece: Offenbach 1990

MC EMI AUSTRALIA TC-SMP 166418-4 Masterpiece: Offenbach 1990

CD Music Memoria 34016 (3) Trésors phonographiques de Jacques Offenbach 1992






90


CD EMI USA 5 65431 2 Tenors in the Grand Tradition 1994-10













CD Pearl GEMM CD 9255 Golden Operetta 1996

CD Symposium 1209 The 30 Tenors 1996




CD Forlane 16766 Offenbach: Anthologie, vol. 1 1997




CD Testament SBT 0132 (10) The EMI Record of Singing, Volume Three 1999-10



2000-02






önskade After 2000

CD Forlane 16791 Offenbach: Anthologie 2001-04

CD MET MET 244 (2) Met Stars Sing Operetta 2001-11 (?)





Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10








sånger 2003-10

CD Regis RRC 2063 (2) Orphée aux Enfers 2003-10







91




2005



CD Documents GERMANY 233369 (10) Jacques Offenbach: Göttliche Leichtigkeit = Divine Ease 2011-10









CD Symposium 1422 Jacques Offenbach 2014-06



110B (Take 2)

LP OASI OASI 660 O.A.S.I. Records Presents Jussi Bjoerling (Tenor) (1911-1960): Operatic and Song

Recital 1986 (?)


1920 1988-07

CD OASI OASI 7006 OASI Recordings, Inc., Presents Jussi Bjoerling (Tenor) (1911-1960) in Arias,

Songs, & Duets 1991-05



111 Soll ich reden...Ich setz' den Fall [S: Skall jag tala...Antag det fall] (Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent) [Original

label: Duett ur 'Tiggarstudenten']


0SB 756-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 6146 1938-10









1977-10



1977-12






92


1978 (?)







CD Pearl GEM 0078 Golden Operetta, Volume II 2000-05




Swedish 1930-1938 2002-10



Sånger 2003-10







1938, August 10. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


112 Instant charmant...En fermant les yeux [F] (Massenet: Manon)

2SB 779-1,-2

78 HMV DB 3603 1938-10


78 Electrola DB 3603 1939 (?)

78 Victor USA 12635 1940-05

78 Victor JAPAN JD-1513 1940 (?)

78 Victor JAPAN D-8139 1949


78 Victor ARGENTINA 66-0097 After 1952

78 HMV IRELAND IRX 91 After 1953-03













45 HMV ITALY 7ERQ 255 1961 (?)


93

45 HMV FRANCE 7ERF 17.121 Jussi Björling: Manon 1962-07


45 HMV FRANCE 7TEA 10529 Manon: Extraits 1962






45 HMV FRANCE ROVL 9016 Invitation á l’Opéra: Jussi Bjorling 1969 (?)











CD Bongiovanni GB 1035-2 25 ’Sogni’ da Manon di Jules Massenet 1985-12

LP Bongiovanni GB 1035/36 28 ‘Sogni’ dalla Manon di Massenet 1985-12




























(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)





al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)


94







arior 1999-10



2000-02













sånger 2003-10









2005









113 La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)

2SB 780-1,-2

78 HMV DB 3603 1938-10


78 Electrola DB 3603 1939 (?)

78 Victor USA 12635 1940-05

78 Victor JAPAN JD-1513 1940 (?)


78 Victor JAPAN D-8139 1949



95










45 HMV UK 7P 261 Jussi Björling (tenor) 1960-10












45 HMV SOUTH AFRICA 7PJ 736 1964-07
















LP ANNA ANNA-1045 Jussi Bjoerling in Opera 1980-03

LP Seraphim JAPAN EAC-60178/82 The Greatest Singers of the Century 1981 (?)





CD Beautiful Music OPD 3 (3) 50 Great Moments in Opera: All The Music America Loves Best! 1992

LP Beautiful Music BMR 4-124 (4) 50 Great Moments in Opera 1992











96











al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)









arior 1999-10

CD Nimbus ON-2 Opera News ‘Prima Voce’ Collection II: Legendary Voices from the Met’s Past 1999



CD Classics Elite Special 73443 Carmen Olé 2001-10










sånger 2003-10


CD MET MET 251 (3) The Tenors 2003








2005







CD Marianne 8682247 (5) 100 voix Extraordinaires 2013-01



97

1938, October 12. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


114 Cujus animam [L] (Rossini: Stabat mater)

2SB 823-1,-2,(-3) [Take 3 is a transfer of Take 2, made at Hayes.]

114A (Take 1)

78 HMV DB 3665, version 1 1938-12



1920 1988-07


CD MET MET 231 (2) Met Stars Sing Sacred Music 1998-12 (?)




2005


CD RMG 3587 MP3 Mirovaya Opera: Sto luchshikh ariy 2009-01

CD Octave OCT 2 2968 (6) Les Grands Classiques d’Edgar: La musique sacrée 2009-12






114B (Take 3)

78 HMV DB 3665, version 2 1938-12

78 Victor USA 13588 1941-04


45 RCA (Victor) BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS 65.519 1956 (?)





















98
























Records 1996-02



1945) 1996-09 (?)




CD Lebendige Vergangenheit 89229 (2) Famous Tenors of the Past; 44 Greatest Tenors of the Past 1996





CD Avid AMSC 679 Avid Presents The Great Tenors 1999-11




CD Trilogie 205862-349 (3) Great Voices: Great Singers of the Century 2001















CD Marianne 078262 Lex Voix d’Or Extraordinaires: 30 voix lyriques absolument prodigieuses 2007-04

99





115 Ingemisco [L] (Verdi: Messa da Requiem)

2SB 824-1,-2

78 HMV DB 3665 1938-12

78 Victor USA 13588 1941-04

























CD Memoir UK CDMOIR 411 Great Voices of the Century Sing Favourite Sacred Songs and Arias 1991-

12 (?)

MC Memoir CMOIR 411 Great Voices of the Century Sing Sacred Songs and Arias 1991-12 (?)

















100



Records 1996-02


1945) 1996-09 (?)







1997



1997


CD Classic CD 113 Classic CD Presents 100 Greatest Singers of the Century 1999-06



CD Edizioni Carisch MK 14408b Arie Verdiane per tenore 2000

CD ABC 461 680-2 John Cargher’s A Century of Singers: The Greatest Singers of the 20th Century 2001

CD Arpeggio APG 116 (3) Verdi Opéras 2001















2005-07



2005

CD DayDream DD 046 Verdi Operas: Björling, Del Monaco, Karajan 2008-08














101

116 Ah sì, ben mio [I] (Verdi: Il trovatore)

0SB 825-1,-2,-3 [Test pressing of Take 2 exists.]


Recital 1986 (?)


1920 1988-07








117 Di quella pira [I] (Verdi: Il trovatore)

0SB 826-1,-2


1920 1988-07






1939, July 14. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


118 Ach, so fromm [I: M'apparì tutt'amor] (Flotow: Martha)

2SB 983-1,-2,-3

78 HMV DB 3887 1939-12

78 Victor USA 13790 1941-11















102









CD Iberfón 25 2528 2 Ópera alemana 1990






















(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)



CD Classic FM PREM CD27 Tenor Arias 1996





al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)








arior 1999-10







sånger 2003-10


103









2005





CD EMI 6 28546 2 (2) Hit Men: The Greatest Voices of Our Time 2010-04

CD Sélection Reader’s Digest 164453 (5) La légende des Ténors 2010




119 Salut! demeure chaste et pure [F] (Gounod: Faust)

2SB 984-1,-2,-3

78 HMV DB 3887 1939-12

78 Victor USA 13790 1941-11









45 HMV FRANCE 7ERF 17.109 Jussi Björling: Deux cavatines 1962-04





















104



















CD Victorie 290 222 Londres: Covent Garden: Ses grands interprètes 1990



















CD Accord 290222 Londres: Les Grands Interprètes: Covent Garden 1995







(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)





CD Symphonia SYM113 The Greatest Tenors ‘Golden Era’: Songs and Arias by the Greatest Tenors of

the Golden Era 1996 (?)





105

al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)

CD Avid AMSC 551 Caruso and the Legendary Tenors 1997-07 (?)




CD Duet DUETCD 074 The Telegraph History of Opera XI: The Tenors 1997

CD FMCG FMC 064 The Ultimate Opera Album: Featuring the Original Great Tenors 1997


more 1997









arior 1999-10

CD exceed 500562 The Ultimate Opera Album: Featuring the Original Great Tenors 1999


CD Scoop 20110-2 Ultimate Opera 1999




CD IM SPAIN 8227 (2) Arias de Opera: 30 Exitos: Interpretes originales varios 2001-11


CD IM MEXICO 2CDE-8227 (2) Arias de Opera: 30 Exitos: Interpretes originales varios 2001

CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8007 (2) Opera’s Greatest Heroes 2002-04




CD Music Valley Korea CTCE 0765 (2) Masters of the Opera Album 2003-01







sånger 2003-10





CD Quadromania 222223-444 (4) Great Voices of the Century: 16 Tenors: The Greatest Arias 2004-04




CD IM MEXICO 3CD-SET-0342 (3) Arias de Ópera: Enrico Caruso y otros artistas 2004




2005




106


CD exceed 785582 The Ultimate Opera Album 2007




CD Musidisk 5310510155 (4) The Best & The Greatest Opera & Classical: Original & Vintage

Recordings 2012-04







1939, July 15. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


120 Ah sì, ben mio [I] (Verdi: Il trovatore)

0SB 825-4,-5

78 HMV DA 1701 1939-10

78 Victor USA 2136 1941-01

78 Electrola DA 1701 1950 (?)

LP RCA USA LCT 6701 (5) 50 Years of Great Operatic Singing 1955-05

LP HMV UK CSLP 503 Fifty Years of Great Operatic Singing, Volume IV: 1930-1940 1956-09


LP Columbia GERMANY C 91296 Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1963. 1 1963-12

LP Odeon USA C 91296/97 Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1963 1963

























107























Records 1996-02


1945) 1996-09 (?)






al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)







arior 1999-10


CD MET MET 237 (3) Met Stars Sing Verdi 2000-10 (?)

CD Lebendige Vergangenheit 89223 (2) Viva Verdi! Legendary operatic recordings 1909-1949 2001-01












sånger 2003-10



108





2005


CD Classic FM CFMAGCD 140 The Great Tenors: Classic FM Evening Concert: The world’s greatest

voices sing a selection of your favourites 2006




CD Diapason DIAP 176 Les meilleurs extraits Diapason d’Or 2008-11








121 Di quella pira [I] (Verdi: Il trovatore)

0SB 826-3,-4,-5 (0EA 8086-1,2) [0EA 8086-1 & -2 are transfers, made in Britain 15 August 1939 db

6249to combine 0SB 826-3 & -4.]

78 HMV DA 1701 1939-10

78 Victor USA 2136 1941-01

78 Electrola DA 1701 1950 (?)
























LP Columbia AUSTRIA Parnass 62528 Unvergessene Stimmen: Die grossen Tenöre 1976 (?)

LP Parnass 62 528 (2) Unvergessene Stimmen: Die grossen Tenöre 1977-06 (?)


109














MC Signal 521 002 0 Goldene Stimmen: Unsterbliche Meister des schönen Gesangs, Folge 2 1982

LP Signal 121 002 5 Goldene Stimmen: Unsterbliche Meister des schönen Gesangs, Folge 2 1983


LP HMV FRANCE 2910753 (8) Les Introuvables du chant Verdien 1986


CD Bongiovanni GB 1051-2 34 ‘Di quella pira’ da Il Trovatore di Giuseppe Verdi 1990






















Records 1996-02



1945) 1996-09 (?)





al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)







110


arior 1999-10



CD EMI FRANCE 5 74217 2 (8) Les introuvables du chant Verdien 2000-11














sånger 2003-10







2005


CD Classic FM CFMAGCD 140 The Great Tenors: Classic FM Evening Concert: The world’s greatest

voices sing a selection of your favourites 2006







Welt 2010-11

CD Sélection Reader’s Digest 164453 (5) La légende des Ténors 2010






1939, July 15. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium. With Harry Ebert, piano.

122 Morgen [G] (R. Strauss)

0SB 985-1,-2,-3

78 HMV DA 1704 1940-03

78 HMV AUSTRALIA EC 89 1942-11



111

























CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.110789S Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 5: Lieder och sånger 1939-52 2004-09


CD Naxos 8.110789 Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 5: Lieder and Songs 1939-1952 2005-04




2005







CD Marston 53017-2 (3) Richard Strauss: Selected Lieder Recordings: Sesquicentennial Edition 2014



123 Cäcilie [G] (R. Strauss)

0SB 986-1,-2,-3

78 HMV DA 1704 1940-03

78 HMV AUSTRALIA EC 89 1942-11








112














CD History 203086 (10) Great Voices of the Opera 2001-06 (?)













2005








CD Marston 53017-2 (3) Richard Strauss: Selected Lieder Recordings: Sesquicentennial Edition 2014



124 Adelaide [G] (Beethoven)

0SB 987-1,-2,-3 + 988-1,-2,-3

78 HMV DA 1705 1940-04

78 Victor USA 2195 1942-01











113





CD Nimbus NI 7812 Great Singers, Volume 2: 1903-1939 1990-07 (?)

MC Nimbus NC 7812 Great Singers, Volume 2: 1903-1939 1990-07 (?)

CD EMI AUSTRALIA 1 66447 2 Beethoven, Vol. 2 1991










CD High Fidelity SWEDEN FAM CD 17 Reference CD No. 17 1996-08 (?)




















schlager 2005-08

CD RMG 1479 MP3 Yussi B’yorling = Jussi Björling: Pesni i arii iz oper (zapisi s 1936 po 1955 god) 2005




CD Documents GERMANY 231986 (4) Ich liebe Dich: Klassische Liebeslieder 2010-07

CD Süddeutsche Zeitung Klassik 978-3-86615-741-5 (18) Meister Singer: Magische Momente des

klassischen Gesangs 2010-10



Welt 2010-11









114

1940, January 30. New York, Manhattan Center, Victor Studio 2.

With Harry Ebert, piano.

125 An Sylvia [G] (Schubert)

CS 046742-1 [issued by HMV as 2A 046742-1]

78 Victor USA 12725 1940-06

78 HMV DB 5759 1941-03

78 HMV AUSTRALIA ED 87 1942

LP ANNA ANNA-1017 Jussi Bjoerling Recital 1978-09

LP Bluebell BELL 187 Jussi Björling: Songs and opera arias 1939-1951 1985-08



CD Bluebell ABCD 050 Jussi Björling in Song and Ballad 1993-04





CD Lebendige Vergangenheit 89231 (2) Lieder von Franz Schubert in historischen Aufnahmen 1997-09



CD History 205153-324 (10) Franz Schubert: ‘Leise flehen meine Lieder…’: The Art of Schubert Lieder

2001-06




CD Hamburger Archiv 40031 Lied-Edition: Franz Schubert 6: Aufnahmen 1940-1942 2004-03

CD Quadromania 222167-444 (4) Franz Schubert: ‘Leise flehen meine Lieder’: The Art of Schubert

Lieder 2004-04









CD Documents GERMANY 231056 (10) Franz Schubert (1797-1828): ‘Leise flehen meine Lieder’ 2007-05





126 Ständchen [G] (Schubert)


78 Victor USA 12725 1940-06


78 HMV DB 5759 1941-03

115














2001-06





Lieder 2004-04











CD MonoPoly GI-2090 (3) Open the World of Classic 2008-02





127 An die Leier [G] (Schubert)


78 Victor USA 12831 1940-07

78 HMV DB 5787 1947-01














116


2001-06





Lieder 2004-04














128

Die böse Farbe [G] (Schubert)

BS 046745-1

LP Voce VOCE 88 Great Singers: Previously Unpublished Recordings 1984-09








129

Frühlingsglaube [G] (Schubert)

BS 046746-1









130

Wandrers Nachtlied [G] (Schubert)

BS 046747-1 [The CD issues of what is claimed to be this recording are so similar to #136 that it seems

possible that all issues of “Wandrers Nachtlied” from 1940 are actually of the same recording.]

117








131

Svarta rosor [S] (Sibelius)

BS 046748-1(A) [Issued by HMV as 0A 046748-1]

78 Victor USA 4531 1940-12

78 HMV AUSTRALIA EC 117 1944 (?)






















1940, March 1. New York, Manhattan Center, Victor Studio 2.

With Harry Ebert, piano.

132

Ich möchte schweben [G] (Sjögren)

BS 047735-1






133 Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

118

BS 047736-1 [Issued by HMV as 0A 047736-1]

78 Victor USA 4531 1940-12



























134 Skogen sover [S] (Alfvén)

CS 047737-1 (part 1) [Issued by HMV as part 1 of 2A 047737]

78 Victor USA 12831 1940-07

78 HMV DB 5787 1947-01


















1929-1953 2008-04

119


2008-10




135 Morgon [S] (Eklöf)

CS 047737-1 (part 2) [Issued by HMV as part 2 of 2A 047737]

78 Victor USA 12831 1940-07

78 HMV DB 5787 1947-01












1929-1953 2008-04


2008-10



136


BS 046747-2(A)



1941, June 16. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


137 Di' tu se fedele [I] (Verdi: Un ballo in maschera)

0SB 2032-1,-2,-3 [Test pressing of Take 3 exists.]

(Not issued.)

138 Questa o quella [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

0SB 2033-1,-2,-3(?) [Test pressing of "Take 3" exists, but this take number is not in the ledgers. The

recording was first issued on LP, and it is unclear which take was used.]

120






CD Myto 1MCD 934.86 Jussi Björling: Recital: 1941-1951 1993-09







önskade After 2000





CD EMI 4 40509 2 (5) Voices of Italian Opera 2012-07


1941, June 17. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.

With Hjördis Schymberg (sop.) and orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

139

O soave fanciulla [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

2SB 2034-1,-2

139A (Take 1)

78 Electrola DB 3665 1939 (?)

78 HMV DB 6000 1941-12

78 Victor USA 11-8440 1943-06

78 HMV DB 6119, version 1 1944-04

78 HMV AUSTRALIA ED 375 1945-07


45 HMV NETHERLANDS 7OPH 1004 Jussi Björling, Hjördis Schymberg 1958-08

45 Electrola 7OPH 1004 Jussi Björling, Hjördis Schymberg After 1958

















121



1977-10


1977-12

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 03668 The Golden Age of Song, Vol. 4 1978-06

MC World Record Club AUSTRALIA C 03668 The Golden Age of Song, vol. 4 1978-06



1978 (?)


LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 037-35918M Hjördis Schymberg: Hovsångerska 1982-08



1987-03


1987-03



Jussi Bjoerling: Opera Arias 1988-11 (?)


1990



CD Beautiful Music OPD 3 (3) 50 Great Moments in Opera: All The Music America Loves Best! 1992

LP Beautiful Music BMR 4-124 (4) 50 Great Moments in Opera 1992









(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)




al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






CD Synnara KCC 9056 The Sicilian Wagoner’s Song & Other Legendary Songs 1999-12



CD Ongaku no tomo sha OCD-2080 Opera Arias 2000

CD History 205247-324 (10) Great Voices Together: Berühmte Opern-Ensembles = Famous Opera

Ensembles 2001-05





sånger 2003-10

122














CD ANY ANOC 6091 Opera Arias 2007


CD 100 Hits DMG 100 053 (5) Opera: 100 Classics from the World of Opera 2010-04





139B (Take 2)

78 HMV DB 6119, version 2 1944-04

140

È il sol dell'anima [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

2SB 2035-1,-2

140A (Take 1)

78 Electrola DB 3665 1939 (?)

78 HMV DB 6000, version 1 1941-12

78 Victor USA 11-8440 1943-06

78 HMV DB 6119, version 1 1944-04

78 HMV AUSTRALIA ED 375 1945-07


45 HMV NETHERLANDS 7OPH 1004 Jussi Björling, Hjördis Schymberg 1958-08

45 Electrola 7OPH 1004 Jussi Björling, Hjördis Schymberg After 1958
















123



LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 037-35918M Hjördis Schymberg: Hovsångerska 1982-08












CD Memoir UK CDMOIR 430 Classic Love Duets 1995-08


Records 1996-02


(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)



CD Digital Concerto CCT 2822 (2) The World’s Best Classical Hits 1996



al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8001 (2) Legendary Opera Duets 2001-07




sånger 2003-10









140B (Take 2)

78 HMV DB 6000, version 2 1941-12

78 HMV DB 6119, version 2 1944-04


1920 1988-07



124

1944, March 27-30. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


141 Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)


78 HMV DA 1836 1945-02


78 Victor USA 10-1323 1947-08
















LP Seraphim USA IB-6058 (2) I Pagliacci. Arias by Jussi Bjoerling 1970-04


LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 530 Cavalleria Rusticana (Highlights). Jussi Bjoerling Recital 1970-12






1977-10



1977-12










1978 (?)









125

CD Pearl GEMM CD 9129 20 Great Tenors sing 20 Great Arias, Volume II 1994

CD Classic Options CO 3524 Jussi Björling: Best Recordings 1 1997-03


al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)



CD Lebendige Vergangenheit 89553 Jussi Björling (1911-1960) 2002-01





sånger 2003-10



2005



CD Preiser PR21001 Dreamticket to Andrea Chénier: selected recordings from 1908-1960 2011-07






142 Amor ti vieta [I] (Giordano: Fedora)


78 HMV DA 1836 1945-02
















LP HMV ITALY QALP 5340 Omaggio a Umberto Giordano 1967

LP Odeon ITALY 3C 061-00740M Omaggio a Umberto Giordano 1967 (?)

LP Odeon USA QALP 5340 Omaggio a Umberto Giordano After 1967








126



1977-10



1977-12










1978 (?)














al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)




CD Dutton CDLX 7035 Stars of International Opera, Volume 2 1999-03



arior 1999-10




CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8012 (2) The 30 Tenors 2002-08






sånger 2003-10





CD Prism PLATCD 1343 The Best of Italian Opera: 22 Opera Classics 2005-08


2005


127


CD Regis RRC 2078 (2) Singers of the Century: 40 Greats of the twentieth century 2007-11










143

Nessun dorma! [I] (Puccini: Turandot)

0SB 2399-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1841 1944-07



78 HMV IRELAND IR 370 After 1945-12

78 Victor USA 10-1200 1946-02

45 RCA (Victor) USA 49-0621 1949-10

78 Electrola DA 1841 1950 (?)

45 HMV UK 7R 106 1952-10

78 Victor ARGENTINA 66-0079 1952

45 HMV ITALY 7RQ 3007 1953-06

45 Electrola 7RW 131 1953 (?)

LP RCA USA LCT 6701 (5) 50 Years of Great Operatic Singing 1955-05

45 RCA (Victor) USA; GERMANY ERA 245 Three Arias by Jussi Bjoerling 1955-08

LP HMV UK CSLP 504 Fifty Years of Great Operatic Singing, Volume V: 1940-1950 1956-09

45 HMV UK 7P 208 Jussi Björling Sings… 1959-09


45 HMV IRELAND 7P(I) 208 1959






















128




45 HMV FRANCE ROVL 9040 1969 (?)






LP HMV UK; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA HLM 7004 Great Tenors of the World 1972-03



LP EMI SOUTH AFRICA EMCJ 6001 (2) 25 Stars That Shine Forever 1973-11

MC EMI SOUTH AFRICA L4EMCJ 6001 (2) 25 Stars That Shine Forever 1973-11

LP Seraphim USA 60206 Great Tenors of the Century 1974-01


LP HMV NETHERLANDS 5C 047-01266M Wereldberoemde tenoren 1974 (?)











MC HMV UK TC-HLM 7004 Great Tenors of the World 1979-05





MC HMV SOUTH AFRICA L4HLM 7004 Great Tenors of the World 1981-06

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 10132 Great Tenors of the World 1982-01

LP Fame FAME 13 25 Stars That Shine Forever, vol. 1 1983-07

MC Fame L4FAME 13 25 Stars That Shine Forever, vol. 1 1983-07




1987-03


1987-03




CD Opera Now (No number) Pavarotti’s favourite tenors 1989-12


1990

CD Beautiful Music 1668 D (3) Great Moments In Music!: 69 Beautiful Songs Of Love After 1990 (?)




CD EMI 7 64681 2 The Sound of Classic FM 1992


CD MET MET 221CD (2) What They Never Sang at the Met! 1993

129

MC MET MET-221C (2) What They Never Sang at the Met 1993

CD Nimbus NI 1430 Prima Voce Sampler 1994-04

CD Nimbus NI 7856 Legendary Tenors 1994-05

CD BMG Direct D 105825 Legendary Tenors After 1994-05


CD GyC EUROGYC 1 Nimbus Sampler 1994 1994

CD Nimbus PV 1 A Prima Voce Sampler 1994

CD ASV CD AJA 5155 20 Gramophone All-Time Greats, Vol. 3 1995-03



CD Musical Heritage 513968T Legendary Tenors 1995

CD Discoplay 222692 Tesoros de la ópera: Voces legendarias 1995 (?)





CD EMI 5 66252 2 (11) Centenary Edition 1897-1997: 100 Years of Great Music 1997-02

CD EMI 5 66182 2 (11) Centenary Edition 1897-1997: 100 Years of Great Music 1997-02 (?)






al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)

CD EMI 5 66488 2 Centenary Edition: 1938-1947: Volume 5 1997-09



CD Avid AMSC 577 18 Classical Favourites 1997


CD GyC CD-1357 Homenaje a Miguel Fleta. 3 1997

CD Prism PLATCD 3970 (2) Golden Wedding Anniversary Collection: 50 Romantic Memories 1998-01





CD Brilliant 99082 (2) Gouden Stemmen Van De Eeuw 1998 (?)

CD EMI AUSTRIA 5 67092 2 Tenöre: Die beliebtesten Tenöre aller Zeiten 1999-05

CD Brilliant 99138 (2) Grosse Stimmen des Jahrhunderts 1999-07



arior 1999-10

CD Erasmus 250/51 The Glory of the Human Voice, Volume 1 1999

CD MET MET 233-1CD Growing Up with Opera 1999

CD Brilliant 99167 (2) Golden Voices of the Century 1999 (?)

CD Classic Options CO 3532 an evening at the Opera, Volume 1 2000-04 (?)




CD Regis RRC 2016 (2) Golden Voices of the Century 2000


After 2000

CD MET MET 242 (3) Met Stars Sing Puccini 2001-10 (?)

CD Naxos FINLAND 8.103001 (3) Ikuisuuden ääniä: Unohtumattomia levytyksiä vuosikymmenten takaa

2001


130


CD Regis RRC 2053 (2) These We All Loved: 40 Original Classical Memories 2002-04








CD Naxos 8.110781-82 The Great Singers 2003-06




2003-10








CD Sanctuary CD RSB 503 (5) 100 Gramophone All-Time Greats: The best-loved light classical recordings

from the ‘golden age’ of the gramophone 1907-1944 2004-02


CD Emporio EMTBX344 (3) The Opera Collection 2005-04


CD Bongiovanni GB 1159-2 24 ’Nessun Dorma’ da Turandot di G. Puccini 2005-07



CD DMG TV DMGTV 023 (4) Classical Dreams: A Collection of Inspirational & Relaxing Classical Music

2005-11



CD Belcanto BEL 6014 (2) Golden Voices of the Century 2005 (?)


CD King KICC 639 24 Nessun Dorma from Turandot 2006-07

CD Red Box THERB111 opera 2006-11



CD EMI USA 3 80687 2 Opera News Favorites: Our Gift to You 2007-06

CD Music Club MCCD 617 Classical Love: Love Themes from Classical Films 2007


CD Dynamic Nostalgia DYN 3544 (3) Can’t Help Singing: Legendary Voices In Immortal Performances

2008

CD XXI-21 XXI-CD 2 1653 giacomo puccini 150 2008


CD 100 Hits DMG 100 055 (5) Football Anthems 2010-05

CD Retrospective RTS 4164 (2) The Golden Age of the Gramophone: The 42 best-loved popular classical

recordings 1907-1945 2010-06



CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.112057, version 2 Jussi Björling (1911-1960): Anniversary 2010-10

CD Wagram 3229042 (5) papa, maman écoutent du classique… moi aussi 2010-10


CD Wagram 3231352 (5) Les 100 tubes du classique 2011-01

131


CD Brilliant 9230 (5) Voices: The most beautiful vocal classics 2012-01



CD Music Valley Korea CTCE 0992 (2) Masters Of The Opera Arias 2012-10



The Century 2014-06



144

Recitar!...Vesti la giubba [I] (Leoncavallo: Pagliacci)

2SB 2400-1,-2

78 HMV DB 6163 1944-06

78 Victor USA 11-9387 1947-02






































132





LP Fame FAME 20 20 Magnificent Opera Arias, Vol. 2 1983-07

MC Fame L4FAME 20 20 Magnificent Opera Arias, Vol. 2 1983-07



1987-03


1987-03




1990



CD Bongiovanni GB 1071-2 23 ‘Vesti la giubba’ da Pagliacci di Ruggero Leoncavallo 1992-07

MC Utbildningsradion 26-92299-1 (2) Viva l’Opera 1992-10 (?)








CD Arkadia HP 626.2 (2) Casa Sonzogno: A Historical Vocal Portrait 1995


Records 1996-02


1945) 1996-09 (?)





al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)





arior 1999-10









sånger 2003-10






133



2005











145

Questa o quella [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

0SB 2401-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1837 1944-09


78 Victor USA 10-1200 1946-02


45 RCA (Victor) USA 49-0621 1949-10

45 RCA (Victor) USA WDM 1474 (5) Verdi Commemorative Album 1951-01

78 Victor USA DM 1474 (5) Verdi Commemorative Album 1951-01

45 HMV FRANCE 7RF 115 1951-12

45 RCA (Victor) USA; GERMANY ERA 134 Bjoerling and Merrill in Opera / Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill

Operatic Recital: The Pearl Fishers 1953-11

45 RCA (Victor) NEW ZEALAND RPX 1136 Bjoerling and Merrill in Opera After 1953



45 RCA (Victor) AUSTRALIA 26019 Jussi Bjoerling, Robert Merrill In Opera: ‘In the Depths of the Temple’

and others 1959









45 HMV UK 7P 261 Jussi Björling (tenor) 1960-10







45 RCA (Victor) UK RCX 7114 Jussi Bjoerling, Robert Merrill: The Pearl Fishers: In the depths of the

temple 1963-06





134























LP Fame FAME 19 20 Magnificent Opera Arias, vol. 1 1983-07

MC Fame L4FAME 19 20 Magnificent Opera Arias, vol. 1 1983-07











al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)




arior 1999-10

CD Synnara KCC 9056 The Sicilian Wagoner’s Song & Other Legendary Songs 1999-12







sånger 2003-10



2005






135




146

Mattinata [I] (Leoncavallo)

0SB 2402-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1841 1944-07




78 Electrola DA 1841 1950 (?)

45 HMV UK 7R 106 1952-10

45 HMV ITALY 7RQ 3007 1953-06

45 Electrola 7RW 131 1953 (?)






45 HMV UK 7P 208 Jussi Björling Sings… 1959-09

45 HMV IRELAND 7P(I) 208 1959





















1977-10



1977-12








136


1978 (?)













CD Screen Air SCRAT-1939/1969 (2) Vårt 1900-tal, del 2: 1939-1969 1999




önskade After 2000









2005












147 Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

2SB 2403-1,-2

147A (Take 1)

78 HMV DB 6163, version 1 1944-06

78 Victor ARGENTINA 66-0097 After 1952







137
















1977-10



1977-12










(?)

















2003-10










138


147B (Take 2)

78 HMV DB 6163, version 2 1944-06

78 V-disc 623 1946-05

78 Victor USA 11-9387 1947-02






LP Enharmonic EN 82-004 (2) Collector’s Choice: Rare Vocal Recordings 1895-1950 1983-08



1988-07

CD Nickson NN 1003 Dimitri Mitropoulos: Document Three 1990-09







al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)


arior 1999-10



78 HMV DA 1837 1944-09



78 Victor USA 10-1323 1947-08

45 HMV FRANCE 7RF 115 1951-12



















139



















Records 1996-02


1945) 1996-09 (?)





al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)









CD Arpeggio APG 116 (3) Verdi Opéras 2001









CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8014 (2) Verdi’s Masterworks, Volume II 2003-07


sånger 2003-10








2005


140



CD DayDream DD 046 Verdi Operas: Björling, Del Monaco, Karajan 2008-08











1944, April 5. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.

With orchestra, cond. Sune Waldimir (pseud. of Engström).

149

Bön i ofredstid [S] (Nordqvist)

0SB 2409-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 7077 1944-07











CD vax CD 1944 Populärmusik från 1944 2004


1929-1953 2008-04



2008-10



150

Bisp Thomas' frihetssång [S] (Nordqvist)

0SB 2410-1,-2

78 HMV SWEDEN X 7077 1944-07







141





1929-1953 2008-04



2008-10




With Royal Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

151

Ah! lève-toi, soleil [F] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)

2SB 2535-1,-2

151A (Take 1)


Recital 1986 (?)


1920 1988-07



151B (Take 2)

78 HMV DB 6249 1946-02

78 Victor USA 12-0527 1948-11







45 HMV FRANCE 7ERF 17.109 Jussi Björling: Deux cavatines 1962-04
















142














LP Sonocord 26 011-7 (2) Die grossen Tenöre 1980 (?)






LP HMV UK EX 7 69741 1 (8) The Record of Singing, Vol. 4: From 1939 to the End of the 78 Era 1989-

03

LP Seraphim USA IH 6150 (8) The Record of Singing, Vol. 4: From 1939 to the End of the 78 Era 1989

(?)

CD EMI 7 69741 2 (7) The Record of Singing, vol. 4: From 1939 to the End of the 78 Era 1991-08








CD EMI USA S21-18543 The Tenors 1995



al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)





arior 1999-10













2005



143



CD Octave OCT 2 1244 (6) Les Grands Classiques d’Edgar: Les plus belles voix 2011-11






152

Je suis seul!...Ah! fuyez, douce image [F] (Massenet: Manon)

2SB 2536-1,-2

78 HMV DB 6249 1946-02

78 Victor USA 12-0527 1948-11
















45 HMV FRANCE 7ERF 17.121 Jussi Björling: Manon 1962-07


45 HMV FRANCE 7TEA 10529 Manon: Extraits 1962









45 HMV FRANCE ROVL 9016 Invitation á l’Opéra: Jussi Bjorling 1969 (?)













144












(1930-1945) 1996-09 (?)





al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)






arior 1999-10














2005








1945, September 7 (?). Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.


153 Una furtiva lagrima [I] (Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore)

2SB 2537-1,-2

78 HMV DB 6714 1948-10

145

45 RCA (Victor) USA 49-3086 1951-01

78 Victor USA 12-3086 1951-01


45 RCA (Victor) BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS 75.543 your Favorite music, Volume XI 1957 (?)





































CD Parlophone UK CDP 7 91916 2 Scandal: Music from the Motion Picture 1989











Records 1996-02



1945) 1996-09 (?)

146





al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)



CD MonoPoly GI-1001 Gaetano Donizetti: L’elisir d’amore: Una furtiva lagrima 1998-10


arior 1999-10

CD Classic Options CO 3533 an evening at the Opera, Volume 2 2000-04 (?)




2001


CD EMI KOREA EKCD-0584 peace of my heart: a piece of my heart for peace of your heart 2002-11














2005





CD Victor VZCC-1029 Legendary Voices from the Past 2: Italian Arias I 2010-06










154 Je crois entendre encore [F] (Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles)

2SB 2538-1,-2 [This recording was first issued on LP and it is not known which take was used.]





147










al 1945, Volume I 1997-05 (?)












2005







CD RMG 3751 MP3 Bize: Lutshiye proizvedeniya 2010





1947, November 27. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.

With Stockholm Concert Association Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

155

V molchan'i nochi taynoy [Eng: In the Silence of Night] (Rachmaninov)

0SB 2880-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1890 1948-12












148

1977-10



1977-12







1978 (?)












2005











156

Siren' [Eng: Lilacs] (Rachmaninov)

0SB 2881-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1890 1948-12












1977-10



1977-12

149







1978 (?)













2005











157

È la solita storia [I] (Cilea: L'arlesiana)

2SB 2882-1,-2

78 HMV DB 6714 1948-10

45 RCA (Victor) USA 49-3086 1951-01

78 Victor USA 12-3086 1951-01

45 RCA (Victor) USA; GERMANY ERA 134 Bjoerling and Merrill in Opera / Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill:





and others 1959











150





temple 1963-06













































2005


CD Victor VZCC-1030 Legendary voices from the past 3: Italian Arias II 2010-06




151





158

Una furtiva lagrima [I] (Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore)

2SB 2537-3

(Not issued; reported broken in transit to Britain.)



159

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair [Eng] (Foster)

0SB 2926-1,-2

159A (Take 1)


1988-07

159B (Take 2)

78 HMV DA 1902 1949-02








45 HMV IRELAND 7P 330 Jussi Björling 1963 (?)







LP World Record Club NEW ZEALAND WM 2069 Songs of Yesteryear: 18 songs from the world’s greatest

singers 1976

LP EMI AUSTRALIA SCA 016 Nostalgic Memories 1977-06

MC EMI AUSTRALIA TC-SCA 016 Nostalgic Memories 1977-06 (?)


1977-10



1977-12




152




1978 (?)


LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 05957 Songs from the World’s Greatest Singers, Vol. 1 1979

MC World Record Club AUSTRALIA C 05957 Songs from the World’s Greatest Singers, vol. 1 1979

LP EMI UK NTS 208 Nostalgic Memories: 18 Songs from the World’s Greatest Singers 1980

MC EMI UK TC-NTS 208 Nostalgic Memories: 18 Songs from the World’s Greatest Singers 1980

LP EMI SOUTH AFRICA CEY 247 Nostalgic Moments 1982-08


MC EMI SOUTH AFRICA L4CEY 247 Nostalgic Moments 1982-08





CD Evasound EMD 021 The World’s Greatest Voices, Volume One 1991

MC Evasound EMC 021 The World’s Greatest Voices, vol. 1 1991

CD Axis 701684-2 Nostalgic Memories: 18 Songs from the World’s Greatest Singers 1991 (?)

CD Renaissance 2GPCD 0808 (2) The Greatest Voices of the Century 1993

CD Broad Music BCD 0514 The Greatest Voices Of The Century, Volume 1 1993 (?)

CD Hit Bound HB10010CD The Legendary Tenors: 18 Great Artists 1993 (?)

CD Vogue VM23CD (2) The Greatest Voices Of The Century 1994

MC Vogue VM 23C (2) The Greatest Voices Of The Century 1994

CD Javelin CWNCD2002 Legendary Voices: 16 Classic Performances 1995

MC Renaissance ROC 102 (2) The Greatest Voices of the Century 1995

CD Javelin HADCD203 The World’s Greatest Voices Of The Century 1996




CD Payless CDPE 0015 (2) The Maestros: 30 of the World’s Greatest Voices 2000




CD rajon UK RMGSN 2032 (2) Legendary Voices: A Treasury of Song 2002


CD Hot Record Society HRS007 Hot Record Society Presents Tenors Elbow: World Famous Tenors 2003



CD HHO HADCD 203 The World’s Greatest Voices Of The Century 2005

CD Payless PEL2CD2064 (2) The Greatest Voices 2008-04


CD Dynamic Nostalgia DYN 3544 (3) Can’t Help Singing: Legendary Voices In Immortal Performances

2008



CD Fanfare 004 (2) Alan Jones: Legends of Song, Volume One 2010-11

CD Fanfare 063 (4) Alan Jones: Legends of Song: Deluxe Box Set 2011-11

CD Musidisk 5310508712 (3) Classics, Pops and and their Parodies 2012-04


CD Ambition ASP020 (4) A Trip down Memory Lane, Volume One: Over 90 songs from the greatest

singers of the 20s 30s 40s & 50s 2013-03



CD Ambition ASP026 (4) Alan Jones: Legends of Song 2014

153


160

Parce que [E: Because] (d'Hardelot; pseud. of Rhodes)

0SB 2927-1,-2

160A (Take 1)


1988-07

160B (Take 2)

78 HMV DA 1902 1949-02



















LP EMI SOUTH AFRICA EMGJ 6006 (2) 25 Songs That Live Forever 1974-08

MC EMI SOUTH AFRICA L4EMGJ 6006 (2) 25 Songs That Live Forever 1974-08



1977-10



1977-12







1978 (?)





LP Fame FAME 22 25 Songs That Live Forever, Vol. 2 1983-07

MC Fame L4FAME 22 25 Songs That Live Forever, Vol. 2 1983-07


154






CD Hot Record Society HRS007 Hot Record Society Presents Tenors Elbow: World Famous Tenors 2003




2005

CD rajon AUSTRALIA CDR 0669 (4) The World’s Greatest Voices of the 20th Century, Vol. 2 2006-10
















161

Donna non vidi mai [I] (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)

0SB 2936-1,-2

161A (Take 1)


1988-07

161B (Take 2)

45 RCA (Victor) USA 49-0475 1949-09

78 HMV DA 1908 1949-09

78 Victor USA 10-1477 1949-09

78 Victor JAPAN SF-19 1949 (?)

78 Electrola DA 1908 1950 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) USA; GERMANY ERA 109 Jussi Bjoerling in Four Great Tenor Arias 1953-11

45 RCA (Victor) BRAZIL 585-0005 Jussi Bjoerling… After 1953


45 RCA (Victor) JAPAN EP-3046 Jussi Bjoerling in Four Great Tenor Arias 1955 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS 95.240 Jussi Bjoerling in four great tenor arias 1956

45 RCA (Victor) AUSTRALIA 26044 Jussi Bjoerling in Four Great Tenor Arias 1956 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) SPAIN 3-26004 Jussi Bjoerling in Cuatro Grandes Arias de Tenor 1958

45 RCA (Victor) ITALY A72R 0086 Jussi Bjoerling… 1958 (?)


155






































LP MET MET-50 (3) 50 Years of Guild Performances at the Met 1985-10

MC MET MET-50C (3) 50 Years of Guild Performances at the Met 1985-10











arior 1999-10




CD Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6387 Jussi Björling: Opera Recordings 1948-1951 2003-01


156





CD Paradiso PA 3927/9 (3) Romance & Classics, Vol. 1 2005-04





CD Helicon MD40009 Unlike any other: Mercedes-Benz 2005-11


2005


CD Megamania MGMCD 2222 (2) Jukebox: Music In The Films Of Aki Kaurismäki 2006-12 (?)


CD Sputnik SPUTCD-0601 the soundtrack of the film Lights in the Dusk by Aki Kaurismäki 2006











162

O Lola [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

0SB 2937-1,-2

162A (Take 1)

45 RCA (Victor) USA 49-0475 1949-09

78 HMV DA 1908 1949-09

78 Victor USA 10-1477 1949-09

78 Victor JAPAN SF-19 1949 (?)

78 Electrola DA 1908 1950 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) USA WDM 1565 (5) Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1951-10

LP RCA USA LM 1160 Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1951-10

LP RCA BRAZIL BRL-100 Cavalleria Rusticana, Os Palhaços: Seleção After 1951





45 RCA (Victor) AUSTRALIA 26012 Jussi Bjoerling in Bjoerling favourites, Volume 1 1955 (?)



LP RCA GERMANY LM 1160-C Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci = Cavalleria

Rusticana und Der Bajazzo: Arien und Szenen 1957-07

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9511 Jussi Björling singt berühmte Opernarien 1957-09 (?)


45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY 447-9155 1958 (?)


157





















45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY 47-9155 1965-03 (?)






















CD Verona 28030/31 Jussi Björling Recital: Opera Arias and Songs 1992-11 (?)









arior 1999-10




158






2005







162B (Take 2)


1988-07

1949, August 10. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium.

With Anna-Lisa Björling (sop.) and Stockholm Concert Association Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

163

Ange adorable [F] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)

2SB 3069-1,-2


1920 1988-07


CD Hamburger Archiv 50016 Schweden: Aufnahmen 1920-1951: E1 2001-05





2005







164

O soave fanciulla [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

2SB 3070-1,-2








159


Jussi Bjoerling: Opera Arias 1988-03








2005



1949, August 11. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Small Auditorium. With Stockholm Concert Association

Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

165

L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra [I] (Tosti)

0SB 3071-1,-2

78 HMV DA 1931 1950-02


























CD Helicon 02-9603 Bellissimo 2003





CD Preiser 90766 O sole mio 2009-07


160





166

Berceuse: Cachés dans cet asile [Eng: Concealed in this retreat] (Godard: Jocelyn)

0SB 3072-1,-2

166A (Take 1)

CD West Hill Radio Archives WHRA-6036 (4) Jussi Björling Live: Broadcast Concerts 1937-1960 2010-

09

166B (Take 2)

78 HMV DA 1931 1950-02
















LP HMV AUSTRALIA OXLP 7650 The Golden Age of Song, Vol. 10 1981 (?)






CD vax CD 1949 Svenska år: 1949 1999

CD Warner AUSTRALIA 8573850292 (4) Those Wonderful Thirties and into the Forties, Vol. Two 2000









2005






161


1950, September 12. Stockholm, Royal Academy of Music (?).

With Swedish Radio Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

167 E lucevan le stelle [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

0SB 3314 [No take numbers in Swedish ledgers. Test pressing of 0SB 3314-2 preserved.]















2005








168 Recondita armonia [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

0SB 3315 [No take numbers in Swedish ledgers. Test pressing of 0SB 3315-2 preserved.]















2005


162






1950, September 19. Stockholm, Royal Academy of Music (?).

With Swedish Radio Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

169 La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)

2SB 3318-1 [Take number from RCA record sheets; no take numbers in Swedish ledgers.]

45 RCA (Victor) USA WDM 1546 (3) Great Tenor Arias by Jussi Bjoerling 1951-10

LP RCA USA; ARGENTINA LM 105 Great Tenor Arias by Jussi Bjoerling 1951-10

LP RCA USA LM 1841 Bjoerling, Merrill: Great Operatic Arias 1954-11

45 RCA (Victor) FRANCE FVA 630.259 After 1954

LP HMV UK BLP 1055 Jussi Björling Sings Great Tenor Arias 1955-01

LP RCA FRANCE A 630.255 Jussi Bjoerling, Robert Merrill: Extraits d’opéras 1955-06

LP Electrola WBLP 1055 Jussi Björling singt Opern-Arien 1955 (?)

LP RCA GERMANY LM 1841-B?,-C, version 1 Bjoerling, Merrill: Great Operatic Arias = Berühmte

Opernarien gesungen von Jussi Björling und Robert Merrill 1956-07


LP RCA FRANCE 630.383/84 Cavalleria Rusticana. Jussi Bjoerling Récital 1957

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16098 Bjoerling, Merrill: Great Operatic Arias 1958

LP RCA NEW ZEALAND RSL 3519 Bjoerling, Merrill: Great Operatic Arias 1958

LP RCA UK SER 5704/06 The Golden Voice of Jussi Björling 1974-11

LP RCA JAPAN RVC 7531/35 The Art of Jussi Bjoerling 1976

LP RCA GERMANY RL 43077 EF (2) Der unvergessliche Jussi Björling singt grosse Opernarien 1980-04

MC RCA GERMANY RK 43077 CF (2) Der unvergessliche Jussi Björling singt grosse Opernarien 1980-04







CD Nostalgia Direct NOSCD002 (2) Golden Voices: Great Singers of the 20th Century 2007

CD Nimbus NI 7945 Merrill & Björling: Operatic Arias and Duets 2008-07


CD RCA 88697748922 (14) Jussi Björling: The Complete RCA Album Collection 2011-05




170

Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

2SB 3319-1 [Take number from RCA record sheets; no take numbers in Swedish ledgers.]


45 RCA (Victor) USA WDM 1565 (5) Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1951-10


LP RCA USA LM 1160 Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1951-10

163

LP RCA BRAZIL BRL-100 Cavalleria Rusticana, Os Palhaços: Seleção After 1951






LP RCA GERMANY LM 1841-B,-C Bjoerling, Merrill: Great Operatic Arias = Berühmte Opernarien

gesungen von Jussi Björling und Robert Merrill 1956-07


LP RCA GERMANY LM 1160-C Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci = Cavalleria

Rusticana und Der Bajazzo: Arien und Szenen 1957-07






LP RCA FRANCE 430.731 Voix immortelles: 1896-1950 1967-07


LP RCA ITALY VL 42436 Jussi Bjoerling: Registrazioni 1950-1959 1978













1950, November 30. New York, Manhattan Center, RCA Victor studio.

With Robert Merrill (bar.), Emil Markow (bass) and RCA Victor Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Renato

Cellini.

