Jussi Björling Live - Broadcast Concerts 1937-1960

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1▶CD: American Broadcast Concerts, 1945-1951
2▶CD: American Broadcast Concerts, 1949-1951
3▶CD: American Broadcast Concerts: 1948-1956
4▼CD: American and Swedish Radio Concerts and Rarities: 1937-1960
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1Jussi Bjorling's greetings to the American public concerning his upcoming radio premiere and his first American concert tour.
spoken vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
Jussi Björling0:31
2Announcements
orchestra:
General Motors Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ernö Rapée
[announcer]0:37
3Tosca: Act . "Recondita armonia"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
General Motors Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ernö Rapée
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto I (Tosca: Act 1)
Giacomo Puccini2:51
4Announcements
orchestra:
General Motors Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ernö Rapée
[announcer]0:18
5L' Africaine (The African Maid): Act IV. "Pays merveilleux … O paradis" (Sung in Italian)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
General Motors Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ernö Rapée
recording of:
L'Africaine: Acte IV. "Pays merveilleux" ... "Ô Paradis"
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe
part of:
L’Africaine : Acte IV
Giacomo Meyerbeer3:29
6Announcements
orchestra:
General Motors Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ernö Rapée
[announcer]0:16
7La forza del destino: Act III. "Solenne in quest'ora"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) and Donald Dickson (American bariitone)
orchestra:
General Motors Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ernö Rapée
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto III, scena 1. “Solenne in quest’ora” (Alvaro, Don Carlo)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi4:05
8Announcements
orchestra:
General Motors Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ernö Rapée
[announcer]0:13
9Faust (Sung in Swedish): Act IV. "Quittons ce lieu sombre … Anges purs" (Sung in Swedish)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) and Grace Moore (soprano, “Tennessee Nightingale”)
orchestra:
General Motors Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ernö Rapée
recording of:
Faust : Acte V. No. 31 « Alerte, alerte » … « Anges purs » (Méphistophélès, Marguerite, Faust, Chœur)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Faust : Acte V
Charles Gounod2:39
10Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:47
11Pagliacci: Act I. "Recitar! … Vesti la giubba"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” … “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer) (in 1892)
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I (Pagliacci: Act I)
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:54
12Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:33
13Aida: Act I. "Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni (in 1870)
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:33
14Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:39
15The Rose of Tralee
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
The Rose of Tralee
lyricist:
Edward Mordaunt Spencer
composer:
Charles William Glover
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1978)
Charles William Glover3:28
16Jocelyn, Op. 100: Act I. Berceuse "Caches dans cet asile" (Sung in English)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Stockholm Concert Association Orchestra
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II. Berceuse “Cachés dans cet asile” (Jocelyn, Op. 100: Act II. Lullaby “Angels Guard Thee”)
composer:
Benjamin Godard (French violinist and composer, 1849-1895) (on 1888-02-25)
librettist:
Victor Capoul and Paul-Armand Silvestre
part of:
Jocelyn, op. 100: Acte II
Benjamin Godard3:02
17Lohengrin: Act III. "In fernem Land, unnahbar eu'ren Schritten" (Sung in Swedish)
piano:
Harry Ebert (pianist)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Scene III. “In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten” (Gralserzählung)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Scene III. “Heil, König Heinrich!”
Richard Wagner5:27
184 Visor i folkton (4 Folk Ballads), Op. 5: No. 1. Nar jag for mig sjalv i morka skogen gar
piano:
Harry Ebert (pianist)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
När jag för mig själv, op. 5 no. 1
lyricist:
H.
composer:
Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger (Swedish composer and music critic)
part of:
Fyra visor i svenska folkton, op. 5
Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger2:47
193 Sanger: No. 3. Till havs
piano:
Harry Ebert (pianist)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Till havs
lyricist:
Jonatan Reuter
composer:
Gustaf Nordqvist
Gustaf Nordqvist2:45
20Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (Sung in Swedish)
piano:
Harry Ebert (pianist)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
O helga natt (Swedish version by Augustin Kock (Adams julsång))
writer:
Placide Cappeau
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer)
translator:
Augustin Kock
publisher:
Manus ("no publisher")
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Adolphe Adam4:57
21Trollsjon
instruments:
Harry Ebert (pianist)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Trollsjön
composer:
August Söderman
August Söderman5:44
22Land du valsignade
instruments:
Harry Ebert (pianist)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Land, du välsignade
lyricist:
Ingeborg Björklund
composer:
Ragnar Althén (Swedish composer)
Ragnar Althén3:25
23Der Bettelstudent: Act III. "Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei" (Sung in Swedish)
instruments:
Harry Ebert (pianist)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Der Bettelstudent: Akt III. Couplet Symon: „Ich hab’ kein Geld, bin vogelfrei“
composer:
Carl Millöcker (composer)
part of:
Der Bettelstudent
Carl Millöcker2:07
247 Dikter, Op. 28: No. 5. Jag langtar dig
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Göteborgs Symfoniker (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Jag längtar dig, op. 28 no. 5 (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Ernest Thiel
composer:
Hugo Alfvén (Swedish composer and conductor)
part of:
Sju dikter av Ernest Thiel, op. 28 (for voice and piano)
Hugo Alfvén2:21
25Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Act II. "Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis" (Sung in Swedish)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Göteborgs Symfoniker (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие II, картина 2, no. 17. Ария Ленского "Куда, куда, куда вы удалились" (Eugene Onegin: Act II, Scene 2, no. 17. Lensky's aria "Where have you gone, O golden days of my spring?", Lensky's Aria "Kuda, kuda, kuda vy udalilis")
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие второе (Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Act II)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:43
26Lohengrin: Act III. "In fernem Land, unnahbar eu'ren Schritten" (Sung in Swedish)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Göteborgs Symfoniker (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Excerpt from Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Scene III. “In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten” (Gralserzählung)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Scene III. “Heil, König Heinrich!”
Richard Wagner5:40

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