171

Io l'ho perduta...Qual pallor!...Dio, che nell'alma infondere [I] (Verdi: Don Carlo)

E0-RC-1946-1 (A) + E0-RC-1947-1 (A)

Complete:

45 RCA (Victor) USA WDM 1495 (4) Highlights from Verdi’s Don Carlo 1951-04

LP RCA USA LM 1128 Highlights from Don Carlo 1951-04

45 RCA (Victor) WDM 7007 (3) Operatic Duets by Jussi Bjoerling and Robert Merrill 1952-10

LP RCA USA LM 7007 Operatic Duets by Jussi Bjoerling and Robert Merrill 1952-10

LP RCA BRAZIL BRL-3031 Duetos Operísticos por Robert Merrill, Jussi Bjoerling After 1952

45 RCA (Victor) USA ERB 7027 (2) Bjoerling and Merrill Sing Operatic Duets 1953-10

LP RCA USA LRM 7027 Bjoerling and Merrill Sing Operatic Duets 1953-10

78 HMV DB 21622 1954-07

LP HMV UK BLP 1053 Jussi Björling & Robert Merrill in Scenes from... 1954-10

LP Electrola WBLP 1053 Opern-Szenen mit Jussi Björling und Robert Merrill After 1955

LP RCA GERMANY LM 9844-E Opernduette Björling – Merrill = Björling and Merrill in Duets 1959-08

LP RCA USA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND LM 2736 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill,

164

Operatic Scenes with... 1964-04

LP RCA GERMANY LM 2736-C Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill, Operatic Scenes

with... = Jussi Bjoerling in berühmten Opernszenen 1964-06

LP RCA UK RB 6585 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill, Operatic Scenes with... 1964-

10

OR RCA USA TR3-5035 The Immortal Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Scenes 1968-09

LP RCA GERMANY KR 11014/1-2 Jussi Björling: Die grossen Opernerfolge = Jussi Björling in Opera

1971-09



LP RCA GERMANY 26.48016 DP (2) Jussi Björling: Die grossen Opernerfolge = Jussi Björling in Opera

1976 (?)



LP RCA UK RL 43243 Jussi Bjoerling: The Pearl Fishers Duet and Other Famous Operatic Duets and

Scenes 1980-08

MC RCA UK RK 43243 Jussi Bjoerling: The Pearl Fishers Duet and Other Famous Operatic Duets and

Scenes 1980-08



LP RCA UK RCALP 3043 Jussi Bjoerling & Robert Merrill: The Pearl Fishers Duet and Other Famous

Operatic Duets and Scenes 1983 (?)

MC RCA UK RCAK 3043 Jussi Bjoerling & Robert Merrill: The Pearl Fishers Duet and Other Famous


LP RCA USA; CANADA AGM1-4889 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill, Operatic Scenes

with... 1984-02

MC RCA CANADA AGK1-4889 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill, Operatic Scenes

with... 1984-02

LP RCA GERMANY GL 84889 Jussi Bjoerling & Robert Merrill: The Pearl Fishers Duet and Other Famous

Operatic Duets and Scenes 1985

MC RCA UK GK 84889 Jussi Bjoerling & Robert Merrill: The Pearl Fishers Duet and Other Famous



CD RCA USA 7799-2-RG Jussi Bjoerling: The Pearl Fishers’ Duet: Les Pêcheurs de perles Duo Plus

Duets and Scenes by Puccini and Verdi with… 1988-08

MC RCA USA 7799-4-RG Jussi Bjoerling: ‘The Pearl Fishers’ Duet: ‘Les Pêcheurs de perles’ Duo Plus

Duets and Scenes by Puccini and Verdi 1988-08

CD RCA GERMANY GD87799 Jussi Bjoerling: The Pearl Fishers Duet: Les Pêcheurs de perles, Duo Plus


LP RCA GERMANY GL 87799 Jussi Bjoerling: The Pearl Fishers Duet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles, duo Plus


MC RCA GERMANY GK 87799 Jussi Bjoerling: The Pearl Fishers Duet: Les Pêcheurs de perles, Duo Plus


MC Award AWC 8459 The Immortal Art of Jussi Björling 1990 (?)

CD Teledisc TELCD 46 (4) The Opera Collection 1990 (?)

LP Teledisc TELLY 46 (4) The Opera Collection 1990 (?)

MC Teledisc MCTEL 46 (4) The Opera Collection 1990 (?)



CD RCA 74321-24281-2 (2) Jussi Björling: The Ultimate Collection 1995-03

MC RCA 74321-24281-4 (2) Jussi Björling: The Ultimate Collection 1995-03

CD Musical Heritage 514418K Jussi Bjoerling:’The Pearl Fishers Duet’ plus Duets and Scenes by Puccini

and Verdi 1997

CD RCA GERMANY 74321-53453-2 (2) Jussi Björling: Seine grössten Erfolge 1998-02

CD RCA 74321-63468-2 (2) Jussi Björling/Bjoerling: The Ultimate Collection 1999-05

165

CD RCA KOREA BMGCD 9G77 (2) Jussi Bjorling: The Ultimate Collection 1999-12

CD RCA FRANCE 74321-79963-2 (2) Viva Verdi: Édition du centenaire: Les plus belles voix chantent

Verdi 2000-11

CD Lebendige Vergangenheit 89534 Robert Merrill II 2000-12

CD Musical Heritage 5260864 (2) Jussi Bjoerling: The Ultimate Collection 2001









2005

CD Regis RRC 3011 (3) Don Carlo 2006-07

CD Naxos 8.111132-34 Don Carlo 2006-11



CD past Classics SP 387 the very best Operatic Duets 2008-10

CD Sony USA 88697618902 Verdi: Greatest Hits 2010-02



CD Documents GERMANY 600002 (10) Robert Merrill: His Opera, Cinema and Musical Highlights 2012-

09


CD Sony FRANCE 88765444322 (4) Verdi: Édition du bicentenaire 2013-01

Excerpts:

a1. Io l'ho perduta... a2. È lui!...desso… a3. Qual pallor!...Dio, che nell'alma infondere... a4. Giuriamo

insiem.

a1,a2,a3:




a2,a3,a4:

CD MET MET 237 (3) Met Stars Sing Verdi 2000-10 (?)

CD Preiser PR93484 A Tribute to Giuseppe Verdi: Selected recordings rec. 1914-1962 2013-02

a2,a3:

LP RCA USA LM 6171 (3) Opening Nights at the Met 1966-09

LP RCA ITALY LM 20129 Celebri voci, famosi duetti 1970-09

LP RCA USA AGM3-4805 (3) Opening Nights at the Met 1983-09

MC RCA USA AGK3-4805 (3) Opening Nights at the Met 1983-09

a2:

CD RCA USA 09026-68823-2 The Only Opera CD You’ll Ever Need! 1997-10

1951, January 3. New York, Manhattan Center, RCA Victor studio.

With Robert Merrill (bar.) and RCA Victor Orchestra, cond. Renato Cellini.

172 O mostruosa colpa...Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro [I] (Verdi: Otello)

E1-RC-2104-1(A),-2(A)

166

172A (Take 1)

78 HMV DB 21426 1952-03

78 Electrola DB 21426 1953 (?)

LP RCA USA; BRAZIL LM 6061 (2) Great Moments in Opera: Verdi, Puccini 1958-10

LP RCA UK RB 16089 Great Moments in Opera: Verdi 1959-05

LP RCA AUSTRALIA LB 16193 (2) Great Moments in Opera: Verdi, Puccini 1959

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30190/91 Great Moments in Opera 1961











CD RCA RD49524 Jussi Bjoerling with Robert Merrill: The Pearl Fishers Duet 1988-12





CD BMG FINLAND 74321 23829 2 Björling: 1950-59 1994



and Verdi 1997

















09




172B (Take 2)






167








10



1971-09



1976 (?)




Scenes 1980-08


Scenes 1980-08






with... 1984-02


with... 1984-02






Recital 1986 (?)








2005



173

In un coupè...O Mimì, tu più non torni [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

E1-RC-2105-1(A)

78 HMV DB 21311 1951-09

45 HMV UK 7R 124 1952-10



78 Electrola DB 21311 1952 (?)

168

45 RCA (Victor) NEW ZEALAND 4/60048 After 1952


45 HMV ITALY 7RQ 3008 1953-06



45 Electrola 7RW 110 1953 (?)



45 HMV AUSTRALIA 7RO 105 1955-02



45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY; NETHERLANDS 47-9133 1957-09 (?)




and others 1959


temple 1963-06



LP RCA GERMANY LM 2736-C Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill, Operatic Scenes with...

= Jussi Bjoerling in berühmten Opernszenen 1964-06

LP RCA UK RB 6585 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill, Operatic Scenes with... 1964-10


LP RCA GERMANY KR 11014/1-2 Jussi Björling: Die grossen Opernerfolge = Jussi Björling in Opera 1971-

09




1976 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) UK RB 9271 Pearl Fishers Duet: Jussi Bjöerling & Robert Merrill 1978-06




Scenes 1980-08


Scenes 1980-08






with... 1984-02

MC RCA CANADA AGK1-4889 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill, Operatic Scenes with...

1984-02





CD MET MET 501CD (2) La Bohème 1988-03

MC MET MET-501C (2) La Bohème 1988-05

CD RCA USA 7799-2-RG Jussi Bjoerling: The Pearl Fishers’ Duet: Les Pêcheurs de perles Duo Plus Duets

and Scenes by Puccini and Verdi with… 1988-08



169















and Verdi 1997











CD Regis RRC 1195 Romantic Opera Duets 2005-01


schlager 2005-08






174

Solenne in quest'ora [I] (Verdi: La forza del destino)

E1-RC-2106-1(A)

78 HMV DB 21311 1951-09



78 Electrola DB 21311 1952 (?)













170


09




1976 (?)

LP RCA UK PL 42146 (2) A Century of Sound 1977




Scenes 1980-08


Scenes 1980-08






with... 1984-02


1984-02
















CD Hit Bound HB0036CD (4) The Tenors, The Baritones, The Music 1990 (?)










CD Reader’s Digest SCANDINAVIA N95 003 SS3 The World-Famous Tenor Jussi Björling 1995

MC Reader’s Digest SCANDINAVIA N95 003 SS2 The World-Famous Tenor Jussi Björling 1995


and Verdi 1997






171







schlager 2005-08

CD Prism PLATCD 1344 The Best of Verdi Operas: 19 Opera Classics 2005-08









CD Documents GERMANY 600002 (10) Robert Merrill: His Opera, Cinema and Musical Highlights 2012-09



175

Au fond du temple saint [F] (Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles)

E1-RC-2107-1(A)

78 HMV DB 21426 1952-03

45 HMV UK 7R 124 1952-10



45 RCA (Victor) NEW ZEALAND 4/60048 After 1952


45 HMV ITALY 7RQ 3008 1953-06



45 Electrola 7RW 110 1953 (?)

78 Electrola DB 21426 1953 (?)



45 HMV AUSTRALIA 7RO 105 1955-02




45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9513 Your Favorites, Vol. I 1957-09 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS 75.532 your Favorite music, Volume II 1957 (?)




and others 1959


temple 1963-06






172

45 CCGC PR 900 Premieplaat 1967 1967



09



LP K-tel AUSTRALIA NA 468 The World’s Greatest Tenors: 20 Magnificent Songs of the Century 1976 (?)


1976 (?)

LP RCA AUSTRALIA SP 185 The World’s Greatest Voices in Opera & Song 1977

MC RCA AUSTRALIA SPK 185 The World’s Greatest Voices in Opera & Song 1977 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) UK RB 9271 Pearl Fishers Duet: Jussi Bjöerling & Robert Merrill 1978-06

LP Impact IMA 011 The World’s Greatest Voices: Unforgettable Songs of the Century 1979




Scenes 1980-08


Scenes 1980-08

LP Tapestry GD-7377 Gilmour’s Album: All-time Favorites 1981

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 10033 The World’s Greatest Voices in Opera and Song 1982-01

MC World Record Club AUSTRALIA C 10033 The World’s Greatest Voices in Opera and Song 1982-01






with... 1984-02


1984-02
















CD Reader’s Digest USA 058C (4) Golden Voices Sing Golden Favorites 1990

LP Reader’s Digest CANADA 2919 (8) Golden Voices Sing Golden Favorites 1990







LP Eva SWEDEN 304 391 (2) Absolute Opera 1991

MC Eva SWEDEN 504 391 (2) Absolute Opera 1991

173



CD RCA USA 09026-61440-2 Opera’s Greatest Moments 1992-09

MC RCA USA 09026-61440-4 Opera’s Greatest Moments 1992-09

CD Evasound EMD 042 The World’s Greatest Voices, Volume III 1992



CD Renaissance 2GPCD 0808 (2) The Greatest Voices of the Century 1993

CD Broad Music BCD 0515 The Greatest Voices Of The Century, Volume 2 1993 (?)

CD Hit Bound HB0056CD (2) Peace in the Valley 1993 (?)

CD Hit Bound HB30010CD The Legendary Duets: 14 Great Duets 1993 (?)


CD BMG Special Products DMC1-1216 Dining and the Opera in Manhattan 1994

CD Classic FM CFMCD3 more Classic Romance: 10 beautiful classics that will touch your heart 1994

CD RCA 74321-18577-2 The Voice Of Opera 1994

CD RCA Special Products DPC 11194 Opera’s Legendary Performances 1994

CD Vogue VM23CD (2) The Greatest Voices Of The Century 1994

MC Vogue VM 23C (2) The Greatest Voices Of The Century 1994





CD Eva SWEDEN EVACD 4001 (2) Absolute Opera 1995

CD RCA 74321-25817-2 Café Classics: Operatic 1995

MC RCA 74321-25817-4 Café Classics: Operatic 1995

MC Renaissance ROC 102 (2) The Greatest Voices of the Century 1995


CD RCA 74321-23041-2 Classical Ecstasy 1996-05

MC RCA USA 74321-23041-4 Classical Ecstasy 1996-05

CD Eagle ER-0101 The World’s Greatest Tenors: Highlights 1996-06


CD RCA GERMANY 74321-42551-2 (2) Die schönsten Liebeslieder aus der Oper 2 1996-11


CD RCA FRANCE 74321-38314-2 (3) Les grandes voix de l’opéra: Karaoke opéra 1996


CD BMG NORWAY BMGJUL 97 Julen 97 1997-12

CD BMG Special Products DRC1-1481 La grande passione: Arias 1997

CD MET MET 226 Robert Merrill 1997


and Verdi 1997


CD Classic FM CFMCD20 (3) Classic FM Opera Hall of Fame 1998-03

MC Classic FM CFMMC20 (2) Classic FM Opera Hall of Fame 1998-03

CD RCA FRANCE 74321-61781-2 (4) Trésors de la voix: Les plus grands chefs-d’œuvre écrits pour la voix

1998-11

CD BMG Conifer 75605-51332-2 (2) The Only Classical Album You’ll Ever Need 1998

MC BMG Conifer 75605-51332-4 (2) The Only Classical Album You’ll Ever Need 1998

CD CBC Radio GA 001 Clyde Gilmour: Gilmour’s Albums [Vol. 1] 1998 (?)



CD RCA 75605-51356-2 (2) The Only Opera Album You’ll Ever Need 1999

CD Classic FM CFMCD31 (3) Classic FM Hall of Fame 2000 2000-04


MC Classic FM CFMMC 31 (3) Classic FM Hall of Fame 2000 2000-04 (?)

CD BMG Special Products 75517456602 The World’s Greatest Arias 2000-09

174

MC BMG Special Products 75517-45660-4 The World’s Greatest Arias 2000-09

CD Payless CDPE 0015 (2) The Maestros: 30 of the World’s Greatest Voices 2000


CD EMI 8 10964 2 (2) The Opera Album 2002 2001-11

CD RCA USA 09026-63860-2 (2) RCA Red Seal Century: the vocalists 2001-11

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-37099/100 RCA Red Seal Century: the vocalists 2001-11

CD Regis RRC 2050 (2) Classic Voices of the Century 2001-11

CD MET MET 243 (2) Joined in Song: The Great Opera Duets 2001-11 (?)

CD Scranta SACD 1248 Tidernas Tenorer 2001-11 (?)




CD RCA FRANCE 74321-87753-2 (4) Trésors de l’opéra 2001



CD Classic FM CFMCD36 (3) Classic FM Hall of Fame Gold 2002-03

CD BMG Special Products 75517467362 The World’s Greatest Arias 2002-04

CD Regis RRC 2053 (2) These We All Loved: 40 Original Classical Memories 2002-04



CD BMG UK 82876 51015 2 (3) escape 2003-07






CD RCA UK & IRELAND 82876-63530-2 Introducing Jussi Björling 2004-09

CD Gift of Music CCL CDG 1096 Oriental Garden: The Romance of the East in Music 2004

CD Hear Music LMM-175 Diana Krall: music that matters to her 2004

CD Regis RRC 1195 Romantic Opera Duets 2005-01



CD DMC UTICD 006 Under the Influence: Super Furry Animals: A Collection of Musical Influences &

Inspirations 2005-05




schlager 2005-08


CD RCA SWEDEN 82876-74647-2 (2) Jussi Björling: 38 paradnummer: från operans värld till svenska sånger

2005-10

CD Sony ITALY; FRANCE 82876746682 (4) Grand’ Opera 2005-10






CD Red Box THERB111 opera 2006-11





CD Sony GERMANY 88697076042 (4) Grand’ Opera 2007-05

CD Sony UK 88697164442 Classical Voices 2007-08


175



CD Profil PH 08009 (3) Festival of the Great Tenors = Festival der grossen Tenöre 2007

CD Payless PEL2CD2064 (2) The Greatest Voices 2008-04



CD Sony KOREA S70187C (4) Opera 2008-12

CD Sony 88697645222 (3) Essential: Classical Collection: 3 CDs of Classical and Opera Greats 2010-02


CD 100 Hits DMG 100 059 (5) Classical Chillout 2010-06


CD Sony FRANCE 88697734782 (3) le pass opéra: Un chemin d’accès lyrique à la musique classique 2010-

06







CD Sony 88697823602 (2) Passione, Vol. 2: Classic Interpretations of Opera and Pop by the world’s

greatest voices 2010-11


CD Hamburger Archiv 60037 Die Grossen Tenöre, Vol. 6: 1946-1953 2010 (?)




CD RCA FRANCE 88691953682 (2) Je n’aime pas l’opéra, ma ça j’aime bien 2012-04

CD Greatest Ever! GTSTCD064 Opera: The Definitive Collection 2012-05


09

CD Universal SWEDEN 00602537180424 (2) Primadonna & världens bästa tenorer 2012-11


CD Sony UK 88765412002 (3) Desert Island Discs: 40 Classical Castaway Favourites 2013-02

CD Sony 88843004072 (3) Classical Voices 2013-11

CD RCA GERMANY 88843055372 (2) Ich mag keine Oper, aber das gefällt mir! 2014-03




1951, January 13. New York, Manhattan Center, RCA Victor studio.

With RCA Victor Orchestra, cond. Renato Cellini.

176

Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

E1-RC-2124-1(A)



78 HMV DB 21602 1953-12

78 HMV IRELAND IRX 77 After 1953 (?)

45 HMV UK 7R 173 1954-01



176








45 RCA (Victor) US; GERMANY 447-0808 1957-09


45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9515 Your Favorites, Vol. II 1957-10 (?)


45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9548 Wunschkonzert I 1958-05 (?)




LP RCA USA LM 2574 Sixty Years of Music America Loves Best, Volume III 1961-08

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16301 60 Years of Best Loved Music, Vol. III 1961

LP RCA UK RB 16268 Golden Classics, vol. 2 1962-02


1971-09




1976 (?)




CD RCA USA 5934-2-RC Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Arias 1987-02

CD RCA RD85934 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Arias 1987

CD RCA GERMANY GD85277 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Arias 1989-03






CD RCA 09026-62550-2 10 Tenors in Love 1995-09

MC RCA 09026-62550-4 10 Tenors in Love 1995-09




CD RCA 09026-68429-2 Jussi Bjoerling: O Paradiso: Great Opera Arias 1996-05

CD BMG Direct D 115624 Jussi Bjoerling: O Paradiso: Great Opera Arias After 1996-05

CD RCA USA 09026-68531-2 3 Tenors of the Golden Age: Peerce, Bjoerling, Lanza 1996-07

MC RCA USA 09026-68531-4 3 Tenors of the Golden Age: Peerce, Bjoerling, Lanza 1996-07

CD RCA KOREA BMGCD 9F20 10 Tenors in Love 1996-08

CD RCA KOREA BMGCD 9F22 Jussi Bjoerling: O Paradiso: Great Opera Arias 1996-09



CD Legato LEG 999-1 Music for All Seasons 1996

CD Legato MFAS 96 Music for All Seasons: Holiday operatic greeting card 1996


CD Musical Heritage 5176232 3 Tenors of the Golden Age: Peerce, Bjoerling, Lanza 1997 (?)


CD RCA GERMANY 74321-58456-2 Marbert Man: Tenors in love 1998-05


177


CD BMG Ariola Express 74321 76884 2 (2) Grosse Tenöre 2000-07

CD BMG Special Marketing Europe 74321 76988 2 (2) Die Gala der Tenöre 2000



CD RCA SWEDEN; FINLAND 74321-95737-2 Jussi Björling: Tills vingen brister / Jussi Björling: Kunnes

siipi murtuu 2002-10



CD BMG Ricordi 82876 584772 (2) Arie da grandi opere 2004-04








sånger 2005-10



2005













177

Se quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida [I] (Verdi: Aida)

E1-RC-2125-1(A)

78 HMV DB 21563 1953-03

78 Electrola DB 21563 1953-10

45 HMV UK 7R 160 1953-11

78 HMV IRELAND IRX 62 1953 (?)

78 Victor BRAZIL 886-5031 After 1953











schlager 2005-08

178







178

Cielo e mar! [I] (Ponchielli: La Gioconda)

E1-RC-2126-1(A)

78 HMV DB 21563 1953-03

78 Electrola DB 21563 1953-10

45 HMV UK 7R 160 1953-11

78 HMV IRELAND IRX 62 1953 (?)

78 Victor BRAZIL 886-5031 After 1953













schlager 2005-08







1951, March 9. New York, Manhattan Center, RCA Victor studio.

With RCA Victor Orchestra, cond. Renato Cellini.

179

Pays merveilleux...Ô paradis [I: Mi batte il cor...O paradiso] (Meyerbeer: L'africaine)

E1-RC-3150-1(A)






78 HMV DB 21621 1954-10


78 Victor JAPAN SD-199 1954 (?)

78 Victor ARGENTINA 66-6143 After 1954 (?)

179













45 RCA (Victor) BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS 75.537 your Favorite music, Volume VII 1957 (?)




45 RCA (Victor) JAPAN ES-8510 After 1958

LP RCA EUROPE HR 212 Berühmte Tenor-Arien 1962-09

LP RCA USA LM 2631 Great Tenor Arias 1962-10

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30231 Great Tenor Arias 1962-11

LP RCA UK RB 6515 Great Tenor Arias 1962-11

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16352 Great Tenor Arias 1962












CD BBC Music Magazine BBC MM68 The Grand Tradition: Great opera voices 1998-03

MC BBC Music Magazine BBC MM 68 The Grand Tradition: Great opera voices 1998-03

CD Myto 3MCD 011.235 (3) L’Africaine 2001







2005

CD past Classics SP 232 The Very Best of Jussi Bjorling 2008-06






180

Salut! demeure chaste et pure [F] (Gounod: Faust)

E1-RC-3151-1(A)

180



45 RCA (Victor) USA WDM 1626 (5) Ten Tenors, Ten Arias 1952-03

LP RCA USA LM 1202 Ten Tenors, Ten Arias 1952-03

LP RCA BRAZIL BRL-57 Dez Tenores, Dez Árias After 1952 (?)

78 HMV DB 21621 1954-10











45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9516 Your Favorites, Vol. III 1957-11 (?)



45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9574 Wunschkonzert II 1958-06 (?)

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30066 Ten Tenors, Ten Arias 1958

LP RCA BRAZIL BRL-173 Dez Tenores, Dez Árias 1958

LP RCA FRANCE 530.268 Airs célèbres de l’opéra français 1962-03


LP RCA ITALY LM 20083 50 anni di belcanto: Tenori, vol. 2 1965-12

LP RCA FRANCE A 630.826 50 Années de Bel Canto: Ténors 1966 (?)





LP MET MET-404 (2) The Johnson Years: 1935-1950 1984-04

MC MET MET-404C (2) The Johnson Years: 1935-1950 1984-04
























181





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2005










181 Recitar!...Vesti la giubba [I] (Leoncavallo: Pagliacci)

El-RC-3152-l(A),-2(A)




78 HMV DB 21602 1953-12


78 HMV IRELAND IRX 77 After 1953 (?)

45 HMV UK 7R 173 1954-01



78 Victor JAPAN SD-199 1954 (?)














45 RCA (Victor) BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS 75.534 your Favorite music, Volume IV 1957 (?)



45 HMV SPAIN 7ERL 1307 1959 (?)






182
















CD RCA JAPAN GV-1034 Jussi Bjorling, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Richard Tucker 1997



CD Broad Music BRCD 117 The World’s Greatest Voices, Volume VI 1998










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2005

CD ABC 476 9524 (8) The Classic 100 Opera 2006

CD ABC 476 9525 (4) The Classic 100 Opera, Vol. 1 2006







1952, February 22 and March 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 30. New York, Manhattan Center, RCA Victor studio.

With RCA Victor Orchestra and Robert Shaw Chorale, cond. Renato Cellini. Producer: Richard Mohr.

182

Il trovatore [I] (Verdi)

Cast: Zinka Milanov (Leonora), Margaret Roggero (Ines); Fedora Barbieri (Azucena); JB (Manrico), Paul

Franke (Ruiz), Nathaniel Sprinzena (Messenger); Leonard Warren (Di Luna); Nicola Moscona (Ferrando),

George Cehanovsky (Gypsy).

[Original LP matrix (LM 6008): E2-RP-4107/10]

Complete:

45 RCA (Victor) USA WDM 6008 (9) Il Trovatore 1952-10

183

LP RCA USA; ARGENTINA; SPAIN LM 6008 (2) Il Trovatore 1952-10

LP HMV UK ALP 1112/13 Il Trovatore 1954-03

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 1112/13 Il Trovatore After 1954 (?)

OR His Master’s Voice UK HTA 9/10 Il Trovatore 1955-02

LP Electrola WALP 1112/13 Der Troubadour 1955 (?)

LP RCA FRANCE A 630.361/62 Le Trouvère 1957-03

LP RCA AUSTRALIA LB 16012 (2) Il Trovatore 1957

LP RCA GERMANY LM 6008/1-2 Il Trovatore = Der Troubadour 1957

LP RCA ITALY B12R 0023/24 Il Trovatore After 1958

LP HMV UK ALP 1832/33 Il Trovatore: Memorial Edition: Jussi Björling 1961-05

LP RCA GERMANY VIC 6008/1-2 Der Troubadour = Il Trovatore 1965-11

LP RCA GERMANY VIC 6008 (2) Il Trovatore = Der Troubadour 1965 (?)

LP RCA ITALY KV 6008 (2) Trovatore 1966-01

LP RCA ITALY MCV 536 (2) Il Trovatore 1972-02

LP Melodiya D 033317/22 (3) Trubadur 1972

LP RCA JAPAN RGC 1106/07 Il Trovatore 1973 (?)

LP RCA USA; AUSTRALIA? AVM2-0699 (2) Il Trovatore 1974-10

LP RCA GERMANY 26.35003 DM, DP (2) Der Troubadour = Il Trovatore 1976 (?)

LP RCA ITALY VL 43536 (2) Il Trovatore 1977

LP RCA ITALY VLS 00699 (2) Il Trovatore 1982-09

MC RCA ITALY VKS 00699 (2) Il Trovatore 1982-09

MC RCA USA CLK2-5377 (2) Il Trovatore 1985 (?)

CD RCA GERMANY GD86643 (2) Il Trovatore 1988-05

CD RCA USA 6643-2-RG (2) Il Trovatore 1988-09

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-8877/78 Il Trovatore 1995

CD Regis RRC 2060 (2) Il Trovatore 2002-11

CD Naxos 8.110240-41 Il Trovatore 2003-03

CD Cantus CACD 5.00329 (2) Il Trovatore 2003-04

CD Regis RRC 9012 (18) Verdi: The Great Operas 2012-12

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Deserto sulla terra… a2. Non m’inganno…Di geloso amor sprezzato;

(Act 2) b. Stride la vampa [through "L'arcana parola ognor"]; c. Condotta ell’era in ceppi [through

“…drizzarsi ancor!”]; d1. Non son tuo figlio?... d2. Mal reggendo... d3. L’usato messo… d4. Inoltra il

piè...Perigliarti ancor languente; e. E deggio e posso crederlo?

(Act 3) f1. Quale d’armi fragor… f2. Di qual tetra luce... f3. Amor! sublime amore... f4. Ah sì, ben

mio... f5. L’onda dei suoni mistici… f6. Manrico?... f7. Di quella pira;

(Act 4) g. Miserere...Ah! che la morte ognora; h1. Se m'ami ancor... h2. Sì, la stanchezza... h3. Ai

nostri monti... h4. Che! non m'inganno!… h5. Ti scosta… h6. Prima che d’altri vivere [to end of

opera].

a,b,d2,d3,d4,f4,f5,f6,f7,g,h3,h4:


a,c,d2,f2,f3,f4,f5,f6,f7,g,h3,h4,h6:

CD Prism PLATCD 1326 The Best of Il Trovatore 2005-03


a,c,f4,f7,g,h3,h4,h5,h6:

CD Regis RRC 1198 Il Trovatore: Highlights 2005-01

a,d,f,h4,h5,h6:

CD Urania WS 121.170 (2) Tosca 2012-06

a1,d2,f3,f4,f5,f6,f7:


a1,d2,f4,f7:



184


a1,d2,h1,h2,h3:


a1,f2,f3,f4,f7:






10



LP RCA GERMANY RL 43077 EF (2) Der unvergessliche Jussi Björling singt grosse Opernarien 1980-

04

MC RCA GERMANY RK 43077 CF (2) Der unvergessliche Jussi Björling singt grosse Opernarien 1980-

04


Scenes 1980-08


Scenes 1980-08






with... 1984-02


with... 1984-02

LP RCA GERMANY GL 84889 Jussi Bjoerling & Robert Merrill: The Pearl Fishers Duet and Other

Famous Operatic Duets and Scenes 1985





b,d2:

45 RCA (Victor) USA; GERMANY ERA 113 Three Selections from Il Trovatore 1953-11

45 RCA (Victor) AUSTRALIA 26072 Excerpts from Il Trovatore After 1953

c,h3:

LP RCA ITALY ML 40003 (10) Storia della Musica Italiana = The History of Italian Music, Volume IV:

L’ottocento, la grande ribalta del melodramma nazionale 1962

d2,d3,d4,f4,f5,f6,f7,g,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6:

CD RCA USA 60191-2-RG Il Trovatore: Highlights = Querschnitt = Extraits = Brani scelti 1990-06

MC RCA USA 60191-4-RG Il Trovatore: Highlights 1990-06

CD RCA GERMANY GD60191 Il Trovatore: Highlights = Querschnitt = Extraits = Brani scelti 1990-09

MC RCA GERMANY GK 60191 Il Trovatore: Highlights = Querschnitt = Extraits = Brani scelti 1990-09

d2,f4,f5,f6,f7,g,h1,h2,h3:

LP RCA USA LM 1827 Il Trovatore: Highlights 1955-01

LP RCA GERMANY LM 1827-B,-C Il Trovatore = Der Troubadour: Arien und Szenen 1956-07

LP RCA SPAIN 3L 16174 Il Trovatore: Selección After 1956 (?)

LP HMV UK ALP 1391 Il Trovatore: Excerpts from the Complete Recording 1957-02

OR RCA USA DC 34 Il Trovatore: Highlights 1957-04

LP RCA JAPAN LS-2192 Il Trovatore: Highlights After 1957

LP RCA FRANCE 630.344 Le Trouvère: Sélections 1958-07

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30061 Il Trovatore: Highlights 1958

185

d2:

CD Hamburger Archiv 10320 Fedora Barbieri: Aufnahmen 1943-1955 2004-09

e:

CD Documents GERMANY 600013 (10) Leonard Warren: Triumph und Tod mit Verdi = Triumph and

Death With Verdi 2012-10

e5:


e6:

CD Radio France DD 90238 Lyricomania 1988

f2,f3,f4,f5,f6,f7,h2,h3:

45 RCA (Victor) BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS 65.510 Troubadour 1956 (?)

f3,f4,f5,f6:

45 RCA (Victor) BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS 65.506 Troubadour 1956 (?)

f3,f4:

LP RCA ITALY TRL1-7055 da Caruso a Domingo: I grandi tenori 1976-06

LP RCA ITALY VLS 45510 Tenorissimi 1983-09

MC RCA ITALY VKS 45510 Tenorissimi 1983-09

f4,f5,f6,f7:


f4,f7:



CD BMG Ricordi 82876 607462 (2) Verdi: le più belle pagine 2004 (?)


sånger 2005-10

CD Ricordi 88697056752 (3) Verdi 2007-02


f4:

CD RCA GERMANY 74321-24660-2 (2) Weltstars der schönen Stimme: Tenöre des Jahrhunderts 1994-11

MC RCA GERMANY 74321-24660-2 (2) Weltstars der schönen Stimme: Tenöre des Jahrhunderts 1994-

11

f5,f6,f7:

LP Time Life STL 551 (4) Giuseppe Verdi 1976

f7:

78 Victor ARGENTINA 66-0079 1952



LP RCA USA LM 1847 A Treasury of Grand Opera in High Fidelity 1955-01

LP RCA NETHERLANDS DVLB 16480 A Treasury of Grand Opera in High Fidelity 1955 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS 75.534 your Favorite music, Volume IV 1957 (?)


LP RCA BRAZIL 105.4004 Dez Tenores Dez Árias 1984 (?)



g,h2,h3:



g:

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9515 Your Favorites, Vol. II 1957-10 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9548 Wunschkonzert I 1958-05 (?)

LP RCA FRANCE 530.269 Ensembles Célèbres de l’Opéra 1962-09

h2,h3:

45 RCA (Victor) USA; GERMANY? ERA 112 Gems from Il Trovatore 1953-11

45 RCA (Victor) AUSTRALIA 26071 Excerpts from Il Trovatore After 1953

186

h4,h5,h6:

CD MET MET 509CD (2) Il Trovatore 1990-07

MC MET MET-509C (2) Il Trovatore 1990-07

1952, April 11. New York, Manhattan Center, RCA Victor studio.

With Frederick Schauwecker, piano.

183

En svane [N] (Grieg)

E2-RC-0776-1(A)

LP RCA USA LM 1771 Jussi Bjoerling in Song 1953-11

45 RCA (Victor) USA; GERMANY?; CHILE ERA 141 Jussi Bjoerling in Song / Canciónes por Jussi Bjöerling,

tenor 1954-01

78 HMV DB 21620 1954-07

LP HMV UK ALP 1187 Jussi Björling in Song 1954-11

LP Electrola WALP 1187 Jussi Björling: Lieder 1955 (?)

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30019 Jussi Bjoerling in Song 1956

45 RCA (Victor) AUSTRALIA 26045 Jussi Bjoerling in Song 1956 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) SPAIN 3-26068 Canta Jussi Bjoerling 1958

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 17007 Jussi Bjoerling in Song 1962 (?)

CD RCA 09026-61827-2 Grieg: Historic Vocal Recordings 1993-10

CD RCA 09026-61879-2 (3) Historic Grieg Recordings 1993-11

CD BMG Direct D 101765 Grieg: Historic Vocal Recordings 1994 (?)





CD BMG SWEDEN 74321 66004 2 Scandinavian Masterpieces II 1999





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184

Ein Traum [N: En drøm] (Grieg)

E2-RC-0777-1(A)



tenor 1954-01

78 HMV DB 21620 1954-07

LP RCA USA; GERMANY LM 1802 An Adventure in High Fidelity: A ‘New Orthophonic’ High Fidelity

recording 1954-09


LP RCA BRAZIL LMB 500 Uma Aventura em Alta Fidelidade After 1954 (?)


187





CD RCA 09026-61827-2 Grieg: Historic Vocal Recordings 1993-10

CD RCA 09026-61879-2 (3) Historic Grieg Recordings 1993-11

CD BMG Direct D 101765 Grieg: Historic Vocal Recordings 1994 (?)









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185

Die Mainacht [G] (Brahms)

E2-RC-0778-1(A)


78 HMV DB 21620, version 1 1954-07










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186

Ständchen [G] (R. Strauss)

E2-RC-0779-1 (A)


78 HMV DB 21620, version 2 1954-07







188





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187

Morgen [G] (R. Strauss)

E2-RC-0780-1 (A)



tenor 1954-01












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188 Tonerna [S] (Sjöberg)

E2-RC-0781-1(A) [Issued by HMV as 0EA 18071-1A.]


78 HMV DA 2068 1954-11


45 HMV UK 7ERC 1 Jussi Björling 1954-12




CD MET MET 210CD (2) Songs Our Mothers Taught Us 1990-10

MC MET MET-210C (2) Songs Our Mothers Taught Us 1990-10





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189


189

Die Allmacht [G] (Schubert)

E2-RC-0782-1 (A)












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190


E2-RC-0783-1 (A)












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191 Svarta rosor [S] (Sibelius)

E2-RC-0784-1(A) [Issued by HMV as 0EA 18074-1A.]



tenor 1954-01

78 HMV DA 2068 1954-11



190











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192

Es muss ein Wunderbares sein [G] (Liszt)

E2-RC-0785-1 (A)












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193

Verborgenheit [G] (Wolf)

E2-RC-0786-1 (A)



tenor 1954-01










191



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194

Siren' [Eng: Lilacs] (Rachmaninov)

E2-RC-0787-1(A)











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195

Ideale [I] (Tosti)

E2-RC-0788-1(A)










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196

Ständchen [G] (Schubert)

E2-RC-0789-1(A)

78 HMV DB 21593 1953-10




192









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197

Die böse Farbe [G] (Schubert)

E2-RC-0790-1(A)












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198

Die Forelle [G] (Schubert)

E2-RC-0791-1(A)

78 HMV DB 21593 1953-10












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193

1952, November 21. London, HMV studio.

With Ivor Newton, piano.

199

Sylvia [Eng] (Speaks)

0EA 16909-1(A)

78 HMV DA 2039 1953-07

78 Columbia ARGENTINA 292708 1954 (?)























The Century 2014-06


200

Tonerna [Eng: I Bless Ev'ry Hour] (Sjöberg)

0EA 16914-1(A),-2(A)

78 HMV DA 2025 1953-01













194









201

A Spirit Flower [Eng] (Campbell-Tipton)

0EA 16915-1(A)

78 HMV DA 2039 1953-07

78 Columbia ARGENTINA 292708 1954 (?)



























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202

Ah, Love, but a Day [Eng] (Beach)

0EA 16916-1(A)

78 HMV DA 2025 1953-01





195



















1953, January 7, 13, 18, 27, 29 & February 1. New York, Manhattan Center, RCA Victor studio.

With RCA Victor Orchestra and Robert Shaw Chorale, cond. Renato Cellini. Producer: Richard Mohr.

203

Cavalleria rusticana [I] (Mascagni)

Cast: Zinka Milanov (Santuzza); Carol Smith (Lola); Margaret Roggero (Lucia); JB (Turiddu); Robert

Merrill (Alfio).


Complete:

45 RCA (Victor) USA WDM 6106 (12) Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1953-09

LP RCA USA LM 6106 (3) I Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana 1953-09

LP HMV UK ALP 1126/28 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1954-04

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10050/52 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1954-07

LP HMV FRANCE FALP 301/03 Cavalleria Rusticana, Paillasse 1954-09

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 1126/28 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci After 1954 (?)

LP HMV SPAIN LALP 262/64 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci After 1954 (?)

LP Electrola WALP 1126/28 Cavalleria Rusticana, Der Bajazzo 1955 (?)

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 1126/28 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1956-08

LP RCA USA LM 6046 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana 1957-01

LP RCA GERMANY LM 6046/1-2 Cavalleria Rusticana 1957-03


LP RCA SPAIN 3LC 16166 (3) I Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana 1958

LP RCA USA;AUSTRALIA VIC 6044 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana.and … Milanov’s early recordings… 1971-05

LP RCA ITALY MCV 534 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana 1971-06

LP RCA UK VICS 6044 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana.and … Milanov’s early recordings… 1971-07

LP Jugoton LSRCA 70925/26 Cavalleria Rusticana and … Milanov’s early recordings 1971

LP Opus 9112 0821/22 Cavalleria Rusticana 1971 (?)

MC RCA ITALY RK 6046 Cavalleria Rusticana 1976

LP RCA ITALY VL 43534 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana. Recital di Zinka Milanov 1977

LP RCA ITALY VLS 43534 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana. Recital di Zinka Milanov 1982-09

MC RCA ITALY VKS 43534 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana. Recital di Zinka Milanov 1982-09

CD RCA USA 6510-2-RG Cavalleria Rusticana 1987-09

CD RCA GERMANY GD86510 Cavalleria Rusticana 1987-10

196

CD Grande Lirica MCBCD 8017 Cavalleria Rusticana 1994

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-8885/86 Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci 1995-12

CD Regis RRC 1162 Cavalleria Rusticana 2003-01

CD Naxos 8.110261 Cavalleria Rusticana 2004-09

CD Cantus CACD 5.00601 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana 2005-02

CD RCA 88875054492 Cavalleria Rusticana 2015-08 Excerpts:

a. O Lola; b1. Tu qui, Santuzza?... b2. Ah! lo vedi… b3. Turiddu, ascolta! No, no, Turiddu; c1. A

casa... c2. Intanto amici, qua...Viva il vino spumeggiante… c3. A voi tutti salute!... c4. Compar

Alfio... c5. Mamma!...Quel vino.

a,b,c2,c5:

LP RCA NETHERLANDS AVL 10987 Cavalleria Rusticana: Highlights 1976


a,b2,b3,c5:

LP RCA USA LM 1828 I Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana: Highlights 1955-01

LP HMV UK ALP 1481 Excerpts from Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1957-09

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10212 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci: Brani scelti 1958-09

LP HMV NEW ZEALAND MALP 1481 Excerpts from Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1964 (?)

a,c4,c5:

45 RCA (Victor) ITALY A72R 0090 1958 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) ITALY ERA 50-090 1962 (?)

a,c5:


sånger 2005-10

a:


45 HMV ITALY 7ERQ 141 Cavalleria Rusticana (Excerpts) 1956-05 (?)

45 HMV UK 7ER 5063 Cavalleria Rusticana (Excerpts) 1956-11

45 HMV ITALY 7ERQ 167 1957-06

LP RCA USA; CHILE LM 2269 Bjoerling in Opera / Bjoerling en la Ópera 1959-03

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30095 Bjoerling in Opera 1959-05

LP RCA UK RB 16149 Bjoerling in Opera 1959-05

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16174 Bjoerling in Opera 1959

LP RCA GERMANY LM 2269-C Bjoerling in Opera = Opernabend mit Jussi Björling 1959

LP RCA BRAZIL BRL-253 Bjoerling in Opera 1959 (?)

LP RCA JAPAN LS-2263 Bjoerling in Opera After 1959 (?

LP Taedo TLP 1043 Bjoerling in Opera After 1959

LP RCA SPAIN 3L 16282 Jussi Björling: Fragmentos de Opera 1960

LP Akkord D 007487/88 Vydayushtshiesya pevtsy: Yussi B’yorling (tenor) 1961 (?)

LP AZ D 007487/88 Vydayushtshiesya pevtsy: Yussi B’yorling (tenor) 1961 (?)

LP Ligo D 007487/88 Vydayushtshiesya pevtsy: Yussi B’yorling (tenor) 1961 (?)



1971-09



1976 (?)


04


04

LP RCA USA AGM1-4806 Bjoerling in Opera 1983-08

MC RCA USA AGK1-4806 Bjoerling in Opera 1983-08

197

LP RCA USA AGM1-5277 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Arias 1985-08

MC RCA USA AGK1-5277 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Arias 1985-08

LP RCA GERMANY GL 85277 Bjoerling: Opera Arias = Opernarien = Airs d’opéra 1986-09

MC RCA GERMANY GK 85277 Bjoerling: Opera Arias = Opernarien = Airs d’opéra 1986-09













CD Broad Music BRCD 086 The World’s Greatest Voices, Volume IV 1997









b:

CD MET MET 512CD (2) Cavalleria/Pagliacci 1991-06

MC MET MET-512C (2) Cavalleria / Pagliacci 1991-07

b1,c5:

LP Selezione dal Reader’s Digest RDS 13D (10) 13 Perle del Melodramma 1971 (?)

CD Selezione dal Reader’s Digest RDCD 101 (6) 13 Perle del Melodramma: Le più grandi voci della

Lirica After 1990 (?)

b3,c2,c5:




c1,c2,c4,c5:

45 HMV ITALY 7ERQ 143 Cavalleria Rusticana (Excerpts) 1956-05

45 HMV UK 7ER 5079 Cavalleria Rusticana (Excerpts) 1957-06

c2:



c3:


09

c5:

45 RCA (Victor) USA ERB 38 (2) Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci 1955-01

45 RCA (Victor) SPAIN 3B 26035 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci: Selección 1957 (?)


CD RCA 09026-63499-2 Addio: Opera’s Greatest Farewells 1999-08

CD RCA KOREA BMGCD 9G97 Addio: Opera’s Greatest Farewells 2000-06

1953, January 10, 11, 15, 19, 29. New York, Manhattan Center, RCA Victor studio.

198

With RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale & Columbus Boychoir, cond. Renato Cellini. Producer:

Richard Mohr.

204

Pagliacci [I] (Leoncavallo)

Cast: Victoria de los Angeles (Nedda); JB (Canio), Paul Franke (Beppe), Richard Wright (Peasant);

Leonard Warren (Tonio), Robert Merrill (Silvio), George Cehanovsky (Peasant).


Complete:

45 RCA (Victor) USA WDM 6106 (12) Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1953-09

LP RCA USA LM 6106 (3) I Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana 1953-09

LP HMV UK ALP 1126/28 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1954-04

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10050/52 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1954-07

LP HMV FRANCE FALP 301/03 Cavalleria Rusticana, Paillasse 1954-09

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 1126/28 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci After 1954

LP HMV SPAIN LALP 262/64 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci After 1954

LP Electrola WALP 1126/28 Cavalleria Rusticana, Der Bajazzo 1955 (?)

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 1126/28 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1956-08

LP RCA USA LM 6045 (2) I Pagliacci 1956-10

LP RCA SPAIN 3LC 16166 (3) I Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana 1958

LP RCA USA LM 6084 (2) Pagliacci 1960-05

LP RCA FRANCE 630.577/78 Paillasse 1961

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA B 30216 (2) Pagliacci 1961

LP RCA GERMANY LM 6084/1-2 Pagliacci = Der Bajazzo 1961


LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA TE 241/42 I Pagliacci 1978 (?)

CD EMI 7 49503 2 Pagliacci 1989-06

CD Grande Lirica MCBCD 8018 Pagliacci 1994

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-8885/86 Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci 1995-12


CD BMG Direct D 125878 Pagliacci After 1998-06


CD Naxos 8.110258 Pagliacci 2004-03



CD Urania URN 22.263 Pagliacci 2004-10

CD Cantus CACD 5.00607 (2) I Pagliacci 2005-02

CD Prism PLATCD 1232 Pagliacci: The Travelling Players 2005-09

CD Weton-Wesgram IECC10029 (10) Opera and their great Singers 2005-12


CD Brilliant 94016 Pagliacci 2009-12

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Mi accordan di parlar?... Un grande spettacolo… a2. Un tal gioco…Confusa io son!... a3.

Sul serio… a4. I zampognari [through] A ventitre ore; b. Cammina adagio…Derisione e scherno!;

c1. Recitar!... c2. Vesti la giubba;

(Act 2) d1. Attenti! Pagliaccio... d2. A stanotte… d3. Coraggio!... d4. No! Pagliaccio non son… d5.

Suvvia, così terribile [to end of opera].

a1,a2,a3:

CD EMI 2 28949 2 (10) The Record of Singing, Volume 5: 1953-2007: From the LP to the digital era

2009-02

a1,a2,c,d2,d3,d4,d5:


199


a2,a3,a4,c,d4:


a2,c,d4,d5:


b:

CD EMI KOREA EKC2D-0927 (2) Opera 2008 2008-04



c,d:

45 RCA (Victor) USA ERB 38 (2) Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci 1955-01

LP RCA USA LM 1828 I Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana: Highlights 1955-01

LP HMV UK ALP 1481 Excerpts from Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1957-09

45 RCA (Victor) SPAIN 3B 26035 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci: Selección 1957 (?)

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10212 Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci: Brani scelti 1958-09

LP RCA ITALY LM 20039 Pagine scelte dalla ’Cavalleria Rusticana’ e dai ’Pagliacci’ 1962-03

LP HMV NEW ZEALAND MALP 1481 Excerpts from Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci 1964 (?)

c,d4,d5:




2005




c:

45 RCA (Victor) USA; GERMANY ERA 209 Arias Sung and Acted: Sung by Jussi Bjoerling, Acted by

Joseph Cotten 1954-06

LP RCA USA; GERMANY LM 1801 Arias Sung and Acted 1954-06

45 HMV UK 7ER 5055 I Pagliacci (Excerpts) 1955-11

45 HMV ITALY 7ERQ 136 Pagliacci (Excerpts) 1956-01



CD Regis RRC 1231 These We All Loved 2: 22 more original classical memories 2005-12

CD EMI 2 06126 2 (2) Opera 2008 2008-04

CD EMI JAPAN TOCE-56091/92 Classical Now Opera 2008-05

CD EMI SWEDEN 9 12716 2 (2) Opera: Världens vackraste arior 2013-03

CD Parlophone SWEDEN 50999 912716 2 4 (2) Opera: Världens vackraste arior 2014 (?)

c2:

LP Magnavox (No number) I hear music…: Ezio Pinza presents…: 1953-09 (?)

LP Magnavox (No number) Dinner music: Ezio Pinza presents…: 1953 (?)

CD EMI IRELAND CDTEN 1 The Best Tenors Album in the World … Ever! 2002

CD Quadromania 222218-444 (4) Love Affairs of the Opera: Great Arias and Scenes 2004-04

CD Brilliant 94131 (6) Best Film Classics 2011

d3,d4,d5:

45 HMV UK 7ER 5062 I Pagliacci (Excerpts) 1956-03

45 HMV ITALY 7ERQ 140 Pagliacci (Excerpts) 1956-03

d4,d5:


d4:

CD RCA Special Products DPL 10373 Madness in Opera, Volume II 1979


200

1953, September 30. Stockholm, Royal Academy of Music.

With orchestra, cond. Bertil Bokstedt.

205

Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)

0SB 3843-1S

78 HMV SWEDEN X 7947 1954-01

45 RCA (Victor) USA 43-1123 1954-11

78 Victor USA 26-1123 1954-11
















LP Odeon SWEDEN PRO 3015 Saltstänk 1975







CD InVision INV CD 003 Vårt hjärtas Bohuslän: Bohuslän i ord och toner 1993



CD EMI SWEDEN CMCD 6172 Music from Sweden 1997

MC EMI SWEDEN CMC 3025 Music from Sweden 1997




After 2000

CD Universal SWEDEN 585 785-2 Solisten 2001




CD Screen Air SCRAT-6001 1960: Händelserna, företeelserna, stämningen… 2003


2005-10


1953 2008-04



10


CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.578148 Sommar i skärgården: visor och valser från hela Sveriges kust 2010-05

201





206

Sången till havet [S] (Salén)

0SB 3844-1S

78 HMV SWEDEN X 7964 1954-03 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) USA 43-1122 1954-10

78 Victor USA 26-1122 1954-10






















1953 2008-04



10




207

Visa kring slånblom och månskära [S] (Salén)

0SB 3845-1S

78 HMV SWEDEN X 7964 1954-03 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) USA 43-1122 1954-10

78 Victor USA 26-1122 1954-10






202

















CD RCA SWEDEN; FINLAND 74321-95737-2 Jussi Björling: Tills vingen brister / Jussi Björling: Kunnes siipi

murtuu 2002-10



1953 2008-04



10




208

Jungfrun under lind [S] (Peterson-Berger)

0SB 3846-1S

78 HMV SWEDEN X 7947 1954-01

45 RCA (Victor) USA 43-1123 1954-11

78 Victor USA 26-1123 1954-11



















MC Svenska Favoriter SFMC 1063 Svenska favoriter nr 63 1990

203






After 2000





1953 2008-04



10





1954, July 11-13, 15-17. Rome, Opera House.

With Rome Opera House Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Jonel Perlea. Producer: Richard Mohr.

209

Manon Lescaut [I] (Puccini)

Cast: Licia Albanese (Manon); Anna Maria Rota (Singer); JB (Des Grieux), Mario Carlin (Edmondo,

Dancing Master, Lamplighter); Robert Merrill (Lescaut); Franco Calabrese (Geronte, Sergeant), Enrico

Campi (Innkeeper, Sea Captain).

[Original LP matrix (LM 6116): F2-RP-0625/30]

Complete:

LP RCA USA; ARGENTINA; CANADA; CHILE; ITALY LM 6116 (3) Manon Lescaut 1955-09

LP HMV UK ALP 1326/28 Manon Lescaut 1956-02

LP RCA ITALY C12R 0164/66 Manon Lescaut 1956 (?)

LP Electrola WALP 1326/28 Manon Lescaut 1958 (?)

LP RCA SPAIN 3LC 16269 (3) Manon Lescaut 1959

LP RCA ITALY KV 6110 (2) Manon Lescaut 1967 (?)

LP RCA USA; AUSTRALIA; UK VIC 6027 (2) Manon Lescaut 1969-08

LP RCA ITALY MCV 544 (2) Manon Lescaut 1972-10

LP RCA GERMANY VIC 6027/1-2 Manon Lescaut 1973-07

LP RCA GERMANY 26.48002 DM, DP (2) Manon Lescaut 1976 (?)

LP RCA ITALY VL 43544 (2) Manon Lescaut 1977

LP RCA ITALY VLS 43544 (2) Manon Lescaut 1982-09

MC RCA ITALY VKS 43544 (2) Manon Lescaut 1982-09

CD RCA GERMANY GD60573 (2) Manon Lescaut 1990-10

CD RCA USA 60573-2-RG (2) Manon Lescaut 1990-11

MC RCA USA 60573-4-RG (2) Manon Lescaut 1990-11

CD Opera OP 21 (2) Manon Lescaut 1993

MC Opera OP? 21 (2) Manon Lescaut 1993

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-8883/84 Manon Lescaut 1995-12

CD Opera d’Oro OPD-1428 (2) Manon Lescaut 2005-04

CD Naxos 8.111030-31 Manon Lescaut 2006-02

CD alto ALC 2001 (2) Manon Lescaut 2007-04

CD Cantus CACD 5.01144 (2) Manon Lescaut: 4 Gesamtaufnahmen: Aufführungsmitschnitte 2008-11

204

CD RCA 88697579062 (2) Manon Lescaut 2009-11

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. L’amor? L’amor?... a2. Ma se vi talenta... a3.Tra voi, belle; b1. Cortese damigella... b2.

Donna non vidi mai; c. Vedete? Io son fedele;

(Act 2) d1. Tu, tu amore? Tu?... d2. Sì, sciagurata… d3. Labbra adorate e care [through "Dolcissimo

soffrir"]; e1. Ah! – Affè, madamigella… e2. Ah! Manon, mi tradisce;

(Act 3) f1. Ansia eterna, crudel… f2. Manon! – Des Grieux!… f3. E Kate risposa…All’armi!;

g1. Rosetta! Eh! che aria!... g2. Presto! In fila!... g3. Ah! guai a chi la tocca... g4. Ah, non v’avvicinate!...

g5. No! no! pazzo son!;

(Act 4) h1. Tutta su me ti posa… h2. Vedi, vedi, son io che piango. h3. Ah, tutto è finito…Fra le tue

braccia [to end of opera].

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h:


a,b,d2,f2,g2,g3,g4,g5,h3:

CD Phoenix 150 Giacomo Puccini: Hörbuch mit Musik 2008-09

a2,a3,b2,g2,g3,g4,g5:




b,c,d,g,h2,h3:

LP RCA USA LM 2059 Manon Lescaut: Highlights 1957-01

LP RCA GERMANY LM 2059-C Manon Lescaut: Highlights = Arien und Szenen 1957-03

LP RCA UK RB 16078 Manon Lescaut: Abridged 1958-11

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30058 Manon Lescaut: Highlights 1958

b2,a3:

CD Sony FRANCE 88697642112 (4) Quand le rideau se lève…: Les plus grands airs d’opéra, Les plus

belles voix du monde 2010-01

CD Sony FRANCE 88697643052 (4) Quand le rideau se lève…: Les plus grands airs d’opéra, Les plus

belles voix du monde 2010-01

CD Sony FRANCE 88697918862 (4) Opéra: Les plus grands airs par les plus belles voix du monde 2011

CD Sony FRANCE 88765405152 (4) les plus belles voix du monde: Le récital rêvé 2012-10

b2,d:








b2,e2,g2,g3,g4,g5:




04


04

b2,g3,g4,g5:


b2:





205


LP RCA BRAZIL BRL-253 Bjoerling in Opera After 1959

LP RCA JAPAN LS-2263 Bjoerling in Opera After 1959






LP RCA EUROPE HR 212 Berühmte Tenor-Arien 1962-09

LP RCA USA LM 2631 Great Tenor Arias 1962-10

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30231 Great Tenor Arias 1962-11

LP RCA UK RB 6515 Great Tenor Arias 1962-11

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16352 Great Tenor Arias 1962


LP SR International 71 276 (6) Die goldene Stimme von Enrico Caruso bis Mario Lanza: Historische

Originalaufnahmen After 1970 (?)

8T RCA USA V8S-1048 Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1972-07

LP RCA USA; UK VICS 1672(e) Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1972-07

LP RCA BRAZIL 108.5008 Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1972

LP RCA AUSTRALIA VICS 1672 Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1973-01

MC RCA UK MCK 570 Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1973 (?)

















CD BMG Special Marketing Europe 74321 77059 2 (2) Opera Lovesongs 2000



sånger 2005-10

CD Opera Depot OD 10190-2 (2) Manon Lescaut 2007-10


d,e2:

45 RCA (Victor) ITALY ERA 50-148 Manon Lescaut 1962 (?)

d:

LP RCA USA LM 2628 Great Love Duets 1962-07

LP RCA EUROPE HR 210 Berühmte Liebesduette = Great Love Duets: Historische Aufnahmen 1908-

1955 1962-09

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16347 Great Love Duets 1962

LP RCA JAPAN RA-2220 Great Love Duets 1965 (?)

LP MET MET-405 (2) The Bing Years I: 1950-1961 1985-04

MC MET MET-405C (2) The Bing Years I: 1950-1961 1985-04



206







MC RCA GERMANY GK 87799 Jussi Bjoerling: The Pearl Fishers Duet: Les Pêcheurs de perles, Duo

Plus Duets and Scenes by Puccini and Verdi with… 1988-09

CD Hit Bound HB30010CD The Legendary Duets: 14 Great Duets 1993 (?)

CD Musical Heritage 514418K Jussi Bjoerling:’The Pearl Fishers Duet’ plus Duets and Scenes by

Puccini and Verdi 1997

CD alto ALC 1009 Puccini Love Duets 2007-04



e2,g2,g3,g4,g5:






10


Scenes 1980-08


Scenes 1980-08






with... 1984-02


with... 1984-02








e2,g4,g5:


e2,g5:




e2:


g2,g3,g4,g5:

LP RCA USA SRL 12-14 RCA Victor Red Seal Selector 1955-09

LP RCA BRAZIL BRL-182 Selecionador Sêlo Vermelho 1956 (?)


g3,g4,g5:

LP RCA USA CRM8-5177 (8) RCA/Met: 100 Singers, 100 Years 1984-11

MC RCA USA CRK8-5177 (8) RCA/Met: 100 Singers, 100 Years 1984-11

207

LP RCA GERMANY; ITALY RL 85177 (8) RCA/Met: Hundert Sänger, Hundert Jahre = 100 Singers, 100

Years 1985

CD RCA USA 09026-61580-2 (6) RCA/MET: 100 Singers, 100 Years 1993-09

1955, July 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13. Rome, Opera House.


210

Aida [I] (Verdi)

Cast: Zinka Milanov (Aida); Fedora Barbieri (Amneris), Bruna Rizzoli (Priestess); JB (Radamès), Mario

Carlin (Messenger); Leonard Warren (Amonasro); Boris Christoff (Ramfis), Plinio Clabassi (King).

[RCA serial Nos.: 2-F2-RH-4135/49,-51,-53/55; orig. LP matrix (LM 6122): F2-RP-5731/36]

Complete:

LP RCA USA; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CHILE LM 6122 (3) Aida 1955-10

LP Jugoton LP-RC-V 240/42 Aida After 1955

LP HMV UK ALP 1388/90 Aida 1956-10

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA C 30014 (3) Aida 1956

LP RCA FRANCE A 630.373/75 Aida 1957-03

OR RCA USA MT 103 (2) Aida 1957-03

LP RCA AUSTRALIA LC 16134 (3) Aida 1957

LP RCA GERMANY LM 6122/1-3 Aida 1957

LP RCA ITALY C12R 0175/77 Aida 1957 (?)

LP RCA SPAIN 3LC 16076 (3) Aida 1958

LP RCA FRANCE 630.373/75 Aida 1958 (?)

LP RCA ITALY KV 6103 (3) Aida 1966-02

LP RCA USA VIC 6119 (3) Aida 1969-07

LP RCA FRANCE 731.011/13 Aida 1971-01

LP RCA ITALY MCV 533 (3) Aida 1971-09

LP RCA GERMANY VIC 6119/1-3 Aida 1973-07

LP RCA JAPAN RGC 1101/03 Aida 1973 (?)

LP RCA GERMANY 26.35004 EA (3) Aida 1976 (?)

LP RCA ITALY VL 43533 (3) Aida 1977

LP RCA ITALY VLS 43533 (3) Aida 1982-09

MC RCA ITALY VKS 43533 (3) Aida 1982-09

LP RCA GERMANY VL 70190 (3) Aida 1984 (?)

MC RCA USA ALK3-5380 (3) Aida 1985

CD RCA USA 6652-2-RG (3) Aida 1988-03

CD RCA GERMANY GD86652 (3) Aida 1988-05

CD RCA FRANCE; SPAIN OP 046/48 Aïda 1997

CD Urania URN 22.274 (2) Aida 2005-03

CD Cantus CACD 5.00789 (2) Aida 2006-06

CD Naxos 8.111042-44 Aida 2006-06

CD Urania URN 33.001 (2) Aida 2010-09

CD RCA 88883729002 (3) Aida 2013-09

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Se quel guerrier... a2. Celeste Aida... a3. Quale insolita gioia...Dessa! Ei si turba; b. Su! Del

Nilo al sacro lido; c. Nume, custode e vindice;

(Act 2) d1. Salvator della patria... d2. Che veggo! Egli? Mio padre!...Ma tu, re, tu signore possente...

d3. O re, pei sacri numi… d4. Gloria all'Egitto;

(Act 3) e1. Pur ti riveggo... e2. Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti... e3. Aida! Tu non m'ami... e4. Tu!

Amonasro!;

208

(Act 4) f1. Già i sacerdoti adunansi… f2. Ah! Tu dei vivere… f3. Misero appien mi festi…Chi ti salva,

sciagurato; g1. La fatal pietra... g2. Morir! Sì pura e bella!... g3. O terra addio.

a,d,e1,e2,f,g:

LP RCA USA LM 6069 (2) Aida (abridged) 1959-08

a1,a2,a1,a2,e,f,g:


a1,a2,c,e,g2,g3:

LP RCA NETHERLANDS AVL 10906 Aida: Highlights 1976

a1,a2,e,f,g:

CD Sony 88883703692 (30) Giuseppe Verdi: Great Recordings 2013-05

a1,a2,e,g:

LP RCA USA SLP 19 Aida: Highlights 1956-11

LP RCA BRAZIL BRL-181 Aida: Seleção 1956-11 (?)

LP RCA SPAIN 3L 16153 Aida: Selección After 1956

LP RCA JAPAN LS-2214 Aida: Highlights After 1956

LP RCA USA LM 2046 Highlights from Aida 1957-01

LP RCA GERMANY LM 2046-C Highlights from Aida = Aida: Arien und Szenen 1957

LP RCA FRANCE 630.382 Aida: Sélections 1958-05

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30065 Aida: Highlights 1958

a1,a2,e1,e2,f,g:

CD RCA USA 60201-2-RG Aida: Highlights = Querschnitt = Extraits = Brani scelti 1989-10

MC RCA USA 60201-4-RG Aida: Highlights 1989-10

CD RCA GERMANY GD60201 Aida: Highlights = Querschnitt = Extraits = Brani scelti 1989-11

MC RCA GERMANY GK60201 Aida: Highlights = Querschnitt = Extraits = Brani scelti 1989-11

CD esprit 88697377322 Aida (Highlights) 2008-10

a1,a2,e4:





04


04

a1,a2,g:

45 RCA (Victor) USA ERC 2046 (3) Highlights from Aida 1957-01







a1,a2:

45 RCA (Victor) ITALY A72R 0088 1958 (?)










45 RCA (Victor) SPAIN 3-26114 Aida (Fragmentos) 1960 (?)


209


LP RCA FRANCE 530.271 Les Héros de Verdi: Ténors, Barytons et Basses 1963-01

LP RCA ITALY LM 20075 Le romanze che voi preferite, vol. 1 1964-01















CD Radio France DD 90238 Lyricomania 1988


CD RCA FRANCE GD61230 (2) Verdi par ses plus grands interprètes 1992

CD RCA 09026-61886-2 Opera’s Greatest Love Songs 1993-10

MC RCA 09026-61886-4 Opera’s Greatest Love Songs 1993-10

CD BMG Direct D 102582 Opera’s Greatest Love Songs 1993 (?)


CD RCA 09026-62550-2 10 Tenors in Love 1995-09

MC RCA 09026-62550-4 10 Tenors in Love 1995-09



CD Eva SWEDEN EVACD 4002 (2) Absolute Opera 2 1995

CD RCA KOREA BMGCD 9F20 10 Tenors in Love 1996-08

CD RCA GERMANY 74321-32378-2 (2) Die schönsten Liebeslieder aus der Oper 1996-11



CD RCA GERMANY 74321-58456-2 Marbert Man: Tenors in love 1998-05

CD RCA 09026-63473-2 Romantic Nights 1999-04

CD RCA KOREA BMGCD 9G53 Romantic Nights 1999-05

CD BMG Special Products 75517456612 Romantic Nights 2000-03






sånger 2005-10




CD Sony FRANCE 88883795322 (3) Opéra & Histoire: 30 Opéras face á l’histoire 2013-11

a2:


CD RCA USA 09026-63756-2 Verdi: Greatest Hits 2001-02

MC RCA 09026-63756-4 Verdi: Greatest Hits 2001-02



b:

LP RCA FRANCE 530.269 Ensembles Célèbres de l’Opéra 1962-09

210

c:

CD Lebendige Vergangenheit 89734 Boris Christoff IV 2009-09

CD Documents GERMANY 233383 (10) Boris Christoff: Teufel, Mönch und Zar = Devil, Monk and Czar

2011-06

d,f:

LP RCA ITALY LMD 60005 (2) Aida: Highlights. Incisioni 1911-1954 1971-03

LP RCA ITALY VL 42435 (2) Aida: Highlights 1978

d2:

CD Lebendige Vergangenheit 89647 Leonard Warren IV 2005-12

d4:

LP RCA ITALY TRL4-1173 (4) Giuseppe Verdi: Una vita per la musica 1976

e,f,g:



e:



e1,e2,g3:


e1,e2:

LP RCA USA LM 2628 Great Love Duets 1962-07

LP RCA EUROPE HR 210 Berühmte Liebesduette = Great Love Duets: Historische Aufnahmen 1908-

1955 1962-09

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16347 Great Love Duets 1962

LP RCA JAPAN RA-2220 Great Love Duets After 1965

e2,f3:




e4:






10


Scenes 1980-08


Scenes 1980-08






with... 1984-02


with... 1984-02






f2,f3:

CD Hamburger Archiv 10320 Fedora Barbieri: Aufnahmen 1943-1955 2004-09

211

f3:


g:


LP RCA UK RB 16089 Great Moments in Opera: Verdi 1959-05


















g1,g2:




g2,g3:

CD Great Opera Performances GOP 66.371 (2) Tosca, Bonus tracks: Aida excerpts 2007-01

g3:

LP RCA FRANCE 430.637 Duos d’amour à l’opéra: Les plus grands artistes lyriques internationaux dans

les plus célèbres duos d’amour 1962-02

CD RCA GERMANY 74321-42687-2 Klassische Sternstunden: Waage: Klingende Astrologie mit Winfried

Noé 1997-01

1956, March 16, 17, 30 & April 1-3, 5, 6. New York, Manhattan Center, RCA Victor studio.

With RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, New York City Opera Chorus & Columbus Boychoir, cond.

Thomas Beecham. Producer: Richard Mohr.

211

La bohème [I] (Puccini)

Cast: Victoria de los Angeles (Mimì), Lucine Amara (Musetta); JB (Rodolfo), William Nahr (Parpignol);

Robert Merrill (Marcello), John Reardon (Schaunard); Giorgio Tozzi (Colline), Fernando Corena (Benoit,

Alcindoro), Thomas Powell (Customs Officer), George del Monte (Sergeant).

[RCA serial Nos.: G2-RB-2572/89; orig. LP matrix (LM 6042): G2-RP-3580/83. Mono two-track

recording, later reprocessed for stereo effect; orig. stereo matrix (SLS 896): 2YEA 4961/64.]

Complete:

LP RCA USA LM 6042 (2) La Bohème 1956-09

LP HMV UK ALP 1409/10 La Bohème 1956-12

LP Angel ARGENTINA 5675/76 La Bohème After 1956

LP Angel ARGENTINA 6001/02 La Bohème After 1956

LP Angel JAPAN AB-9153/54 La Bohème After 1956

212

LP Angel JAPAN AB-9368/69 La Bohème After 1956

LP Angel ARGENTINA LPC-12243/44 La Bohème After 1956

LP Angel URUGUAY UAL 12243/44 La Bohème After 1956

LP HMV SPAIN LALP 311/12 La Bohème After 1956

OR RCA USA MT 101 (2) La Bohème 1957-03

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 1409/10 La Bohème 1957-05

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10171/72 La Bohème 1957-05

OR His Master’s Voice UK HTA 34/35 La Bohème 1957-11

LP HMV FRANCE FALP 554/55 La Bohème 1958-10

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 1409/10 La Bohème 1958-11

LP HMV SPAIN G-32 (2) La Bohème 1958

LP HMV NEW ZEALAND MALP 1409/10 La Bohème 1964 (?)

LP Seraphim USA IB-6000 (2) La Bohème 1966-10

LP HMV UK SLS 896 (2) La Bohème 1974-11

LP Seraphim USA SIB 6000 (2) La Bohème 1975-04

LP Seraphim USA SIB 6099 (2) La Bohème 1975-05

LP HMV SPAIN 1J 163-00126/27 La Bohème 1975-10

MC HMV SPAIN 1J 245-00126/27 La Bohème 1975-10

MC HMV UK TC-SLS 896 (2) La Bohème 1975-10

LP HMV ITALY 3C 153-00126/27 La Bohème 1976-04 (?)

LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 191-00126/27 La Bohème 1978-05

LP Seraphim JAPAN EAC-30239/40 La Bohème 1978

MC Seraphim USA 4X2G-6099 (2) La Bohème 1978 (?)

LP HMV FRANCE 2905433 (2) La Bohème 1985

CD EMI 7 47235 8 (2) La Bohème 1986-10

LP HMV SPAIN 10 0126 3 (2) La Bohème 1986

CD EMI JAPAN CC 30 3583/84 La Bohème After 1990

CD BMG Direct D 206967 La Bohème 1993

CD EMI 5 56236 2 (2) La Bohème 1997-06

CD BMG Direct D 221622 (2) La Bohème 2000 (?)

CD EMI 5 67750 2 (2) La bohème 2002-03

CD EMI JAPAN TOCE-9139/40 La Bohème 2002-03

CD EMI USA 5 67753 2 (2) La bohème 2002-04

CD Documents GERMANY 223247-370 (3) La Bohème 2006-08

CD Cantus CACD 5.00890 (2) La Bohème 2006-11


CD Naxos 8.111249-50 La Bohème 2007-02

CD Clásicos de la Ópera 4 (2) La Bohème 2007

CD Le Monde de l’Opéra 03 (2) La Bohème 2007

CD Grande Opera Lirica 02 (2) La Bohème 2009-02

CD Coleção Folha Grandes Óperas 06 (2) La Bohème 2011-02

CD Regis RRC 9011 (13) Puccini: The Great Operas 2012-04

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Questo Mar Rosso...Nei cieli bigi… a2. Sì. Aguzza l’ingegno… a3. Autore, a me la sedia… a4.

Al Quartiere Latin... a5. Non sono in vena… a6. Chi è la?... a7. Cerca?... a8. Che gelida manina... a9. Sì.

Mi chiamano Mimì... a10. Eh! Rodolfo!... a11. Andate da Momus… a12. O soave fanciulla... a13.

V'aspettan gli amici;

(Act 2) b1. Aranci, datteri!... b2. Chi guardi?...Questa è Mimì…b3. Viva Parpignol!; c1. Quando me’n

vo… Marcello un dì l’amò… c2. Il conto!... c3. Caro! - Fuori il danaro! [to end of act];

(Act 3) d1. Marcello. Finalmente… d2. Addio. - Che! Vai?... d3. Donde lieta uscì... d4. Dunque è

proprio...Addio, dolce svegliare... d5. Niuno è solo l’april [to end of act];

(Act 4) e1. In un coupè... e2. O Mimì, tu più non torni; f1. Sono andati?... f2. Oh Dio! Mimì!... f3.

Dorme? - Riposa [to end of opera].

213

a:


a1,a2,a3,a4,d,e:


09

a1,a2,a3:

CD MET MET 501CD (2) La Bohème 1988-03

MC MET MET-501C (2) La Bohème 1988-05

a1,a2,c1:

CD EMI 9 09964 2 (4) Sir Thomas Beecham: The Great Communicator: A Documentary by Jon

Tolansky 2011-02

a1,a6,a7,a8,a9,a12,a13,b1,b2,c,d1,d2,d3,d4,e,f1,f2:

CD Comunación Uno 0238/62 Grandes Óperas de la Historia 2008

a2,a7,a8,a9,a11,a12,a13,c1,c2,d5:

CD Phoenix 150 Giacomo Puccini: Hörbuch mit Musik 2008-09

a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,b2,b3,c,d1,d2,d3,e,f2,f3:

LP HMV UK ESD 7023 La Bohème 1977-08

MC HMV UK TC-ESD 7023 La Bohème 1977-08

LP HMV SWEDEN 1031401 La Bohème 1985-01

MC HMV SWEDEN 1031404 La Bohème 1985-01

a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,b2,b3,c,e,f2,f3:

CD EMI AUSTRALIA 8 14148 2 (3) Opera Highlights featuring Victoria de los Angeles 1993

a5,a6,a7,a8,a10,a11,a12,a13,d,e:



a8,a12,a13,e:


a8,a12,a13:

CD BBC Music Magazine OPCD 1/2 A Night at the Opera: Highlights from the world of opera (I)

1993

CD Éditions de la Martinière (No label or number?) Les Ténors du Siècle – de Caruso à Pavarotti 1999-

10

CD Vendome Press (No label or number) The Great Tenors from Caruso to the Present 1999-10

a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,c,d2,d3,d4,d5,e,f:

LP RCA USA SLP 20 Bohème: Highlights 1956-11

45 RCA (Victor) USA ERC 2045 (3) Highlights from La Bohème 1957-01

LP RCA USA LM 2045 Highlights from La Bohème 1957-01

a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,d,e2,f:

LP HMV UK ALP 1921 La Bohème: Highlights 1962-12

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 1921 La Bohème: Highlights 1963-06

LP HMV NEW ZEALAND MALP 1921 La Bohème: Highlights 1964 (?)

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 1921 La Bohème: Highlights 1966-02

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 01933 Highlights from La Bohème 1974-10

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA 3226 Highlights from La Bohème 1974 (?)

a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13:

45 HMV UK 7ER 5179 La Bohème: Excerpts No. 1 1960-09

45 HMV AUSTRALIA 7ERO 5179 La Bohème: Excerpts No. 1 1961-06

45 HMV AUSTRALIA 7ERG 5179 La Bohème: Excerpts No. 1 1961 (?)

a8,a9,a12,a13:


CD XXI-21 XXI-CD 2 1653 giacomo puccini 150 2008

a8,a9:

CD Masterclass MSC10005 (3) Sir Thomas Beecham 2007-10

a8,e:


214





a8,e2:


2005


a8:

LP RCA USA SRL 12-28 A Showcase in Sound 1956-09

LP HMV NETHERLANDS 5C 181-25204/05 25 maal goud in opera 1975-05

LP Seraphim JAPAN EAC-55101 Angel Best Classics 1800 1982 (?)


CD EMI 5 56133 2 EMI Classics Presents Opera Assist: Help Rebuild Venice’s La Fenice Opera House

1996-04

CD HMV Classics 5 74245 2 the Greatest Classical Singers collection 2000

CD HMV Collection 5 29832 2 (4) The Greatest Vocal Collection 2000

CD EMI 3 80143 2 (3) The Original Opera Box Set: Arias & choruses from the greatest soloists,

orchestras & conductors 2006

CD Octave OCT 2 3326 (6) Les Grands Classiques d’Edgar 2007-02


CD EMI SWEDEN 9 12716 2 (2) Opera: Världens vackraste arior 2013-03

CD Parlophone SWEDEN 50999 912716 2 4 (2) Opera: Världens vackraste arior 2014 (?)”

CD Naxos 8.558097-100 A - Z of Singers by David Patmore 2015-08

a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,d2,d3,d4,d5,f:

CD Documents GERMANY 233363 (10) Victoria de los Angeles: Der dezente Triumph = The Discreet

Triumph 2011-07

a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,d2,d3,f:

CD Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6472/73 The Art of Victoria de los Angeles: Live & Studio

Recordings 1949-1955 2005-11

a9,a12,a13,d2,d3:

CD EMI 2 17308 2 (7) Victoria de los Angeles: The Voice of an Angel 2008-10

CD Regis RRC 1306 Suor Angelica 2008-12

a9,d2,d3,f1,f2:

CD Documents GERMANY 223503-321 (10) 10 Great Sopranos 2006-09

CD Documents GERMANY 231199 10 Great Sopranos 2007-02

a9,d2,d3:

CD Documents GERMANY 231674 (3) Manon 2008-01

a9:

LP HMV UK SLS 5233 (3) The Art of Victoria de los Angeles 1982-03

MC HMV UK TC-SLS 5233 (3) The Art of Victoria de los Angeles 1982-03

LP HMV SPAIN 10C 165-078000/02 El Arte de Victoria de los Angeles 1983 (?)

CD EMI 5 65579 2 Victoria de los Angeles 1995-07

CD D Classics DCL 703972 (2) Victoria de los Angeles 1999-01

CD EMI 5 75888 2 (2) The Very Best of Victoria de los Angeles 2003-02

CD EMI KOREA EKC2D-0701 (2) The Very Best of Victoria de los Angeles 2003 (?)

CD EMI 5 08332 2 (3) Pure Opera: 57 Original Hits by the Original Artists 2007-11

CD Great Opera Performances GOP 66.391 Suor Angelica 2008-09

CD EMI 6 79002 2 (2) The Very Best of Victoria de los Angeles 2012-02

a12,a13,e,f:

CD alto ALC 1009 Puccini Love Duets 2007-04

a12,a13:




215

CD EMI 5 66252 2 (11) Centenary Edition 1897-1997: 100 Years of Great Music 1997-02




CD EMI 5 66489 2 Centenary Edition: 1948-1957: Volume 6 1997-08

CD Das Beste SDO 7337 (5) Sternstunden der Oper: Die schönsten Arien, Duette, Ouvertüren und

Chöre 1997

MC Sélection du Reader’s Digest 2545 14/2 Victoria de los Angeles 2000

CD EMI 5 62501 2 (2) Classical Legends 2003

CD EMI 5 85743 2 (2) Great Recordings of the Century: A Celebration of Defining Moments in

Recording History: 150 Legendary Recordings 2004-02

CD EMI 5 85746 2 (2) Great Recordings of the Century: A Celebration of Defining Moments in

Recording History: 150 Legendary Recordings 2004

CD EMI 3 72275 2 Great Recordings of the Century: A Celebration of Defining Moments in the History

of Recorded Sound 2007-03


c3:

CD MET MET 233-1CD Growing Up with Opera 1999

d2,d3,e:


45 HMV SPAIN 7ERL 1453 La Bohème: Selección 1961 (?)

45 HMV NEW ZEALAND 7ERM 5186 Excerpts from La Bohème 1962 (?)

d3,d4:

LP Selezione dal Reader’s Digest 3C 147-52050/55 Puccini: Melodie eterne 1975-05

e:

CD Lebendige Vergangenheit 89711 Robert Merrill IV 2008-05

e2:

CD EMI 5 67830 2 (2) The Opera Album 2002 2002-03

CD EMI KOREA EKC2D-0552 (2) The Opera Album 2002 2002-08 (?)

CD BMG Direct D 245382 (2) The Opera Album After 2002

CD Virgin VTDCDX 542 (4) The Opera Box 2003-10

CD Musical Heritage 5277561 (2) The Opera Album 2002 2003 (?)

CD MET MET 254 (3) An Old Met Treasury 2004

CD EMI KOREA EKC2D-0725 (2) Best Beloved Puccini (1858-1924) 2005-05

f:


1956, June 16, 18, 20-22, 25, 26, 28. Rome, Opera House.


212

Rigoletto [I] (Verdi)

Cast: Roberta Peters (Gilda); Silvana Celli (Giovanna), Lidia Grandi (Countess Ceprano), Santa Chissari

(Page); Anna Maria Rota (Maddalena); JB (Duke), Tommaso Frascati (Borsa); Robert Merrill (Rigoletto),

Vittorio Tatozzi (Monterone), Arturo La Porta (Marullo); Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile), Leonardo Monreale

(Count Ceprano), Andrea Mineo (Usher).

[RCA serial Nos.: G2-RB-4228/29,-31/44; orig. LP matrix (LM 6051): G2-RP-7017/20]

Complete:

LP RCA USA; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CHILE; GERMANY LM 6051 (2) Rigoletto 1957-09

LP RCA GERMANY LM 6051/1-2 Rigoletto 1957-09

LP RCA UK RB 16031/32 Rigoletto 1957-11

LP RCA SPAIN 3LB 16273 (2) Rigoletto 1959

216

LP RCA AUSTRALIA LB 16239 (2) Rigoletto 1959

LP RCA GERMANY VIC 6005/1-2 Rigoletto 1965-08

LP RCA ITALY KV 6005 (2) Rigoletto 1966-01

LP RCA USA, AUSTRALIA; UK VIC 6041 (2) Rigoletto 1970-09

LP RCA ITALY MCV 540 (2) Rigoletto 1972

LP RCA GERMANY 26.48001 DM, DP (2) Rigoletto 1976 (?)

LP RCA ITALY VL 43540 (2) Rigoletto 1977

LP RCA ITALY VLS 43540 (2) Rigoletto 1982-09

MC RCA ITALY VKS 43540 (2) Rigoletto 1982-09

CD RCA GERMANY GD60172 (2) Rigoletto 1990-01

MC RCA GERMANY GK60172 (2) Rigoletto 1990-01

CD RCA USA 60172-2-RG (2) Rigoletto 1990-03

MC RCA USA 60172-4-RG (2) Rigoletto 1990-03

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-8879/80 Rigoletto 1995

CD Great Opera Performances GOP 66.348 (2) Rigoletto 2005-11

CD Cantus CACD 5.00942 (2) Rigoletto 2007-02

CD Naxos 8.111276-77 Rigoletto 2008-01

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Della mia bella... a2. Questa o quella… a3. Partite? Crudele!; b. Gran nuova!...O tu che le feste;

c. Ah! veglia, o donna; d1. È il sol dell'anima... d2. Che m’ami, deh, ripetimi;

(Act 2) e1. Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime... e2. Duca, Duca?;

(Act 3) f1. E l’ami?... f2. La donna è mobile.. f3. È là il vostr’uomo… f4. Un dì, se ben rammentomi...

f5. Bella figlia dell'amore... f6. M’odi!...Venti scudi... La donna è mobile; g. Della vendetta…La

donna è mobile [to end of opera].

a,d,e1,f1,f2,f3,f4,f5:


a,d2,f2,f5:

LP RCA GERMANY LM 9847-E Rigoletto: Highlights = Arien und Szenen 1959-09

a2,a3,c,d1,d2,e,f2,f3,f4,f5,g:


a2,d1,f5:




a2,e,f2,f4,f5:


04

a2,e1,f2,f4,f5:





04

a2,f2,f5:


sånger 2005-10

a2,f4,f5:


217




LP RCA UK RB 6585 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill, Operatic Scenes with...

1964-10


Scenes 1980-08


Scenes 1980-08

LP RCA UK RCALP 3043 Jussi Bjoerling & Robert Merrill: The Pearl Fishers Duet and Other

Famous Operatic Duets and Scenes 1983 (?)



LP RCA USA; CANADA AGM1-4889 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Duets with Robert Merrill, Operatic

Scenes with... 1984-02


with... 1984-02





a2,f5:


b,c,f,g:

CD Documents GERMANY 600002 (10) Robert Merrill: His Opera, Cinema and Musical Highlights

2012-09

d:

CD MET MET 518CD (2) Rigoletto 1993

MC MET MET-518C (2) Rigoletto 1993

e1,f2:



















218







e1,f5:


e1:






1971-09

LP RCA GERMANY 26.48016 DP (2) Jussi Björling: Die grossen Opernerfolge = Jussi Björling in

Opera 1976 (?)







f2:






LP RCA ITALY TRL4-1173 (4) Giuseppe Verdi: Una vita per la musica 1976






CD CD Review (No number) Great Opera from RCA 1991-07












CD Crimson CRIMCLASS006 (4) The Composers: Verdi 2011-05

219

CD Crimson CRIMCLBOX001 (40) The Composers 2011-05

f5:


g:

CD MET MET 226 Robert Merrill 1997

1957, January 22. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Large Auditorium.


213

Ach, so fromm [I: M'apparì tutt'amor] (Flotow: Martha)

6H2-RH-0005

LP RCA GERMANY LM 9800-D,-E Jussi Björling 1957-05

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9509 Jussi Björling 1957-08 (?)






































220




CD RCA GERMANY 74321-88068-2 Tenöre! 2001-11




2005-10




214

Kung Heimer och Aslög [S] (Söderman)

6H2-RH-0006


45 RCA (Victor) SWEDEN ERAS 102 Jussi Björling 1958

LP RCA SWEDEN; USA LM 9884 Jussi Björling 1961-11

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16370 Jussi Bjoerling 1962

LP RCA SWEDEN; AUSTRALIA LSC 9884 Jussi Björling / Jussi Björling sings Swedish Songs 1969-09

LP RCA UK SER 5719 Jussi Björling Sings Swedish Songs 1975-03

MC RCA SWEDEN RK 9884 Jussi Björling 1975


CD Swedish Society SCD 1010 Jussi Björling: Songs in Swedish 1987-05

MC Swedish Society SSC 1010 Jussi Björling: De vackraste sångerna 1991-12


CD Swedish Society SCD 1100 Jussi Björling: Till havs / Jussi Björling: Romantic Songs 1999-06





215

Lensky's Aria: Kuda, kuda [S: Förbi, förbi] (Tchaikovsky: Evgeny Onegin)

6H2-RH-0007


45 RCA (Victor) SWEDEN ERAS 102 Jussi Björling 1958















221

















CD Swedish Society PCDS 10 Jussi Björling: Till havs, Förbi förbi 1999-06








216 Una furtiva lagrima [I] (Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore)

6H2-RH-0008

216A (Version 1)



LP RCA GERMANY LM 9823-E Acht Tenöre, acht Arien = Eight Tenors, Eight Arias 1959-07 (?)


45 Jugoton SRC 8089 Slavni Tenori Pjevaju Poznate Arije 1961

LP Jugoton LP-RC-185 Slavni tenori pjevaju za vas operne arije 1961



216B (Version 2)











222














LP Eva SWEDEN 304 391 (2) Absolute Opera 1991

MC Eva SWEDEN 504 391 (2) Absolute Opera 1991






CD Eva SWEDEN EVACD 4001 (2) Absolute Opera 1995









2005-10


CD Sony 88697623242 (2) Passione: Classic interpretations of Opera and Pop by the world’s greatest

voices

2009-10



217

Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

6H2-RH-0009



LP RCA GERMANY LM 1841-B,-C, version 2 Bjoerling, Merrill: Great Operatic Arias = Berühmte

Opernarien gesungen von Jussi Björling und Robert Merrill 1958-03 (?)










223






















CD Broad Music BRCD 086 The World’s Greatest Voices, Volume IV 1997



CD RCA GERMANY 74321-62885-2 (2) Die grossen Tenöre des 20. Jahrhunderts 1999-10





2005-10




218

Vladimir's Cavatina: Medlenno den' ugasal [S: Dagen gick långsamt till ro] (Borodin: Knyaz [Prince] Igor)

6H2-RH-0010

















224


























1957, July 2, 4, 6, 8, 14, 16, 18. Rome, Opera House.

With Rome Opera House Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Erich Leinsdorf. Producer: Richard Mohr.

219

Tosca [I] (Puccini)

Cast: Zinka Milanov (Tosca); Giovanni Bianchini (Shepherd); JB (Cavaradossi), Mario Carlin (Spoletta);

Leonard Warren (Scarpia), Nestore Catalani (Sciarrone), Vincenzo Preziosa (Jailer); Fernando Corena

(Sacristan), Leonardo Monreale (Angelotti).

[RCA serial Nos.: 2-H2-RB-2539,-41/52; orig. LP matrix: H2-RP-5372/75 (LM 6052, mono), K2-RY-

6777/81 (LSC 6052, stereo)]

Complete:

LP RCA USA LM 6052 (2) Tosca 1957-11

LP RCA JAPAN LS-2172/73 La Tosca After 1957

LP RCA JAPAN RGC 1036/37 Tosca After 1957

LP RCA CANADA VCCS 6000* (2) Tosca After 1957

LP RCA UK RB 16051/52 Tosca 1958-02

LP RCA GERMANY LM 6052/1-2 Tosca 1958-03

LP RCA FRANCE 630.456/57 La Tosca 1958

LP RCA AUSTRALIA LB 16110 (2) Tosca 1958

LP RCA NEW ZEALAND RSL 3551/52 Tosca After 1958

LP RCA USA; BRAZIL LSC 6052* (3) Tosca 1960-06

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 6052/1-2* Tosca 1960

LP RCA JAPAN SHP 2017/19* Tosca 1962 (?)

LP RCA USA; CANADA VIC 6000 (2) Tosca 1964-03

LP RCA USA; UK; SPAIN VICS 6000* (2) Tosca 1964-03

LP RCA GERMANY VIC 6000/1-2 Tosca 1964-08

225

LP RCA GERMANY VICS 6000/1-2* Tosca 1964-08

LP Selezione dal Reader’s Digest RDP/T 1-2* (7) Tre capolavori di Puccini 1964

LP RCA GERMANY SMR 8009/1-2* (2) Tosca 1967

LP RCA ITALY KVS 6000* (2) Tosca 1967 (?)

LP RCA ITALY MCV 535* (2) Tosca 1972-02

MC RCA GERMANY PVK2-9005* (2) Tosca 1975-05

LP RCA GERMANY 26.48009 DM, DP* (2) Tosca 1975-09 (?)

LP RCA ITALY VL 43535* (2) Tosca 1977

MC RCA ITALY VK 43535* (2) Tosca 1977

LP Westminster 630501001/02* Tosca 1978

MC Westminster 630701016/17* Tosca 1978

LP RCA ITALY VLS 43535* (2) Tosca 1982-09

MC RCA ITALY VKS 43535* (2) Tosca 1982-09

LP RCA USA AGL2-4514* (2) Tosca 1982-10

MC RCA USA AGK2-4514* (2) Tosca 1982-10

CD RCA USA 4514-2-RG (2) Tosca 1987-09

MC RCA USA 4514-4-RG* (2) Tosca 1987-09

CD RCA GERMANY GD84514 (2) Tosca 1987-10

LP Jugoton LSRCA 70975/76* Tosca 1987

CD CML CML 062/63 Tosca, vol. 1/2 1990 (?)

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-8873/74 Tosca 1995-12

CD RCA 09026-63305-2 (2) Tosca 1999-08

CD Great Opera Performances GOP 66.371 (2) Tosca, Bonus tracks: Aida excerpts 2007-01

CD Cantus CACD 5.01204 (2) Tosca: 4 Gesamtaufnahmen: Aufführungsmitschnitte 2009-06

CD Urania WS 121.170 (2) Tosca 2012-06

CD RCA 88843003502 (60) Living Stereo: 60 CD Collection, Vol. 2 2014-03

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Che fai?... a2. Dammi i colori!... a3. Recondita armonia… a4. Eccelenza, vado?... a5.

Gente la dentro!... a6. Angelotti!... a7. Mario! Mario! Mario!... a8. Tanto! - Tornalo a dir!... a9. Dai

boschi...Ah! M'avvinci…a10. Or lasciami... a11. Come mi guarda fiso!... a12. Qual'occhio al

mondo...a13. Mia gelosa! - Sì, lo sento... a14. Dio! Quante peccata!... a15. È buona la mia Tosca;

(Act 2) b1. Dov'è Angelotti?... b2. Ed or fra noi parliam… b3. Floria! - Amore... b4.Vittoria!;

(Act 3) c1. Mario Cavaradossi?… c2. E lucevan le stelle... c3. Ah! Franchigia...Scarpia che cede?... c4.

Il tuo sangue... c5. O dolci mani... c6. Senti, l'ora è vicina... c7. Amaro sol per te... c8. E non

giungono... c9. Parlami ancora… c10. L’ora! – Son pronto [to end of opera].

a1,a2,a3,a5,a6,a7,a12,a13,a14,c2,c3,c5,c7,c9:

LP RCA GERMANY LM 9811-C Tosca: Arien und Szenen 1958-11

LP Jugoton LP-RC-V 228 Tosca: Arije i scene 1965

a1,a2,a3,a7,a8,a9,a13,a14,c2,c5,c6,c7,c8,c9:

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 9811-B* Tosca: Arien und Szenen 1958-11

LP RCA JAPAN SRA-2701* Tosca: Highlights 1970 (?)

a1,a2,a3,a7,a8,a9,b1,b3,b4,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6,c7,c8,c9,c10:

CD RCA USA 60192-2-RG Tosca: Highlights = Querschnitt = Extraits = Brani scelti 1990-06

CD RCA GERMANY GD60192 Tosca: Highlights = Querschnitt = Extraits = Brani scelti 1990-06

MC RCA USA 60192-4-RG* Tosca: Highlights 1990-06

MC RCA GERMANY GK 60192* Tosca: Highlights = Querschnitt = Extraits = Brani scelti 1990-06

CD Famous Classics FCCD 9015 Tosca 1992

CD Symphony SYCD 6159 Tosca: Highlights 1992

CD Symphony SYCD 6309 (10) The Grand Opera Collection: Highlights from 10 great operas 1992

CD Antrop (Number unknown) Toska 1998

a1,a2,a3:

CD MET MET 516CD (2) Tosca 1992-08

MC MET MET-516C* (2) Tosca 1992-08

226

a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,b,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6,c7,c8,c9,c10:

CD esprit 88697377422 Tosca (Highlights) 2008-10

a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,b4,c:


a2,a3,a6,a7,a8,a9,a12,a13,a14,c2,c5,c6,c7:

8T RCA USA V8S-1022* Tosca: Highlights 1970-03

a2,a3,a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,a14,c2,c5:







a2,a3,c2,c5:













a2,a3,c2:

8T RCA USA R8S-1195* Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1971-06

MC RCA USA RK 1195* Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1972-04

LP RCA JAPAN RVC 7531/35* The Art of Jussi Bjoerling 1976

MC RCA GERMANY GK 89788* Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1988-11

CD RCA UK GD89788 Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1990


MC RCA USA 09026-68531-4* 3 Tenors of the Golden Age: Peerce, Bjoerling, Lanza 1996-07


CD RCA USA 09026-63755-2 Puccini: Greatest Hits 2001-02

MC RCA 09026-63755-4* Puccini: Greatest Hits 2001-02


a2,a3,c5:

LP RCA USA; SPAIN LM 2570 The Incomparable Bjoerling / El Incomparable Björling 1961-11

LP RCA GERMANY LM 2570-C The Incomparable Bjoerling = Jussi Björling: In Memoriam 1961-11

LP RCA USA LSC 2570* The Incomparable Bjoerling 1961-11

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 2570-B* The Incomparable Bjoerling = Jussi Björling: In Memoriam 1961-11

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16305 The Incomparable Bjoerling 1961

LP Armed Forces, USA C-1375/76 The Incomparable Bjoerling After 1961

LP Jugoton LP-RC-V 204 Jussi Björling in Memoriam After 1961

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30209 The Incomparable Bjoerling 1962

LP RCA JAPAN SHP 2103* The Incomparable Bjoerling After 1965

LP RCA GERMANY KR 11014/1-2* Jussi Björling: Die grossen Opernerfolge = Jussi Björling in Opera

1971-09

LP RCA UK VICS 1740* The Incomparable Bjoerling 1973-07

LP RCA GERMANY 26.48016 DP* (2) Jussi Björling: Die grossen Opernerfolge = Jussi Björling in Opera

1976 (?)

a2,a3:

45 RCA (Victor) UK RCX 206 The Incomparable Bjoerling 1962-04

227

45 RCA (Victor) UK SRC-7042* The Incomparable Bjoerling 1962-04

CD K-West KNEWCD 602 A Night at the Opera, Volume Two 1988

LP K-West KNEWLP 602* A Night at the Opera, Volume Two 1988

MC K-West KNEWMC 602* A Night at the Opera, Volume Two 1988


CD RCA 74321-17897-2 Italian Opera Arias 1994-04

CD Broad Music BRCD 117 The World’s Greatest Voices, Volume VI 1998

CD AR-Express 74321-67964-2 (3) Klassik Highlights 1999-08

CD RCA FRANCE 74321-65003-2 Les plus beaux airs de l’opéra italien 1999

CD BMG Ariola Express 74321 76884 2 (2) Grosse Tenöre 2000-07

CD RCA FRANCE 74321-74023-2 Les plus beaux airs de l’opéra italien 2000

CD RCA FRANCE 74321-93073-2 les plus beaux airs de l’opéra italien 2002

CD RCA 09026-63978-2 italian opera arias 2003-02

CD Sony GERMANY 88697411462 (2) Romantic Dinner: Die Klassik Edition für einen perfekten Abend

2009-05

CD Sony FRANCE 88697549922 (3) l’opéra italien dans tous ses états 2009-07

CD Sony GERMANY 88697574062 (3) the glory of italian opera: italian opera in all its guises 2009-08

CD Sony GERMANY 88697795912 (2) La dolce vita: Italian Arias & Arte Culinaria 2010-11

CD Sony GERMANY 88697796042 (40) Geniesser Lounge: Eine musikalische & kulinarische Reise um

die Welt 2010-11

CD Sony GERMANY 88697951292 (16) Die besten guten Klassik-CDs, Vol. 1 2011-09

a3,c2:

45 RCA (Victor) JAPAN ES-8092 Tosca After 1958

45 RCA (Victor) JAPAN SX 8536* Tosca After 1958

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9791 Belcanto in Opera: Jussi Björling 1961-01 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ESC 9791* Belcanto in Opera: Jussi Björling 1961-01 (?)


LP RCA USA; AUSTRALIA LSC 5003* Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1971-08

8T RCA USA V8S-1048* Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1972-07

LP RCA USA; UK VICS 1672(e)* Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1972-07

LP RCA GERMANY VIP 2* Puccini’s Greatest 1972-07

LP RCA BRAZIL 108.5008* Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1972

LP RCA AUSTRALIA VICS 1672* Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1973-01

MC RCA UK MCK 570* Puccini’s Biggest Hits 1973 (?)

LP RCA GERMANY 26.41213 AF* Puccini’s Greatest 1975-09 (?)


a3:

LP RCA ITALY LRC 51-007 Jussi Björling: ... 1963 (?)

8T RCA USA R8S-5044* (2) Great Moments from Grand Opera 1966-12

OR RCA USA TR3-5005* Great Moments from Grand Opera 1967-03

a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12,a13,a14:



MC RCA USA 7799-4-RG* Jussi Bjoerling: ‘The Pearl Fishers’ Duet: ‘Les Pêcheurs de perles’ Duo Plus












228



a7,a8,a10,a11,a12,a13,a14:




a11,a12,a13,a14,c2:

LP Reader’s Digest CANADA 2-715-0 (7) Command Performance: A Night at the Opera 1978

LP Reader’s Digest CANADA GCPO-7A* (8) Command Performance: A Night at the Opera 1978

LP Reader’s Digest UK?) RDA-125/A* (7) Command Performance 1978

LP Reader’s Digest NETHERLANDS DRDS 9041/47* Klankjuwelen uit de Opera: ‘s werelds meest

geliefde opera melodieën 1978 (?)

LP Reader’s Digest AUSTRALIA RD4-67-1/6* Command Performance: A Night at the Opera 1978 (?)

LP Reader’s Digest UK RD4-67-1/7* Command Performance: A Night at the Opera 1978 (?)

a12,a13,c5:


c2,c5:


sånger 2005-10


c2:


45 RCA (Victor) JAPAN ES-8510 After 1958







LP RCA GERMANY RD 6021 Galakonzert mit berümten Opernstars 1959 (?)




LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30126 Opera for People Who Hate Opera 1960-01

LP RCA USA LM 2391 Opera for People Who Hate Opera 1960-01

LP RCA USA LSC 2391* Opera for People Who Hate Opera 1960-01

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 2391-B* Festliches Opernkonzert 1960-08

LP RCA GERMANY LM 2391-C Festliches Opernkonzert 1960-08 (?)

OR RCA USA FTC 2039* Opera for People Who Hate Opera 1960-12


LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16237 Artists and Arias 1960

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 6052 1960 (?)


45 RCA (Victor) JAPAN) EH-30 1965 (?)





04


04



LP Valitut Palat VPS 1041/48* Lauantain toivotut klassikot 1983

CD K-West KNEWCD 601 A Night at the Opera, Volume One 1988

229

LP K-West KNEWLP 601* A Night at the Opera, Volume One 1988

MC K-West KNEWMC 601* A Night at the Opera, Volume One 1988


CD RCA USA 09026-68927-2 Classical Mob Hits 1997-11

MC RCA USA 09026-68927-4* Classical Mob Hits 1997-11

CD RCA 09026-63299-2 Amore: Opera’s Greatest Romances 1998-09

MC RCA 09026-63299-4* Amore: Opera’s Greatest Romances 1998-09

CD RCA 09026-63473-2 Romantic Nights 1999-04

CD RCA KOREA BMGCD 9G53 Romantic Nights 1999-05

CD RCA 09026-63499-2 Addio: Opera’s Greatest Farewells 1999-08

CD BMG Special Products 75517456612 Romantic Nights 2000-03

CD RCA KOREA BMGCD 9G97 Addio: Opera’s Greatest Farewells 2000-06


CD RCA USA 82876-50752-2 Andrea Immer Presents: Pinot, Pasta & Puccini 2003



c5:




c7,c8,c9:




1957, September 1-7. Florence, Teatro Comunale.

With orchestra & (in 220 only) chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, cond. Alberto Erede. Producer:

James Walker.

220


Cast: Renata Tebaldi (Santuzza); Lucia Dani (Lola); Rina Corsi (Lucia); JB (Turiddu); Ettore Bastianini

(Alfio).

[Original LP matrix: J2-RP-3022/24 (LM 6059, mono), J2-RY 3026/28 (LSC 6059, stereo)]

Complete:

LP RCA USA; URUGUAY LM 6059 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana 1958-09

LP RCA USA LSC 6059* (2) Cavalleria Rusticana 1958-09

LP Jugoton LP-RC-V 243/44 Cavalleria Rusticana After 1958

LP RCA UK SB 2021/22* Cavalleria Rusticana. Jussi Bjoerling Operatic Recital 1959-02

LP RCA UK RB 16081/82 Cavalleria Rusticana. Jussi Bjoerling Operatic Recital 1959-03

LP RCA AUSTRALIA LB 16157 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana. Arias by Jussi Bjoerling 1959

LP RCA FRANCE 640.521/22* Cavalleria Rusticana 1960-04 (?)

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 6059/1-2-B* Cavalleria Rusticana 1960

LP RCA GERMANY LM 6059/1-2 Cavalleria Rusticana 1960 (?)

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA B 30194 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana. Arias by Jussi Bjoerling 1961

LP RCA JAPAN SHP 2010/11* Cavalleria Rusticana. Jussi Bjoerling Operatic Recital 1962 (?)

LP RCA FRANCE 630.559/60 Cavalleria Rusticana 1963 (?)

LP London USA OSA 12101* Cavalleria Rusticana Plus a Jussi Bjoerling Operatic Recital 1973-12

LP Ace of Diamonds UK; SPAIN GOS 634/35* Cavalleria Rusticana. Jussi Bjoerling Operatic Recital 1974-

04

OR London USA K 490250* Cavalleria Rusticana Plus a Jussi Bjoerling Operatic Recital 1974-07

MC London USA D 31250* (2) Cavalleria Rusticana. A Jussi Bjoerling Operatic Recital 1974-08

230

LP Decca GERMANY 6.35317 DX* (2) Cavalleria Rusticana 1976-09

LP London JAPAN SLA-7004/05* Cavalleria Rusticana. Jussi Bjoerling Operatic Recital 1976

CD Decca UK 425 985-2 Cavalleria Rusticana 1991-05

CD London JAPAN POCL-2557 Cavalleria Rusticana 1991-05

CD London USA 425 985-2 Cavalleria Rusticana 1991-06

CD Decca UK 458 224-2 Cavalleria rusticana 1998-10

CD Urania WS 121.200 (2) Suor Angelica, Cavalleria Rusticana 2013-05

CD Decca 478 1535 (66) Renata Tebaldi: Voce d’Angelo: Complete Decca Recordings 2014-11

CD Cantus CACD 5.01903 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana: 2 Gesamtaufnahmen: Aufführungsmitschnitte 2015-

04

Excerpts:

a. O Lola; b1. Tu qui, Santuzza?... b2. Ah! lo vedi; c. Intanto, amici, qua...Viva il vino spumeggiante; d1.

Compar Alfio... d2. Mamma!...Quel vino.

a,b,c,d:

MC Decca ITALY 424 040-4* Jussi Björling in ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ 1989-02

a,b1,c,d:

LP RCA USA LM 2243 Cavalleria Rusticana: Abridged 1958-12

LP RCA USA LSC 2243* Cavalleria Rusticana: Highlights 1958-12

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30086 Cavalleria Rusticana: Highlights 1959

LP RCA FRANCE 630.503 Cavalleria Rusticana: Sélections 1959

LP RCA GERMANY LM 2243-C Cavalleria Rusticana: Abridged = Arien und Szenen 1959

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 2243-B* Cavalleria Rusticana: Highlights = Arien und Szenen 1960

a:

CD Helicon 476038-2 (4) Opera’s Golden Voices 2003

b,c,d2:

LP London USA 414 085-1* The Great Voice of Jussi Björling 1973

LP Richmond USA; CANADA SR 33254* The Voice of Jussi Bjoerling 1977-10

MC London USA 414 085-4* The Great Voice of Jussi Björling 1977

OR London USA SRO 33254-A* The Voice of Jussi Bjoerling 1978-09

LP Decca UK GRV 4* Jussi Björling 1981-12

MC Decca UK KGRC 4* Jussi Björling 1982-10

LP Decca SPAIN 9-42 016* Jussi Björling 1984

LP London BRAZIL 417 823-1* Jussi Björling 1987

CD Decca UK; GERMANY 421 316-2 Jussi Björling 1989-03

MC Decca UK 421 316-4* Jussi Björling 1989-03

CD London USA 421 316-2 Jussi Björling 1989

MC London USA 421 316-4* Jussi Björling 1989

CD London JAPAN POCL-2449 Jussi Björling 1991-06

CD Decca UK 443 930-2 Jussi Björling 1995-06


2005

b:

LP London SPAIN 685 1244* El Bel canto y el Verismo 1983

CD Documents GERMANY 232783 (10) Renata Tebaldi: La Voce D’Un Angelo 2009-10

b1:

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 6059-1 1960 (?)

b2:

LP RCA USA LM 6138 (3) Vanessa 1958-08

LP RCA USA LSC 6138* (3) Vanessa 1958-08

LP RCA FRANCE 430.637 Duos d’amour à l’opéra: Les plus grands artistes lyriques internationaux dans

les plus célèbres duos d’amour 1962-02

LP RCA ITALY LM 20039 Pagine scelte dalla ’Cavalleria Rusticana’ e dai ’Pagliacci’ 1962-03

LP RCA USA LM 6097 (2) Summer Festival: 20 of the World’s Greatest Artists 1962-05

231

LP RCA USA LSC 6097* (2) Summer Festival: 20 of the World’s Greatest Artists 1962-05

LP RCA AUSTRALIA LB 16348 (2) Summer Festival: 20 of the World’s Greatest Artists 1962



LP RCA AUSTRALIA SLB 16348* (2) Summer Festival: 20 of the World’s Greatest Artists 1962

LP RCA UK RB 6543 Summer Festival, Vol. 2 1963-07

LP RCA UK SB 6543* Summer Festival, Vol. 2 1963-07


c:

45 RCA (Victor) UK RCX 150 Highlights from Cavalleria Rusticana 1959-09

45 RCA (Victor) UK SRC-7027* Cavalleria Rusticana: excerpts 1959-09

LP RCA USA; SPAIN LM 2570 The Incomparable Bjoerling; El Incomparable Björling 1961-11










1971-09



1976 (?)

CD Decca UK 222460 849-2 Opera Gala: The Greatest Moments from Opera Sung by the World’s Finest

Singers 1998

d:

LP London USA OS 26207* Ten Famous Tenors, Ten Famous Arias 1971-07

8T London USA M 69184* Ten Famous Tenors, Ten Famous Arias 1971-07 (?)

LP London JAPAN SLA-6087* Ten Great Tenors, Ten Famous Arias After 1971 (?)

MC London USA M 31184* Ten Famous Tenors, Ten Famous Arias 1972-02

OR London USA L 90184* Ten Famous Tenors, Ten Famous Arias 1973-09

LP London USA 414 356-1* Ten Famous Tenors, Ten Famous Arias 1975 (?)

MC London USA 414 356-4* Ten Famous Tenors, Ten Famous Arias 1975 (?)

LP Decca AUSTRALIA SXLA 7515* Ten Famous Tenors, Ten Famous Arias 1976

d2:


LP Classics Record Library 50-5552* (3) A Grand Opera Gala 1979-05

CD PolyGram SOUTH AFRICA MMTCD 1915 The Greatest Tenors of Our Times 1995 (?)

MC PolyGram SOUTH AFRICA MMTC 1915 The Greatest Tenors of Our Times 1995 (?)

CD Classic CD 101 Pavane: French Classics… plus… Jussi Björling and Maria Callas – the best Cav

and Pag 1998-07

CD Deutsche Grammophon GERMANY 465 906-2 (12) Harenberg Opernführer 2000-10

CD Deutsche Grammophon GERMANY 469 325-2 greatest tenors = die grössten tenöre = les plus grands

ténors 2001

CD Deutsche Grammophon JAPAN UCCG-3391/92 greatest tenors 2002-01

CD Deutsche Grammophon JAPAN UCCG-3889/90 greatest tenors 2005-03


221 Cielo e mar! [I] (Ponchielli: La Gioconda)

[Original LP matrix: part 1 of J2-RP-3025 (LM 6059, mono); of J2-RY-3029 (LSC 6059, stereo)]

232



















LP RCA ITALY LMD 67002 (5) Belcanto 1962-11




8T RCA USA R8S-5044* (2) Great Moments from Grand Opera 1966-12

OR RCA USA TR3-5005* Great Moments from Grand Opera 1967-03


LP Ace of Diamonds UK GOSB 636/38* Grand Opera Festival 1973-10




04



MC Ace of Diamonds UK K2C 7* (2) Grand Opera Festival 1975-09






LP Decca GERMANY 6.48138 DX* (2) Die grossen Tenöre unserer Zeit, Vol. 1 1980-10 (?)





LP London SPAIN 424 337-1* El Verismo 1988

MC London SPAIN 424 337-4* El Verismo 1988





CD Telstar TCD 2436 (2) Welcome to A Night at the Opera II 1990

LP Telstar STAR 2436* (2) Welcome to A Night at the Opera II 1990

MC Telstar STAC 2436* (2) Welcome to A Night at the Opera II 1990


CD Decca UK 433 066-2 your hundred best Opera Tunes III 1991-10

MC Decca UK 433 066-4* your hundred best Opera Tunes III 1991-10

233

CD Decca GERMANY 436 822-2 (5) Welt der Oper 1992-09

CD Decca UK 436 463-2 Ten top Tenors 1993-01

MC Decca UK 436 463-4* Ten top Tenors 1993-01

CD Decca FRANCE 440 328-2 (4) Les 40 plus belles voix du monde 1993-02

CD London USA 436 463-2 Ten top Tenors 1993-03 (?)

CD Decca KOREA DD 1136 Ten top Tenors 1993 (?)

CD Decca FRANCE 443 589-2 (2) Découvrez l’opéra: les plus belles pages de l’opéra. 2 1994-05


CD Decca GERMANY 436 908-2 (3) Die 100 schönsten Opernszenen, Vol. I 1995

CD PolyGram SOUTH AFRICA MMTCD 1915 The Greatest Tenors of Our Times 1995 (?)

MC PolyGram SOUTH AFRICA MMTC 1915 The Greatest Tenors of Our Times 1995 (?)

CD Decca HONG KONG 452 413-2 (2) Opera Hits with the Greatest Voices of the Century 1996-02

CD Decca UK 443 595-2 (6) Your Hundred Best Opera Tunes 1996

CD Philips 456 215-2 (2) I Cestelli: Collezione dell’Opera, Edizione 3 1996

CD Decca UK 458 215-2 Nessun dorma: 20 Great Tenor Arias 1998-04

CD London USA 289 458 215-2 Nessun dorma: 20 Great Tenor Arias 1998

CD PolyGram 441 998-2 Fortuna Ouvertyr 1998

CD Decca UK; GERMANY 466 480-2 (2) The Greatest Tenor Show on Earth / Die Nacht der Tenöre 1999-07

CD Decca KOREA DD 5908 (2) The Greatest Tenor Show on Earth 1999-07

MC Decca UK 466 480-4* (2) The Greatest Tenor Show on Earth 1999-07

CD Decca UK; USA 289 466 480-2 (2) The Greatest Tenor Show on Earth: 50 incredible tenor tracks! 1999-

10

CD London JAPAN POCL-4748/9 The Greatest Tenor Show in History 1999-11

CD Decca USA 289 470 021-2 (2) The #1 Tenor Album 2001-07


CD Decca UK 475 8365 (5) Ultimate Opera: the essential masterpieces 2007-03

CD Decca USA B0009506-02 (2) The #1 Opera Album II 2007-10


CD ucj 476 3781 (6) 101 Essential Opera Favourites 2010-02

CD ABC 480 5512 Terrific Tenors: The Most Thrilling, Handsomely Heroic, Devastatingly Tragic Arias

Ever Written! 2011-07

CD Decca USA; HONG KONG 478 2998 (6) Opera 101 / Opera 101: Your Favourite 2011-10


222 Ch'ella mi creda [I] (Puccini: La fanciulla del West)







45 RCA (Victor) UK RCX 155 Jussi Bjoerling: Recital 1959-10

45 RCA (Victor) UK SRC-7031* Jussi Bjoerling: Recital 1959-10





45 RCA (Victor) ITALY 45N-C 0060 1960 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) ITALY 45N-SC 0060* 1960 (?)




234














LP Selezione dal Reader’s Digest RDIS 212-1/8* I grandi tenori After 1970 (?)





04



LP Ace of Diamonds UK GOSC 666/68* Grand Opera Gala 1975-09

LP Decca GERMANY 6.35311 DX* (3) 25 Opernhits mit 25 Weltstars 1976-05

LP Decca UK DPA 533/34* Favourite Composers: Puccini 1976-05

MC Decca UK KDPC 533/34* Favourite Composers: Puccini 1976-06




LP Decca AUSTRALIA DTS 533/34* Private Collection: Puccini 1977

MC Decca AUSTRALIA TC-DTS 533/34* Private Collection: Puccini 1977


LP Decca ITALY OCSI 14/15* Favourite Composers: Puccini 1977 (?)


LP Decca UK SPA 574* One Fine Day 1980-09

MC Decca UK KCSP 574* One Fine Day 1980-09



MC Decca UK 410 217-4* Puccini: Arias & Duets 1983-12


MC Decca UK 417 173-4* Puccini: Great Arias = Airs célèbres = Grosse Arien 1986-04

LP Decca UK 417 686-1* Puccini Weekend: Famous Arias from La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly

1987-05

MC Decca UK 417 686-4* Puccini Weekend: Famous Arias from La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly

1987-05


CD Decca UK; GERMANY 417 686-2 Puccini Weekend: Famous Arias / Puccini Weekend: Berühmte Arien

1988-04

CD London USA 417 686-2 Puccini Weekend: Famous Arias from La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly

1988-04




CD Star 84046-2 The World’s Greatest Tenors 1989


CD Telstar TCD 2436 (2) Welcome to A Night at the Opera II 1990

235

LP Telstar STAR 2436 (2) Welcome to A Night at the Opera II 1990

MC Telstar STAC 2436* (2) Welcome to A Night at the Opera II 1990


CD Decca UK 433 069-2 your hundred best Opera Tunes VI 1991-10

MC Decca UK 433 069-4* your hundred best Opera Tunes VI 1991-10

CD Award AWCD 28600 Puccini: Famous Arias 1991

CD Decca UK 433 636-2 Puccini: Famous Arias 1992-03

MC Decca UK 433 636-4* Puccini: Famous Arias 1992-03


CD Decca GERMANY 436 504-2 Puccini-Gala: Berühmte Arien aus Tosca, Turandot, La Bohème, Madama

Butterfly 1992

MC Decca GERMANY 436 504-4* Puccini-Gala: Berühmte Arien… 1992

CD Philips 518 244-2 The Man without a Face 1993-09

CD Philips FRANCE 518 923-2 L’homme sans visage 1993

CD Philips SPAIN 314518242-2 The Man without a Face 1993


CD London USA 443 822-2 Pavarotti’s Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Heroes 1994-08

MC London USA 443 822-4* Pavarotti’s Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Heroes 1994-08 (?)


CD Decca UK 444 555-2 (2) The Essential Puccini 1995-10

CD Decca GERMANY 436 912-2 (3) Die 100 schönsten Opernszenen, Vol. II 1995


CD Decca GERMANY 443 822-2 I Love Opera: Luciano Pavarotti präsentiert starke Männer in der Oper 1998-

05

CD Decca UK 289 460 380-2 The Ultimate Puccini Collection 1998-06

CD London USA 289 460 380-2 The Ultimate Puccini Collection 1998-06

CD BMG Direct D 126234 The Ultimate Puccini Collection After 1998-06





10



CD Decca USA 289 460 969-2 (2) Essential Puccini: 36 of His Greatest Masterpieces 2001

CD Decca UK 475 386-2 (2) Essential Puccini: 36 of His Greatest Masterpieces 2004-03

CD Decca USA B0003007-02 (2) The #1 Puccini Album 2004-08

DVD Warner Home Video 33541 The Man without a Face 2004

CD Decca UK 476 7555 (3) the best ever opera experience: 50 of the world’s best loved tunes, performed

by the brightest stars 2005



CD ucj 476 5903 (2) the number one Puccini album 2007

CD Decca AUSTRALIA 476 5903 (2) the number one Puccini album 2009-03



CD ABC 480 6177 (2) The Great Tenor Songbook: The Great Tenors Sing the Great Arias 2012-04


223 Amor ti vieta [I] (Giordano: Fedora)



236








LP RCA USA; SPAIN LM 2372 50 Years of Great Operatic Singing: Tenors / 50 Años de Opera: Tenores

1960-02

LP RCA GERMANY LM 2372-C 50 Years of Great Operatic Singing: Tenors = 50 Jahre Oper: Grosse Tenöre

der ’Met’ 1960-04 (?)

LP RCA FRANCE 630.537 Les Grandes Heures de l’Opéra par Les plus Grands Ténors du Monde 1960-05

LP RCA UK RB 16198 50 Years of Great Operatic Singing: Tenors 1960-05

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16225 50 Years of Great Operatic Singing: Tenors 1960

















LP Selezione dal Reader’s Digest BMI 1/10 La bella musica italiana: 117 melodie che tutti amiamo 1965-

10


LP Selecciones dal Reader’s Digest BMI 1966 (10) La bella musica italiana 1966

LP Selecciones dal Reader’s Digest BMIS 1966* (10) La bella musica italiana 1966

LP RCA FRANCE 830.501 Les grands ténors du siècle 1967 (?)






04











MC Decca UK 417 534-4* Great Tenor Arias = Grands airs de ténor = Grosse Tenorarien 1987-03

MC Decca 421 018-4* Opera Weekend: Famous Arias / Les grands operas: Airs célèbres 1987-10


237

MC Decca GERMANY 10 656 7* Grosse Tenorarien 1987

CD Decca UK; GERMANY; FRANCE 421 018-2 Opera Weekend: Famous Arias / Opernkonzert: Berühmte Arien

/ Les grands opéras: airs célèbres 1988-08


MC London SPAIN 424 337-4* El Verismo 1988

CD London USA 421 018-2 Opera Weekend: Famous Arias 1989-01





CD Decca UK 421 869-2 Great Tenor Arias 1990-06

CD London USA 421 869-2 Great Tenor Arias 1990-08


CD Decca UK 433 064-2 your hundred best Opera Tunes I 1991-10

MC Decca UK 433 064-4* your hundred best Opera Tunes I 1991-10


CD Decca SPAIN; ITALY 433 755-2 (2) Opera Manía: Los éxitos de la historia de la ópera en las mejores voces

de nuestro tiempo / Operamania 1991

LP Decca SPAIN; ITALY 433 755-1* (2) Opera Manía: Los éxitos de la historia de la opera en las mejores

voces de nuestro tiempo / Operamania 1991

MC Decca SPAIN 433 756/57-4* Operamanía: Arias y escenas famosas de ópera 1991

CD Decca UK 436 300-2 Opera Gala!: An Introduction = Eine Einführung = Una Introduzione 1992-09


MC Decca UK 436 300-4* Opera Gala! An Introduction = Eine Einführung = Una Introduzione 1992-09

CD Decca GERMANY 440 819-2 Die schönsten Liebesarien und Duette After 1993 (?)


CD London CANADA 444 120-2 (5) Operamania 1994-08

CD Decca UK 436 314-2 Great Tenor Arias 1994

MC Decca UK 436 314-4* Great Tenor Arias 1994


CD Decca GERMANY 436 908-2 (3) Die 100 schönsten Opernszenen, Vol. I 1995

CD Belart 461 140-2 A Night at the Opera 1996-06


CD Decca UK; FRANCE 458 118-2 (2) The Greatest Opera Show on Earth / The World’s Greatest Opera

Album / Stars: A Night at the Opera / Le plus grand opéra du monde 1997-09

CD London USA 458 118-2 The Greatest Opera Show on Earth 1997-09

MC Decca UK 458 118-4* (2) The Greatest Opera Show on Earth 1997-09

MC London USA 458 118-4* (2) The Greatest Opera Show on Earth 1997-09 (?)

CD BMG Direct D 228446 (2) The Greatest Opera Show on Earth After 1997-09

CD Decca UK 41 333 6 (2) Stars: A Night at the Opera After 1997 (?)

CD Decca UK 458 215-2 Nessun dorma: 20 Great Tenor Arias 1998-04

CD Decca SWEDEN 87545 100% Opera 1998-10 (?)

MC Decca SWEDEN 87645 100% Opera 1998-10 (?)

CD Decca UK 458 876-2 Opera Gala 1998

CD Decca UK 460 319-2 (2) Opera for lovers 1998

CD London USA 289 458 215-2 Nessun dorma: 20 Great Tenor Arias 1998

CD PolyGram 441 998-2 Fortuna Ouvertyr 1998





10


CD Lideres 744 950 011-2 (2) Super Estrellas de la Opera 1999-12

CD Decca USA 289 467 632-2 (2) The #1 Opera Album 2001-02

238


CD Decca USA 289 472 641-2 for Evening Passions 2003-01

CD Decca CHINA 476 022-2 (2) Masters of the Opera: 38 greatest opera arias and songs 2003

CD ucj 476 200-4 (2) the number one Opera album 2004 2004-05




CD ucj 476 983-3 (2) The Opera Album 2006 2006-04

CD Decca USA B0007071-02 (2) everybody’s opera 2006-09

CD ARA AR 102 Le stelle dell’opera: Jussi Björling, Gino Bechi 2006


CD Decca ITALY 480 3924 (3) Tenori 2010



CD Universal AUSTRIA 4806940 (2) Grosse Tenöre 2012-05

CD Decca USA 478 4006 (6) Romantic Classics 101 2012-07

CD Decca SPAIN 0028943375528 (2) Operamanía: Los éxitos de la história de la opera 2014

224 È la solita storia [I] (Cilea: L'Arlesiana)



























LP RCA GERMANY KR 11014/1-2* Jussi Björling: Die grossen Opernerfolge = Jussi Björling in Opera 1971-

09





04

239






1976 (?)






LP London SPAIN 685 1244* El Bel canto y el Verismo 1983


MC Decca UK 417 534-4* Great Tenor Arias = Grands airs de ténor = Grosse Tenorarien 1987-03


MC Decca GERMANY 10 656 7* Grosse Tenorarien 1987

MC London USA 417 534-4* Great Tenor Arias 1987






CD Decca UK 421 869-2 Great Tenor Arias 1990-06

CD London USA 421 869-2 Great Tenor Arias 1990-08


CD Decca UK 433 069-2 your hundred best Opera Tunes VI 1991-10

MC Decca UK 433 069-4* your hundred best Opera Tunes VI 1991-10



CD Decca UK 436 463-2 Ten top Tenors 1993-01

MC Decca UK 436 463-4* Ten top Tenors 1993-01

CD Decca FRANCE 440 328-2 (4) Les 40 plus belles voix du monde 1993-02

CD London USA 436 463-2 Ten top Tenors 1993-03 (?)

CD Decca KOREA DD 1136 Ten top Tenors 1993 (?)


CD Decca UK 436 314-2 Great Tenor Arias 1994

MC Decca UK 436 314-4* Great Tenor Arias 1994


CD Decca GERMANY 436 912-2 (3) Die 100 schönsten Opernszenen, Vol. II 1995













240




















LP RCA FRANCE 530.271 Les Héros de Verdi: Ténors, Barytons et Basses 1963-01


8T RCA USA R8S-053* (2) Great Moments from Grand Opera, Vol. 2 1967-12

OR RCA USA TR3-5042* Great Moments from Grand Opera, Vol. 2 1969-03

LP London USA OSA 1441* (4) San Francisco Opera Gala 1972-12

MC London USA P 31219* (3) San Francisco Opera Gala 1973-04





04


OR London USA R 490219* (2) San Francisco Opera Gala 1974-07
















CD London USA 443 876-2 Pavarotti’s Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Songs 1994-08

MC London USA 443 876-4* Pavarotti’s Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Songs 1994-08 (?)


CD Decca GERMANY; FRANCE 443 876-2 I Love Opera: Luciano Pavarotti präsentiert Opernhits zum

Mitsingen / Pavarotti présent Mes Mélodies Préférées 1995

CD MET MET 525CD (2) Un Ballo in Maschera 1995

CD Decca UK; GERMANY 467 128-2 (2) Essential Verdi: 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces / Bravissimo

Verdi: 40 Welterfolge 2000-12

241


CD ucj 476 5897 (2) the number one Verdi album 2007

CD Decca AUSTRALIA 476 5897 (2) the number one Verdi album 2009-03


CD Decca 478 5053 (6) Verdi 101 / Verdi: 101 chefs-d’œuvre 2013-03

CD Deutsche Grammophon GERMANY 480 7773 (2) Die grossen Verdi-Interpreten = Les grands interprètes

de Verdi 2013-06

226

Tra voi, belle, brune e bionde [I] (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)



























LP RCA GERMANY KR 11014/1-2* Jussi Björling: Die grossen Opernerfolge = Jussi Björling in Opera 1971-

09





04






1976 (?)





242










CD Decca USA 289 460 969-2 (2) Essential Puccini: 36 of His Greatest Masterpieces 2001

CD Decca UK 475 386-2 (2) Essential Puccini: 36 of His Greatest Masterpieces 2004-03

CD Decca USA B0003007-02 (2) The #1 Puccini Album 2004-08


CD ucj 476 5903 (2) the number one Puccini album 2007


CD Decca AUSTRALIA 476 5903 (2) the number one Puccini album 2009-03

CD Deutsche Grammophon FRANCE 480 2585 (5) 100% voix: 100 chefs d’œuvre de l’opéra et de la mélodie

par les 100 plus grands chanteurs 2009-10


1957, September 25. Stockholm, Europafilm Studio.


227

Tonerna [S] (Sjöberg)

6H2-RW-0085











CD Warner NORWAY 4509 97526-2 Ti kniver i hjertet: musikk fra filmen 1994

CD SAS SASCD 001 Scandinavian Highlights: A selection of classical works by Scandinavian composers

1996-03


DVD Pan Vision NORWAY N 252802 Ti kniver i hjertet 2006-09




228

Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

6H2-RW-0086



243








CD tv-records TVRECCD 1015 Ur Svenska Hjärtans Djup: Ett hyllningsalbum tillägnat Sveriges Konung

Carl XVI Gustaf med anledning av 50-årsdagen den 30 april 1996 1996-04 (?)


CD Antenna 22 Stars of the Opera 1998



2005-10

CD CDA CDACD 001 (2) Sweden In Music 2008-05




229

Sverige [S] (Stenhammar: Ett folk)

6H2-RW-0087










CD tv-records TVRECCD 1015 Ur Svenska Hjärtans Djup: Ett hyllningsalbum tillägnat Sveriges Konung

Carl XVI Gustaf med anledning av 50-årsdagen den 30 april 1996 1996-04 (?)





230 När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går [S] (Peterson-Berger)

6H2-RW-0088 (part 1)








MC Swedish Society SSC 1010* Jussi Björling: De vackraste sångerna 1991-12

CD LJ LJCD 5207 P. A. Nilsson: Random Rhapsody 1993

CD Warner NORWAY 4509 97526-2 Ti kniver i hjertet: musikk fra filmen 1994

244


DVD Pan Vision NORWAY N 252802 Ti kniver i hjertet 2006-09



231 Bland skogens höga furustammar [S] (Peterson-Berger)

6H2-RW-0088 (part 2)













1959, February 8. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Large Auditorium.

With Royal Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius. [#235-39 were recorded in stereo.]

232

Trollsjön [S] (Söderman)

KSAW-0120

45 RCA (Victor) SWEDEN ERAS 113 Jussi Björling: Trollsjön 1959-09 (?)













233

Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur [S: Lovsång] (Beethoven)

KSAW-0121

45 RCA (Victor) SWEDEN FRS 576 Jussi Björling: Adams julsång, Beethovens lovsång 1959

LP RCA SWEDEN VICS 1546 Hovsångare på konsertestraden 1970-04



245




CD Swedish Society PCDS 4 Jussi Björling: Adams julsång, Beethovens lovsång 1996-12



2005-10


234

Cantique de Noël [S: Julsång] (Adam)

KSAW-0122

45 RCA (Victor) SWEDEN FRS 576 Jussi Björling: Adams julsång, Beethovens lovsång 1959

LP Vocal Record Collectors Society VRCS 1962 Christmas 1962 1962-12

LP RCA SWEDEN VICS 1546 Hovsångare på konsertestraden 1970-04

LP Legendary LR 136 An Operatic Christmas 1980-11



CD Bluebell ABCD 3001 O Helga Natt 1991-10

MC Bluebell CELL 3001 O Helga Natt 1991-10





CD Swedish Society SCD 1018 En klassisk jul / Christmas Greetings from Sweden 1995-01





CD RCA NORWAY JBPR 0196 O Helga Natt 1996-12

CD Swedish Society PCDS 4 Jussi Björling: Adams julsång, Beethovens lovsång 1996-12

CD Icon 19963 What I have written: Original motion picture soundtrack 1996

CD Golden Stars GSS 5143 Jussi Björling 1997-10 (?)


CD EMI SWEDEN PCD 33 Julpromo 1997 1997-12

CD Most Wanted MWCHCD 1 (2) Most Wanted Christmas 1997-12 (?)

CD BMG NORWAY 74321 52751 2 Extra Christmas, vol. 1 1997

CD Antenna 32 Nu är det jul igen! 1998-11 (?)

CD Se og Hør SHCD 1-98 Julens Topp 20 1998-11 (?)


CD MET MET 232 Metropolitan Opera Christmas Celebration 1999

CD CBC Radio GA 002 Clyde Gilmour: Gilmour’s Albums, Volume II 2000-06





CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.503157 (3) Julstämning: De klassiska melodierna och de älskade sångerna 2004-11

CD Capitol 8 75822 2 (2) The Most Relaxing Christmas Album in the World… ever! 2004


2005-10

CD EMI SWEDEN 3 46223 2 (2) En bukett med julblommor 2005-11


CD Eva NORWAY EVACD 188 Absolute Klassiske Favoritter 2005

246

CD Naxos FINLAND 8.503176FIN (3) Joulutunnelmaa: Kaikki rakastetuimmat laulut ja sävelmät 2005

CD Naxos NORWAY 8.503177 (3) Julestemninger 2005


CD Naxos DENMARK 8.503182DK (3) Julestemning 2006-10

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.503189 (3) God Jul 2007-11


CD Eva NORWAY EVACD 214 Absolute Jul 2008-11 (?)

CD Proprius PRCD 2054 (2) En klassisk julsamling 2009-11

CD Talking Music TALKCD 1090 Våra mest älskade Julpsalmer 2009




CD Adam ADAM 1005 (3) Christmas & the city: The Best Christmas Songs 2010-11

CD VL-Musiikki VLCD-1283D (2) 40 Kaikkien aikojen Joululaulua 2010-11


CD VL-Musiikki VLCDS-731 Hyvää joulua!: suositut tenorit toivottavat 2010


CD VL-Musiikki VLCD-1339D (2) Suomen suosituimmat joululaulut 2011

CD VL-Musiikki VLCDS-763 Tunteikasta Joulua: tenorit tunnelmoivat 2011



CD Atenzia ATZ 1320 Våra mest älskade Julsånger 2013-11 (?)



235

Demanten på marssnön [S] (Sibelius)

KSAW-0123

45 RCA (Victor) SWEDEN FRS 569 Jussi Björling: Två sånger av Sibelius 1959



LP RCA SWEDEN; AUSTRALIA LSC 9884* Jussi Björling / Jussi Björling sings Swedish Songs 1969-09

LP RCA UK SER 5719* Jussi Björling Sings Swedish Songs 1975-03

MC RCA SWEDEN RK 9884* Jussi Björling 1975





MC Gala GL 6315* Jussi Björling: His Last Performances 1959-1960 1992

CD Swedish Society SCD 1078 The Swedish Tenors = De svenska tenorerna 1996-01


CD Digital Concerto CCT 2829 (2) Winter Romance 1997







236

Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

KSAW-0124

247

45 RCA (Victor) SWEDEN FRS 569 Jussi Björling: Två sånger av Sibelius 1959










MC Gala GL 6315* Jussi Björling: His Last Performances 1959-1960 1992





237

Aftonstämning [S] (Körling)

KSAW-0125












CD Swedish Society SCD 1098 Swedish Summer: The Ultimate Orchestral Collection 2005-01 (?)


2005-10



238

Så tag mit hjerte [Dan] (Alfvén)

KSAW-0126












248








239

Jag längtar dig [S] (Alfvén)

KSAW-0127











CD SAS SASCD 001 Scandinavian Highlights: A selection of classical works by Scandinavian composers

1996-03







1959, July 3, 4, 6-11. Rome, Opera House.

With Rome Opera House Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Erich Leinsdorf. Producer: Richard Mohr.

240

Turandot [I] (Puccini)

Cast: Birgit Nilsson (Turandot), Renata Tebaldi (Liù); Myriam Funari, Nelly Pucci, Anna di Stasio

(Maids); JB (Calaf), Alessio de Paolis (Emperor), Piero de Palma (Pang), Tommaso Frascati (Pong),

Adelio Zagonara (Prince of Persia); Mario Sereni (Ping), Leonardo Monreale (Mandarin); Giorgio Tozzi

(Timur).

[RCA serial Nos.: 2-K2-RB-3329/33,-35/37; orig. LP matrix: K2-RP4225/30 (LM 6149, mono), K2-RY-

4231/36 (LSC 6149, stereo)]

Complete:

LP RCA USA; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHILE LM 6149 (3) Turandot 1960-08

LP RCA USA; ARGENTINA; SPAIN LSC 6149* (3) Turandot 1960-08

LP RCA GERMANY LM 6149/1-3 Turandot 1960

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 6149/1-3* Turandot 1960

OR RCA USA FTC 8001* (2) Turandot 1961-01

LP RCA UK RE 25020/22 Turandot 1961-02

LP RCA UK SER 4520/22* Turandot 1961-02

LP RCA FRANCE 630.564/66 Turandot 1961

249

LP RCA FRANCE 640.660/62* Turandot 1961

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA C 30024 (3) Turandot 1961

LP RCA AUSTRALIA LC 16311 (3) Turandot 1961

LP RCA AUSTRALIA SLC 16311* (3) Turandot 1961

LP RCA ITALY KVS 6114* (3) Turandot 1968-03

8 T RCA ITALY R8S 6149/1-2* Turandot 1972-10

LP RCA UK SER 5643/45* Turandot 1972-10

MC RCA ITALY RK 6149/1-2* Turandot 1972-10

LP Melodiya D 030913/18 (3) Turandot 1972

LP RCA ITALY MCV 537* (3) Turandot 1972

LP RCA JAPAN SRA-2785/87* Turandot 1972 (?)

LP RCA GERMANY PVL3-9041* (3) Turandot 1976-03

MC RCA USA ARK3-2537* (3) Turandot 1977-11

LP RCA ITALY VL 43537* (3) Turandot 1977

MC RCA ITALY VK 43537* (2) Turandot 1977

MC RCA SPAIN 12224/22224* Turandot 1977 (?)

LP RCA USA AGL3-3970* (3) Turandot 1981-04

MC RCA USA AGK3-3970* (3) Turandot 1981-04

LP RCA ITALY VLS 03970* (3) Turandot 1982-09

CD RCA USA RCD2-5932 (2) Turandot 1982 (?)

LP Opus 9112 1251/53* Turandot 1982 (?)

CD RCA USA 5932-2-RC (2) Turandot 1987-02

CD RCA RD85932 (2) Turandot 1987-05

CD Orbis 12 22 2 (2) Turandot 1991

CD Opera Lirica 14/15 Turandot 1993

CD Lyrica ITALY LRC 01021 (2) Turandot 1995

CD RCA 09026-62687-2 (2) Turandot 1996-09

CD Brilliant 99408 (8) Puccini: The Great Operas 1999-12

CD Brilliant 99502 (2) Turandot 2001 (?)

CD RCA 82876-82624-2 (2) Turandot 2006-10

CD RCA KOREA S70475C (60) Living Stereo: 60 CD Collection 2010-07

CD Documents GERMANY 233480 (2) Turandot 2012-02

CD RCA 88765414972 (60) Living Stereo: 60 CD Collection 2012-11

CD alto ALC 2021 (2) Turandot 2013-06

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a. Popolo di Pekino!...Gira la cote; b. O divina bellezza!...Figlio, che fai? c1. Non indugiare!...

c2. Non piangere, Liù... c3. Noi morrem... c4. Ah! per la ultima volta! [to end of act];

(Act 2) d. Un giuramento atroce; e1. In questa Reggia...No! no! Gli enigmi... e2. Straniero, ascolta… e3.

Gelo che ti dà foco… e4. Figlio del Cielo… e5. Tre enigmi;

(Act 3) f1. Nessun dorma!...f2. Tu che guardi le stelle... f3. Eccolo il nome!... f4. Chi pose tanta forza…

f5. Strappatele il segreto!... f6. Tu che di gel...Ah! tu sei morta…f7. Liù! Liù! Sorgi! Sorgi!... f8.

Principessa di morte!... f9. Che è mai di me… f10. Del primo pianto… f11. Questo, questo chiedevi…

f12.

Diecimila anni.

a,c,f1,f2,f3,f5,f11,f12:LP RCA GERMANY LM 9875-C Turandot: Arien und Szenen 1961-05

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 9875-B* Turandot: Arien und Szenen 1961-05

a,c2,c3,c4,e1,e3,e4,f:


b,c1,c2,c3,d,f1,f8,f9,f10,f11:


c2,c3,c4,e,f1,f2,f3,f4,f5,f6:

LP Time Life STL 569 (4) Giacomo Puccini 1979

c2,c3,c4,e1,e2,e3,f1,f6,f8,f9,f10,f11,f12:

250

LP RCA USA LM 2539 Highlights from Turandot 1961-08

LP RCA USA LSC 2539* Highlights from Turandot 1961-08

OR RCA USA FTC 2065* Highlights from Turandot 1961-09

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30170 Highlights from Turandot 1961

LP RCA UK RB 16267 Highlights from Turandot 1962-02

LP RCA UK SB 2138* Highlights from Turandot 1962-02

c2,c3,c4,e1,e2,e3,e4,f1,f6,f7,f8,f9,f10,f11,f12:

CD RCA 09026-63705-2 Turandot: Highlights 2000-09

MC RCA 09026-63705-4* Turandot: Highlights 2000-09

CD RCA SWEDEN 74321-93417-2 Turandot: Highlights 2002-12 (?)

c2,c3,c4,f1:


MC RCA 74321-24281-4* (2) Jussi Björling: The Ultimate Collection 1995-03


MC RCA NORWAY 74321-31744-4* Jussi Björling: Jussis Beste 1995-11








c2,c3,c4:



MC RCA USA 7799-4-RG* Jussi Bjoerling: ‘The Pearl Fishers’ Duet: ‘Les Pêcheurs de perles’ Duo Plus










c2,c3,f7:


c2,c3:

CD alto ALC 2016 (2) The Singers of the Century: 35 Supreme Voices 2011-11

c2,c4,e2,e3,e4,f1,f8,f9,f10,f11,f12:

LP RCA GERMANY KD 9 (5) Mit Musik leben: Giacomo Puccini 1963-08

LP RCA GERMANY SKD 9* (5) Mit Musik leben: Giacomo Puccini 1963-08

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 9964-B* Turandot: Arien und Szenen 1967-01

c2,e1,f6:

LP Selezione dal Reader’s Digest RDS 13D* (10) 13 Perle del Melodramma 1971 (?)

CD Selezione dal Reader’s Digest RDCD 101 (6) 13 Perle del Melodramma: Le più grandi voci della

Lirica After 1990 (?)

c2,f1:








251






1971-09



1976 (?)









c2,f6:



c2:




e,f8,f9,f10,f11,f12:

CD Documents GERMANY 233372 (10) Birgit Nilsson: Eine Jahrhundertstimme = Voice Of A Century

2011-10

e:

LP RCA GERMANY; ITALY RL 85177 (8) RCA/Met: Hundert Sänger, Hundert Jahre = 100 Singers, 100

Years 1985

e1,c2:

LP RCA USA VCS 7061* (2) Opera Gala 1970-04

LP RCA UK DPS 2004/1-2* Opera Gala 1970

e1,f1:

LP RCA GERMANY LM 9872-C Belcanto a Verona 1960-11

LP RCA EUROPE SVA 1001 Bel Canto a Verona After 1960

CD RCA 09026-62689-2 The Voices of Living Stereo, Volume 1 1995-08

MC RCA 09026-62689-4* The Voices of Living Stereo, vol. 1 1995-08

CD RCA KOREA BMGCD 9F29 The Voices of Living Stereo, vol. 1 1997-03

e1,f5:

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 6149 1960 (?)

e1:

LP RCA ITALY LSC 20106* Gran Gala all’Opera, vol. 1 1969 (?)

LP RCA ITALY TRL1-7011* Puccini 1924-1970: Un giorno a Torre del Lago 1974-03

LP RCA GERMANY RL 42876 EF* (2) Grand Gala in der Oper: Die grössten Stimmen unserer Zeit 1979-

09

MC RCA GERMANY RK 42876 CF* (2) Grand Gala in der Oper: Die grössten Stimmen unserer Zeit

1979-09

LP RCA USA CRM8-5177* (8) RCA/Met: 100 Singers, 100 Years 1984-11

MC RCA USA CRK8-5177* (8) RCA/Met: 100 Singers, 100 Years 1984-11

CD RCA USA 09026-61580-2 (6) RCA/MET: 100 Singers, 100 Years 1993-09

CD Decca GERMANY 458 398-2 (2) La Nilsson: Ein Portrait 1997-09

CD RCA GERMANY 74321-66926-2 (2) Die grossen Primadonnen des 20. Jahrhunderts 1999-10

CD RCA USA 09026-63755-2 Puccini: Greatest Hits 2001-02

MC RCA 09026-63755-4* Puccini: Greatest Hits 2001-02

252

CD Ricordi 88697143512 (3) Puccini 2007-09

CD RCA GERMANY 88697363032 (3) Puccini 150: Musik für die Ewigkeit 2008-10


e4,f1:

CD Vereinigte Motor-Verlage STEREOPLAY 10/05 Great Voices of Living Stereo 2005-09

f1:




LP RCA ITALY LSC 20102* Momenti magici del Melodramma 1969

8T RCA USA R8S-1195* Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1971-06

LP RCA USA; AUSTRALIA LSC 5003* Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1971-08

MC RCA USA RK 1195* Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1972-04

LP RCA GERMANY VIP 2* Puccini’s Greatest 1972-07

LP RCA GERMANY 26.41213 AF* Puccini’s Greatest 1975-09 (?)



CD RCA USA 6587-2-RC Aria: Original soundtrack 1987-10

MC RCA USA 6587-4-RC* Aria 1987-10

CD RCA GERMANY BD 86587 Aria: Original soundtrack 1987-10 (?)

LP RCA GERMANY BL 86587* Aria: Original soundtrack 1987

MC RCA GERMANY BK 86587* Aria: Original soundtrack 1987

MC RCA GERMANY GK 89788* Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1988-11

CD K-West KNEWCD 602 A Night at the Opera, Volume Two 1988

LP K-West KNEWLP 602* A Night at the Opera, Volume Two 1988

MC K-West KNEWMC 602* A Night at the Opera, Volume Two 1988

LP Das Beste UGS 21 7861 67 (8) Unvergessliche Stimmen: Melodien grosser Meister 1989

CD Das Beste UGS 7863 Unvergängliche Stimmen: Melodien grosser Meister 1990

CD RCA UK GD89788 Puccini’s Greatest Hits 1990




CD RCA USA 60841-2-RG Opera Goes to the Movies 1991-09

MC RCA USA 60841-4-RG* Opera Goes to the Movies 1991-09

CD RCA GERMANY GD61313 Lieben Sie Klassik aus berühmten Filmen, Vol. 2 1991

CD RCA GD82059 Opera’s Greatest Hits 1991 (?)

MC RCA GERMANY GK 82059* Opera’s Greatest Hits 1991 (?)

CD RCA USA 09026-60935-2 TV Classics 1992-05

MC RCA USA 09026-60935-4* TV Classics 1992-05

CD RCA GERMANY GD60841 Opera Goes to the Movies 1992

CD RCA GERMANY GD60935 TV Classics 1992

MC RCA GERMANY GK 60841* Opera Goes to the Movies 1992

MC RCA GERMANY GK 60935* TV Classics 1992

CD RCA FRANCE 74321-12968-2 L’opéra au cinéma 1993

CD BMG GERMANY 74321 21907 2 Stimmen unseres Jahrhunderts: Die grossen Tenöre 1994


CD BMG Special Products DMC1-1216 Dining and the Opera in Manhattan 1994

CD RCA Special Products DPC 11194 Opera’s Legendary Performances 1994

CD RCA USA 09026-62641-2 The Idiot’s Guide to Classical Music 1995

CD RCA FRANCE 74321-26002-2 (3) Les plus grands airs d’opéra - Découvrez l’opéra 1995




MC RCA USA 09026-68531-4* 3 Tenors of the Golden Age: Peerce, Bjoerling, Lanza 1996-07

CD RCA GERMANY 74321-40411-2 O sole mio: Klassische Kostbarkeiten aus Italien 1996

253

CD RCA USA 09026-68873-2 Monster Classics 1997-09

MC RCA USA 09026-68873-4* Monster Classics 1997-09



CD RCA 09026-63299-2 Amore: Opera’s Greatest Romances 1998-09

MC RCA 09026-63299-4* Amore: Opera’s Greatest Romances 1998-09

DVD Image ID 1763LYDVD Aria 1999-07

CD RCA USA 09026-60841-2 Opera Goes to the Movies 2001

CD RCA USA 82876-50752-2 Andrea Immer Presents: Pinot, Pasta & Puccini 2003

CD RCA USA 82876-63691-2 Classical Music 101: 101 Famous Classical Themes You Never Knew You

Knew 2004-09

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-38324 Classic CD Kono 1mai – 101kyoku Iitokodori 2004-11


sånger 2005-10

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-38340 Super World Classics 2006: Italy 2006-01

CD Sony ITALY 88697077712 Grand’ Opera 2007-03

CD RCA USA 88697170432 Puccini’s Greatest Hit: The Ultimate ‘Nessun dorma!’ 2007-10

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-37697 Great Opera Arias 2007-11

CD RCA JAPAN BVCC-37711 Puccini’s Greatest Hit: The Ultimate ‘Nessun Dorma!’ 2007-12

CD RCA 88697388012 Puccinis grösster Hit: Das ultimate Nessun Dorma 2008-09

CD esprit 88697478032 O Sole Mio: Die schönsten Arien für grosse Stimmen 2009-04




CD Telegraph E17TEL002 Essential Opera Arias, CD 1 2011-04


CD Universal SWEDEN 00602537180424 (2) Primadonna & världens bästa tenorer 2012-11

f4,f5,f6:

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9795 Belcanto in Opera: Renata Tebaldi 1961-01 (?)

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ESC 9795* Belcanto in Opera: Renata Tebaldi 1961-01 (?)

CD Urania WS 121.126 (3) The Queen: Renata Tebaldi: The Greatest Soprano of the Twentieth Century

2011-09

f6:



1959, September 25-26 & October 11. Rome, Opera House.

With Rome Opera House Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Gabriele Santini. Producer: Victor Olof.

241

Madama Butterfly [I] (Puccini)

Cast: Victoria de los Angeles (Butterfly), Silvia Bertona (Kate Pinkerton, Cousin), Nina de Courson

(Aunt); Miriam Pirazzini (Suzuki), Vera Magrini (Mother); JB (Pinkerton), Piero de Palma (Goro), Paolo

Caroli (Registrar); Mario Sereni (Sharpless), Arturo La Porta (Yamadori), Antonio Sacchetti

(Commissioner); Paolo Montarsolo (Bonze), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Yakuside).

[Original LP matrix: 2XBA 94/99 (ALP 1795/97, mono), 2YBA 7/12 (ASD 373/75, stereo)]

Complete:

LP HMV FRANCE FALP 670/72 Madame Butterfly 1960-10

LP Electrola E 91076/78 Madame Butterfly 1960-11

LP Electrola STE 91076/78* Madame Butterfly 1960-11

LP HMV UK RLS 664 (3) Madama Butterfly 1960-11

LP HMV UK SLS 759* (3) Madama Butterfly 1960-11

254

LP Angel ARGENTINA 5672/74*? Madama Butterfly After 1960

LP Angel ARGENTINA 6877/79 Madama Butterfly After 1960

LP Angel JAPAN AA-9081/83 Madama Butterfly After 1960

LP Angel ARGENTINA LPC-12337/39 Madama Butterfly After 1960

LP HMV SPAIN G-285* (3) Madama Butterfly After 1960

LP Capitol GCR 7232 (3) Madama Butterfly 1961-02

LP Capitol SGCR 7232* (3) Madama Butterfly 1961-02

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 1795/97 Madama Butterfly 1961-06

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OASD 373/75* Madama Butterfly 1961-06

LP Angel USA CL 3604 (3) Madame Butterfly 1961-12

LP Angel USA SCL 3604* (3) Madame Butterfly 1961-12

LP HMV NETHERLANDS CLPH 101 Madama Butterfly 1961

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10293/95 Madama Butterfly 1961 (?)

LP HMV NETHERLANDS GS 081 (3) Madame Butterfly After 1961 (?)

LP HMV ITALY ASDQ 5286/88* Madama Butterfly 1962-05

LP Angel BRAZIL 3CBX 322/24* Madama Butterfly 1962-07

LP HMV FRANCE ASDF 177/79* Madame Butterfly 1965-10

LP Angel CHILE SOA 539* (3) Madama Butterfly 1965 (?)

LP Angel JAPAN AA-9603/05*? Madama Butterfly 1966 (?)

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA ASDJ 373/75* Madama Butterfly 1969-02

MC Angel USA 4X3S-3604* (3) Madame Butterfly 1977-05

LP Seraphim JAPAN EAC-30233/35* Madama Butterfly 1978-01

LP HMV UK SLS 5128* (2) Madama Butterfly 1978-09

MC HMV UK TC-SLS 5128* (3) Madama Butterfly 1978-09

LP HMV SPAIN 10C 165-000183/85* Madama Butterfly 1979

LP Classics for Pleasure CFPD 41 4446 3* (3) Madama Butterfly 1985-06

MC Classics for Pleasure TC-CFPD 4446* (2) Madama Butterfly 1985-06

CD EMI 7 63634 2 (2) Madama Butterfly 1990-10

CD EMI FRANCE 4 83482 2 (2) Madama Butterfly 1995

CD EMI JAPAN TOCE-9936/37 Madama Butterfly 2002-03

CD EMI 2 15460 2 (17) Giacomo Puccini: The Operas 2008-09

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Dovunque al mondo... a2. Ed è bella la sposa?... a3. Quale smania...Amore o grillo… a4.

Ecco! Son giunte..Ancora un passo... a5. Gran ventura; b1. Vieni, amor mio!... b2. Ieri son salita... b3. Ed

eccoci in famiglia; c1. Che fai?... c2. Viene la sera... c3. Quest'obi pomposa... c4. Bimba dagli occhi… c5.

Vogliatemi bene… c6. Ah! Dolce notte! [to end of act];

(Act 3) d1. Io so che alle sue pene... d2. Andate. Il tristo vero... d3. Addio, fiorito asil; e. Con onor muore

[to end of opera].

a,b1,b2,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6,d3,e:

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 7521 Highlights from Madama Butterfly 1962-10

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OASD 7521* Highlights from Madama Butterfly 1962-10

LP HMV UK ALP 2060 Highlights from Madama Butterfly 1964-11

LP HMV UK ASD 609* Highlights from Madama Butterfly 1964-11

LP HMV NEW ZEALAND ASDM 609* Highlights from Madama Butterfly 1964 (?)

LP HMV NEW ZEALAND MALP 2060 Highlights from Madama Butterfly 1964 (?)

LP HMV NETHERLANDS 5C 051-00243* Madama Butterfly: Hoogtepunten 1975-09

a,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6,d3,e:

LP HMV UK SXLP 30306* Madama Butterfly 1979-09

MC HMV UK TC-SXLP 30306* Madama Butterfly 1979-09

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 06662* Madama Butterfly: Highlights 1980-12

MC World Record Club AUSTRALIA C 06662* Madama Butterfly: Highlights 1980-12

MC HMV AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TC-SMP 0046* Highlights from Madama Butterfly 1981-12

a,c3,c4,c5,c6,d3,e:

255

LP Capitol G 7233 Madama Butterfly: Highlights 1961-02

LP Capitol SG 7233* Madama Butterfly: Highlights 1961-02

LP Angel USA 35821 Madame Butterfly: Highlights 1961-12

LP Angel USA S 35821* Madama Butterfly: Highlights 1961-12

LP Seraphim JAPAN EAC-30070* Madama Butterfly: Highlights 1961 (?)

LP HMV ITALY QALP 10321 Madama Butterfly: Brani scelti 1962-02

LP HMV ITALY ASDQ 5304* Madama Butterfly: Brani scelti 1962-05

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA JALP 11 Madama Butterfly: Highlights 1962-06

LP Angel JAPAN AA-8013* Madama Butterfly: Highlights 1966-12

LP Angel JAPAN AA-8496*? Madama Butterfly: Highlights After 1966

MC Angel USA 4XS-35821* Highlights from Madame Butterfly 1971-04

a:

LP HMV GERMANY 1C 049-30659* Die grosse Tenor-Star-Parade 1976-10

MC HMV GERMANY 1C 225-30659* Die grosse Tenor-Star-Parade 1976-10

MC HMV GERMANY 1C 237-03071* Madame Butterfly: Grosser Querschnitt in italienischer Sprache

1977-04

CD EMI GERMANY 1 59909 2 Die grosse Tenor-Star-Parade 1989 (?)

MC EMI GERMANY 1 59909 4* Die grosse Tenor-Star-Parade 1989 (?)

a1,a2,a3,a4,c,d,e:

LP HMV FRANCE CVPM 130.560* Madame Butterfly: pages choisies 1967

LP HMV NETHERLANDS SXLPH 1510* Madama Butterfly: Hoogtepunten After 1967

LP HMV FRANCE 2C 061-01502* Madame Butterfly: Extraits 1974

LP HMV SPAIN 1J 245-00.243* Madama Butterfly: Fragmentos 1975

a1,a2,a3,a4,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6,d3,e:

CD EMI 2 36677 2 (6) Best Puccini 100 2008-10

CD EMI USA 2 64766 2 (6) Best Puccini 100 2009-01

CD EMI 9 48479 2 (3) Best Puccini 50 2011-03

a1,a2,a3,a4,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6,e:

CD EMI AUSTRALIA 8 14148 2 (3) Opera Highlights featuring Victoria de los Angeles 1993

a1,a2,a3,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6:



a1,a2,a3:

CD EMI 9 07139 2 (2) Essential Puccini: Over 2 hours of dramatic classical music 2011-01

CD EMI 6 15059 2 O mio babbino caro: Best of Puccini 2013-07

a1,b2,c3,c4,c5,c6,d2,d3,e:

LP Electrola E 80789 Madame Butterfly: Grosser Querschnitt 1963-11

LP Electrola STE 80789* Madame Butterfly: Grosser Querschnitt 1963-11

LP Electrola SME 80789* Madame Butterfly: Grosser Querschnitt 1965

a1,b2,c3,c4,c5,c6,d3,e:

LP HMV GERMANY 1C 037-03071* Madame Butterfly: Grosser Querschnitt in italienischer Sprache

1977-04

a1,c5,c6:


a1,c6:

CD Otava ODE609-2 Amadeus: Johdatus musiikin maailmaan 2000

a1,d2,d3:


a1:

CD EMI 5 68006 2 Favourite Tenors 1994-03

CD EMI 5 72441 2 Opera for Pleasure: Tenors 1997-11

CD EMI 5 72817 2 The Ultimate Opera Collection: Tenors 1997


CD EMI 5 81712 2 (3) The Ultimate Opera: 56 classical masterpieces from the stars of opera 2003-03

CD EMI 3 82618 2 Great Tenor Arias 2007-03

256

a3,a4,c5,c6,d3,e:

CD In Classical Mood ICM 053 Opera Favorites: Star-Crossed Lovers 1999

CD Instants Classiques ICL 054 Opéra: Les Amants Maudites 1999

CD Klassische Momente KM 053 Auf Liebe und Tod 2000

CD Klassisen musiikin helmet KM 053 Tuomittu rakkaus 2000

CD Klassiska musikstunder KM 053 Ödesdiger kärlek 2000

CD Klassiske mesterverker KM 053 Skjebnesvanger kjærlighet 2000

CD Klassiske stemninger KM 053 Skæbnesvanger kærlighed 2000

b1,b2,c2,c3,c4,c5,c6,e:

CD EMI FRANCE 5 75576 2 (5) Puccini: Extraits d’opéras 2002

CD EMI FRANCE 5 04185 2 (50) Les chefs-d’œuvre de l’opéra en 50 CDs: par les plus grands artistes

2007-10

CD EMI 5 09980 2 (50) Opera: The Collector’s Edition: 50 CDs: The Masterpieces, The Greatest Artists

2007-10

CD EMI FRANCE 5 01333 2 (5) Puccini: La Bohème, Madame Butterfly, Turandot, Manon Lescaut,

Tosca: extraits 2007

c2,c3,c4,c5,c6:

LP Selezione dal Reader’s Digest 3C 147-52050/55* Puccini: Melodie eterne 1975-05

c3,c4,c5,c6,e:

LP Angel USA BL 3683 (2) The Genius of Puccini 1966-10

LP Angel USA SBL 3683* The Genius of Puccini 1966-10

c3,c4,c5,c6:

CD Documents GERMANY 233363 (10) Victoria de los Angeles: Der dezente Triumph = The Discreet

Triumph 2011-07

c4,c5,c6,d3,e:

CD EMI 5 74114 2 Madama Butterfly: Highlights 2000

c4,c5,c6,e:

CD EMI 2 17308 2 (7) Victoria de los Angeles: The Voice of an Angel 2008-10

c4,c5,c6:

LP HMV NETHERLANDS H 114/1 (2) Wereldsterren zingen Verdi en Beroemde liefdesduetten After 1961

LP Electrola SME 80994* Weltstars singen berühmte Liebesduette 1966-07

LP Hör Zu SHZE 184* Weltstars singen berühmte Liebesduette After 1966

LP HMV UK ASD 2382* Great Operatic Duets 1968-07

MC HMV UK TC-ASD 2382* Great Operatic Duets After 1968-07

LP HMV SOUTH AFRICA ASDJ 2382* Great Operatic Duets 1968-10

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OASD 2382* Great Operatic Duets 1968-11

LP HMV SPAIN ASDL 977* Great Operatic Duets 1968 (?)

LP HMV SPAIN 1J 063-00372* Great Operatic Duets After 1968 (?)

LP HMV GERMANY 1C 063-00372* Grosse Opern-Duette 1969-10

8T HMV UK 8X-ASD 2382* Great Operatic Duets 1971 (?)

LP HMV GERMANY 1C 187-30183/84* Victoria de los Angeles: Arien, Duette und Szenen 1974-02 (?)

LP World Record Club AUSTRALIA R 04467* Great Operatic Duets 1978 (?)

MC World Record Club AUSTRALIA C 04467* Great Operatic Duets 1978 (?)

MC HMV UK TC2-MOM 120* Italian Operatic Favourites 1983

LP Classics for Pleasure CFP 41 4498 1* Duets from Famous Operas 1986-02

MC Classics for Pleasure CFP 41 4498 4* Duets from Famous Operas 1986-02

CD EMI 7 62023 2 Duets from Famous Operas 1988-02

CD EMI 7 62520 2 Puccini: Arias and Duets = Arien und Duette = Airs et Duos 1988-07

MC EMI 7 62520 4* Puccini: Arias and Duets = Arien und Duette = Airs et Duos 1988-07

CD EMI FRANCE 2 53740 2 (3) Festival d’opéras italiens 1991

CD EMI FRANCE 2 53745 2 (3) Festival d’opéras italiens 1991

CD HMV Classics 7 67630 2 Puccini: Arias, Duets & Choruses 1992

CD Encore CDE 7 67782 2 Puccini: Opera Arias 1993-05

MC EMI USA 7 67782 4* Puccini: Opera Arias 1993-05 (?)

CD EMI 7 67886 2 Giacomo Puccini 1858-1924: Arias & Duets 1993

257

CD EMI 5 65040 2 Puccini: Arias & Duets 1994

MC EMI 5 65040 4* Puccini: Arias & Duets 1994

CD HMV Classics 5 69043 2 (4) The HMV Classics Opera Collection 1995

CD EMI 5 65941 2 Puccini: Operatic Arias & Duets 1996-04

CD EMI FRANCE (No number?) Puccini: La Vie et L’Oeuvre 1996-09

CD EMI 5 69602 2 Unforgettable Classics: Opera Duets & Choruses 1996-09

CD EMI BRAZIL 330 483 223 2 Puccini: Árias de Óperas 1996

CD HMV Classics 5 72134 2 Flower Duet from Lakmé and Other Opera Duets 1997

CD HMV Classics 5 72141 2 Puccini: Nessun dorma and other favourites 1997

CD Unesco DCL 706472 Puccini: Opera Arias 1999

CD HMV Classics 5 86752 2 Puccini: Nessun dorma and other favourite arias and duets 2005

CD EMI 3 82589 2 Puccini Opera Favourites 2007-03

CD EMI 3 82619 2 Great Opera Duets 2007-03

CD EMI 2 17620 2 (2) Puccini 2008: Nessun Dorma 2008-09

CD EMI 3 30679 2 Puccini: Nessun dorma 2009-05


c5,c6:

CD EMI 5 65579 2 Victoria de los Angeles 1995-07

d3:

CD EMI 2 42720 2 (6) Best Tenor Arias 100 2008-11

CD EMI 3 06701 2 (6) Best Tenor Voices 100 2009-10

e:

LP HMV UK ALP 2274 Victoria de los Angeles: Favourite Arias 1966-08

LP HMV UK ASD 2274* Victoria de los Angeles: Favourite Arias 1966-08

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OALP 2274 Victoria de los Angeles: Favourite Arias 1967-03

LP HMV AUSTRALIA OASD 2274* Victoria de los Angeles: Favourite Arias 1967-03

LP Seraphim USA S 60262* Victoria de los Angeles: Opera Arias 1979-08

MC Seraphim USA 4XG-60262* Victoria de los Angeles: Opera Arias 1979-08

LP Seraphim JAPAN EAC-40159* Victoria de los Angeles: Opera Arias After 1979-08

CD EMI 2 37749 2 (3) Puccini: Tous ses chefs-d’œuvre 2008-10

1960, June 12, 13, 16, 19 [JB may not have been present at all sessions]. Vienna, Sofiensaal.

With Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus of Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, cond. Fritz Reiner.

Producer: Eric Smith.

242

Messa da Requiem [L] (Verdi)

Cast: Leontyne Price (sop.); Rosalind Elias (m.-sop.); JB (ten.); Giorgio Tozzi (bass).

[RCA serial Nos.: LFBP 8077/80 (mono), LFBY 8081/84 (stereo); orig. LP matrix: L2-RP-2518/21 (LD

6091, mono ), L2-RY-2522/25 (LDS 6091, stereo)]

Complete:

LP RCA USA LD 6091 (2) Requiem 1960-10

LP RCA USA; CHILE LDS 6091* (2) Requiem / Misa de Requiem 1960-10

LP RCA UK RE 25026/27 Requiem 1961-04

LP RCA UK SER 4526/27* Requiem 1961-04

LP RCA GERMANY LSC 6091/1-2* Requiem 1961-04 (?)

LP RCA GERMANY LM 6091/1-2 Requiem 1961-10

LP RCA FRANCE 630.597/98 Requiem 1961

LP RCA FRANCE 640.682/83* Requiem 1961

OR RCA USA FTC 7001* (2) Requiem 1962-03

LP RCA ITALY KVS 6011* (2) Requiem 1967 (?)

LP Decca FRANCE 593 028* (2) Requiem 1971 (?)

258

LP Ace of Diamonds UK; SPAIN GOS 617/18* Requiem Mass / Misa de Réquiem 1972-04

LP Decca GERMANY DK 11528/1-2* Requiem 1972-09

LP London USA OSA 1294* (2) Requiem 1972-12

MC London USA D 31215* (2) Requiem 1973-02

LP RCA JAPAN SRA-3024/25* Requiem 1974 (?)

OR London USA K 90215* Requiem 1975-06

LP Decca GERMANY 6.35137 DX* (2) Requiem 1975 (?)

LP Franklin Mint 13/14* Requiem 1978-10

MC Franklin Mint 13/14* Requiem 1978-10

LP Prestige Musical Franklin 13/14* Requiem 1981

LP London USA; CANADA JL 42004* (2) Requiem 1982-04

MC London USA; CANADA JL5 42004* (2) Requiem 1982-04

LP Decca GERMANY 6.48169 DM* (2) Requiem 1982-09

LP Decca UK DJB 2003* (2) Requiem 1983-09

MC Decca UK KDJBC 2003* (2) Requiem 1983-09

MC Prestige Musical Franklin 13/14* Requiem 1983

MC London USA 417 825-4* (2) Requiem 1988

CD Decca UK 421 608-2 (2) Requiem, Quattro pezzi sacri 1989-02

CD London USA 421 608-2 Requiem, Quattro Pezzi Sacri 1989-04

CD London JAPAN 230E 1211/12 Messa da Requiem, Four Sacred Pieces 1989

CD Award AWCD 28875 (2) Requiem 1993


CD London JAPAN POCL-3856/7 Requiem, Four Sacred Pieces 1995-08

CD London USA 444 833-2 Requiem, Quattro pezzi sacri 1995-11

CD Altaya 455458/59-2 Requiem. Quattro pezzi sacri 1998


CD Decca JAPAN UCCD-6012/13 Requiem, Quattro pezzi sacri 2000-09

CD Decca UK 289 467 119-2 (2) Requiem, Quattro pezzi sacri 2000-10

CD London USA 467 119-2 Requiem, Quattro pezzi sacri 2000-10

CD Decca UK 475 429-2 (2) Messa da Requiem, Tod und Verklärung 2003-11

CD Cantus CACD 5.01530 (2) Messa da Requiem: 8 Gesamtaufnahmen: Aufführungsmitschnitte 2011-10

Excerpts:

a1. Requiem…Dies irae… a2. Ingemisco… a3. Confutatis…Lacrimosa; b. Sanctus…Agnus Dei…Lux

aeterna…Libera me.

a,b:

CD Philips 456 173-2 Messa da Requiem: extraits 1996

a2:

















259









CD Deutsche Grammophon GERMANY 469 583-2 Ave Maria: Geistliche Arien und Chöre 2000-08

CD Deutsche Grammophon JAPAN UCCG-9145 Ave Maria: Geistliche Arien und Chöre 2001-06

CD Deutsche Grammophon GERMANY? 469 758-2 Ave Maria: Religious Arias and Choruses 2002-06

CD Decca USA 289 472 500-2 (2) The Voice of Verdi 2002-10

CD Deutsche Grammophon USA B0002287-02 (2) Masters of the Voice: Tenor 2004-04


2005

CD Musical Heritage 5284017 (2) Masters of the Voice: Tenor 2005 (?)




1960, June (around 16-19). Vienna, Sofiensaal.

With orchestra; cond. unknown.

243

Dein ist mein ganzes Herz [S/G] (Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns)

[Original LP matrix: part 1 of ARL 4927-2D (MET 202, mono); of ZAL 4927-5W (SET 202, stereo)]

LP Decca UK MET 201/03 Decca requests the pleasure of your company at a Gala Performance of Die

Fledermaus 1960-10

LP Decca UK SET 201/03* Decca requests the pleasure of your company at a Gala Performance of Die

Fledermaus 1960-10

LP Decca GERMANY LXT 2023/25-C Die Fledermaus: Ein Gala-Abend 1960-11

LP Decca GERMANY SXL 20023/25-B* Die Fledermaus: Ein Gala-Abend 1960-11

LP London USA A 4347 London Presents a Gala Performance of Die Fledermaus 1960-12

LP London USA OSA 1319* (3) London Records Presents a Gala Performance of Die Fledermause 1960-

12

LP Book-of-the-Month Club 21-7550 (3) Die Fledermaus After 1960

LP Decca GERMANY H 252* (3) Die Fledermaus After 1960

LP Marcato 73 667* (3) Die Fledermaus 1965 (?)

LP Marcato LPD 011556-7* Gala-Abend der leichten Muse: Berühmte Künstler heiter und beschwingt

1965 (?)

LP Eterna 8 20 517/19 Die Fledermaus 1966-03

LP Eterna 8 20 534 Künstler der Welt bei uns zu Gast 1966-03

LP Eterna 8 25 517/19* Die Fledermaus 1966-03

OR London USA R 90030* (2) London Records Presents a Gala Performance of Die Fledermaus 1973-10


LP Decca GERMANY 6.35107 EK* (3) Die Fledermaus 1975 (?)

MC Decca GERMANY 46.35107 EK* (3) Die Fledermaus 1975 (?)

LP London JAPAN SLC 7028/30* Die Fledermaus 1976 (?)



MC Decca GERMANY 4.35107 MH* (3) Die Fledermaus 1977 (?)

MC London USA OSA5-1319* (2) Die Fledermaus: Gala performance 1978-02

260




LP Decca UK D247D 3* (3) Die Fledermaus: Gala Performance 1982-11

MC Decca UK K247K 32* (2) Die Fledermaus: Gala Performance 1982-11

LP Decca FRANCE 592 152* (3) La Chauve-Souris (Version de gala) 1982-12

LP Decca SPAIN D9-80009/03* (3) El Murciélago 1983


LP Decca UK 414 466-1* Golden Operetta 1985-10

MC Decca UK 414 466-4* Golden Operetta 1985-10

CD Decca UK; GERMANY 421 046-2 (2) Die Fledermaus 1987-07

CD London USA 421 046-2 (2) Die Fledermaus: Gala Performance 1987-11




CD London USA 421 319-2 Golden Operetta 1989-05

CD Decca UK 421 319-2 Golden Operetta 1989-06



CD Decca FRANCE 425 878-2 (2) Les grandes voix du siècle 1990-02

LP Decca FRANCE 425 878-1* (2) Les grandes voix du siècle 1990-02

CD London JAPAN POCL-2278/9 Die Fledermaus: Gala Performance 1991-02


CD London USA 443 379-2 Ten top Tenors 2 1994-01 (?)

CD Decca UK 436 316-2 Golden Operetta 1994-03

MC Decca UK 436 316-4* Golden Operetta 1994-03

CD Decca FRANCE 444 588-2 (4) Les 40 plus belles voix du monde. 2 1994

CD Decca UK; FRANCE 443 379-2 Ten top Tenors 2 / Les dix ténors chantent pour maman 1995-01


CD Decca KOREA DD 3312 Ten top Tenors 2 1995 (?)

CD Decca GERMANY 452 922-2 Das Fest der Tenöre 1996

CD Decca GERMANY 458 136-2 Goldene Operette 1999 (?)


CD Decca JAPAN UCCD-3500/05 101 Your Best Tunes: Opera 2006-02

CD Decca UK 475 8319 (2) Die Fledermaus: Gala Performance 2007-02

CD Decca JAPAN UCCD-3940/41 Die Fledermaus: Gala Performance 2008-01

CD alto ALC 2018 (2) Die Fledermaus with Gala Scene: Star Guests 2011-07

CD Pristine PACO070 Karajan conducts Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus Ballet & Gala 2011-12


CD Documents GERMANY 600127 (4) Die Fledermaus: Die Gala der Superstars: Mit den grössten Hits der

Strauss-Dynastie 2013-11

1960, July 10 (?). Rome, Accademia di Santa Cecilia.

With Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, cond. Georg Solti. Producer: John Culshaw.

[244]

Un ballo in maschera [I] (Verdi) [Complete recording begun but cancelled. It is unknown if anything

recorded by JB has survived.]

261

LIVE RECORDINGS; STUDIO RECORDINGS FOR BROADCASTING

COMPANIES; RADIO INTERVIEWS; FILMS

34.01 (3401)

1934, January 29. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

Opera performance [only 8 min. 40 sec. excerpts preserved]. With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera

Chorus, cond. Nils Grevillius.

Swedish Radio live broadcast of last act (SR archive: L-B 306:1-2).

Fanal [S] (Atterberg): act 3, Nu, bröder, ändas våra strider [finale]

Cast: Helga Görlin (Rosamund); JB (Martin Skarp), Gösta Bäckelin (Vassal); Joel Berglund (Jost), Leon

Björker (Duke).

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 347 Aida, Fanal, Meistersinger (Highlights) 1965-11

LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 153-35350/58 Operan: Röster från Stockholmsoperan under 100 år 1976-12

CD Gala GL 333 Famous Swedish Opera Singers at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm: Arias and

Scenes 1996-10 (?)

CD Bluebell ABCD 103 (2) The Jussi Björling Series: Radamès, Alfredo, Roméo: Previously unreleased

and rare recordings from the Swedish Radio, Stockholm 1934-1951 2006-03

36.01 (A30)


Opera performance [only 7 min. excerpt preserved]. With Royal Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

Swedish Radio live broadcast of acts 1-2; private off-the-air recording.

JBM copy: VHS D-13.

Faust [S] (Gounod): act 1: Ô coupe des aïeux …Maudites soyez-vous (Du festernas pokal…Förbannad

var och en)

JB (Faust) with Joel Berglund (Méphistophélès).

36.02 (3601)


Swedish Radio concert (operetta medley) [only 16 min. excerpts preserved]. With Swedish Radio

Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Nils Grevillius.

Live broadcast without audience (SR archive: L-B 1369).

Från Strauss till Lehár [From Strauss to Lehár] (arr. Viktor Hruby) [S]: excerpts & fragments [preserved

with JB:

a-b. Der Bettelstudent (Millöcker): a. Dich nur lieb' ich so inniglich (Dig blott älskar jag); b. Ach, er hat

sie ja nur auf die Schulter geküsst (Ack, han gav henne blott uppå skuldran en kyss);

c. Polenblut (Nedbal): Alle Achtung, alle Achtung (Så betänksamt, så betänksamt);

Items indicated by a question-mark have not been found and may or may not exist. Recordings are

mono unless otherwise stated.

262

d. Die geschiedene Frau (Fall): Kind, Du kannst tanzen wie meine Frau (Barn, du kan dansa såsom min

fru);

e. Rund um die Liebe (Straus): Es gibt Dinge, die muss man vergessen (Det finns ting vilka äro för

sköna);

f. Die Csárdásfürstin (Kálmán): Tanzen möcht' ich...Tausend kleine Engel singen (Dansa vill jag...Tusen

röster hör jag sjunga).]

Cast: Hjördis Schymberg & Nella Valdi (sop.); JB (ten.); Gösta Kjellertz (bar.).

CD Radio Years RY 15 Jussi Bjoerling on Radio, Vol. II: Live Broadcasts from 1936 to 1944 1995-06

This was the second radio performance of Viktor Hruby's operetta medley, which was 1 1/2 hour long and

comprised over 70 tunes by 28 composers.

36.03 (3602)

1936, June 7. Vienna, State Opera House (Staatsoper).

Wiener Festwochen opera performance [probably only 31 min. excerpts & fragments preserved]. With

Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Victor de Sabata.

Private in-house recording by Hermann von May [see below].

Aida [S/G] (Verdi): excerpts [preserved with JB]:

(Act 1) a. Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida (O, vore jag...Ljuva Aida);

(Act 2) b. Dunque tu sei?…Ma tu, re…Il dolor che in quel volto;

(Act 3) c1. Pur ti riveggo (Jag ser dig åter) through "Fuggir. Fuggire!"; c2. Va, va, t'attende all'ara

Amneris (Geh, geh, es harret dein Amneris) through "...duce fia l'amor, fia l'amor"; c3. No, tu non sei

colpevole (Nein, nein, du bist nicht schuldig) through "...la del tuo cor, del tuo...". c4. Presto!

Fuggite!...Sacerdote, io resto a te!.

Cast [JB in Swedish, all others in German]: Maria Németh (Aida); Kerstin Thorborg (Amneris); JB

(Radamès); Alexander Svéd (Amonasro); Nicola Zec (King).

Excerpts (as issued):

a,b,c:

CD Koch Schwann 3-1454-2 (2) Edition Wiener Staatsoper Live, Vol. 4 1994-06 (?)

a,c1,c2,c3:

LP HRE HRE 376-2 (2) Jussi Bjoerling in Vienna 1936-1937: Scene’s from Verdi’s Aida, ¨

Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Gounod’s Faust 1982-02

a,c1,c2:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 405 Jussi Bjoerling in Opera (1936-48) 1967-09

LP Belvedere 76.23589 Wiener Staatsoper 1936 1987

a,c1:

CD Documents GERMANY 600129 (10) Jussi Björling: The Worldstar Live on Stage 2013-11

a:


c1,c2:


This recording, like #37.01 and #37.02, was made on gelatine or decelith discs by Hermann von May, engineer at

the State Opera, with a microphone hanging over the stage. In 1933-1945, May transcribed many excerpts from live

performances, originally with the permission of the opera director Clemens Krauss. The discs had a short playing

time (about four minutes) and many of them were damaged by repeated playing. The preserved excerpts are

therefore fragmentary and of varying technical quality. It is probable that the described excerpts and fragments are

all that was preserved from these performances with Björling.

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37.01 (3701)

1937, March 7. Vienna, State Opera House (Staatsoper).

Opera performance [probably only 26 min. excerpts & fragments prerserved]. With Vienna State Opera

Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Josef Krips.

Private in-house recording by Hermann von May [see #36.03].

Faust [S/G] (Gounod): excerpts [preserved with JB]:

(Act 1) a. Eh bien! Puisque la mort...Salut! Ô mon dernier matin...Vains échos (Men vad? Om denna

död...O hell, ljusnande morgon...Tomma eko); b1. Mais ce Dieu... Maudites soyez-vous (Denne

Gud...Förbannad var och en) through "Me voici!"; b2. À moi les plaisirs (O skänk mig på nytt) through

"Et que te donnerai-je en retour?"; b3. Et maintenant, maître (Von nun an soll, o Faust) to end of act;

(Act 2) c. Ne permettrez-vous pas...Ainsi que la brise légère (Min sköna fröken...Leichte Wölkchen sich

erheben);

(Act 3) d1. Il se fait tard! (Es ist schon spät!) through "...ce mot sublime et doux"; d2. Éternelle!

Éternelle! Ô nuit d'amour (Ingen ände! Måne som höjs) through [first] "Parle encore!"; e. Viens! Viens! -

Marguerite! (Komm! Komm! - Margareta!) to end of act;

(Act 5) f. Quittons ce lieu sombre...Anges purs (Auf, rette ihr Leben...Engelchor) to end of opera.

Cast [JB in Swedish, all others in German]: Esther Réthy (Marguerite), Dora Komarek (Siebel); JB

(Faust); Alexander Svéd (Valentin); Alexander Kipnis (Méphistophélès).


a,b,c,d,e,f:


LP HRE HRE 214-2 (2) The Great Jussi Bjoerling, Vol. 1 (1945-1952): Arias from Live Radio-TV

Performances 1977-09

LP HRE HRE 376-2 (2) Jussi Bjoerling in Vienna 1936-1937: Scene’s from Verdi’s Aida,


f:


37.02 (3702)

1937, March 12. Vienna, State Opera House (Staatsoper).

Opera performance [probably only 6 min. 30 sec. excerpts preserved]. With Vienna State Opera

Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Karl Alwin.

Private in-house recording by Hermann von May [see #36.03].

Pagliacci [S/G] (Leoncavallo): excerpts [preserved with JB]:

(Act 1) a. Ma poi ricordatevi! A ventitre ore! (Men sen kommen väl ihåg! Precis klockan nio!); b.

Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (Spela komedi!...Pudra ditt anlet);

(Act 2) c1. No! Pagliaccio non son (Nej! Pajazzo är jag ej)... c2. Ebben! se mi giudichi (Nun wohl! Wenn

du sagst) [through "...e il nome del tuo ganzo"].

Cast [JB in Swedish, all others in German]: Margit Bokor (Nedda); JB (Canio); Friedrich Ginrod

(Silvio).


a,b,c:


264


LP Belvedere 76.23596/97 Wiener Staatsoper 1937 1987


a,b,c1:

CD Legato LCD155-1 Pagliacci 1992

b,c:


b,c1:


b:


CD Koch Schwann 3-1822-2 Great Voices, Vol. 1: Top Stars 2002-09

CD Koch Schwann 3-1151-2 (5) Great Voices: Vienna State Opera Live: Historical Recordings 1933-

44 2002

37.03 (3703)

1937, April 8. Stockholm, Concert Hall.

Parad för millionen [A Parade for the Million], Swedish Radio program celebrating the sale of one

million radio licenses. With Swedish Radio Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevllius.

Live broadcast without audience (SR archive: L-B+ 1880).

a. Morgon [S] (Eklöf)

b. Tonerna [S] (Sjöberg)

c. Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

d. O Lola [S] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

e. Che gelida manina [S: Så kall ni är om handen] (Puccini: La bohème)

a,b:


d,e:

CD Bluebell ABCD 103 (2) The Jussi Björling Series: Radamès, Alfredo, Roméo: Previously

unreleased and rare recordings from the Swedish Radio, Stockholm 1934-1951 2006-03

JB was heard on three different occasions during this long program (2 hours 15 min.). Several of Sweden's most

popular artists participated, among them Karin Juel, Sven-Olof Sandberg, Evert Taube and Björlingkvartetten

(where Olle Björling but not his brother Jussi was a member).

37.04 (3704)

1937, August 14 - November 10. Stockholm, Solna & Torö [exact dates and places, see below].

Fram för framgång [Head for Success], SF (Svensk Filmindustri) motion picture. Songs performed with

SF Orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius (in a,d-e) or without accompaniment (in b,c).

(Film: Swedish Film Institute; JBM copy: DVD 4)

a. La danza [S: Tarantella] (Rossini)

b. Hej dunkom, så länge vi levom [S] (trad.)

c. Bachanal [S] (Dahl)

d. Di' tu se fedele [S: O säg, när på skummande vågor] (Verdi: Un ballo in maschera)

e. Land, du välsignade (Althén)

a,b,c,d,e:

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VHS Lyric Distribution Video LDV-137 Jussi Bjoerling in Fram for Framgang 1990 (?)

VHS Bel Canto Society 527 Fram för framgång… Plus Bonus: Björling in musical excerpts from

Resan till dej After 1990 (?)

VHS Standing Room Only V 10036 Fram för framgång After 1990 (?)

a,b,c,d:

CD Bluebell ABCD 092 Jussi Björling: Fram för framgång: Film and Radio Recordings 2002-10

a,b:

LP ANNA ANNA-1069 A.N.N.A. Record Company Presents Jussi Bjoerling (1937-1952) 1983-10

b:


d:



1997



1997

DVD Kultur D2262 Three Legendary Tenors: Caruso, Gigli, Bjöerling: The Story of the Singers Who

Defined an Art 2003-04

CD Bluebell ABCD 555 I roslagens famn 2003-06


2005-07



Fram för framgång, the only film in which JB had a leading part, was produced between August 3 and November

11, 1937, and released on February 7, 1938. It was shown in Denmark as Det syngende X, in Finland as Tie vottoon

/ Fram för framgång, in the US as Fram For Framgang / Head for Success (in New York, it was shown at the

Forty-eighth Street Theatre and reviewed in The New York Times 28 Nov. 1938). Though the film was generally

well received by the Swedish critics, and JB given credit also as an actor, Fram för framgång does not seem to have

been a success with the public. Excerpts from this film (and from Resan till dej) were used for the Swedish

Television program Jussi Björlings saga [The JB Saga], telecast in 1977, 1985, 1990 and 1994.

JB took part in the recording on the dates and at the places specified below. (The Kungsholmen studio was situated

in central Stockholm, the other studios at "Filmstaden", a SF production center at Råsunda in the Stockholm suburb

of Solna. The Stockholm Tivoli, Gröna Lund, is an amusement park and Torö is an island in the Stockholm archi-

pelago.)

Aug. 14 & 16, Torö; Aug. 23, Kungsholmen studio; Aug. 26-27 & 29-30, Torö; Sept. 1-2, Kungsholmen studio;

Sept. 5, Gröna Lund (scene with "Land, du välsignade"); Sept. 18, Kungsholmen studio (post-synchronization);

Sept. 19 & 23, Gröna Lund; Sept. 26-27, Torö; Sept. 29, Small studio "Lasse's room"; Oct. 1, Gröna Lund; Oct. 2, 4

& 6, Small studio "Lasse's room" (scene with "Hej, dunkom" on the 4th); Oct. 7, Small studio "The radio studio"

(scene with "La danza"); Oct. 12, Filmstaden & Stockholm (exterior scenes); Oct. 14, Filmstaden "Street"; Oct. 18,

Small studio "The Broadcasting House"; Nov. 2, Small studio (interior scenes) & Filmstaden (exterior scenes); Nov.

5, Large studio (backprojection); Nov. 10, Large projection room (postsynchronization).

It is now impossible to tell exactly how, when and in which order the song recordings were done, as the songs (here

listed in the order in which they occur in the film) are not specified on the archive sheets from which the above

dates are taken. It seems certain that lip-synching was used for the recordings with orchestra, and it was probably

also used for the unaccompanied song recordings. The orchestra took part in the sound recordings at Kungsholmen

on Aug. 23 and Sept. 1 & 18, and in the Tivoli picture recording on Sept. 5. For Aug. 23, the archive cards indicate

"music recording". For Sept. 1 & 18, they indicate "music and song" recordings; perhaps orchestral accompaniment

may have been pre-recorded on the first date. There is no archive sheet for Sept. 2, but a special list of dates when

JB was present states that he made song recordings on that day. It seems probable that all song recordings were

made between Aug. 23 and Sept. 18, but the unaccompanied songs may also have been recorded later. Two persons

who took part in the Fram för framgång production recall that JB also recorded "Till havs", but this recording was

evidently not used. Eric Bengtson was the chief conductor of the film music and present at all recordings with

orchestra, but Grevillius conducted the orchestra when it accompanied JB's singing. Newspaper reports about the

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Gröna Lunds Tivoli session on Sept. 5, which was open to the public and combined with a concert, mention that the

SF orchestra was then enlarged with members of the Royal Orchestra.

Direction & script: Gunnar Skoglund. Main roles: JB (Tore Nilsson), Åke Ohberg (Lasse Berg), Aino Taube

(Monika Malm), Anders Boman (Pelle Mårtensson), Anders Henrikson ("Rövar'n"), Erik "Bullen" Berglund

(Torman, editor-in-chief), Bror Bügler (Vadman, editor), Gösta Gustafson (Hallberg, photographer), Sven

Björklund (A Pilot), Harry Roeck Hansen (Director of the Broadcasting Company), Gösta Cederlund (The Theatre

Manager), Hugo Björne (The Police Commissioner).

Story: The author Lasse Berg receives a letter confirming that his play "The Fire" has been accepted by the National

Theatre. He rushes out overjoyed. Outside the Broadcasting House, Berg runs into the singer Tore Nilsson. Nilsson

is depressed; he has just for the seventh time in vain offered his services to the Radio. Berg encourages him and

persuades him to go back in and call on the Director of the company. "Head for Success!" After having forced him-

self into a radio studio, where the Director is presenting the educational programs of the season to schoolchildren,

Nilsson demonstrates his talents by singing "La danza" on the air and disappears, chased by the police.

Lasse Berg visits the National Theatre. He interrupts a rehearsal when he finds that his manuscript has been revised

and finally withdraws his play in protest. This annoys the young actress Monika Malm who had been given the

main role. She goes to see Berg at his home, where, also, Tore Nilsson has taken his refuge. Noting that none of the

gentlemen can pay for the food which is delivered for dinner, she saves the situation and joins them at the table

where Nilsson sings "Hej, dunkom".

The newspapers now write about two sensations: "The Singing X" who mysteriously appeared on the radio with a

sensational voice and the young author who dared to withdraw his play from the National Theatre. The journalist

Vadman, who is sent by Morgonbladet [The Morning News] to Berg's home for an interview, is delighted to also

find "The Singing X" there. The newspaper arranges a hiding-place for him on an island in the Stockholm

archipelago. On his way in a motor-boat, Nilsson sings "Bachanal".

At the Broadcasting Company, Pelle Mårtensson decides to try to find "The Singing X", whose talent he has

recognized, in spite of the fact that the Director is negative to the mysterious singer. Monika Malm also offers to

help when Mårtensson happens to meet her at the Broadcasting House. She has succeeded in persuading the

Director to accept "The Fire" for the Radio Theatre. Berg, who is unaware of this, has changed his attitude towards

the National Theatre in order to save the main role for Malm with whom he has fallen in love. The theatre manager

takes the play back, but in the discussion that follows it emerges that he wants to replace Malm.

Morgonbladet decides to exploit the story about "The Singing X" in a series of issues and finally to arrange his

public debut at a Gröna Lund charity show. In the archipelago, the lonely Tore Nilsson happens to meet "Rövar'n"

[The Robber] and is taken by him on an adventurous trip in a sailing-boat, where Nilsson sings "Di' tu se fedele".

Malm and Mårtensson go to the archipelago in order to find Nilsson and engage him for a radio performance. Berg

arrives in the Morgonbladet aeroplane, intending to take Nilsson back to Stockholm and the Gröna Lund show. He

finds Malm and Mårtensson alone in the house and gets jealous. Back in Stockholm, Berg comes in an embarr-

assing situation when the National Theatre learns that "The Fire" has been announced as a radio play. Berg is

thrown out of the theatre, but when the Director of the Broadcasting Company tells him about Malm's action for

him, Berg understands that she loves him.

Mårtensson and Malm in their motor-boat succeed in finding Tore Nilsson and "Rövar'n" who have run aground.

When they are returning with Nilsson, the Morgonbladet aeroplane appears with Berg onboard and Nilsson is flown

back to Stockholm while Berg and Malm are happily reunited in the boat. Every measure is taken by Morgonbladet

to boost the Gröna Lund show. On the evening before the show, Tore Nilsson is greeted at a dinner as a future great

singer. The police suddenly intervene and declare that they have to arrest him for the incident at the Broadcasting

House. However, the wrong person is taken and when Nilsson arrives at Gröna Lund, he is lifted to the top of a

pylon from which he can sing "Land, du välsignade" in safety. The crowd gives him an enthusiastic ovation and

cries for the name of "The Singing X" who has made his breakthrough. Introduced to the audience by Mårtensson,

the couple who helped Tore Nilsson, Lasse Berg and Monika Malm, are also lifted to the top of the pylon, where

they unite in a kiss.

37.05 (3705)

1937, October 3. Stockholm, Swedish Radio studio.

Spoken greetings [in English; 25 sec.] to the American public before JB’s first American concert tour as

a tenor - directed to Milton Cross, announcer for the General Motors Concerts.

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Swedish Radio recording (SR archive: L-B 2123).


09

This recording (a similar greeting by the German soprano Erna Sack was also recorded), was intended for a

shortwave broadcast during the night of October 4, but according to a note on the recording sheet, it was not

transmitted.

37.06 (3706)

1937, November 11. Stockholm, SF Kungsholmen studio.

Sound film recording for the SF motion picture John Ericsson, segraren vid Hampton Roads [John

Ericsson, Victor of Hampton Roads]. With SF Orchestra, cond. Eric

Bengtson.

(Film: Swedish Film Institute)

Ack Värmeland, du sköna [S] (trad.) [abridged]


This film was directed by Gustaf Edgren and released in Sweden 1937, December 13. It was shown in Denmark as

Sejrherren fra Hampton Roads, in Norway as John Ericsson and in the US as John Ericsson, Victor of (at)

Hampton Roads (American premiere in New York, May 1938). JB does not appear in the film, but this recording is

heard in the final scene, to remind the viewers of the Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson's native province,

Värmland.

37.07 (3707)

1937, November 28. New York, NY, Carnegie Hall.

General Motors Concert: Request Night, NBC concert. Announcer: Milton Cross. With Maria Jeritza

(sop., in e) & General Motors Symphony Orchestra, cond. Erno Rapee.

Live broadcast (JBM copy: K-08).

a. Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

b. La donna è mobile [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

e. Bada, Santuzza, schiavo non sono...Ah, lo vedi [S/I: Jag är ej slav, förgäves du gråter...Å! där ser du]

(Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana) – [JB sings in Swedish]

a,b,c:


a,b:

LP ERR ERR 121-1 Jussi Bjoerling: 1937, North American Debut – 1939, Concert in Holland 1974-

09

MC ERR ERRC 121 Jussi Bjoerling: Live Concerts 1936-1941 1974-09


a,c:


b:

CD Radio Years RY 1 Jussi Bjoerling on Radio: Live Broadcasts from 1937 to 1943 1995-05 (?)



268

c:

LP Unique UORC-350 Jussi Bjoerling: Opera Recital (1937-1954) 1977-09

This concert was JB's American debut as a tenor. For other items listed under this concert in JBP 2, see #37.09 and

the corresponding note.

37.08 (3708)

1937, December 5. New York, NY, Carnegie Hall.

General Motors Concert: Opera Night, NBC concert. Announcer: Milton Cross. With Grace Moore

(sop., in d), Donald Dickson (bar., in c-d) & General Motors Symphony Orchestra, cond. Erno Rapee.

Live broadcast (SR archive: L-B+ 23532).

a. Recondita armonia [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

b. Pays merveilleux...Ô paradis [I: Mi batte il cor...O paradiso] (Meyerbeer: L'africaine)

c. Solenne in quest'ora [I] (Verdi: La forza del destino)

d. Quittons ce lieu sombre...Anges purs [S/F] (Gounod: Faust) – [JB sings in Swedish]

a,b,c,d:

CD Legato BIM708-2 (2) Jussi Bjoerling: The Swedish Caruso: Live Performances 1937-1960 1990-

02

CD Eklipse EKR CD29 (2) Jussi Björling in Concert 1937-1956 1993

CD VAI Audio VAIA 1189 Jussi Bjoerling: Rarities 2000-07 (?)


2005

CD West Hill Radio Archives WHRA-6036 (4) Jussi Björling Live: Broadcast Concerts 1937-1960

2010-09

a,c,d:




c:



d:

CD OASI OASI 7014 The Incomparable Grace Moore, Vol. 2 1999 (?)

37.09 (3707c-d, A45)


General Motors Concert: Christmas Music, NBC concert (partially recorded). Announcer: Milton Cross.

With General Motors Symphony Orchestra, cond. Erno Rapee.


a. Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida [I] (Verdi: Aida)

b. Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

a,b:




a:


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09


b:




When these two items were first issued, on the Golden Age of Opera LP EJS 405, they were inserted between

#37.07 b and c and the year 1937 was given for “Celeste Aida”, no date for the song. They have since been

assumed to come from the Nov. 28 General Motors program, also in JBP 2. However, both the program printed in

newspapers and several reviews show that only the three items listed above for Nov. 28 were then sung by JB and it

also seems certain that the Dec. 5 program is complete as listed. “Celeste Aida” and “Land, du välsignade” have

been preserved on an actetate, which also has Milton Cross’ introduction for the song, which confirms that they

come from a General Motors broadcast.

Since the only remaining broadcast in the series where JB took part is the one of Dec. 19, it must be assumed that

the two items were recorded then. If so, the printed program had been changed (which had already happened with

#37.08, for example), for JB was announced to sing “Cielo e mar” and “A Traditional Swedish Christmas Carol”

(“Land, du välsignade” has nothing to do with Christmas, but the US audience may not have known that). Helen

Jepson was also announced as a singer for this program, to join JB in “The Story of the Nativity”.

38.01 (A51)

1938, November 13. Detroit, MI, Masonic Temple Auditorium.

Ford Sunday Evening Hour, CBS concert. With Ford Symphony Orchestra (members of Detroit

Symphony Orchestra) & (in c) Chorus, cond. José Iturbi.

Live broadcast.

a. Quel trouble...Salut! demeure chaste et pure [S: Vad trollmakt...Var hälsad, dygdens kyska boning]

(Gounod: Faust)

b. En fermant les yeux [F] (Massenet: Manon)

c. Sanctus [E: Holy, holy] (Gounod: Messe Solennelle à Sainte Cécile)

d. Cäcilie [G] (R. Strauss)

a,b,c,d:



2005

There are two versions of the printed program. One of them also contains ”Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte”,

which JB evidently did not sing.

39.01 (3901)

1939, May 12. London, Royal Opera House (Covent Garden).

Opera performance. With London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Vittorio Gui.

Recorded on film (Philips-Miller system).


Cast: Gina Cigna (Leonora), Maria Huder (Ines); Gertrud Pålson-Wettergren (Azucena); JB (Manrico),

Octave Dua (Ruiz), Giuseppe Zammit (Messenger); Mario Basiola (Di Luna); Corrado Zambelli

(Ferrando), Leslie Horsman (Gypsy).

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Complete:

CD Legato LCD173-2 (2) Il Trovatore 1993-09

CD Great Opera Performances GOP 801 (2) Il Trovatore. Bonus: Jussi Björling: Hilversum Concert 1939

1996-10 (?)

CD Urania URN 22.115 (2) Il Trovatore 1999-12 (?)

CD Bel Canto BCS-5000 (2) Il Trovatore 2000-10


Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD 621900; Omega 2973; Premiere Opera 0441-2

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Che più t'arresti… a2. Tace la notte…Deserto sulla terra… a3. Non m’inganno [to end of act];

(Act 2) b. Soli or siamo...Mal reggendo...Un momento può involarmi; c. Perché piangete? [to end of act];

(Act 3) d1. Quale d'armi fragor…Ah sì, ben mio... d2. Manrico! – Che? – La zingara!... Di quella pira;

(Act 4) e. Siam giunti...Ah! che la morte ognora...Vivrà! Contende il giubilo; f. Che! non m'inganna [to

end of opera].

a,b,c,d,e,f:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 366 Trovatore: Excerpts 1966-05

LP MDP MDP 004 (2) Gina Cigna & Jussi Bjoerling in Il Trovatore 1978-09

a2,d2:


39.02 (3902)

1939, June 8. Hilversum (Netherlands), AVRO studio (AVRO = Algemeene Vereniging Radio Omroep

[Public Radio Broadcasting Association]).

AVRO concert. With AVRO Hilversum Orchestra, cond. Frieder Weissmann.

Live broadcast (NOS [Dutch Broadcasting Foundation] archive: EM-HM-1186).

a. Ingemisco [L] (Verdi: Messa da Requiem)

b. Pays merveilleux...Ô paradis [I: Mi batte il cor...O paradiso] (Meyerbeer: L'africaine)

c. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)

d. En fermant les yeux [F] (Massenet: Manon)

e. Salut! demeure chaste et pure [S: Var hälsad, dygdens kyska boning] (Gounod: Faust)

f. Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

a,b,c,d,e,f:


09



LP Bluebell BELL 163 Jussi Björling Live: Holland 1939, Norway 1954 1984-03

CD Bluebell ABCD 006 Jussi Björling Live: Holland 1939, Norway 1954 1987-04



CD Great Opera Performances GOP 801 (2) Il Trovatore. Bonus: Jussi Björling: Hilversum Concert

1939 1996-10 (?)



CD Urania URN 22.165 Jussi Björling: Le tournée in Europa 2000

CD ARA AR 102 Le stelle dell’opera: Jussi Björling, Gino Bechi 2006

a,b,c,d,e:


271

a,c,e,f:

CD Myto 2MCD 890.04 (2) Roméo et Juliette. Bonus: Jussi Björling canta arie 1990-01

CD Myto 2CD 981.H007 (2) Roméo et Juliette. Bonus: Jussi Björling Sings Arias 1998

a,e,f:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 279 Jussi Bjoerling in Opera and Song (1939-1954) 1963-10

CD Verona 27022 Jussi Björling: Recital 1989 (?)

MC Verona 427022 Jussi Björling: Recital 1989 (?)

a,f:


a:

CD Myto 2MCD 903.17 (2) Un Ballo in Maschera. Bonus: Jussi Björling canta Verdi 1990-07

CD Myto 1MCD 912.39 Jussi Björling in Concert 1991

CD Myto 2CD 981.H008 (2) Un Ballo in Maschera. Bonus: Jussi Björling sings Verdi 1998

CD Myto 1CD 00195 Jussi Björling: Recital Atlanta, 13.4.1959 2009-02


b,c,d,e:


b,c:

CD Verona 27068 Jussi Björling: Recital, Vol. 2 1990

b:

CD Verona 2700 Opera and Other Vocal Works: Catalogue CD Sampler 1990

c:

CD Preiser 90953 Operntheater: Berühmte Tenöre der 30er Jahre 1992



2005

e:






02

39.03 (3903)

1939, August 6. Gävle (Gästrikland, Sweden), Furuviksparken [Furuvik Park].

Open-air recital (partially recorded). With Harry Ebert,

piano.

Privately recorded by Anders Nyberg (JBM copy: CD 106).

a. Jungfrun under lind [S] (Peterson-Berger)

b. Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

b:



02

The recording was made on Nyberg’s home-built equipment on an acetate disc and was approved by JB

immediately after the recital. The recorded songs were the two last items on a program which also contained arias

from Rigoletto, Tosca, Fanciulla del West, Gioconda and Carmen, and four songs: Lenz; I drömmen du är mig nära;

Tonerna; Mattinata. JB was also filmed by Nyberg during this recital.

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39.04 (A58)

1939, August 16. Lucerne, Jesuitenkirche [Jesuit Church].

Lucerne Festival Concert (partially recorded). With Lucerne Festival Orchestra & elite chorus from

Lucerne, cond. Arturo Toscanini.

NBC Blue Network shortwave broadcast (JBM copy: CD 119).


Cast: Zinka Milanov (sop.); Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo); JB (ten.); Nicola Moscona (bass).

The broadcast was recorded in the US, with very varying quality and most of the opening Requiem movement

missing (only the ten last bars, less than a minute, remain).

39.05 (3904)

1939, August 29. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

Opera performance. With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Herbert Sandberg.

Swedish Radio recording (SR archive: L-B+ 4014). First broadcasts: act 2 (= act 2, scene 1), 1939, Sept.

17; acts 3-4 (= act 2, scene 2 & act 3), 1939, Nov. 10; complete opera, 1975, April 15-17.

La traviata [S: Den vilseförda] (Verdi)

Cast: Hjördis Schymberg (Violetta), Margit Sehlmark (Annina); Göta Allard (Flora); JB (Alfredo), Olle

Strandberg (Gastone), Ryno Wallin (Giuseppe); Conny Molin (Germont), Georg Svensson (Baron

Douphol); Gösta Lindberg (Doctor Grenvil), Folke Jonsson (Marquis d'Obigny), Bertil Alstergård

(Messenger).

Complete:

LP Unique UORC-269 (2) Traviata 1975-11

LP SR RMLP 1272/73 La Traviata 1978-03

CD Standing Room Only SRO 832-2 (2) La Traviata 1991-09

CD Grammofono 2000 AB 78640/41 Jussi Björling sings Verdi: La Traviata 1996-05

CD Vocal Archives VA 1201.02 Jussi Björling, Vol. 3: La Traviata 1999

CD Cantus CACD 5.00520 (2) La Traviata 2004-08

CD Opera Depot OD 10762-2 (2) La Traviata 2012-06

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD13147; Omega 2963; Premiere Opera 0440-2

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Libiamo ne’ lieti calici… a2. La vita è nel tripudio… a3. Un dì felice… a4. Ebben? Che

diavol fate?… a5. Sempre libera;

(Act 2) b. Lunge da lei...De' miei bollenti spiriti; c. Che fai? - Nulla. -Scrivevi?...Di Provenza il mar; d1.

Mi chiamaste?… d2. Ogni suo aver [to end of act];

(Act 3) e. Alfredo? Amato Alfredo!...Parigi, o cara [to end of opera].

a,b,c,d,e:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 406 Traviata (1941) (Highlights) 1967-09

a1,a2,a3,b,c,d,e:



a1,a3,a4,a5,b,c,d,e:

CD Hamburger Archiv 30040 La Traviata: Auszüge in schwedischer Sprache 2001-10

a1,a3:

273

LP HRE HRE 281-2 (2) Jussi Bjoerling: Live Performance from Sweden 1940 1979-08

d2:

CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8003 (2) Great Opera Ensembles 2001-07

Traviata was played in four acts in Stockholm, while the original has three acts (as listed above). This was JB's last

(and Schymberg’s first) performance of the opera.

40.01 (4001)

1940, March 21. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

Opera performance (partially recorded). With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Nils

Grevillius.

Swedish Radio recording (SR archive: L-B+ 4141; JBM copy: CD 95). First broadcast: 1940, May 7.

La bohème [S] (Puccini): act 1, complete

Cast: Hjördis Schymberg (Mimì); JB (Rodolfo); Sven Herdenberg (Marcello), Carl Richter (Schaunard);

Leon Björker (Colline), Folke Cembraeus (Benoit).

Complete act:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 384 Bohème (act 1). Le canzoni dei ricordi 1967-01


Excerpts:

a1. Non sono in vena! (Jag är ej hågad!)... a2. Che gelida manina (Så kall ni är om handen!)... a3. Sì. Mi

chiamano Mimì (Ja, man kallar mig Mimì)...Eh! Rodolfo!... a4. O soave fanciulla (O du ljuvliga kvinna).

a:

LP Bluebell BELL 198 Jussi Björling, Hjördis Schymberg: La Bohème, Roméo et Juliette: Stockholm

1940 1986-08

CD Bluebell ABCD 013 Jussi Björling, Hjördis Schymberg: La Bohème, Roméo et Juliette:

Stockholm 1940 1987-11

a1,a2,a4:

LP Rococo 5304 Jussi Bjoerling, Volume V: Verdi and Puccini Recital 1969

a2,a4:


a2:


02

40.02 (4002)


Opera performance. With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Nils Grevillius.

Swedish Radio recording (SR archive: L-B+ 4254). First broadcasts: act 1, 1940, May 16; acts 2 & 5,

1977, August 14; acts 3-4, 1940, June 10.

Roméo et Juliette [S: Romeo och Julia] (Gounod)

Cast: Hjördis Schymberg (Juliette), Benna Lemon-Brundin (Stéphano); Göta Allard (Gertrude); JB

(Roméo), Simon Edwardsen (Tybalt), Folke Cembraeus (Benvolio); Olle Strandberg (Paris), Sven

Herdenberg (Mercutio), Sven d'Ailly (Grégorio); Sigurd Björling (Capulet), Leon Björker (Friar

Laurent), Folke Jonsson (Duke).

Complete:

274

CD Bluebell ABCD 088 (2) Roméo et Juliette 2001-09

CD Cantus CACD 5.01917 (2) Roméo et Juliette: Die legendäre Aufnahme: Aufführungsmitschnitt

2015-09

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD6594, CDNY5124; Omega 3369; Premiere Opera 0862-2

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a. De grâce, demeurez!...Ange adorable;

(Act 2) b1. Ô nuit, sous tes ailes obscures… b2. L'amour!...Ah! lève-toi, soleil!... b3. Hélas! moi, le

haïre… b4. Ah! ne fuis pas encore…Va! Repose en paix!;

(Act 3) c. Temoin de vos promesses…Dieu, qui fis l’homme;

(Act 4) d. Va! je t'ai pardonné...Nuit d'hyménée;

(Act 5) e1. C'est là!... e2. Salut! tombeau… c3. Où suis-je? [to end of opera].

a,b2,b4,d,e:

LP Bluebell BELL 198 Jussi Björling, Hjördis Schymberg: La Bohème, Roméo et Juliette: Stockholm

1940 1986-08

CD Bluebell ABCD 013 Jussi Björling, Hjördis Schymberg: La Bohème, Roméo et Juliette:

Stockholm 1940 1987-11

b,e2,e3:



b2,e:


02




b2,e1,e2:


c:

CD Bluebell ABCD 102 Leon Björker, bass 2006-02

40.03 (4003)


Opera performance (partially recorded).

With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Kurt

Bendix.

Swedish Radio recording (SR archive: L-B+ 4255). First broadcast: 1940, April 23.

Aida [S] (Verdi): act 1, complete [except prelude]

Cast: Inez Köhler (Aida); Gertrud Pålson-Wettergren (Amneris); JB (Radamès), Georg Svensson

(Messenger); Folke Jonsson (Ramfis).

Complete act:



Excerpt:

a. Dessa! Ei si turba.

a:


275

40.04 (4004)

1940, October 23. San Francisco, CA, War Memorial Opera House.

Opera performance (partially recorded). With San Francisco Opera Orchestra, cond. Gennaro Papi.

Live broadcast.

Un ballo in maschera [I] (Verdi): act 2, beginning [22 min., through "Lo giuro, e sarà"]

JB (Riccardo) with Elisabeth Rethberg (Amelia) & Richard Bonelli (Renato).

Complete broadcast:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 168 Potpourri (3) 1960 (?)

CD Guild GHCD 2238/40 San Francisco Opera Gems, Volume 1 2003-07

Excerpts:

a1. Teco io sto...O qual soave brivido... a2. Ahimè! S’appressa alcun!... a3. Amico, gelosa.

a1,a2:

LP Operatic Archives OPA 1051/52 Elisabeth Rethberg: Golden Anniversary Issue 1922-1972.

George Cehanovsky: A Tribute on his 80th Birthday 1972

a1:


LP ANNA ANNA-1040/41 Elizabeth Rethberg 1979-05

LP MDP MDP 034 Elisabeth Rethberg: Great Scenes from Live Opera 1980-10

CD Bongiovanni GB 1113-2 Pot-pourri di tenori N. 2 1995-03 (?)

CD Bongiovanni HOC 019/20 Un Ballo in Maschera 2005-04

The known recordings of this broadcast have several short breaks, which have been filled out with fragments

from other recordings on the Guild issue.

40.05 (4005)

1940, November 23. New York, NY, Carnegie Hall.

NBC concert, benefit for Alma Gluck Zimbalist Memorial of Roosevelt Hospital Development Fund.

With NBC Symphony Orchestra & Westminster Choir, cond. Arturo Toscanini.

Live broadcast.


Cast: Zinka Milanov (sop.); Bruna Castagna (cont.); JB (ten.); Nicola Moscona (bass).

Complete:

LP ABC USA ABC-1001 (2) Messa di Requiem 1958 (?)

LP Arturo Toscanini Society ATS 1005/06 Requiem 1970

LP Unique UORC-229 Messa da Requiem 1974-12

LP Arturo Toscanini Society THS 65031/32 Toscanini Conducts Verdi Requiem Mass 1975 (?)

LP Melodram MEL 006 (3) Missa Solemnis, Messa di Requiem 1980-02

CD Music & Arts CD-240 (2) Toscanini: Historic Concert Performances from 1940: Requiem, Te Deum

1986-08

CD Palette PAL-3004/06 Arturo Toscanini: Requiem, Missa Solemnis 1987

CD Melodram MEL 38006 (3) Arturo Toscanini: Messa da Requiem, Missa Solemnis 1988-05

CD Classical Collection CD3CLC 4003 (3) Arturo Toscanini: Portrait Of A Great Conductor 1990

CD Nota Blu 93.5130 9/10 (2) Starportrait: Arturo Toscanini: Vol. 5 1993

CD Great Opera Performances GOP 800 (3) Omaggio ad Arturo Toscanini 1996-10 (?)

276

CD Grammofono 2000 AB 78760/61 Messa da Requiem, Liszt Symphonic Poems 1997

CD History 204573 (10) Toscanini: Maestro Furioso, Vol. 2 2000


CD Jubilee SC05/06 Messa da Requiem 2000

CD Past Perfect PPC 8602 (2) Jussi Björling: Messa da Requiem 2002-04 (?)


CD Past Perfect 220083 (5) Hall Of Fame: Arturo Toscanini 2002

CD Music & Arts CD-4240 (2) Toscanini: Verdi Requiem, Te Deum 2003-08

CD Quadromania 222181-444 (4) (Verdi) Requiem, (Berlioz) Requiem 2004-04

CD Celestial Audio CA 438 (2) Toscanini: Verdi Requiem 2004

CD Documents GERMANY 223013-321 (10) Giuseppe Verdi 2005-07

CD Weton-Wesgram IECC10021 (10) Giuseppe Verdi 2005


CD Cantus CACD 5.01120 (2) Messa da Requiem: 4 Gesamtaufnahmen: Aufführungsmitschnitte 2008-

08

CD Pristine PACO038 (2) Toscanini: Verdi Requiem 2010-01

CD Documents GERMANY 8602 (2) Jussi Björling: Messa da Requiem 2012 (?)


CD Music & Arts CD-1269 (2) Toscanini: Giuseppe Verdi Requiem, Te Deum: Historic concert

performances from 1940 2013-02

Also available on CD-R: Omega 1955; Opera Lovers RRV-19400; Premiere Opera 6795-2

Excerpts:

a. Requiem & Kyrie… b. Dies irae… c. Offertorio (Domine Jesu Christe); d. Lux aeterna.

a,b,c,d:


a,b:

CD History 203342-303 (2) Lux aeterna After 2000

b:

CD Quadromania 222213-444 (4) Ave Maria: Religious choirs 2004-04

40.06 (4006)

1940, December 8. Detroit, MI, Masonic Temple Auditorium.

Ford Sunday Evening Hour, ABC concert. With Ford Symphony Orchestra (members of Detroit

Symphony Orchestra) & (in d) Chorus, cond. Eugene Ormandy.

Live broadcast (JBM copy: CD-181).


b. A Dream [E] (Bartlett)

c. La danza [S] (Rossini)

d. Funiculì, funiculà [I] (Denza)

a,b,c,d:

CD Bluebell ABCD 116 (2) Jussi Björling in Concert: Finland & the U.S.A. (1940-1957) 2012-09

b,c,d:

LP Legendary LR 138 The Legendary Jussi Bjoerling in Song: Live Performances 1920-1952 1981-

02




2005

b:

277

CD Documents GERMANY 220758-350 Edvard Grieg: Ein Porträt in historischen Aufnahmen = A

Portrait in Historic Recordings 2003-08

d:

LP Unique UORC-254 Potpourri Four 1975-05

40.07 (4007)

1940, December 14. New York, NY, Metropolitan Opera House.

Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Ettore

Panizza.

Texaco-Metropolitan live broadcast.

Un ballo in maschera [I] (Verdi)

Cast: Zinka Milanov (Amelia), Stella Andreva (Oscar); Bruna Castagna (Ulrica); JB (Riccardo), John

Carter (Judge), Lodovico Oliviero (Servant); Alexander Svéd (Renato); Arthur Kent (Silvano), Norman

Cordon (Samuel), Nicola Moscona (Tom).

Complete:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 230 (2) Ballo in Maschera 1962-02

LP Rococo 1003 (3) Un Ballo in Maschera & Jussi Bjoerling in Rigoletto and Bohème 1973-07

LP ERR ERR 109-3 (3) Un Ballo in Maschera 1973-12

LP Robin Hood RHR 516-C (3) Un Ballo in Maschera. Songs of Yugoslavia Sung by Zinka Milanov

1980-12

LP MET MET-8 (3) Un Ballo in Maschera 1981-01


CD Fourties FT 1515/16 Un Ballo in maschera 1994


CD Radio Years RY 49/50 December 14, 1940: The Broadcast of Un Ballo in Maschera by Verdi 1996


CD Arkadia 2CD GA 2038 (2) Un Ballo in Maschera 2000-06 (?)

CD Celestial Audio CA 136 (2) Un Ballo in Maschera 2001

CD Cantus CACD 5.00359 (2) Un Ballo in maschera 2003-06

CD Myto 2CD 00008 (2) Un ballo in maschera 2008-06

CD Immortal Performances CANADA IPCD 1033-2 (2) Un Ballo in Maschera: Verdi Bicentennial: 2013-09

CD Sony 88883721202 (20) Verdi at The Met: Legendary Performances from The Metropolitan Opera

2013-09

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD11649, CD11650, CD644100, CDNY5152; Omega 8;

Opera Lovers BAL-194001

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a. Amici miei...La rivedrà nell'estasi; b. Signori, oggi d’Ulrica… Ogni cura si doni; c. Che

v’agita così?; d1. Su, profetessa... d2. Di’ tu se fedele; e. È scherzo od è follia;

(Act 2) f. Teco io sto…Non sai tu…Oh, qual soave brivido;

(Act 3) g. Forse la soglia attinse...Ah! dessa è là…Sì, rivederti Amelia; h1. Ah! perché qui! Fuggite…

h2. E tu ricevi il mio!... h3.Ella è pura.

a,b,d,e,f,g,h1,h3:


c,f,h:

CD Radio Years RY 12 The Young Zinka Milanov on Radio 1938-1944 1995-05

c,h:

CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8014 (2) Verdi’s Masterworks, Volume II 2003-07

c:

278


d2:


f:

CD Minerva MN-A15 Zinka Milanov Portrait (1940-1944) 1995

CD Lyrica USA LR-10 (2) Manon Lescaut 2000

CD MET MET 24 (2) The First Texaco Season 1940-41: Highlights 2001

40.08 (4008)


NBC concert, benefit for the National Conference of Christians and Jews. With NBC Symphony

Orchestra & Westminster Choir, cond. Arturo Toscanini.

Live broadcast.

Missa Solemnis [L] (Beethoven)

Cast: Zinka Milanov (sop.); Bruna Castagna (cont.); JB (ten.); Alexander Kipnis (bass).

Complete:

LP MR MR 2000 (2) Missa Solennis 1969-02 (?)

LP Arturo Toscanini Society ATS 1023/24 Missa Solemnis 1971-06

LP Melodram MEL 006 (3) Missa Solemnis, Messa di Requiem 1980-02

CD Music & Arts CD-259 (2) Arturo Toscanini (1940/1939 Concerts): Missa Solemnis, Choral Fantasy

1987-07

CD Palette PAL-3004/06 Arturo Toscanini: Requiem, Missa Solemnis 1987

CD Melodram MEL 38006 (3) Arturo Toscanini: Messa da Requiem, Missa Solemnis 1988-05

CD AS disc AS 307 Toscanini: Beethoven, Missa Solemnis 1988

CD Classical Collection CD3CLC 4003 (3) Arturo Toscanini: Portrait Of A Great Conductor 1990

CD AS disc AS 11015 Missa Solemnis After 1990 (?)

CD Notes PGP 11015 Missa Solemnis 1992

CD Historical Performers HP 25 Missa Solemnis Op. 123 1993

CD Nota Blu 93.5128 5/6 (2) Starportrait: Arturo Toscanini: Vol. 3 1993

CD Golden Classics GCSCD 9010 Toscanini: Beethoven, Missa Solemnis 1994

CD Grammofono 2000 AB 78626 Toscanini Conducts Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis 1996-05

CD Magic Talent CD 48019 Arturo Toscanini: Missa Solemnis 1996-05

CD Platz PLCC-693/4 Arturo Toscanini: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis 1996

CD Magic Master MM-37026 Missa solemnis 1998

CD History 203190-323 (10) Arturo Toscanini: Maestro Furioso 1999

CD Pellarin MM 37026 Missa Solemnis 2000 (?)

CD History 205205-324 (10) Domine Jesu Christe: Die grossen geistlichen Vokalwerke = The Great

Religious Vocal Works 2001-03

CD Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6365 Arturo Toscanini conducts Beethoven Missa Solemnis op.

123 2001

CD Past Perfect PPC 8601 Jussi Björling: Missa Solemnis 2002-04 (?)

CD Fono Enterprise FONO 1203 (4) Arturo Toscanini: Il Mito 2002

CD Past Perfect 220083 (5) Hall Of Fame: Arturo Toscanini 2002

CD Guild GHCD 2248/49 Arturo Toscanini: Beethoven, Missa Solemnis 2003-10

CD Music & Arts CD-4259 (2) Arturo Toscanini Conducts Beethoven: Missa Solemnis and Choral

Fantasy 2003-10

CD Quadromania 222209-444 (4) Requiem, Missa Solemnis, A German Requiem: Mozart, Beethoven,

Brahms 2004-04


CD Designo 222502-354 (4) Ludwig van Beethoven 2005

CD Jade 699 641-2 Missa Solemnis 2008-05

279

CD Cantus CACD 5.01126 (2) Missa Solemnis: 6 Gesamtaufnahmen: Aufführungsmitschnitte 2008-10

CD Promo Sound CDBL 1207/2 (2) Arturo Toscanini Dirige Ludwig van Beethoven 2008-10

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD612000; Premiere Opera 6561-1

41.01 (4101)

1941, January 11. New York, NY, Metropolitan Opera House.

Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Ferruccio

Calusio.



Cast: Norina Greco (Leonora), Maxine Stellman (Ines); Bruna Castagna (Azucena); JB (Manrico),

Lodovico Oliviero (Ruiz); Francesco Valentino (Di Luna); Nicola Moscona (Ferrando), Arthur Kent

(Gypsy).

Complete:

LP Unique UORC-115 (2) Il Trovatore 1972-05

LP Historical Opera Performances HOPE 221 (3) Trovatore 1976-12 (?)

LP Cetra LO 71 (3) Il Trovatore 1978

LP Robin Hood RHR 509-B (2) Il Trovatore 1979-04

CD AS disc AS 1110/11 Il Trovatore (Hommage à Jussi Bjoerling) 1991

CD Fourties FT 1507/08 Il Trovatore 1994

CD Radio Years RY 44/45 January 11, 1941: The Broadcast of Il Trovatore by Verdi 1995-11

CD Arkadia 2CD GA 2014 (2) Il Trovatore 2000-05

CD Opera Magic’s OM 24135 (2) Il Trovatore 2000

CD folio EFOP 033/34 Il Trovatore, Vol. I/II 2000 (?)


CD Urania RM 11.913 (2) Il Trovatore 2003-10

CD Power 1219 (2) Der Troubadour = The Troubadour 2007-05

CD Urania URN 22.373 (2) Il Trovatore 2008

CD Immortal Performances CANADA IPCD 1052-2 (2) Il Trovatore 2015-09

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD645000; Omega 20; Opera Lovers TRO-194101

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Deserto sulla terra... a2. Non m'inganno [to end of act];

(Act 2) b1. Stride la vampa... b2. Non son tuo figlio... b3. Mal reggendo... b4. L'usato messo... b5.

Perigliarti ancor...Un momento può involarmi; c. E deggio e posso crederlo;

(Act 3) d1. Quale d'armi fragor...; d2. Di qual tetra luce... d3. Ah sì, ben mio... d4. L’onda de’ suoni

mistici… d5. Manrico!... d6. Di quella pira;

(Act 4) e. Miserere...Ah! che la morte ognora; f1. Madre, non dormi?... f2. Sì, la stanchezza…Ai nostri

monti... f3. Che! non m'inganno!... f4. Prima che d’altri vivere.

a,b,d,e,f:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 207 Excerpts from Trovatore 1961-04

a1,b2,b3,b4,b5,c,d,e,f1,f4:

CD Habana 111701/20 Les grands opéras 2001

a1,d3:

LP ERI V 30 Verdi: Grandi personaggi Verdiani: Manrico 1983-05

b2,b3,b4,b5,d:



b2,b3,b4,b5:

CD MET MET 24 (2) The First Texaco Season 1940-41: Highlights 2001

280

b2,b3,d2,d3,d6,f1,f2:


b2,b3,d3,d4,d5,d6,f2:


b5:

LP ERI V 21 Verdi: Grandi personaggi Verdiani: Azucena 1983-03

c,f4:


d:


09


d3,d5,d6:


d3,d6:


d6:

CD MET METSMB2013 Verdi at 200: Historic Broadcasts 1935-1992 2013

41.02 (4102)

1941, April 8. Stockholm, Concert Hall.

Honnör för lyssnarna! [Salute to the Listeners!], Swedish Radio program (celebrating the sale of one and

a half million radio licenses). With Hjördis Schymberg (sop., in c) & Stockholm Radio Orchestra, cond.

Nils Grevillius.



b. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)

c. Ange adorable [S: Helgon, du ljuva] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)

a,b,c:



a,b:


c:


1980-11

CD Bluebell ABCD 105 (2) Hjördis Schymberg, soprano 2007-03

JB was heard on two occasions during this 2 hours 30 min. program, where many of the most popular Swedish

artists participated. Among the singers were Karin Juel, Alice Babs, Karl Gerhard, Sven-Olof Sandberg and Edvard

Persson.

42.01 (4201)


Swedish Radio concert. With Stockholm Radio Orchestra, cond. Sixten Ehrling.


a. En ballad om Lameks söner [S] (Rangström)

281

b. En ballad om Narren och Döden [S] (Rangström)

c. En ballad om god sömn [S] (Rangström)

a,b,c:



1980-11



a,b:





JB also sang "O paradiso" and "Cielo e mar" in the first part of the concert, which was not preserved in the radio

archive. The three Rangström ballads were here performed for the first time, with the composer present.

43.01 (4301)

1943, May 13. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

För Europas barn [For the Children of Europe], Swedish Radio festival soiree. With Royal Orchestra &

Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Nils Grevillius.

Live broadcast (SR archive: S 1990).

Roméo et Juliette [S: Romeo och Julia] (Gounod): act 2, complete.

JB (Roméo) with Hjördis Schymberg (Juliette) & Göta Allard (Gertrude);

Complete act:



Excerpt:

a. Ah! lève-toi, soleil.

a:

LP Unique UORC-254 Potpourri Four 1975-05



43.02 (4302)

1943, June 6. Stockholm, Swedish Radio studio.

Sommarens kvart [A Summer Quarter of an Hour], Swedish Radio recital. With Harry Ebert,

piano.


a. Morgon [S] (Eklöf)

b. När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går [S] (Peterson-Berger)

c. Som stjärnorna på himmelen [S] (Peterson-Berger)

d. Bland skogens höga furustammar [S] (Peterson-Berger)

e. Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

282

c:


1980-11


This recital was intended to remind the listeners of Kungafonden [The Royal Foundation], which had recently been

established to help families where members had been killed or injured in emergency service.

43.03 (4303)

1943, July 10. Stockholm, Royal Academy of Music, Large Auditorium.

Sweden Calls America, No. 13, Swedish Radio concert. With Stockholm Radio Orchestra, cond. Sixten

Ehrling.

Recorded without audience (SR archive: L-B 4708:4, L-B 23541).

a. E lucevan le stelle [I] (Puccini: Tosca)


c. Nessun dorma! [I] (Puccini: Turandot)

a,b,c:

LP United States Government 17-513 (transcription disc) Sweden Calls America, No. 13 1943-07 (?)


a,b:

LP MDP MDP 035 Bjoerling ... Live!, Vol. 2 1981-02

a,c:




c:







2005

This concert was the last part in a series for the company’s foreign exchange program with the US, which was

produced from April till July. The programs, all 15 minutes long and most of them containing music, were recorded

on discs and sent to America to be broadcast once a week by about twenty radio stations in areas with a large

Swedish population. This program included a greeting from Sweden to America by Sven Wilson, head of Swedish

Radio’s Foreign Division, who was in charge of the production.

It is not known when the concert was broadcast in America, but not earlier than late July. An unspecified excerpt

was presented to Swedish radio listeners on July 27. The original discs were found in the Swedish Radio archive as

late as in the 1980s (L-B 4708:4; the other archive tape is a copy of a US transcription disc).

44.01 (4401)

1944, September 25. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

Opera performance, benefit for the children of France [only 25 min. 15 sec. excerpts prerserved]. With

Royal Orchestra, cond. Nils

Grevillius.

283

Swedish Radio live broadcast of one act (SR archive: L-B+ 6089).

Faust [F/S] (Gounod): act 3, excerpts [preserved with JB]: a1. Faites-lui mes aveux…C’est ici!... a2.

Salut! demeure…a3. Ô nature [cavatina incomplete; broken after “demeure chaste et pu…” when

repeated the second time from the end]; b. Je voudrais bien savoir…Prenez mon bras [14 measures

only, through “Âme douce et pure”].

Cast [JB in French, all others in Swedish]: Helga Görlin (Marguerite), Benna Lemon-Brundin (Siebel);

Brita Ewert (Marthe); JB (Faust); Joel Berglund (Méphistophélès).


a:



a2:

CD Caprice CAP 21620 (4) Henri Marteau: Swedish pupils & colleagues = Schwedische Schüler und

Kollegen = Svenska elever & kolleger 1999

44.02 (4402)

1944, November 10. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Large Auditorium.

Swedish Radio concert, benefit for Stockholmsmusikernas humanitära orkesterfond [The Humanitarian

Orchestra Foundation of Stockholm Musicians]. With Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tor

Mann.

Live broadcast (SR archive: L-B 6178).

a. Una furtiva lagrima [I] (Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore)

b. Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)


a,c:


b:



c:

CD Bluebell ABCD 078 Jussi Björling Sings Puccini 1999-03

CD 98.7wfmt (No number) Giacomo Puccini: From The Recording Horn 2007


JB also sang three Swedish songs, "Jag längtar dig", "Skogen sover" and "Tristans död", in the first part of the

concert, but they were not preserved in the archive.

45.01 (4501)


Radiotjänst 20 år [Swedish Radio 20 Years], Swedish Radio program. With Hjördis Schymberg (sop., in

b) & Stockholm Radio Orchestra, cond. Tor Mann.



b. O soave fanciulla [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

c. Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

284

a,b,c:


b:

CD Alta Nova CD AN 3 Hjördis Schymberg, soprano 1993-12 (?)

JB was heard on two occasions during this 2 hours 30 min. program, where many of the most popular Swedish

artists participated, among them Anders De Wahl, Karl Gerhard, Sigge Fürst and Carl-Axel Hallgren.

45.02 (4502)

1945, September 28. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Large Auditorium.

Swedish Radio concert. With Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Tor Mann.


a. Je suis seul!...Ah! fuyez, douce image [F] (Massenet: Manon)

b. Élégie [S: Elegi] (Massenet)

c. Je crois entendre encore [F] (Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles)

d. Una furtiva lagrima [I] (Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore)

e. È la solita storia [I] (Cilea: L'arlesiana)

a,b,c,d,e:

CD Bluebell ABCD 036 Jussi Björling: Swedish Radio Concerts 1990-11

a,b,c:


a,c,d,e:


a,c:


b,c:


1980-11

b:




c,d,e:


02

45.03 (4503)

1945, October 7. Detroit, Masonic Temple Auditorium.

Ford Sunday Evening Hour, ABC concert [incompletely recorded?]. With Ford Symphony Orchestra,

cond. Dimitri Mitropoulos.


?a. Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème) – [No recording known of this item.]

b. Zueignung [G] (R. Strauss)

c. Jeg elsker dig [N] (Grieg)

d. Mattinata [I] (Leoncavallo)

b,c,d:

285


c:

CD Documents GERMANY 220758-350 Edvard Grieg: Ein Porträt in historischen Aufnahmen = A

Portrait in Historic Recordings 2003-08

45.04 (4504)

1945, November 19. New York, NY, Rockefeller Center, NBC studio.

Voice of Firestone, NBC concert. With Firestone Orchestra, cond. Howard Barlow.

Live broadcast.

a. If I Could Tell You [E] (Firestone)

b. An Silvia [Eng: Who is Silvia] (Schubert)

c. Instant charmant...En fermant les yeux [F] (Massenet: Manon)

d. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair [E] (Foster)

e. Ach, so fromm [It: M'apparì tutt'amor] (Flotow: Martha)

f. In My Garden [E] (Firestone)

a,b,c,d,e,f:


2010-09

b:

LP OASI OASI 660 O.A.S.I. Records Presents Jussi Bjoerling (Tenor) (1911-1960): Operatic and

Song Recital 1986 (?)



45.05 (4505)

1945, December 22. New York, NY, Rockefeller Center, NBC studio.

Christmas program for listeners in Sweden. With Anna-Lisa Björling (sop., in a) & piano.

NBC recording (JBM copy: CD 103). Broadcast (shortwave): December 24.

a. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht [S: Stilla natt, heliga natt] (Gruber)

b. Cantique de Noël [S: Julsång] (Adam)

a:



2005

The songs were preceded by Mrs. Björling's spoken greetings. Original glass master disc broken: only second verse

of "b" survives. [Label number: IS 4066 File 2877.] "Cantique de Noël" was broadcast in Sweden Dec. 28 on the

program På främmande breddgrader [On Foreign Latitudes] where the song was preceded by a greeting from the

Swedish minister in Washington, Herman Eriksson. That program is also preserved in the Swedish Radio archive

(L-B+ 6610).

45.06 (4506)


Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Cesare

Sodero.

286



Cast: Bidú Sayão (Gilda); Thelma Altman (Giovanna, Page), Maxine Stellman (Countess Ceprano);

Martha Lipton (Maddalena); JB (Duke), Richard Manning (Borsa); Leonard Warren (Rigoletto), William

Hargrave (Monterone), George Cehanovsky (Marullo); Norman Cordon (Sparafucile), John Baker

(Count Ceprano).

Complete:

LP Operatic Archives OPA 1019/20 Rigoletto 1969-06 (?)

LP Unique UORC-176 (2) Rigoletto 1973-11

LP Historical Opera Performances HOPE 204 (2) Rigoletto 1976-12 (?)

CD Music & Arts CD-636 (2) Rigoletto 1990-10

CD Melodram CDM 27079 (2) Rigoletto 1990

CD Grammofono 2000 AB 78776/77 Rigoletto 1998

CD Miti della Lirica MDL 01/02 Rigoletto 1999

CD Naxos 8.110051-52 Rigoletto 2000-02

CD La Scala LSB 002502201/02 Rigoletto 2003

CD Malibran MR 605 (2) Rigoletto 2006

CD Cantus CACD 5.01040 (2) Rigoletto: 4 Gesamtaufnahmen: Aufführungsmitschnitte 2008-01

CD Immortal Performances USA IP-442 (2) Rigoletto 2011-05

CD Sony 88883721202 (20) Verdi at The Met: Legendary Performances from The Metropolitan Opera

2013-09

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD649900; Omega 4; Opera Lovers RIG-194501

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Della mia bella... a2. Questa o quella... a3. Partite? Crudele! [to end of act];

(Act 2) b1. Figlia! - Mio padre!... b2. Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi... Signor nè principe…È il sol dell'anima;

(Act 3) c. Ella mi fu rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime;

(Act 4) d1. E l’ami?... d2. La donna è mobile… d3. È là il vostr’uomo… d4. Un dì, se ben

rammentomi... Bella figlia dell'amore… d5.M’odi! Ritorna a casa [to end of opera].

a,b,c,d2,d4,d5:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 209 Excerpts from Rigoletto 1961-04

a1,a2,b2,c,d2,d3,d4:


a2,c,d2:

LP Estro Armonico EA 020 (3) Rigoletto 1976-03 (?)

c:




d2:



CD MET METSMB2013 Verdi at 200: Historic Broadcasts 1935-1992 2013

46.01 (4601)

1946, January 13. Detroit, Masonic Temple Auditorium.

Ford Sunday Evening Hour, ABC concert. With Ford Symphony Orchestra [members of Detroit

Symphony Orchestra], cond. Eugene Ormandy.

Live broadcast.

287

a. Je suis seul!...Ah! fuyez, douce image [F] (Massenet: Manon)


c. Ständchen [G] (R. Strauss) -- [Only known recording of this item incomplete.]

?d. For You Alone [E] (Geehl) -- [No recording known of this item.]

e. Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

a,b,e:


a:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 252 Jussi Bjoerling: Operatic Arias and Duets (1946-1960) 1962-11

46.02 (4602)

1946, January 21. New York, NY, Rockefeller Center, NBC studio.

Voice of Firestone, NBC concert. With Eleanor Steber (sop., in b & d) & Firestone Orchestra, cond.

Howard Barlow.

Live broadcast.


b. Will You Remember [E] (Romberg: Maytime)

c. For You Alone [E] (Geehl)

d. Quel suon...Ah! che la morte ognora [I] (Verdi: Il trovatore)

a,b,c,d:


2010-09

b,c,d:

CD Nostalgia CD-2551 The Voice of Firestone: Starring Eleanor Steber, Jussi Bjoerling 2007 (?)

b,d:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 367 Jussi Bjoerling in Opera and Song, Vol. 2 1966-05



LP Legendary LR 141 Eleanor Steber: Live Performances 1940-1953 1981-02

CD Legato BIM712-1 Eleanor Steber: In Memoriam: Live Performances 1940-1958 1992

CD Naxos 8.110115-16 La Traviata 2001-02

b:


02

d:



2005

The concluding “In My Garden” was sung solo by Steber.

46.03 (4603)

1946, March 25. New York, NY, Rockefeller Center, NBC studio.

Voice of Firestone, NBC concert. With Firestone Orchestra, cond. Howard Barlow.

Live broadcast.


288

b. Jeg elsker dig [N] (Grieg)

c. Cachés dans cet asile [E: Concealed in this retreat...Oh! wake not yet] (Godard: Jocelyn)

d. Parce que [E: Because] (d'Hardelot, pseud. of Rhodes)

e. Neapolitan Love Song [E] (Herbert: Princess Pat)


a,b,c,d,e,f:


2010-09

b,c,e:

LP United States Government 17-3553/QND6-MM-9414 (transcription disc) Concert Music Series:

Great Artists: Program No. 7, Program No. 8 After 1946

46.04 (4604)

1946, April 15. New York, NY, Rockefeller Center, NBC studio.

Voice of Firestone, NBC concert. With Firestone Orchestra & (in c) Chorus, cond. Howard Barlow.

Live broadcast.


b. Repentir [E: O Divine Redeemer] (Gounod)

c. Sanctus [L] (Gounod: Messe Solennelle à Sainte Cécile)

d. Die Allmacht [G] (Schubert)

e. In My Garden [E] (Firestone)

b,c:

LP Rococo 5329 Jussi Bjoerling, Volume VI: Gounod Recital 1969


b:



2005

c:


d:

CD Vocal Record Collectors’ Society 2000 Annual Issue 2000-12

46.05 (4605)

1946, May 12. Detroit, Masonic Temple Auditorium.

Ford Sunday Evening Hour, ABC concert. With Ford Symphony Orchestra [members of Detroit

Symphony Orchestra], cond. Fritz Reiner.

Live broadcast.

a. Quel trouble inconnu...Salut! demeure chaste et pure [F] (Gounod: Faust)

b. Jungfrun under lind [S] (Peterson-Berger)

c. Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

d. Mother o'Mine [E] (Tours)

a,b,c,d:


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b,c:

289


d:



46.06 (4606)

1946, December 21. New York, NY, Rockefeller Center, NBC studio.

Song recording. With piano.

Cantique de Noël [S: Julsång] (Adam)

CD Voce VOCE-120CD Noël: Christmas Greetings from Jussi Bjoerling ... 1989-12

CD Legato LCD217-1 A Lyric Christmas 1997

This transcription was probably made for later shortwave broadcast to Sweden, like #45.05. The original disc has

the following identification on the label: "Number: IS 5098 File 38140. Broadcast: X46-325, Dec. 21, 1946."

47.01 (4701)

1947, February 1. New York, NY, Metropolitan Opera House.

Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Emil

Cooper.


Roméo et Juliette [F] (Gounod)

Cast: Bidú Sayão (Juliette), Mimi Benzell (Stéphano); Claramae Turner (Gertrude); JB (Roméo),

Thomas Hayward (Tybalt), Anthony Marlowe (Benvolio); George Cehanovsky (Paris), John Brownlee

(Mercutio), Philip Kinsman (Grégorio); Kenneth Schon (Capulet), Nicola Moscona (Friar Laurent),

William Hargrave (Duke).

Complete:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 154 (2) Roméo et Juliette 1959

LP MET MET-11 (3) Roméo et Juliette 1984-01

LP RRE AD 101/02 Björling in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette 1985-09

CD Myto 2MCD 890.04 (2) Roméo et Juliette. Bonus: Jussi Björling canta arie 1990-01

CD Rodolphe RPV 32690/91 Roméo et Juliette 1990 (?)

CD Myto 2CD 981.H007 (2) Roméo et Juliette. Bonus: Jussi Björling Sings Arias 1998

CD Arkadia 2CD GA 2002 (2) Roméo et Juliette 2000-06 (?)

CD Great Opera Performances GOP 820 (2) Roméo et Juliette 2000-11

CD Cantus CACD 5.00197 (2) Roméo et Juliette 2001-10

CD Celestial Audio CA 024 (2) Romeo et Juliette 2001

CD Lyrica USA LR-75 (2) Roméo et Juliette 2003

CD Immortal Performances CANADA IPCD 1003-2 (2) Roméo et Juliette 2009-08

C D Immortal Performances USA IP-210 (2) Romeo Et Juliette 2009

CD Sony 88697804652 (2) Roméo et Juliette 2011-01

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD 6591, CDNY 5124; Maison de la lirique Gounod 0001;

Omega 122; Opera Lovers ROM-194701

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Enfin la place est libre…Mab, la reine… a2. Eh bien! Que l’avertissement; b1. Le nom de

290

cette belle enfant?... b2. Ange adorable;

(Act 2) c1. Ô nuit! sous tes ailes... c2. L'amour!... c3. Ah! lève-toi, soleil... c4. Hélas! moi, le haïre... c5.

Écoute…Personne!... c6. Ô nuit divine!...Ah! ne fuis pas encore!…Adieu, mille fois;

(Act 3) d. Dieu, que fis l'homme...Ô pur bonheur!; e1. Eh! quoi! toujours du sang!... e2. Ah! jour de

deuil;

(Act 4) f1. Va! je t'ai pardonné...Nuit d'hyménée!... f2. Roméo, qu’as-tu donc?...Il faut partir, hélas!;

(Act 5) g. C'est là! Salut! tombeau [complete act].

a,b,c2,c3,c6,d,e,f,g:


a1,b2,c3,c4,c6,d,e1,f,g:

CD Habana 111701/20 Les grands opéras 2001

a2,b2,c,d,f,g:


b,c1,c2,c3,c4,c6,d,f,g:

LP ERR ERR 145-1 Roméo et Juliette, abridged 1977-04

b2,c2,c3,c6,f,g:

LP Rococo 5329 Jussi Bjoerling, Volume VI: Gounod Recital 1969

b2:

LP Operatic Archives OPA 1008 A Popular Concert with Bidú Sayão 1968 (?)

c2,c3,c4,c5,c6:


c2,c3,f:


c2,c3:


c3:



CD Diapason DIAP 201 les diapason d’or mars 2011 2011-02

f2:

CD MET METSMB2006 Sounds of the Met: Essential Music from the Radio Broadcasts 2006

47.02 (4702)


Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Emil

Cooper.



Cast: Stella Roman (Leonora), Inge Manski (Ines); Margaret Harshaw (Azucena); JB (Manrico),

Lodovico Oliviero (Ruiz); Leonard Warren (Di Luna); Giacomo Vaghi (Ferrando), John Baker (Gypsy).

Complete:

CD West Hill Radio Archives WHRA-6010 (2) Il Trovatore 2007-09

CD Myto 2CD 00175 (2) Il trovatore 2008


Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD85431; Omega 2755, 4916

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Deserto sulla terra… a2. Non m’inganno…Di geloso amor sprezzato;

(Act 2) b1. Stride la vampa!...Soli or siamo... b2. Mal reggendo... b3. L’usato messo…Perigliarti ancor

languente;

291

(Act 3) c. Ah sì, ben mio.

a:



a1,b2:


b:


c:




48.01 (4801)


Telephone Hour, NBC radio concert. With Bell Telephone Orchestra, cond. Donald Voorhees.

a. Mattinata [I] (Leoncavallo)

b. Siren' [E: Lilacs] (Rachmaninov)

c. Clorinda [E] (Morgan)

d. Je suis seul!...Ah! fuyez, douce image [F] (Massenet: Manon)

a,b,c,d:


2010-09

a,b,c:

78 V-disc 863 1948-09




02

LP Voce VOCE 95 Jussi Bjoerling, Annalisa Bjoerling 1985-09




02



a,c:



2005

a,d:

LP Glendale GL 8006 Jussi Bjoerling 1911-1960: Fabulous Radio Performances, 20th Anniversary

Tribute 1981-04

a:



c:

LP United States Government DS-1066/D-45632 (transcription disc) Voice of America, Program No.

115 1951 (?)

292

d:


48.02 (4802)

1948. September 26. Stockholm, Gustaf Vasa-kyrkan [Gustaf Vasa Church].

Funeral ceremony for Count Folke Bernadotte. With orchestra, cond. Nils Grevillius.

Live broadcast (SR archive: L-B+ 9197; JBM copy: CD 66).

Sverige [S] (Stenhammar: Ett folk)

Count Bernadotte, nephew of King Gustaf V and a personal friend of the Björling family, was assassinated on

September 17 in Jerusalem by an Israeli extremist group, while working as a U.N. mediator in Palestine.

48.03 (4803)


Telephone Hour, NBC concert. With Bell Telephone Orchestra, cond. Donald Voorhees.

Live broadcast.

a. Song of India: Ne shchest almazov [E: My heathen guests] (Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko)

b. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra [I] (Tosti)


d. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)

a,b,c,d:


a:


b,c,d:




Tribute 1981-04

b,c:


02


c:


02


d:



48.04 (4804)


Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Giuseppe

Antonicelli.


293

La bohème [I] (Puccini)

Cast: Bidú Sayão (Mimì), Mimi Benzell (Musetta); JB (Rodolfo), Anthony Marlowe (Parpignol);

Francesco Valentino (Marcello), George Cehanovsky (Schaunard); Nicola Moscona (Colline), Salvatore

Baccaloni (Benoit, Alcindoro); Lawrence Davidson (Sergeant).

Complete:

LP Unique UORC-180 (2) Bohème 1973-12

LP Robin Hood RHR 515-B (2) La Bohème 1979-04

CD Myto 2MCD 916.47 (2) La Bohème. Bonus: J. Björling in Tosca … Met 1959 1991-06

CD Myto 2CD 991.H021 (2) La Bohème 1999-03 (?)

CD Cantus CACD 5.00423 (2) La Bohème 2004-01

CD West Hill Radio Archives WHRA-6020 (4) Jussi Björling In Two Puccini Operas: La bohème and

Manon Lescaut: Live performances from the Met (1948 & 1956) 2008-08

CD Immortal Performances USA IP-405 (2) La Bohème 2011-03

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD8593, CD83333, CD632400, CDNY5044; Omega 264;

Opera Lovers BOH 194801

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Questo Mar Rosso…Nei cieli bigi… a2. Pensier profondo!; b1. Non sono in vena... b2. Che

gelida manina... b3. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì… b4. O soave fanciulla;

(Act 3) c1. Marcello. Finalmente… c2. Mimì è una civetta…D’onde lieta uscì… Dunque è proprio finita

[to end of act];

(Act 4) d. In un coupè...O Mimì, tu più non torni; e. Sono andati? [to end of opera].

a1,b1,b2,b4,c2,d:


b,c,d,e:

LP Operatic Archives OPA 1007 La Bohème: Excerpts 1968 (?)

b:


b2:

LP ANNA ANNA-1060 La Bohème: Che gelida manina 1981-09

49.01 (4901)

1949, April 4. New York, NY, Rockefeller Center, NBC studio.


Live broadcast.

a. Ständchen [G] (Schubert)

b. Neapolitan Love Song [E] (Herbert: Princess Pat)


a,b,c:

LP United States Government DS-1066/D-45632 (transcription disc) Voice of America, Program No.

115 1951 (?)




2010-09

a,b:


02

294

CD Naxos 8.111083-85 Faust 2005-05

a:


Tribute 1981-04

c:



02

49.02 (4902)

1949, April 11. New York, NY, Carnegie Hall.

Sweden in Music, benefit concert for the Swedish Seamen's Welfare Fund. With James W. Quillian,

piano. [

WNYC-FM (New York) live broadcast.

a. Trollsjön [S] (Söderman)

b. Skogen sover [S] (Alfvén)

c. I drömmen du är mig nära [S] (Sjögren)

d. Tristans död [S] (Rangström)

e. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra [I] (Tosti)

f. Jungfrun under lind [S] (Peterson-Berger)

a,b,c,d,e,f:




2010-09

a,b,c:


c,d,f:


c:


Items e and f were sung as encores. Other soloists on this program were Joel Berglund and Karin Branzell, who

sang with orchestra.

49.03 (4903)

1949, August 15. Stockholm, Bromma Airport, passenger waiting room.

Interview [in English; 2 min. 20 sec.] by Bill Arthur for Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC).

Recorded on wire (ABC archive; JBM copy: K-27, K-35).

Topics: JB's best recording; his favorite role; his fishing hobby; his family.

This interview was probably never broadcast by ABC, but used in the 1950s by a commercial radio station in

Sydney for a program called World Famous Tenors.

49.04 (4904)

1949, August 23. Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl.

295

Symphonies under the Stars, open-air concert. With Anna-Lisa Björling (sop., in e-g) & Hollywood

Bowl Symphony Orchestra, cond. Izler Solomon.

MBS [Mutual Broadcasting System] live broadcast.

a. Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fù [I] (Handel: Serse)

b. Adelaide [G] (Beethoven)


d. Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

e. O soave fanciulla [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

f. Ange adorable [F] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)

g. Va! je t'ai pardonné...Nuit d'hymenée [F] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g:

CD Standing Room Only SRO 845-1 Jussi Björling at the Hollywood Bowl 1949, Stockholm Radio

Concert 1952 1993-04 (?)

a,g:


a:

MC Demand DPC 504 Jussi Bjoerling: The Tenor of Our Times 1985

b,c,f:


b,d,e,f:



c,d:


d,e,f:

CD Naxos 8.111083-85 Faust 2005-05

f:



Mrs. Björling sang "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" as a solo number.

49.05 (4905)

1949, September 24 (?). San Francisco, War Memorial Opera House.

Studio recording? With Licia Albanese (sop.), & San Francisco Opera Orchestra, cond. Karl Kritz.

O soave fanciulla (Puccini: La bohème):

LP RCA USA RR 17174/75 An Army of Stars Salutes the Salvation Army at Christmas 1949 1949-12

CD Laserlight 12 958 Sleep in Heavenly Peace: The Glory of Christmas sung by… 1997

CD Laserlight 55 621 (3) Sleep in Heavenly Peace 1997 (?)

CD Nostalgia CD-3304 Salvation Army Christmas Programs 2008 (?)

CD Nostalgia CD-3608 An Army of Stars: Sponsored by The Salvation Army 2009 (?)


09

This duet was earlier assumed to be taken from the Bohème performance on Sep. 25 (#49.06), where the soloists

and the conductor took part, but gives the impression of a studio recording. It was done for the Salvation Army’s

annual Christmas record and most likely in close connection with #49.06, e.g. at a rehearsal.

296

49.06 (+)

1949, September 25. San Francisco, War Memorial Opera House.

Opera performance [only excerpts from act 1 privately recorded and preserved]. With San Francisco

Opera Orchestra, cond. Karl Kritz.

La bohème [I] (Puccini): a. Non sono in vena…Che gelida manina; b. O soave fanciulla

JB (Rodolfo) with Licia Albanese (Mimì).

a,b:

CD Immortal Performances CANADA IPCD 1033-2 (2) Un Ballo in Maschera: Verdi Bicentennial:

2013-09

49.07 (4906)

1949, October 23. San Francisco, War Memorial Opera House.

Standard Hour, NBC concert. With Anna-Lisa Björling (sop., in b & d) & San Francisco Opera

Orchestra, cond. Gaetano Merola.

Live broadcast.



c. Je suis seul!...Ah! fuyez, douce image [F] (Massenet: Manon)

d. Va! je t'ai pardonné...Nuit d'hyménée [F] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)

a,b,c,d:


CD Urania URN 22.120 Jussi Björling: ‘L’ospite radiofonico’: San Francisco War Memorial Opera

House: La trasmissione integrale ‘Standard Hour’ 1999-01 (?)

CD Naxos 8.110142 Jussi and Anna-Lisa Björling Sing Opera Arias 2001-01


2010-09

a,b,c:



a:

CD San Francisco Opera (No number) Historical Opera Selections from The Standard Hour, Volume

II: Featuring the San Francisco Opera 1997

b,c,d:



b,d:


c,d:


c:


02


d:


Mrs. Björling sang "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì", "Je veux vivre" and "O mio babbino caro" as solo numbers.

297

49.08 (4907)



Live broadcast.

a. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair [E] (Foster)

b. Ständchen [G] (R. Strauss)

c. Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

a,b,c:

LP United States Government DS-1401/02 (transcription disc) America Sings, Program No. 3,

Program No. 4 1950-05




2010-09

a,b:


a:


02

b:


Tribute 1981-04

c:



02

49.09 (4908)


Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Giuseppe

Antonicelli.



Cast: Dorothy Kirsten (Manon); Jean Madeira (Singer); JB (Des Grieux), Thomas Hayward (Edmondo),

Alessio de Paolis (Dancing Master), Paul Franke (Lamplighter); Giuseppe Valdengo (Lescaut); Salvatore

Baccaloni (Geronte), Clifford Harvuot (Sergeant), George Cehanovsky (Innkeeper), Osie Hawkins (Sea

Captain).

Complete:

LP Unique UORC-207 (2) Manon Lescaut 1974-05

CD Myto 2MCD 931.73 (2) Manon Lescaut. Bonus: J. Björling in Cavalleria Rusticana, New York 1959,

and Manon Lescaut, Stockholm 1959 1993-01

CD MET MET 22 (2) Manon Lescaut 1998

CD Naxos 8.110123-24 Manon Lescaut 2000-12

CD Myto 2CD 011.H056 (2) Manon Lescaut. Bonus: J. Björling in Cavalleria Rusticana 2001-03

CD Cantus CACD 5.00320 (2) Manon Lescaut 2003-03

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD8979; Omega 58

298

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a. Tra voi, belle; b1. Cortese damigella… b2. Donna non vidi mai; c. Vedete? Io son fedele;

(Act 2) d1. Tu, tu, amore?... d2. Ah! Manon, mi tradisce... d3. Un'altra volta [to end of act];

(Act 3) e. Presto! In fila! [to end of act];

(Act 4) f. Complete act.

a,b,c,d,e,f:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 251 Manon Lescaut: Highlights 1962-11

a,b:


b2,d2,e:


b2:


2001

f:

CD Walhall WLCD 0267 (2) Manon Lescaut 2009-08

50.01 (5001)


Voice of Firestone, NBC radio & television concert. With Anna-Lisa Björling (sop., in a,d,e) & Firestone

Orchestra, cond. Howard Barlow.

Kinescope and audio recordings exist.


b. Neapolitan Love Song [E] (Herbert: Princess Pat)

c. Salut! demeure chaste et pure [F] (Gounod: Faust)

d. O soave fanciulla [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

e. In My Garden [E] (Firestone)

a,b,c,d,e:

VHS VAI 69101 Jussi Bjoerling In Opera And Song 1990-08

VHS Kultur 2424 Jussi Bjoerling in Opera and Song 2002-06

DVD Kultur D2424 Jussi Bjoerling in Opera and Song 2004-10

a,d:



1997



1997


2005-07



a,e:


c:




d:

299





Mrs. Björling sang "O mio babbino caro" as a solo number.

50.02 (5002)

1950, April 22. New Orleans, Municipal Auditorium.

Opera performance. With New Orleans Opera House Association Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Walter

Herbert.

WWLH live broadcast.

Un ballo in maschera [I] (Verdi)

Cast: Suzy Morris (Amelia), Audrey Schuh (Oscar); Martha Larrimore (Ulrica); JB (Riccardo), George

Berger (Judge, Servant); Marko Rothmüller (Renato); Henri Feux (Silvano), Norman Treigle (Samuel),

Jack Dabdoub (Tom).

Complete:

CD VAI Audio VAIA 1169-2 (2) Un Ballo in Maschera 1998-08

CD Cantus CACD 5.00952 (2) Un Ballo in Maschera 2007-05

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD11655; Omega 2917; Premiere Opera CD 0422-2

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Amici miei...La rivedrà nell'estasi... a2. Il cenno mio...Alla vita [to end of scene]; b1. Volta la

terrea…. b2. Sia condannata…Signori, oggi d’Ulrica… b3. Ogni cura si doni; c1. Arrivo il primo!...Che

v’agita così… c2. Su, profetessa… c3.Or tu, Sibilla…Di’ tu se fedele... c4. Chi voi siate… c5. È

scherzo od è follia;

(Act 2) d1. Teco io sto...Non sai tu…Oh, qual soave brivido…d2 Ahimè! s'appressa alcun!;

(Act 3) e1. Forse la soglia attinse... e2. Ah! Dessa è là…Sì, rivederti Amelia; f1. Ah! perché qui!

Fuggite… f2. Ella è pura [to end of opera].

a,b,c,d,e,f:

CD Legato LCD154-1 Un Ballo in Maschera (Abridged) 1990-02

a:


02

a1,b1,c3,c5,d,e,f:

CD Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6375 Jussi Björling sings Verdi: Un Ballo in maschera

(Highlights) 2002-06 (?)

a1,b3,c2,c3,c5,d1,e1,f2:


a1,c3,c5,d,e,f:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 468 Ballo in Maschera (Highlights) 1969-05

e:


50.03 (5003)

1950, July 6. Stockholm, Gröna Lund.

Open-air recital (partially recorded). With Harry Ebert,

piano.

300

Private recording on acetate discs.

a. Pays merveilleux...Ô paradis [I: Mi batte il cor...O paradiso] (Meyerbeer: L'africaine)

b. Die böse Farbe [G] (Schubert)

c. Ständchen [G] (R. Strauss)

d. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra [I] (Tosti)

e. Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

f. O Colombina [S: O Colombin] (Leoncavallo: Pagliacci)

a,b,c,d,e,f:

LP Bluebell BELL 116 Gröna Lund sommaren 1950 1980-09

CD Bluebell ABCD 114 (3) Jussi at Gröna Lund: Complete recordings 1950-1960 2011-02

a,b,d,e,f:

CD Bluebell ABCD 057 Jussi Björling: Gröna Lund Recordings, Vol. 2 1994-04

a,e:


f:

LP ANNA ANNA-1064 A.N.N.A. Record Company Presents a Tenor Potpourri 1981-09





The two last encores, "For You Alone" and "Sverige", were not preserved.

50.04 (5004)

1950, September 4. Virum (Denmark), "Flyv fugl flyv" (home of Knud Hegermann-Lindencrone at

Furesøvej 115).

Improvised performance at private party (partially recorded). Without accompaniment.

Recorded on tape by Hegermann-Lindencrone.

(JBM copy: CD 109)

a. Hej dunkom, så länge vi levom [S] (trad.)

b. Bachanal [S] (Dahl)

c. E voi, piuttosto [S: Och ni, långt hellre] (Leoncavallo: Pagliacci)

c:





The recording includes part of JB's speech of thanks. He also sang "Donna non vidi mai" on this occasion, but that

recording was erased at his own request, while he approved the other items.

50.05 (5005)

1950, October 1. Berlin, Titania Palace.

Stars aus Europa [Stars from Europe], RIAS-Berlin radio concert [RIAS = Rundfunk im amerikanischen

Sektor]. With RIAS-Berlin Orchestra, cond. Kurt Gaebel.

Archive: RIAS Bd. 40-932/V-VII

301

a. E lucevan le stelle [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

b. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)


a,b,c:



The concert was also transmitted by foreign radio stations. Among the other artists who sang on this programme

were Erich Kunz, Elsa Cavelti and Rita Streich.

50.06 (5006)

1950, October 23. New York, NY, Rockefeller Center, NBC studio.


Live broadcast.


b. V molchan'i nochi taynoy [E: In the Silence of Night] (Rachmaninov)

c. Zueignung [G] (R. Strauss)

d. Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

a,b,c,d:


2010-09

a,b,d:

LP United States Government DS-2451 (transcription disc) Voice of America, Concert Hall Program

No. 70 1951-04



a,c,d:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 367 Jussi Bjoerling in Opera and Song, vol. 2 1966-05

a:


Tribute 1981-04

b,c:


d:



02

50.07 (5007)

1950, November 6. New York, NY, Metropolitan Opera House.

Opera performance (opening night). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Fritz Stiedry.

Telecast (only audio recordings known; JBM copy: CD 117-18).

Don Carlo [I] (Verdi)

Cast: Delia Rigal (Elisabetta), Anne Bollinger (Tebaldo), Lucine Amara (Voice); Fedora Barbieri (Eboli);

JB (Don Carlo), Paul Franke (Count Lerma), Emery Darcy (Herald); Robert Merrill (Rodrigo); Cesare

Siepi (Filippo II), Jerome Hines (Grand Inquisitor), Lubomir Vichegonov (Friar).

302

Complete, available on CD-R: House of Opera CD11988; Omega 2011, 2926; Opera Lovers DON-

195001

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a. Io l'ho perduta! [to end of scene 1]. b. Io vengo a domandar [through “…schiuder si vede il

ciel”];

(Act 2) c. A mezzanotte [through “…ho io il nome macchiato!”]; d. Sire! egli è tempo [to end of act];

(Act 3) e. Son io, mio Carlo [through “…tardare non potea! Oh Dio!”];

(Act 4) f. È dessa!...Ma lassù ci vedremo [to end of opera].

a,b,c,d,e,f:

CD West Hill Radio Archives WHRA-6021 (3) Don Carlo: Met Broadcast 11 November 1950. Bonus:

Highlights from the telecast of 6 November 1950 2009-01

This recording has sometimes been confused with #50.08 (e.g., the Myto Don Carlo issue is stated to be #50.07). In

#50.07, on Rodrigo's "Signora! Per vostra Maestà" in act 1, an announcer breaks in with an apology for trouble with

the "video portion".

50.08 (5008)


Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Fritz

Stiedry.


Don Carlo [I] (Verdi)

Cast: same as in #50.07.

Complete:

LP United States Government DS-2334/45 (transcription discs) (6) Voice of America, Program No. 32

1951 (?)

LP Unique UORC-121 (3) Don Carlo 1972-09

LP Magnificent ME 105-3 (3) Jussi Bjoerling in the title role of Verdi, Don Carlo: Live performance 1950

1979-09

CD Myto 2MCD 911.35 (2) Don Carlo 1991-02

CD Myto 2CD 004.H052 (2) Don Carlo 2000-11

CD Celestial Audio CA 269 (3) Don Carlo 2002

CD Cantus CACD 5.00365 (2) Don Carlo 2003-07

CD Myto 2CD 00052 (2) Don Carlo 2007-11

CD West Hill Radio Archives WHRA-6021 (3) Don Carlo: Met Broadcast 11 November 1950. Bonus:

Highlights from the telecast of 6 November 1950 2009-01

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD671100; Omega 54

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Io l'ho perduta!... Io la vidi… a2. Il duolo della terra... a3.È lui! desso! l’infante!...Dio, che

nell’alma infondere ; b. Io vengo a domandar;

(Act 2) c1. A mezzanotte… c2. Al mio furor; d. Sire! egli è tempo;

(Act 3) e1. Son io, mio Carlo…O Carlo, ascolta… e2. Mio Carlo, a te la spada;

(Act 4) f. È dessa! - Un detto...Ma lassù ci vedremo...Sì, per sempre [to end of opera].

a,b,c,d,e,f:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 208 Excerpts from Don Carlo 1961-04

a,b,c2,f:


303

a1:

CD MET METSMB2008 The Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts: Classic Met Performances –

Live! 2008

a3,e1:

CD Documents GERMANY 600002 (10) Robert Merrill: His Opera, Cinema and Musical Highlights

2012-09

c:

LP MET MET-100 (5) Metropolitan Opera Historic Broadcast: Centennial Collection 1935-1939

1985-03

50.09 (5009)


Voice of Firestone, NBC radio & television concert. With Firestone Orchestra & (in d,e) Chorus, cond.

Howard Barlow.

Kinescope & audio recordings exist.


b. An Silvia [G] (Schubert)


d. Mattinata [I] (Leoncavallo)



a,b,c,d,e,f:

VHS VAI 69111 Jussi Bjoerling In Opera And Song, Vol. 2 1990-11 (?)



b:



1997



1997


2005-07



c:

VHS VAI 69143 The Great Tenors 1995

DVD Kultur D2443 The Great Tenors: Classic Performances 1950-1963 2003-10

VHS Kultur 2443 The Great Tenors: Classic Performances 1950-1963 2003-10

DVD Enterline (Number unknown) (4) The Great of Classic 2008-10

DVD Kultur D4974 (3) Voice of Firestone Collection 2014-09

d:




e:

LP Legendary LR 142-5 (5) A Festival of Song: Legendary operatic voices sing light music. 1981-06

304

50.10 (5010)


Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Fausto

Cleva.


Faust [F] (Gounod)

Cast: Dorothy Kirsten (Marguerite), Anne Bollinger (Siebel); Thelma Votipka (Marthe); JB (Faust);

Frank Guarrera (Valentin), Lawrence Davidson (Wagner); Cesare Siepi (Méphistophélès).

Complete:

LP Unique UORC-110 (3) Faust 1972-04

CD Myto 2MCD 922.58 (2) Faust 1992-04

CD Myto 2CD 003.H046 (2) Faust 2000-06

CD Cantus CACD 5.00285, version 2 (2) Faust (Margarethe) After 2002-10

CD Naxos 8.111083-85 Faust 2005-05

CD Immortal Performances USA IP-298 (2) Faust 2009

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CDNY5022; Omega 337, 3472; Opera Lovers FAUS-

195001

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Rien! En vain j’interroge… a2.Aux champs l’aurore… a3. Mais ce Dieu… Me voici!… À

moi les plaisirs…Ô merveille!

(Act 2) b. Qu'as-tu donc?; c. Ne permettrez-vous pas;

(Act 3) d. Quel trouble inconnu...Salut! demeure; e. La fièvre de mes sens [abridged, but Faust's part

complete]; f1. Il se fait tard!... f2. Ô nuit d'amour!... f3. Tête folle!;

(Act 4) g. Que voulez-vous, messieurs?;

(Act 5) h. Mon coeur est pénétré.

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h:

LP HRE HRE 210-1 Jussi Bjoerling in Faust (1950) 1977-06

a1,a3,d,f:


d:


02

CD Prima 615559 (3) Les Ténors du XXème Siècle: Great Voices 2004-04

f:


f1,f2:

LP MET MET-100 (5) Metropolitan Opera Historic Broadcast: Centennial Collection 1935-1939

1985-03

f2:

LP Record Collectors’ Club, Peoria 5 Robert Merrill; Dorothy Kirsten & Jussi Bjorling; Frank

Guarrerra; Claudia Pinza, Ezio Pinza & Glen Burris 1959 (?)

51.01 (5101)

1951, January 8. New York, NY, Rockefeller Center, NBC studio.


a1. Instant charmant...a2. En fermant les yeux [F] (Massenet: Manon)



305

d. Donna non vidi mai [I] (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)

a,b,c,d:


2010-09

a,d:



a:


LP Legendary LR 137-2 (2) Jussi Bjoerling: I Pagliacci: Rare Live Performance from Stockholm

1954, Plus Bjoerling in Arias… 1981-02


Tribute 1981-04




a2:


b,c,d:


b,d:

LP United States Government DS-2451 (transcription disc) Voice of America, Concert Hall Program

No. 70 1951-04

c:





d:


51.02 (A72)

1951, February 16. New York, NBC TV studio.

We the People, NBC television program. Host: Dan Seymour. With orchestra.

Only audio recording known.

Recitar!...Vesti la giubba [I] (Leoncavallo: Pagliacci)


09

JB took part in this program dressed in Canio’s costume. Seymour first talked with Enrico Caruso’s widow Dorothy

about her husband and then introduced JB to her. In a brief conversation [1 min. 20 sec.] before he sang the aria, JB

told her why he never came to hear Caruso during David Björling’s US tour with his sons in 1919-21.

51.03 (5102)

1951, March 12. New York, NY, Carnegie Hall.


306

a. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba [I] (Leoncavallo: Pagliacci)

b. (c) Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida [I] (Verdi: Aida)

c. (b) The Rose of Tralee [E] (Glover)

a,b,c:



2010-09

a,c:



b,c:



2005

b:


c:


LP Legendary LR 137-2 (2) Jussi Bjoerling: I Pagliacci: Rare Live Performance from Stockholm

1954, Plus Bjoerling in Arias… 1981-02


Tribute 1981-04


CD Opera d’Oro OPD-8011 (2) Opera Rarities 2002-08

51.04 (5103)

1951, April 1 (?) (broadcast date; may have been recorded on one of the last days in March). Stockholm,

Swedish Radio studio.

Interview [in Swedish; 3 min. 40 sec.] by Per Lindfors (Swedish Radio Music Department) for the radio

program Musikkrönika [Music Chronicle].

(SR archive: L-B 13929)

Topic: The recent duet recordings in New York with Robert Merrill, conducted by Reanto Cellini.

CD Screen Air SCRAT-1939/1969 (2) Vårt 1900-tal, del 2: 1939-1969 1999



51.05 (5104)

1951, April 17. Stockholm, Royal Academy of Music.

Swedish Radio concert. With Swedish Radio Orchestra, cond. Sten Frykberg.

Pre-recorded without audience (private off-the-air transcription: SR archive: B 57503; JBM copy: CD

66). First broadcast: May 1.


b. Questa o quella [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

c. Se quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida [I] (Verdi: Aida)

d. Nessun dorma! [I] (Puccini: Turandot)

e. Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

307

a,b,c,e:



This concert was not originally preserved in the Swedish Radio archive. The present archive copy is a transcription

of a wire recording of the broadcast, which was in the 1980's given to the archive by Mrs. Elin Dahlstrand,

Stockholm.

51.06 (5105)

1951, June 20. Helsinki (Helsingfors), University Auditorium (Yliopiston juhlasali / Universitetets

solennitetssal).

Sibelius Week radio symphony concert (almost completely recorded). With Finnish Radio Orchestra,

cond. Nils-Eric Fougstedt.

Private recording by Henrik Christiernin (JBM copy: CD 105).

a. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte [S] (Sibelius)

b. Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

c. Var det en dröm [S] (Sibelius)

d. Svarta rosor [S] (Sibelius)

a,b,c,d:


JB also sang a repeat of "Svarta rosor", which was not preserved. The recording was made on tape in a radio studio

by the conductor Henrik Christiernin, then a free-lance member of the Finnish Radio staff. The original recording

was restored in 1991, when "Var det en dröm" was rebroadcast Oct. 26 by the Finnish Radio on the last in a series

of eight JB programs.

51.07 (5106)


Open-air recital. With Harry Ebert, piano.

Privately recorded on acetates?

a. Cielo e mar! [I] (Ponchielli: La Gioconda)

b. I drömmen du är mig nära [S] (Sjögren)

c. Ich möchte schweben [G] (Sjögren)

d. Nessun dorma! [I] (Puccini: Turandot)

e. Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

f. Sverige [S] (Stenhammar: Ett folk)

g. Mattinata [I] (Leoncavallo)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g:


b,c,d,e,f,g:


b,c:

CD Emil Sjögren-Sällskapet ESS 1 Emil Sjögren – en antologi 2007

The Gröna Lunds Tivoli sound archive, which held most of the original Björling recordings from Gröna Lund, was

destroyed by fire in January 1993, but those recordings had then been copied for release on the Bluebell label and

were therefore preserved.

308

51.08 (5107)

1951, August 10. Stockholm, Gröna Lund.

Open-air recital With Harry Ebert, piano.

Privately recorded on acetates?

a. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)


c. Jungfrun under lind [S] (Peterson-Berger)


e. Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

f. La donna è mobile [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

g. Morgon [S] (Eklöf)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g:


b,c:


51.09 (5108)

1951, September 30. San Francisco, CA, War Memorial Opera House.

Standard Hour, NBC radio concert (a-d). With Bidú Sayão (sop., in d-e) & San Francisco Opera

Orchestra, cond. Gaetano Merola.


b. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra [I] (Tosti)

c. E lucevan le stelle [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

d. Va! je t'ai pardonné...Nuit d'hyménée [F] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)

e. Ange adorable [F] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette)

a,b,c,d:


2010-09

a,b,c:


a,b,d:

LP Unique UORC-340 Tenor Potpourri (1951-1952) 1977-05

a,c:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 367 Jussi Bjoerling in Opera and Song, vol. 2 1966-05


02

a,e:


a:


d,e:

CD Voce VOCE-119CD Great Duets 1988-10

d:

LP Operatic Archives OPA 1036/37 Bidú Sayão: Serata d’onore 1971 (?)



309

Tribute 1981-04

CD Eklipse EKR CD32 Bidú Sayao in Concert and Opera 1950-1951 1994

CD VAI Audio VAIA 1171 Bidú Sayão: Rarities 1998-08

e:

LP Salvation Army CPM 16-1074 (transcription disc) An Army of Stars Salute the Salvation Army,

Christmas 19511951-12



“Ange adorable” seems not to have been broadcast, but was probably recorded for the Salvation Army

on the same occasion.

51.10 (5109)

1951, November 11. Los Angeles, CA, CBS Hollywood radio studio.

Edgar Bergen - Charlie McCarthy Show, CBS radio program. With Anna-Lisa Björling (sop., in b) &

Ray Noble and his orchestra.

(JBM copy: CD 64)

a. Neapolitan Love Song [E] (Herbert: Princess Pat)

b. Ange adorable [F] (Gounod: Roméo et Juliette) [abridged]

b:


Jussi and Anna-Lisa Björling also took part in a comic dialogue with Bergen-McCarthy [3 min. 30 sec.].

51.11 (5110)


Voice of Firestone, NBC radio & television concert. With Firestone Orchestra & (in e) Chorus, cond.

Howard Barlow.

Kinescope and sound recordings exist.


b. Ah, Love, but a Day [E] (Beach)


d. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba [I] (Leoncavallo: Pagliacci)

e. Wilt heden nu treden [E: Prayer of Thanksgiving)] (trad./Kremser)


a,b,c,d,e,f:

VHS VAI 69101 Jussi Bjoerling In Opera And Song 1990-08



a,d,f:

VHS VAI 69143 The Great Tenors 1995

DVD Kultur D2443 The Great Tenors: Classic Performances 1950-1963 2003-10

VHS Kultur 2443 The Great Tenors: Classic Performances 1950-1963 2003-10

DVD Enterline (Number unknown) (4) The Great of Classic 2008-10

DVD Kultur D4974 (3) Voice of Firestone Collection 2014-09

b,c,d,e:


310


b,e:



b:


c:





d:





e:



02

51.12 (5111)

1951, December 2. Los Angeles, CA, CBS Hollywood radio studio.

Edgar Bergen - Charlie McCarthy Show, CBS radio program. With Anna-Lisa Björling (sop., in b) &

Ray Noble and his orchestra.

(JBM copy: CD 107)

a. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra [I] (Tosti)

b. Will You Remember [E] (Romberg: Maytime)

b:





52.01 (5201)

1952, January 25. Stockholm, Swedish Radio Studio 2 (at 8 Kungsgatan).

Transcription made for Karusellen [The Merry-Go-Round], entertainment radio program broadcast live

on January 26. With Gösta & Olle Björling (ten.) & Stig Rybrant, piano.

(SR archive: PR 5189 [matrix 4501 MA])

Sommarglädje [S] (anonymous)

78 Radiotjänst PR 5189 1952-02



1980-11



311

Only a few copies of this recording were pressed on one side of an ordinary 78 rpm. record in the PR series, with a

transfer of the same song recorded by the three brothers as children (#4) on the other side. The PR series was

generally used for archive purposes only, but one copy of this record was made available to the public as the prize

in a lottery for the benefit of cancer research.

52.02 (5202)


Voice of Firestone, NBC radio & television concert. With Firestone Orchestra & (in b,e) Chorus, cond.

Howard Barlow.

Kinescope and sound recordings exist.


b. Sylvia [E] (Speaks)





a,b,c,d,e,f:

CD Immortal Performances CANADA IPCD 1052-2 (2) Il Trovatore 2015-09

a,b,c:



a,b,d,f:


02

b,c,d,e:



b,d,e:


b,e:


c:




d,e:


t:

LP RCA FRANCE A 630.648 Chansons Napolitaines par les plus grands tenors du monde 1962 (?)

The kinescope recording is privately owned and has not been made available.

52.03 (5203)

1952, May 25. Stockholm, Skansen, Solliden.

Open-air recital on "TCO-Dagen” [TCO Day]. With Harry Ebert, piano.

Recorded by Swedish Radio (SR archive: L-B 23519).


b (c). Cielo e mar! [I] (Ponchielli: La Gioconda)

312

c (+). Trollsjön [S] (Söderman)

d. Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

e (b). Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [S: Nu är jag pank och fågelfri] (Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent)

a,b,c,d,e:

CD Bluebell ABCD 1001 Jussi Björling: Skansen 1952 1996-07

c,d,e:


2010-09

This recording is the only one known with JB from Skansen and was probably done because Prime Minister Tage

Erlander gave a speech on the same occasion (TCO = The Central Organization of Salaried Employees in Sweden).

The complete transcription was discovered in the 1990s. The information in the JB Phonography was incomplete

because only a partial transcription of the recital was known when the book was published.

52.04 (5204)

1952, October 3. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Large Auditorium.

Swedish Radio concert. With Swedish Radio Orchestra, cond. Sten Frykberg.

Pre-recorded without audience (SR archive: B 26238). First broadcast: (b-f only): 1952, December 25;

repeat of 1954, January 24, also transmitted to Denmark, Norway and Finland. Complete concert first

broadcast 1980, September 7.

a. In fernem Land [S: I fjärran land] (Wagner: Lohengrin)

b. Var det en dröm [S] (Sibelius) - [Short break in this recording]

c. Svarta rosor [S] (Sibelius)

d. Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

e. Una furtiva lagrima [I] (Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore)

f. Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

a,b,c,d,e,f:

CD Standing Room Only SRO 845-1 Jussi Björling at the Hollywood Bowl 1949, Stockholm Radio

Concert 1952 1993-04 (?)

CD Naxos 8.111083-85 Faust 2005-05

a,b,e,f:


a,e,f:

CD Urania URN 22.382 Jussi Björling: The Stockholm & Atlanta Concerts 2009-03

a:


b:


1980-11

c,d:


53.01 (5301)

1953, June 6. Stockholm, Stadion. Svenska Flaggans Dag [Swedish Flag Day] open-air ceremony. With

Band of the Royal Svea Life Guards, cond. Ille Gustafsson.

Swedish Radio live broadcast (SR archive: A 53/3, L-B+ 19734; JBM copy: CD 66).

a. Endräkt [S] (Alfvén)

313

b. Nämner du Sverige [S] (Wide; pseud. of Widestedt)

a:


1980-11



2005

53.02 (5302)

1953, September 27 or 28 (?). Stockholm, Oscarsteatern [Oscar Theater].

Sound recording for the motion picture Resan till Dej [The Journey to You]. With Royal Orchestra, cond.

Sune Waldimir (pseud. for Engström).

(Film: Swedish Film Institute; JBM copy of JB’s part: DVD 3)

a. Celeste Aida [I] (Verdi: Aida) - [Only last verse of aria on soundtrack]

b. Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)

a,b:

VHS Bel Canto Society 527 Fram för framgång… Plus Bonus: Björling in musical excerpts from

Resan till dej After 1990 (?)


DVD Studio S S326 Resan till dej: En film av Stig Olin och Hasse Ekman 2012-10

DVD Studio S S441 (6) Den stora Alice Babsboxen 2014-10

a:

VHS Lyric Distribution Video LDV-137 Jussi Bjoerling in Fram for Framgang 1990 (?)

b:




VHS Bel Canto Society 010 Great Tenors, Vol. 1 After 1990 (?)





The dubbing was done on September 29 at the Swedish Radio’s Karlaplan studio. The movie was directed by Stig

Olin, produced by Terraproduktion between September 23 and November 19 and released December 19. In the

film, JB plays himself and appears in a scene as a guest on a fictitious radio program called Familjelördag [Family

Saturday], where he is received by the host of the program, Sigge Fürst (a well-known entertainer who also plays

himself).

The film was later renamed En gång jag seglar i hamn [Once I Will Sail into the Harbour]. It was also distributed in

Denmark as Drømmepigen, in Norway as Resan til dej, in Finland as Matka luoksesi and in Germany as Reise zu

Dir. It was shown on Swedish Television for the first time in 1963.

53.03 (5303)

1953, end of November (?) [in period Nov. 17 - Dec. 17]. New York, hotel room (Essex House?).

Interview [in English; 11 min.] by Ruby Mercer, host of WNYC radio program Mr. and Mrs. Opera.

Partially rebroadcast [3 min. 25 sec. only] by Mercer, host of Opera Time, CBC Toronto, September

314

1960.

(JBM copy: K-68)

Topics: JB's first US visit in 1919-21; his father's and his brother Gösta's careers; his own musical

training; his knowledge of foreign languages; the new Met Faust production; singing with his wife

Anna-Lisa; JB's family; his travelling plans; the planned Ballo with Toscanini; Christmas celebrations in

Sweden; an operatic mishap in a Bohème finale; this year's singing activities; further plans for singing at

the Met.

CD Lyrica USA LR-82 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana 2006

54.01 (5401)

1954, January 28. Milwaukee, WI, Pfister Hotel, room 622.

Interview [in English; 11 min. 35 sec.] by Jim Wallace (WFOX).

First broadcast: January 31 (JBM copy: CD 64).

Topics: JB's return from Europe; a touring singer's problems; Björling's career, especially in Sweden

during WWII; advice to young singers.

CD Bakhåll BAKCD 0651 Förevigade ljudögonblick, Del 1 2006

The interview took place after a recital in Milwaukee on the preceding day and includes the accompanist Frederick

Schauwecker.

54.02 (5402)

1954, June 4. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

Stockholm Music Festival opera performance (partially recorded). With Royal Orchestra, cond.

Lamberto Gardelli.

Swedish Radio recording of act 3, broadcast on June 5 (preserved part: SR archive: B 57486; JBM copy:

CD 69, CD 107).

Rigoletto [I] (Verdi): act 3, first part [through end of quartet]

Cast: Hjördis Schymberg (Gilda); Bette (Wermine-)Björling (Maddalena), JB (Duke); Hugo Hasslo

(Rigoletto), Sven-Erik Jacobsson (Sparafucile).

Excerpt:

a. La donna è mobile [verse 2 sung da capo].

a:

CD Bluebell ABCD 080 18 Royal Swedish Tenors 1999-11

This recording was not originally preserved by the radio company. The present, incomplete copies in the Swedish

Radio and JB Museum archives were derived from the only known off-the-air recording, made on steel wire by

Olle Söderholm, Västerås. There is a break in the quartet of about one second and a few other minor defects.

54.03 (5403)

1954, June 9. Bergen (Norway), Concert Palace.

Bergen International Festival concert [incompletely recorded?]. With Bergen Symphony Orchestra

(Musikselskabet Harmoniens orkester), cond. Carl Garaguly.

315

Recording by CBS, USA; partially live broadcast by Norwegian Radio.


b. Se i miei sospiri (Pietà, Signore) [I] (Fétis)

c. Ingemisco [L] (Verdi: Messa da Requiem)

d. Skogen sover [S] (Alfvén)

e. Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

f. En svane [N] (Grieg)

?g. Ein Traum [N: En drøm] (Grieg)

h. Jeg elsker dig [N] (Grieg)

a,b,c,d,e,f,h:


LP Bluebell BELL 163 Jussi Björling Live: Holland 1939, Norway 1954 1984-03

CD Bluebell ABCD 006 Jussi Björling Live: Holland 1939, Norway 1954 1987-04


a,b,c:


a,b:



c:



02

d:

CD Infogram INFO-033 (4) Musik för miljoner: STIM 75 år 1998

f,h:


f:


The first part of the concert (through "Ingemisco") was broadcast live by the Norwegian Radio. The whole concert

was recorded by James Fassett, CBS, and broadcast by WCBS, New York, on “World Music Festival” July 18,

1954. That broadcast did not include "En drøm", which is missing on all known copies of this recording, but

reviews confirm that it was performed at the concert.

54.04 (+)

1954, June 15. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Large Auditorium.

Nordisk samling [Nordic Gathering], gala program concluding Nordic economic conference. With

Swedish Radio Orchestra, cond. Stig Westerberg.

(Kooperativa Förbundet archive; JBM copy: CD 115)

a. Kung Heimer och Aslög [S] (Söderman)


The recording was done unintentionally, with a microphone far from the the singer, so the sound quality is very

bad. The bass Kim Borg and the pianist Kjell Baekkelund were other soloists on the program.

54.05 (5404)

1954, December 8. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

316

Opera performance. With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Kurt

Bendix.

Swedish Radio recording (SR archive Ma 55/1039:1). First broadcast: 1955, August 30.

Cavalleria rusticana [I/S] (Mascagni)

Cast [JB in Italian, all others in Swedish]: Aase Nordmo-Løvberg (Santuzza); Bette (Wermine-)Björling

(Lola), Margit Sehlmark (Lucia); JB (Turiddu); Georg Svedenbrant (Alfio).

Complete:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 346 Cavalleria Rusticana 1965-11

CD Legato LCD164-1 Cavalleria Rusticana 1992

CD Bluebell ABCD 085 (2) Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci 2000-09

CD Cantus CACD 5.01744 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana: 2 Gesamtaufnahmen: Aufführungsmitschnitte 2013-

07

Also available on CD-R: Maison de la lirique Mascagni 0061; Omega 1655; Premiere Opera

5060-1

Excerpts:

a. O Lola; b. Tu qui, Santuzza...Ah! lo vedi; c1. Comare Lola...Viva il vino spumeggiante...A voi tutti

salute!… c2. Mamma!...Quel vino è generoso.

a,b,c:


b,c:

CD Bluebell ABCD 028 Jussi Björling: Manon Lescaut, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci: Royal Opera,

Stockholm 1990-05


c2:


54.06 (5405)

1954, December 8. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

Opera performance. With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Lamberto

Gardelli.

Swedish Radio recording (SR archive: Ma 55/1039:2). First broadcast: 1955, February 17.

Pagliacci [S: Pajazzo] (Leoncavallo)

Cast: Ruth Moberg (Nedda); JB (Canio), Arne Ohlson (Beppe); Erik Sundquist (Tonio), Carl-Axel

Hallgren (Silvio).

Complete:

LP Legendary LR 137-2 (2) Jussi Bjoerling: I Pagliacci: Rare Live Performance from Stockholm 1954,

Plus Bjoerling in Arias… 1981-02

CD Legato LCD155-1 Pagliacci 1992

CD Bluebell ABCD 085 (2) Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci 2000-09

CD Opera Depot OD 10179-1 I Pagliacci 2007-08

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD7091; Maison de la lirique Leoncavallo 0035; Omega

1402; Premiere Opera 5059-1

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Mi accordan di parlar?...Un grande spettacolo... a2. Un tal gioco…a3. Confusa io son!...Ma

poi ricordatevi; b. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba;

(Act 2) c. Nome di Dio!...Coraggio! Un uomo…No, Pagliaccio non son [to end of opera].

317

a,b,c:


a:



a2,b:


Stockholm 1990-05


b:


CD Myto 1MCD 953.130 Jussi Björling’s Last Concert: Göteborg, 5.8.1960. Bonus: Jussi Björling in

Il Trovatore, Rigoletto and I Pagliacci 1995-06



CD Andromeda UK ANDRCD 9064 Jussi Björling’s Last Concert: Göteborg, 5.8.1960 2010-09

54.07 (5406)

1954, December 20. Stockholm, Södersjukhuset [The Söder Hospital].

Charity Christmas recital for Pillerdosan [The Pillbox] #27. With Harry Ebert, piano.

Sjukhusradion [Hospital Radio] recording. First broadcast: December 22.

(KB archive: R88/104-05, [DAT] R89/0198:002, R89/0199:001; JBM copy: CD 108)

a. In fernem Land [S: I fjärran land] (Wagner: Lohengrin)

b. När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går [S] (Peterson-Berger)

c. Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)

d. Cantique de Noël [S: Julsång] (Adam)

a,b,c,d:


2010-09

a:



Sjukhusradion was a closed-circuit radio network for hospitals in the Stockholm area.

55.01(1) (53xx)

1955, January 18. Helsinki (Helsingfors), Exhibition Hall B (B-Messuhalli / B-Mässhallen).

Recital (partially recorded). With Harry Ebert, piano.

Finnish Radio (YLE) broadcast of the second part of the recital, privately recorded on tape by Gustaf

Donner.

(JBM copy: CD 105).

a. In fernem Land [S: I fjärran land] (Wagner: Lohengrin) -- [Short break in this recording]

b. En svane [N] (Grieg)

c. Ein Traum [N: En drøm] (Grieg)

d. Till havs [S] (Nordqvist) -- [Short break in this recording]

e. Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

f. Demanten på marssnön [S] (Sibelius)

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g. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra [I] (Tosti)

h. Tonerna [S] (Sjöberg)

i. Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i:


h:





55.01(2) (+)

1955, March 10. Helsinki (Helsingfors), Finnish Opera House (Suomalaisen Ooppera / Finska

Operan).

Opera performance, benefit for new opera house (partially recorded). With Helsinki Philharmonic

Orchestra (Helsingin Kaupunginorkesteri / Helsingfors stadsorkester), cond. Jussi Jalas.

Private recording (copy in a private Finnish collection).

Tosca [I/Fi] (Puccini)

Cast [JB in Italian, all others in Finnish]: Elli Pihlaja (Tosca); JB (Cavaradossi), Martti Seilo

(Spoletta); Lauri Lahtinen (Scarpia), Pentti Tuominen (Sciarrone), Rafael Karima (Jailer); Hannu

Heikkilä (Sacristan), Gunnar Calenius (Angelotti).

Excerpt:

(Act 2) a. Dov’è Angelotti? – Non lo so… Mario Cavaradossi…[through] …ai miei cenni.

a:

CD Finlandia FINCLA10 Lauri Lahtinen: Äänityksiä 1951-1962 2014-11

Except for the issued fragment, it is not known what parts of the performance are preserved.

55.02 (5501)

1955, September 24. New York, Carnegie Hall.

Recital. With Frederick Schauwecker, piano.

Recorded by RCA Victor for commercial publication.

a. Adelaide [G] (Beethoven)

b. Frühlingsglaube [G] (Schubert)

c. Die Forelle [G] (Schubert)

d. Ständchen [G] (Schubert)

e. Die böse Farbe [G] (Schubert)

f. Traum durch die Dämmerung [G] (R. Strauss)

g. Cäcilie [G] (R. Strauss)

h. Ständchen [G] (Brahms)

i. Il mio tesoro [I] (Mozart: Don Giovanni)

j. Amor ti vieta [I] (Giordano: Fedora)

k. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)

l. Instant charmant...En fermant les yeux [F] (Massenet: Manon)

m. En svane [N] (Grieg)

n. Ein Traum [N: En drøm] (Grieg)

319

o. Demanten på marssnön [S] (Sibelius)

p. Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

q. Svarta rosor [S] (Sibelius)

r. Tonerna [S] (Sjöberg)

s. Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

t. Ideale [I] (Tosti)

u. E lucevan le stelle [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

v. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra [I] (Tosti)

w. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair [E] (Foster)

x (+). Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

y (+). Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y:

CD RCA USA 82876-53231-2 Jussi Björling reDiscovered: Carnegie Hall Recital September 24, 1955

2003-09

CD RCA 82876-53379-2 Jussi Björling reDiscovered: Carnegie Hall Recital September 24, 1955

2003-09

CD Musical Heritage 5178418 Jussi Björling reDiscovered: Carnegie Hall Recital September 24, 1955

2004 (?)


CD RCA 88697858222 Bjoerling Sings at Carnegie Hall 2011-05

CD Sony FRANCE 88765408182 (18) les plus belles voix du monde: Les récitals mythiques des plus

grands chanteurs 2012-10

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r:

LP Unique UORC-376 Jussi Bjoerling Recital (1955) 1977-12

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,t,u,v,w:

LP RCA USA LM 2003 Bjoerling Sings at Carnegie Hall 1956-08

LP RCA GERMANY LM 2003-C Bjoerling Sings at Carnegie Hall 1957-01

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30035 Bjoerling Sings at Carnegie Hall 1957

LP RCA UK RB 16011 Bjoerling Sings at Carnegie Hall 1958-01

LP RCA FRANCE 630.583 Bjoerling à Carnegie Hall 1961

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16339 Bjoerling Sings at Carnegie Hall 1962

LP RCA JAPAN RA-2203 Bjoerling Sings at Carnegie Hall 1962 (?)

LP RCA EUROPE SVA 1010 Bjoerling Sings at Carnegie Hall 1966-10

LP RCA NETHERLANDS GL 43194 Bjoerling Sings at Carnegie Hall 1980-06


a,b,c,d:

45 RCA (Victor) GERMANY ERA 9702 Jussi Björling singt Beethoven und Schubert 1960-03 (?)

a,c,d,e,h,t,v:


a,d,f,i,k,l,o,r,s,t,u,w:


c,d:


i,j,k,l,t,u,v:


1971-09


Opera 1976 (?)

i,j,k,l,u:




i,j,k,l:

45 RCA (Victor) SPAIN 3-26178 Jussi Bjoerling… 1960 (?)

320

i,j,l,a,b,f,g,h,t,v,w:


i,j,l:


02

i:


CD Hamburger Archiv 20211 W. A. Mozart: Schwedische Sänger 1938-1951 2000-10


j,c,d,m,p,q,r:


sånger 2005-10

m:

CD Sony NORWAY 88697491432 The Essential Edvard Grieg 2009-05

t:

LP RCA USA; SPAIN LM 2630 Great Tenors Sing Neapolitan Songs: Caruso to Lanza / Canciónes

Napolitanas por Grandes Tenores 1962-08

LP RCA EUROPE HR 211 Berühmte Tenöre singen neapolitanische Lieder = Great Tenors Sing

Neapolitan Songs: Historical Recordings 1913-1960 1962-09

LP RCA AUSTRALIA L 16349 Great Tenors Sing Neapolitan Songs 1962

LP RCA JAPAN RA-2157 Ten Great Tenors Sing Neapolitan Songs 1962 (?)

u:


Items sung as encores: h, j, l, r, t-y.

55.03 (+)

1955, October 20. Seattle, WA, Civic Auditorium.

Recital (arranged by Seattle Community Concert Association) (only partially preserved?). With

Frederick Schauwecker, piano.

Privately made in-house recording.

a. Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

b. La donna è mobile [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

c. Jeg elsker dig [N] (Grieg)

a,b,c:

CD Vocal Record Collectors’ Society 2001 Annual Issue: 45th Anniversary 2001-12

The three numbers known to be preserved are the last one on the program and two encores.

55.04 (5502)

1955, December 14. New Orleans, LA, Municipal Auditorium.

Recital in New Orleans Community Concert Series. With Frederick Schauwecker, piano.

Privately made in-house recording (JBM copy: CD 182).

a. Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fu [I] (Handel: Serse)




321

e. Traum durch die Dämmerung [G] (R. Strauss)

f. Zueignung [G] (R. Strauss)

g. Ein Traum [N: En drøm] (Grieg)

h. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)

i. Amor ti vieta [I] (Giordano: Fedora)

j. Siren' [E: Lilacs] (Rachmaninov)

k. V molchan'i nochi taynoy [E: In the Silence of Night] (Rachmaninov)

l. Demanten på marssnön [S] (Sibelius)

m. Svarta rosor [S] (Sibelius)

n. Tonerna [S] (Sjöberg)

o. Ideale [I] (Tosti)

p. L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra [I] (Tosti)

q. Clorinda [E] (Morgan)

r. Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

s (+). La donna è mobile [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto) [Recording incomplete: beginning missing.]

t (+). E lucevan le stelle [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

u (+). Parce que [E: Because] (d'Hardelot, pseud. of Rhodes)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u:


t,u:

CD Vocal Record Collectors’ Society 2007 Annual Issue 2007-12

Items sung as encores: g, i, n, q, s-u.

56.01 (5601)

1956, January 30. Long Island, NY, NBC studio.

Producer's Showcase: Festival of Music, NBC television concert (color). Host: Charles Laughton. With

Renata Tebaldi (sop.) & Showcase Symphony Orchestra (= Symphony of the Air), cond. Max Rudolf.

Kinescope recording in black & white.

a1. O sventata, sventata… a2. Che gelida manina... a3. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì [I] (Puccini: La bohème)


Complete:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 168 Potpourri (3) 1960 (?)


LP Legendary LR 137-2 (2) Jussi Bjoerling: I Pagliacci: Rare Live Performance from Stockholm 1954,

Plus Bjoerling in Arias… 1981-02


CD Great Opera Performances GOP 743 (2) Bohème. Bonus: Bohème act 1, 1956 1994-03

CD Great Opera Performances GOP 829 (2) La Bohème. Bonus: Bohème Duetto atto 1 2002-02

DVD VAI DVD 4244 Producer’s Showcase: Festival of Music, Vol. 1 2003-11

VHS VAI 69238 Producer’s Showcase: Festival of Music, Vol. 1 2003-11

DVD VAI DVD 4324 (2) Renata Tebaldi: A Portrait 2005-06


09


a2,a3,b:

VHS NVC Arts 0630-15898-3 The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century 1996-11

LD Warner Music Vision JAPAN WPLS-4105 The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century 1996

DVD NVC Arts 0630-15898-2 The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century 2000-08

322

DVD NVC Arts 0927-40774-2 (3) The Art of 2002-11

DVD Kultur D4733 The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century 2011-07

a3,b:

CD ARA AR 105 Giacomo Puccini: ’Mon amour’ 2008

b:


56.02 (5602)

1956, March 31. New York, NY, Metropolitan Opera House.

Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Dimitri

Mitropoulos.



Cast: Licia Albanese (Manon); Rosalind Elias (Singer); JB (Des Grieux), Thomas Hayward (Edmondo),

Alessio de Paolis (Dancing Master), James McCracken (Lamplighter); Frank Guarrera (Lescaut);

Fernando Corena (Geronte), Calvin Marsh (Sergeant), George Cehanovsky (Innkeeper), Osie Hawkins

(Sea Captain).

Complete:

LP Morgan 3MOR 5601 (3) Manon Lescaut 1975-05 (?)

LP Fonit Cetra DOC 9 (3) Manon Lescaut 1982-02 (?)

CD Melodram CD 27502 (2) Manon Lescaut 1990


CD Fimvelstar FRO64 (2) Manon Lescaut 2006

CD West Hill Radio Archives WHRA-6020 (4) Jussi Björling In Two Puccini Operas: La bohème and

Manon Lescaut: Live performances from the Met (1948 & 1956) 2008-08

CD Cantus CACD 5.01144 (2) Manon Lescaut: 4 Gesamtaufnahmen: Aufführungsmitschnitte 2008-11

CD Walhall WLCD 0267 (2) Manon Lescaut 2009-08

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD8983, CD687300; Omega 266; Opera Lovers MANL

195601

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. L'amor? Questa tragedia... a2. Tra voi, belle... a3. Ma bravo!... a4. Cortese damigella... a5.

Donna non vidi mai; b. Vedete? Io son fedele;

(Act 2) c1. Oh, sarò la più bella!... Tu, tu, amore?... c2. Ah! - Affè, madamigella... c3. Ah! Manon, mi

tradisce;

(Act 3) d1. Manon!... d2. Presto! In fila!...Ah! non v'avvicinate;

(Act 4) e. Fra le tue braccia.

a,b,c,d,e:

CD Operaviva OPV-017 Manon Lescaut (selezione) 1989

a1,a2,a5,c3,d2:


a2,a4,a5,b,c1:


a2,a4,a5,c1,d2,e:


56.03 (5603)

323

1956, April 4. New York, NY, Metropolitan Opera House.

Opera performance (partially recorded). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Dimitri

Mitropoulos.

Privately made in-house recording, probably from a (dressing-room?) monitor speaker (JBM copy: K-

39).

Tosca [I] (Puccini): excerpts from acts 1 & 2 [45 min.; see note below]

Cast: Zinka Milanov (Tosca); JB (Cavaradossi), Alessio de Paolis (Spoletta); Walter Cassel (Scarpia),

George Cehanovsky (Sciarrone); Gerhard Pechner (Sacristan), Clifford Harvuot (Angelotti).

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a. Dammi i colori!...Recondita armonia.

a:

LP HRE HRE 377-1 Recondita armonia: The Aria from Puccini’s Tosca sung by 22 tenors 1982-02

Acts 1 & 2 are complete except for a short break in act 1 (between Scarpia's "Un uom sospetto! Un vol..." and

Tosca's "Ingannata? No, no, tradirmi egli non può") and for the beginning of act 2 (before Scarpia's "Per amor del

suo Mario"). Thus, everything sung by Björling in those two acts was preserved.

56.04 (5604)



Recorded by Gröna Lunds Tivoli AB.

a. Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida [I] (Verdi: Aida)

b. Ach, so fromm [I: M'apparì tutt'amor] (Flotow: Martha)


d. Demanten på marssnön [S] (Sibelius)

e. Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

f. La donna è mobile [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

g. Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [S: Nu är jag pank och fågelfri] (Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent)

h. Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h:


a,b,d,e,f,g:


56.05 (5605)

1956, July 22. Gävle (Gästrikland, Sweden), Furuviksparken [Furuvik Park].

Open-air recital (fragment recorded). With Harry Ebert, piano.

Color film recording by AB Kinocentralen (Gävle City Archive).

Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [S: Nu är jag pank och fågelfri] (Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent): verse 2

The sequence must have been taken at the first of two recitals which JB gave at Furuvik on July 22 (at 4 p.m.). It

was shot at rather long range, and the synchronization is bad (sound and picture may even have been taken from

different songs on the same occasion). The recording was done for a short film, celebrating the 20th anniversary of

the Furuvik Park in 1956. Two copies of this film were found in the Gävle archive and used for a television

program in the 1980's. In that program, the second verse only was included (54 sec. song; 1 min. 20 sec. with

324

applause and reception of flowers); it is uncertain if anything more exists.

57.01 (5701)


Opera performance. With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Kurt Bendix.

Swedish Radio recording (SR archive: MA 57/10410). First broadcast: 1985, November 16 (short

excerpts broadcast earlier).


Cast: Eva Prytz (Gilda); Barbro Ericson (Giovanna), Judith Garellick (Countess Ceprano), Carrie

Nilsson (Page); Kerstin Meyer (Maddalena); JB (Duke), Olle Sivall (Borsa); Erik Sundquist (Rigoletto),

Georg Svedenbrant (Monterone), Carl-Axel Hallgren (Marullo); Sven-Erik Jacobsson (Sparafucile),

Ingvar Wixell (Count Ceprano), Bertil Alstergård (Usher).

Complete:

CD Opera Depot OD 11332-2 (2) Rigoletto 2015-05

CD Bluebell ABCD 044 (2) Rigoletto 1992-06

CD Celestial Audio CA 1159 (2) Rigoletto 2012

Also available on CD-R: Omega 3180; Premiere Opera 3125-2

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Della mia bella… a2. Questa o quella; b1. Signor nè principe… b2. È il sol dell’anima…

b3. Che m’ami…Addio, addio;

(Act 2) c. Ella mi fù rapita!...Parmi veder le lagrime;

(Act 3) d. La donna è mobile; e. Un dì, se ben rammentomi...Bella figlia dell'amore.

a,b,c,d,e:

CD Bluebell ABCD 002 Jussi Björling in Rigoletto, Il Trovatore: Royal Opera, Stockholm 1987-02


a,c,d:


02

a:

CD Golden Stars GSS 5311 (3) Verdi: A Centennial Tribute 2001-06

a2,b2:

CD Classical Top 100 GCH 2708 (5) 100 Klassiska Mästerverk 1997

a2:

CD Gala GL 399 Opera at the Movies 1994

CD Digital Concerto CCT 2820 (2) The World’s Greatest Classical Hits 1996

CD RMG 2044 MP3 The Greatest Opera Singers: Opera at the Movies, The Greatest Tenors, The

Greatest Divas 2006-11 (?)

c,d:




d:

LP Unique UORC-197 Potpourri No. 3 1974-03

LP Bluebell BELL 196 Swedish Opera Singers in New York 1893-1947 1986-08



This opera was performed in four acts in Stockholm.

325

57.02 (5702)


Opera performance (almost completely recorded). With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond.

Herbert Sandberg.

Privately made backstage recording.

Il trovatore [I] (Verdi) [complete from scene 2].

Cast: Aase Nordmo-Løvberg (Leonora), Ruth Moberg (Ines); Margareta Bergström (Azucena); JB

(Manrico), Gösta Björling (Ruiz), Sture Ingebretzen (Messenger); Hugo Hasslo (Di Luna); Erik Saedén

(Ferrando), Sven Wallskog (Gypsy).

Complete:

CD Caprice CAP 22051 (2) Il Trovatore 1957, Manon Lescaut excerpts 1959 2003-01

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD13407; Omega 2493; Opera Lovers TRO-195702;

Premiere Opera 3547-2

The recording is complete from "Che più t'arresti" in Act 1. Thus, everything sung by Björling was preserved. The

recording was made backstage (by a member of the chorus) for Margareta Bergström, who sang Azucena. In April

1986, highlights from the recording were presented for the first time by Stefan Johansson on a Swedish Radio

program.

57.03 (5703)

1957, February 17. New York, NY, CBS studio 50.

Ed Sullivan Show, CBS television program (black & white). With Hilde Güden (sop., in b), Thelma

Votipka (m.-sop., in b) & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, cond. Fausto Cleva.

(Kinescope recording exists; JBM copy: DVD 3)

a. La donna è mobile [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

b1. Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi... b2. Signor nè principe...È il sol dell'anima... Che m'ami [I] (Verdi:

Rigoletto)

a,b:


VHS Bel Canto Society 007 Opera Titans After 1990 (?)


b2:



The part with JB was shown on Swedish Television for the first time 18 May 1986.

57.04 (5704)


Open-air recital. With Bertil Bokstedt, piano.

Recorded by Gröna Lunds Tivoli.


b. Elle ne croyait pas [S: Hon kunde icke tro] (Thomas: Mignon)

326

c. Di' tu se fedele [I] (Verdi: Un ballo in maschera)

d. Morgen [G] (R. Strauss)

e. Cäcilie [G] (R. Strauss)


g. Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g:


a,b,c:


b:

LP ANNA ANNA-1064 A.N.N.A. Record Company Presents a Tenor Potpourri 1981-09





57.05 (5705)

1957, September 30. Malmö, Municipal Theater.

Opera performance (partially recorded). With Malmö Concert Hall Foundation Orchestra, cond. Sten-

Åke Axelson.

In-house recording by the theatre company (Malmö Stadsteater archive: A40; JBM copy: CD 167-68).

La bohème [S/I] (Puccini): acts 1, 3 & 4.

Cast [JB in Italian, all others in Swedish]: Ethel Mårtensson (Mimì), Astri Herseth (Musetta); JB

(Rodolfo); Nils Bäckström (Marcello), Arne Hasselblad (Schaunard); Bengt von Knorring (Colline),

Arne Dahl (Benoit), Karl-Fredrik Liljeholm, Carl-Johan Unger (Sergeants).

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Chi è la... a2. Che gelida manina... a3. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì;

(Act 3) b1. Marcello. Finalmente...Mimì è una civetta... b2. Che! Mimì! Tu qui!...Donde lieta uscì...

Addio, dolce svegliare;

(Act 4) c. In un coupè...O Mimì, tu più non torni; d1. Sono andati?... d2. Oh Dio! Mimì! [to end of

opera].

a,b,c,d:


a1,a2,b1,c,d1:


57.06 (5706)

1957, October 5. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Large Auditorium.

Swedish Radio concert, With Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Stig

Westerberg.

Pre-recorded without audience (SR archive: Ma 57/10983). First broadcast: October 20.


b. Tristans död [S] (Rangström)


d. Donna non vidi mai [I] (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)

327

a:



sånger 2005-10

b:

LP RCA EUROPE HR 224 Jussi Bjoerling: Historische Aufnahmen 1958 / Jussi Bjoerling in Concert

1965-01 (?)

LP RCA USA; AUSTRALIA; GERMANY LM 2784 Jussi Bjoerling in Concert 1965-02

LP RCA UK RB 6620 Jussi Bjoerling in Concert 1965-07

LP RCA SOUTH AFRICA 30305 Jussi Bjoerling in Concert 1965 (?)

LP RCA JAPAN RA-2213 Jussi Bjoerling in Concert 1965 (?)


LP RCA GERMANY RL 43063 AS Jussi Björling in Concert 1980-04

LP RCA USA AGM1-4923 Jussi Bjoerling in Concert 1984-03


c,d:


57.07 (5707)


Sibelius Memorial Concert. With New York Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Martti Similä.

In-house recording for Voice of America.

a. Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

b. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte [S] (Sibelius)

c. Var det en dröm [S] (Sibelius)

d. Svarta rosor [S] (Sibelius)

e. Demanten på marssnön [S] (Sibelius)

a,b,c,d,e:


CD Suomen Kuvalehti Classica CL 112 Sibelius johtaa Sibeliusta, Jussi Björling: Sibeliuksen lauluja,

Erkki Melartin: Sinfonia nro 5 1995

b,e:


d:



Copies of this recording exist in several radio archives, including the Finnish one, which copy was used for the

complete issues.

58.01 (5801)

1958, February 8. Stockholm, Cirkus.

Stora famnen [A Big Hug], Swedish Radio entertainment television program. Host: Lennart Hyland.

With Bertil Bokstedt, piano.

(SR archive [sound recording]: TAN 58/175)

a. Ein Traum [N: En drøm] (Grieg)


c. Cäcilie [G] (R. Strauss)

328

d. Morgon [S] (Eklöf)

a,b,c:


c:


The program included the drawing of match pairings for the World Football Championship. After his performance,

Björling was presented with the first series of tickets for the championship by the secretary general, Holger

Bergérus. An AV recording from this program in the Sveriges Television archive (137/58U) contains the drawing

ceremony only, not the artistic performances (which also included Kjerstin Dellert and Thomas Funck). The

program, or parts of it, seems also to have been telecast in other countries and therefore, an AV recording of

Björling’s performance may possibly exist.

58.02 (5802)

1958, March 2. New York, NY, Carnegie Hall.

Recital. With Frederick Schauwecker, piano.

Recorded by RCA Victor for commercial publication.


b. An die Leier [G] (Schubert)


d. Frühlingsglaube [G] (Schubert)

e. An Silvia [G] (Schubert)

f. Die Allmacht [G] (Schubert)

g. Ständchen [G] (Schubert)

h. Adelaide [G] (Beethoven)

i. Ständchen [G] (Brahms)

j. Lensky's Aria: Kuda, kuda [S: Förbi, förbi] (Tchaikovsky: Evgeny Onegin)

k. Skogen sover [S] (Alfvén)

l. I drömmen du är mig nära [S] (Sjögren)

m. Jungfrun under lind [S] (Peterson-Berger)

n. Siren' [E: Lilacs] (Rachmaninov)

o. V molchan'i nochi taynoy [E: In the Silence of Night] (Rachmaninov)

p. Ein Traum [N: En drøm] (Grieg)

q. Nessun dorma! [I] (Puccini: Turandot)

r. Ideale [I] (Tosti)

s. La donna è mobile [I] (Verdi: Rigoletto)

t. E lucevan le stelle [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

u. Zueignung [G] (R. Strauss)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u:

CD RCA GERMANY GD60520 Jussi Bjoerling at Carnegie Hall 1990-10

CD RCA USA 60520-2-RG Jussi Bjoerling at Carnegie Hall 1991-04

MC RCA USA 60520-4-RG Jussi Bjoerling at Carnegie Hall 1991-04

CD Musical Heritage 514979W Jussi Bjoerling at Carnegie Hall 1998


2005

a,b,f,j,k,m,o,p,q,r,s,t,u:

LP Cum Laude KM 1001 Jussi Bjoerling Recital 1965 (?)

b,e,l,m,o,u:


329

1965-01 (?)







b,e,o,u:


b,o,u:


c,d,g,h,i,n:


c,d,g,h,i:


c,e,g,p,q,u:






c,e,g,p,u:


c,p,u:



c,p:


c:

CD BMG Special Marketing Europe 74321 76988 2 (2) Die Gala der Tenöre 2000

f:

CD BMG Direct DMC 21124 (2) Great Voices of Christmas 1993

CD Time-Life Music R132-26 (2) Great Voices of Christmas 1995

CD RCA 09026-63237-2 Ten Tenors in Prayer 1998-09

g,h,q,r:


02

g,l,m,p,r,u:


g:

CD RMG 3587 MP3 Mirovaya Opera: Sto luchshikh ariy 2009-01h,u:


j,q,r:



j:


k,u:


sånger 2005-10

q,r:



q:


330





r:

LP Unique UORC-253 Tosti Songs 1975-05




Items sung as encores: g-i, p-u.

58.03 (5803)

1958, June 26. Stockholm, Gröna Lund.


Recorded by Gröna Lunds Tivoli (sound) & Swedish Radio (fragment of item c on film: SVT archive:

830/58U).

a. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön [S: Ack, detta är en ängels bild] (Mozart: Die Zauberflöte)



d. Aftonstämning [S] (Körling)

e. Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)

f. Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [S: Nu är jag pank och fågelfri] (Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent)

g. Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

h. Torna a Surriento [I] (E. De Curtis)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h:


b,c,f:


c,h:

LP RCA SWEDEN VICS 1659 Jussi Björling på Gröna Lund 1972-03

c:



1997



1997




2005-07



A fragment of the Carmen aria (c) in this recital was filmed for Swedish Radio’s television program Vi går på

Gröna Lund [We Visit Gröna Lund], telecast August 3, 1958, which is preserved in the Swedish Television archive.

The aria fragment comprises 1 min. 13 sec. (29 sec. piano introduction + 44 sec. singing, ending with “…flétrie

et sè…”). The Pars Media program combines the film with the audio recording.

331

58.04 (5804)

1958, July 18. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Large Auditorium.

Sveriges Radios sommarkonsert [Swedish Radio Public Summer Concert]. With Swedish Radio

Orchestra & Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Georg Ludwig Jochum.

Live broadcast (SR archive: Ma 58/679-80).

a. Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

b. Svarta rosor [S] (Sibelius)

c. Morgen [G] (R. Strauss)

d. Ständchen [G] (R. Strauss)

e. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)


g. Donna non vidi mai [I] (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g:


58.05 (5805)

1958, August 19. Stockholm, Stadion.

Invigning av Europamästerskapet i fri idrott [European Athletics Championship Opening Ceremony].

With Stockholm Army Band, cond. Marc De la Berg.

Swedish Radio live broadcast (SR archive: TAN 58/860; JBM copy: CD 64).

Morgon [S] (Eklöf)

58.06 (5806)

1958, December 2. New York, hotel room.

Interview [in English; 10 min.] by Alan Wagner, host of WNYC radio program Living Opera.

First broadcast: December 14; rebroadcast February 1961 recorded (JBM copy: CD 64).

Topics: JB's past opera and concert season; his type of voice; favorite roles; recording, concert and opera

plans; opera debuts in New York and Stockholm; his opera repertoire; favorite singers; problems with

acting in Aida; favorite encore aria.



58.07 (5807)

1958, December 6. Stockholm, Cirkus.

För hela familjen [For the Whole Family], Swedish Radio entertainment television program for NTF

[The Swedish National Society for Road Safety]. With Bertil Bokstedt, piano.

(SVT archive: K 2995 [16 mm. film, AV recording], L 2344 [magnetic soundtrack])

Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)



1997

332



1997


2005-07






The film recording is not quite complete; at the beginning, about 15 seconds (before “sjömanskind”) are missing.

58.08 (5808)

1958, December 11. Stockholm, Concert Hall, Large Auditorium.

Swedish Radio concert, With Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Stig Westerberg.

Pre-recorded without audience (SR Ma 58/1113). First broadcast: December 25.

a. Kung Heimer och Aslög [S] (Söderman)

b. Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)

c. När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går [S] (Peterson-Berger)

d. Bland skogens höga furustammar [S] (Peterson-Berger)

e. Sverige [S] (Stenhammar: Ett folk)

a,c,d,e:


b:


1965-01 (?)








CD Swedish Society PCDS 10 Jussi Björling: Till havs, Förbi förbi 1999-06


CD Bluebell ABCD 555 I roslagens famn 2003-06

CD Naxos SWEDEN 8.503164 (3) Sommarstämning: De klassiska melodierna och de älskade sångerna

2005-06





c,d:


c,e:


sånger 2005-10

d:


e:

333

CD Antenna 17 Scandinavian Masterpieces 1997

CD Antenna 22 Stars of the Opera 1998

CD Columbia ARGENTINA COL 489672 2 Svensk klassisk musik i våra hjärtan 1998



The songs were broadcast in the order a-e-c-d-b.

59.01 (5901)

1959, January 4. London, Palladium.

Sunday Night at the London Palladium, ATV (Associated Television) program. Host: Bruce Forsyth.

With Ivor Newton, piano.

(JBM copy [audio recording]: CD 109)

a. Mamma!...Quel vino [I] (Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana)

b. E lucevan le stelle [I] (Puccini: Tosca)

Bridie Gallagher appeared as the other star on this program. Only private audio recordings of the program are

known; no AV recording was preserved by the producing company.

59.02 (5902)

1959, February 12. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

Opera performance (partially recorded). With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Nils

Grevillius.

In-house recording: act 2 in mono, act 3 in stereo (KB archive: R88/0030 ; JBM copy: CD 104).

Tosca [I/S] (Puccini): act 2 (incomplete; beginning before “Mario! – Tosca!” missing) & act 3.

Cast [JB in Italian, all others in Swedish]: Kjerstin Dellert (Tosca); Barbro Ericson (Shepherd); JB

(Cavaradossi), Anders Näslund (Spoletta); Arne Wirén (Scarpia), Bertil Alstergård (Sciarrone), Lennart

Carlén (Jailer).

Excerpts:

(Act 2) a1. Mario! – Tosca! – Ti straziano ancora?... a2. Vittoria!... a3. Così accasciata?...Vissi d’arte;

(Act 3) b1. Mario Cavaradossi? A voi… b2. E lucevan le stelle… b3. Senti, l’ora è vicina…Liberi!...

Amaro sol per te… b4. E non giungono [to end of opera].

a:

CD Caprice CAP 22063 (2) Verismo at the Royal Swedish Opera 1952-1962 2008-09

a2,b3:

LP HMV SWEDEN 7C 153-35350/58* Operan: Röster från Stockholmsoperan under 100 år 1976-12


b:


b2,b3,b4:


b3:

LP Fischer 101-3* (3) Kjerstin Dellert: Mina musikaliska memoarer 1985-11

59.03 (5903)

334

1959, April 13. Atlanta, GA, Glenn Memorial Auditorium.

Recital (in the 1958-59 Chamber Music Series for Students at Emory University). With Frederick

Schauwecker, piano.

Privately made in-house recording in stereo.





e. Traum durch die Dämmerung [G] (R. Strauss)

f. Zueignung [G] (R. Strauss)

g. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)

h. Amor ti vieta [I] (Giordano: Fedora)

i. Siren' [E: Lilacs] (Rachmaninov)

j. V molchan'i nochi taynoy [E: In the Silence of Night] (Rachmaninov)

k. Skogen sover [S] (Alfvén)

l. I drömmen du är mig nära [S] (Sjögren)

m. Jungfrun under lind [S] (Peterson-Berger)

n. En svane [N] (Grieg)

o. Ein Traum [N: En drøm] (Grieg)

p. Tonerna [S] (Sjöberg)

q. Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

r. Che gelida manina [I] (Puccini: La bohème)

s. Nessun dorma! [I] (Puccini: Turandot)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s:

CD Bluebell ABCD 020 Jussi Björling: The Atlanta Recital April 13, 1959 1989-02



CD Urania URN 22.382 Jussi Björling: The Stockholm & Atlanta Concerts 2009-03


a,g,n,r,s:




a:

CD Digital Concerto CCT 2820 (2) The World’s Greatest Classical Hits 1996

CD Classical Top 100 GCH 2708 (5) 100 Klassiska Mästerverk 1997

b,c,d,e,f,h,i,j,l,m,o,p,q:


c:

CD Documents GERMANY 600042 (4) Animals in Classical Music = Tiere in der klassischen Musik

2013-02

g,n,r,s:


g:

CD Digital Concerto CCT 2826 (2) The World’s Greatest Opera Hits 1995 (?)

CD Wonderful Music Of WMO 90346 The World’s Greatest Opera Hits 1998 (?)

p:


59.04 (5904)

1959, April 26 [or 27]. New York, hotel room (Essex House ?).

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Interview [in English; 6 min. 20 sec.] by Gene Fallon, host of WNYC radio program Around New York.

First broadcast: April 28, 1959 (JBM copy: CD 64).

Topics: JB's current recital tour; his return to the Met in the fall; David Björling’s US tour with his sons

in 1919-21; JB’s repertoire; comparison of concert and opera singing; JB's musical training.

59.05 (5905)

1959, June 16. Stockholm, Gröna Lund.




b. Traum durch die Dämmerung [G] (R. Strauss)

c. Cäcilie [G] (R. Strauss)

d. Aftonstämning [S] (Körling)

e. När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går [S] (Peterson-Berger)

f. Morgon [S] (Eklöf)

g. Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)

h. Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [S: Nu är jag pank och fågelfri] (Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h:


a,b,c,d,e,f:


a,b,d,e:


d:


h:




59.06 (5906)

1959, June 25, or one or a few days earlier. Stockholm, Sandrew studio.

Interview [in Swedish; 3 min. 50 sec.] by Eric Sandström for the radio program Medan vi väntar på Ingo

[While We Are Waiting for Ingo].

Commercial broadcast by Svenska AB Philips from Radio Luxembourg on the occasion of the world

heavyweight boxing championship fight between Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson on June 26 at

Yankee Stadium, New York (SR archive: TAN 59/683).

Topics: JB's impressions of Johansson; his thoughts about the fight; his own sporting habits.

CD So (No number) Rösten vi älskar 2010-10 In the program, the interview was presented as a telephone interview with JB at his summer home on Siarö in the

Stockholm archipelago just before the fight. Therefore, it was described as such in the JB Phonography, 1st & 2nd

Edition, but according to people who were present, the circumstances were “faked”.

336

59.07(1) (5907)




a. Verborgenheit [G] (Wolf)

b. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein [G] (Liszt)


d. Som stjärnorna på himmelen [S] (Peterson-Berger)

e. Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)

f. Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

g. Morgon [S] (Eklöf)

h. Torna a Surriento [I] (E. De Curtis)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h:


a,b,c,d,e,f,h:


e:


59.07(2) (+)

1959, October 15. Copenhagen, Falkoner Centret.

Recital. With Bertil Bokstedt, piano.



b. Die Mainacht [G] (Brahms)

c. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein [G] (Liszt)

d. Verborgenheit [G] (Wolf)

e. Die Forelle [G] (Schubert)

f. Die böse Farbe [G] (Schubert)

g. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [F] (Bizet: Carmen)

h. Jungfrun under lind [S] (Peterson-Berger)

i. Skogen sover [S] (Alfvén)

j. Demanten på marssnön [S] (Sibelius)

k. Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

l. En svane [N] (Grieg)

m. Ein Traum [N: En drøm] (Grieg)

n. Come un bel dì di maggio [I] (Giordano: Andrea Chénier)

o. Ideale [I] (Tosti)

p. Zueignung [G] (R. Strauss)

Items sung as encores: o, p.

59.08 (5908)

1959, October 30. Stockholm, radio studio.

Interview [in Swedish; 16 min. 10 sec.] by Bo Teddy Ladberg (Swedish Radio Music Department).

First broadcast: November 1, during the first intermission of a live broadcast Manon Lescaut

performance (#59.09) from the Royal Opera.

(SR archive: M 59/897:2)

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Topics: JB's debut as the lamplighter in Manon Lescaut; John Forsell's significance for him; the Royal

Opera in the thirties; the beginning of JB's American career and his tours in the US; mishaps during a

Ballo in maschera performance in Philadelphia and Bohème performances in Stockholm; problems of

singing in Italian in a Swedish ensemble; comparison of tenor roles in Puccini operas; memories of the

soprano Nanny Larsén-Todsen.

Ladberg gave a detailed account of how this interview came about in Jussi Björling: En minnesbok, p. 125.

According to that account, written in 1960, JB arrived at the studio at 5:25 p.m. on the day before the Manon

Lescaut performance (thus on the 31st). However, the date October 30 is noted in the recording minutes and

confirmed by the fact that Ladberg in the interview refers to it as having been recorded “a few days in advance" of

the performance.

59.09 (5909)

1959, November 1. Stockholm, Royal Opera House.

Opera performance (Sunday matinee). With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Nils

Grevillius.

Swedish Radio live broadcast (SR archive: M 59/897:1; JBM copy [of Royal Opera excerpts

recording]: CD 38).

Manon Lescaut [I/S] (Puccini).

Cast [JB in Italian, all others in Swedish]: Hjördis Schymberg (Manon); Margareta Bergström (Singer);

JB (Des Grieux), Lars Billengren (Edmondo), Arne Ohlson (Dancing Master), Kolbjörn Höiseth

(Lamplighter); Hugo Hasslo (Lescaut); Arne Tyrén (Geronte), Georg Svedenbrant (Sergeant), Sven-Erik

Jacobsson (Innkeeper), Bo Lundborg (Sea Captain).

Complete:

CD Opera Depot OD 10190-2 (2) Manon Lescaut 2007-10

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD8988; Maison de la lirique Puccini 0114; Omega 1559;

Premiere Opera 1144-2, 9111-2

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Ma se vi talenta… a2. Tra voi, belle... a3. Tra voi, belle [second verse]; b. Cortese

damigella…Donna non vidi mai; c. Vedete? Io son fedele;

(Act 2) d. Oh, sarò la più bella…Tu, tu, amore? e1. Senti, di qui partiamo... e2. Ah! Manon, mi tradisce;

(Act 3) f1. Presto! In fila!... f2. Ah! non v'avvicinate!...No! Pazzo son! Guardate!;

(Act 4) g. Tutta su me ti posa [to end = complete act].

a,e2,f2:


a2,a3,b,d,f,g:

CD Caprice CAP 22051 (2) Il Trovatore 1957, Manon Lescaut excerpts 1959 2003-01

a2,c,e,f2,g:


Stockholm 1990-05

e,f2:



CD Myto 2MCD 931.73 (2) Manon Lescaut. Bonus: J. Björling in Cavalleria Rusticana, New York

1959, and Manon Lescaut, Stockholm 1959 1993-01


CD Myto 2CD 011.H056 (2) Manon Lescaut. Bonus: J. Björling in Cavalleria Rusticana 2001-03

f:

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02


f2:


Two mono recordings were made for archive purposes from this performance, using different microphones. One,

made by the Swedish Radio, is complete and was used for the Bluebell excerpts issue (from which most other

issues of excerpts have presumably been copied). The other one was made by the Royal Opera and comprises seven

excerpts. Five of them were issued on Caprice, the other two are “Vedete? Io son fedele” and “Affè,

madamigella…Ah! Manon, mi tradisce”.

“Donna non vidi mai” is missing on the Bluebell issue because the aria was damaged during recopying in the radio

archive. The complete issue on OperaDepot is evidently taken from an off-the-air recording, and “Donna non vidi

mai” has there been inserted from the complete RCA recording (209b2).

59.10 (5910)


Opera performance. With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Nino Verchi.



Cast: Giulietta Simionato (Santuzza), Rosalind Elias (Lola); Thelma Votipka (Lucia); JB (Turiddu);

Walter Cassel (Alfio).

Complete:

LP HRE HRE 301-2 (2) Cavalleria Rusticana 1979-12


Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD7263; Omega 782, 812; Opera Lovers CAV-195901;

Premiere Opera 6557-1

Excerpts:

a. O Lola; b1. Tu qui, Santuzza?... b2. Ah! lo vedi…No, no, Turiddu; c1. Comare Lola...Viva il vino

spumeggiante...A voi tutti salute!… c2. Mamma!...Quel vino è generoso.

a,b,c:


CD Myto 2MCD 931.73 (2) Manon Lescaut. Bonus: J. Björling in Cavalleria Rusticana, New York

1959, and Manon Lescaut, Stockholm 1959 1993-01

DC Myto 2CD 011.H056 (2) Manon Lescaut. Bonus: J. Björling in Cavalleria Rusticana 2001-03

b:

CD Grand Tier ENGT-CD2 19/99 I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Bonus: G. Simionato & J. Bjoerling in

Cavalleria rusticana (1959) 1999

b1,c2:


59.11 (5911)


Opera performance. With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Dimitri Mitropoulos.

Privately made in-house recording (JBM copy: K-60/61).

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Tosca [I] (Puccini)

Cast: Mary Curtis-Verna (Tosca); Peter Burke (Shepherd); JB (Cavaradossi), Paul Franke (Spoletta);

Cornell MacNeil (Scarpia), Osie Hawkins (Sciarrone), Roald Reitan (Jailer); Lawrence Davidson

(Sacristan), Norman Scott (Angelotti).

Complete:

LP Unique UORC-148 (2) Tosca 1973-03

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Che fai?... a2. Recondita armonia... a3. Ma con quei cani... a4. Mario, Mario, Mario!...

Qual'occhio al mondo...È buona la mia Tosca [through "Se ci assalgon, battaglia!"];

(Act 2) b. Tal violenza!... Dov'è Angelotti [through "...il Giudice v'aspetta"]; c. Floria! – Amore...

Vittoria!;

(Act 3) d1. Vi resta un'ora... d2. E lucevan le stelle...O dolci mani...Amaro sol per te... d3. E non

giungono...L'ora! - Son pronto.

a,b,c,d:

CD Myto 2MCD 916.47 (2) La Bohème. Bonus: J. Björling in Tosca … Met 1959 1991-06

CD Myto 2CD 991.H021 (2) La Bohème 1999-03 (?)

a1,a2,a4,b,c,d2:


a2:

LP HRE HRE 202-1 Ten Tenors in Ten Live Performances 1977-05

59.12 (5912)


Opera performance (Saturday matinee). With Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Jean

Morel.


Faust [F] (Gounod)

Cast: Elisabeth Söderström (Marguerite), Mildred Miller (Siebel); Thelma Votipka (Marthe); JB (Faust);

Robert Merrill (Valentin), Roald Reitan (Wagner); Cesare Siepi (Méphistophélès).

Complete:

LP Robin Hood RHR 502-C (3) Faust 1974-08 (?)

CD Myto 2MCD 906.33 (2) Faust 1990

CD Rodolphe RPV 32702/03 Faust 1991

CD Music & Arts CD-701 (2) Faust: Met, 1959 1992

CD Arkadia 2CD GA 2008 (2) Faust 2000-04

CD Lyrica USA LR-7 (2) Faust 2000

CD Cantus CACD 5.00285, version 1 (2) Faust (Margarethe) 2002-10

CD Myto 2CD 00174 (2) Faust 2010-01

CD Pristine PACO064 (2) Faust 2011-09

Also available on CD-R: House of Opera CD6510, CDNY5023; Omega 162; Opera Lovers FAUS-

195901

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a1. Rien! En vain j’interroge…Ô coupe des aieux… a2. Mais ce Dieu; b. Á moi les plaisirs…Ô

merveille!

(Act 2) c. Nous nous retrouverons…Ne permettrez-vous pas;

(Act 3) d1. Quel trouble inconnu...Salut! demeure... d2. Alerte, la voilà!; e1. Prenez mon bras... Il était

temps!... e2. Il se fait tard!...Ô nuit d'amour!;

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(Act 4) f. Que voulez-vous, messieurs?;

(Act 5) g. Arrête! - N'as-tu pas promis; h1. Va-t'en!... h2. Mon cœur est pénétré….h3. Alerte! alerte!...

Anges purs!

a,b,c,d2,d3,e2,f1,g:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 210 Excerpts from Faust 1961-04

a1,b,c1,d3,e2,g2,g3:


a2,a3,d1,d2,e,f,g:

CD Documents GERMANY 600148 (10) Cesare Siepi: The Greatest Don Giovanni 2014-04

c1,d3:



c1,g:


c1,g3:

CD DAM 30162 (16) Les émotions de l’Opéra: 100 chefs-d’œuvre en trois siècles 2003-11

c1:

CD Movie Play MVO 25 Os 14 Grandes Tenores After 1990 (?)

CD Gala GL 398 The 14 Greatest Tenors 1994

CD Digital Concerto CCT 2832 (2) Serenata Romantica 1998

CD RMG 2044 MP3 The Greatest Opera Singers: Opera at the Movies, The Greatest Tenors, The

Greatest Divas 2006-11 (?)

d3:

CD Verona 28034/35 Famous Duets: Opera Arias and Scenes 1992-11 (?)


The Myto, Rodolphe, Arkadia and Cantus Classics CD issues of this opera were originally mislabeled as #50.10.

Myto corrected the information (and later also issued #50.10 as 2MCD 922.58), while Cantus corrected the mistake

by repressing the CDs with the correct recording.

60.01 (6001)


Opera performance (Sunday matinee). With Royal Orchestra & Royal Opera Chorus, cond. Herbert

Sandberg.

Swedish Radio live broadcast (SR archive: MK 60/142).


Cast: Hjördis Schymberg (Leonora), Ingeborg Kjellgren (Ines); Kerstin Meyer (Azucena); JB (Manrico),

Olle Sivall (Ruiz), Sture Ingebretzen (Messenger); Hugo Hasslo (Di Luna); Erik Saedén (Ferrando),

Bertil Alstergård (Gypsy).

Complete:

LP OASI OASI 656 (2) Il Trovatore 1984-06

CD OASI OASI 7003-2 (2) Il Trovatore 1990-12

CD Bluebell ABCD 045 (2) Il Trovatore 1992-10

Also available on CD-R: Omega 772, 2136

Excerpts:

(Act 1) a. Tacea la notte...Deserto sulla terra [to end of act];

(Act 2) b1. Stride la vampa... b2. Non son tuo figlio?...Mal reggendo... b3. Inoltra il pie'... Perigliarti

ancor languente;

(Act 3) c1. Quale d'armi fragor... c2. Alto è il periglio... c3. Il presagio funesto... c4. Ah sì, ben mio... c5.

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Manrico!... c6. Di quella pira;

(Act 4) d. Miserere...Quel suon...Ah, che la morte ognora; e. Madre? Non dormi?...Ai nostri monti…

Che! Non m’inganno! [to end of opera].

a,b,c,d,e:

LP Golden Age of Opera EJS 402 Trovatore (Highlights) 1967-05

b2,c,d,e:

CD Bluebell ABCD 002 Jussi Björling in Rigoletto, Il Trovatore: Royal Opera, Stockholm 1987-02




c,d,e:


c:





c2,c3,c4:

LP HRE HRE 215-1 Ten Tenors in Ten Live Performances, Vol. 2 1977-09

c3,c4,c5,c6:



c4,c6:


c4:


c6:



CD Erasmus 250/51 The Glory of the Human Voice, Volume 1 1999




CD Musidisk 5249833712 (3) The Best & The Greatest Voices of the Century 2011-03


60.02 (6002)

1960, July 5. Falun (Dalarna, Sweden).

Interview [in English; 6 min.] by Anthony Baird for Radio Sweden (Swedish Radio Foreign Program).

(SR archive: UT 60/1174)

Topics: JB's reasons for singing at the US Independence Day celebration in Rättvik the day before; his

connections with the US; his opinion of contemporary artists; his early training and career; modern opera

and composers.


In JBP 2, this interview was assumed to have been made in Rättvik, but a letter from Baird to Björling shows that it

was made in nearby Falun on their way back to Stockholm.

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60.03 (6003)





b. Vladimir's Cavatina: Medlenno den' ugasal [S: Dagen gick långsamt till ro] (Borodin: Knyaz [Prince]

Igor)

c. Ideale [I] (Tosti)

d. Till havs [S] (Nordqvist)

e. Land, du välsignade [S] (Althén)

f. Parce que [E: Because] (d'Hardelot, pseud. of Rhodes)

a,b,c,d,e,f:



a,b,c,e,f:


a:


f:


60.04 (6004)

1960, August 5. Gothenburg, Concert Hall.

Swedish Radio concert. With Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, cond. Nils

Grevillius.

Live broadcast (SR archive: MO 60/416-17).

a (d). Säv, säv, susa [S] (Sibelius)

b (e). Svarta rosor [S] (Sibelius)

c (f). Skogen sover [S] (Alfvén)

d (g). Jag längtar dig [S] (Alfvén)

e (a). Lensky's Aria: Kuda, kuda [S: Förbi, förbi] (Tchaikovsky: Evgeny Onegin)

f (b). Donna non vidi mai [I] (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)

g (c). In fernem Land [S: I fjärran land] (Wagner: Lohengrin)

a,b,c,d,e,f,g:


1965-01 (?)











a:

MC Gustaf Fröding-sällskapet GFSMC 001 Gustaf Fröding 1985

b,c,e,g:

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b:


d,e,g:


2010-09

e,g:


f,e:


1971-09


Opera 1976 (?)

f,g:


02

g:

LP RCA FRANCE 731.006/10 Wagner: Inoubliables interprètes 1971-08 (?)




CD Digital Concerto CCT 2826 (2) The World’s Greatest Opera Hits 1995 (?)




The opera arias in this concert were sung after the intermission. The order between the two parts of the

concert was reversed in the Sveriges Radio catalog, and this was repeated in JBP 2 and on various issues.

99.00

Undated recording of unknown origin.

With Anna-Lisa Björling (sop.) & piano.

(JBM archive: CD 128)

Will You Remember [E] (Romberg: Maytime)

This recording was found on an unmarked tape in the archive material left by Björling. There is also a solo by Mrs.

Björling on the tape.