Jussi Björling - The Very Best of Jussi Björling (2003)
BAND/ARTIST: Jussi Björling
- Title: The Very Best of Jussi Björling
- Year Of Release: 2003
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 2:34:06
- Total Size: 363 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Rigoletto, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 2b, Ballata, "Questa o quella per me pari sono" (Duca)
02. Rigoletto, Act 3 Scene 2: "La donna è mobile" (Duca)
03. Il trovatore, Act 3 Scene 6: "Ah sì, ben mio, coll'essere" (Manrico)
04. Il trovatore, Act 3 Scene 6: "Di quella pira … l'orrendo foco" (Manrico)
05. Un ballo in maschera, Act 1 Tableau 2: No. 11b, Canzone, "Di' tu se fedele" (Gustavo)
06. Aïda, Act 1 Scene 1: Romanza, "Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida" (Radames)
07. Messa da Requiem: II. Sequence, 8. Ingemisco (Tenor)
08. Stabat Mater: II. Aria, "Cujus animam gementem" (Tenor). Allegro maestoso
09. L'elisir d'amore, Act 2 Scene 7: No. 11, Romanza, "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino)
10. La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act 2 Scene 4: Romanza, "Cielo e mar!" (Enzo)
11. Andrea Chénier, Act 4: "Come un bel dì di maggio" (Chénier)
12. Fedora, Act 2 Scene 7: "Amor ti vieta di non amar" (Count Loris Ipanov)
13. L'Arlesiana, Act 2: "È la solita storia del pastore" (Federico)
14. Manon Lescaut, Act 1: "Donna non vidi mai" (Des Grieux)
15. La Bohème, Act 1: "Che gelida manina" (Rodolfo)
16. La Bohème, Act 4: "In un coupè? … O Mimi, tu più non torni" (Marcello, Rodolfo)
17. Tosca, Act 1 Scene 3: "Recondita armonia" (Cavaradossi)
18. Tosca, Act 3 Scene 2: "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi)
19. Turandot, Act 3 Scene 1: "Nessun dorma!" (Calaf)
20. Cavalleria rusticana: "Mamma, quel vino è generoso" (Turiddu)
21. Pagliacci, Act 1 Scene 4: "Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio … Vesti la giubba" (Canio)
22. Pagliacci, Act 2 Scene 2: "No! Pagliaccio non son! … Suvvia, così terribile" (Canio, Chorus, Silvio, Nedda, Peppe, Tonio)
23. L'Africaine, Act 4 Scene 2: No. 15, Recitativo ed Aria, "Mi batte il cor … O paradiso" (Vasco)
24. Faust, CG 4, Act 3 Scene 4: No. 12, Cavatine, (b) "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure" (Faust)
25. Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act 1 Scene 7: No. 4, Madrigal, "Ange adorable, ma main coupable" (Roméo, Juliette)
26. Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 7b, Cavatine, "Ah! lève-toi, soleil!" (Roméo)
27. Manon, Act 2 Scene 5: "Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux, je vois là-bas une humble retraite" (Des Grieux)
28. Manon, Act 3 Tableau 2 Scene 3: "Ah! fuyez, douce image à mon âme trop chère" (Des Grieux)
29. Carmen, WD 31, Act 2 Scene 5: No. 17a, Cantabile, "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)
30. Les Pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Act 1: No. 4, Romance, "Je crois entendre encore, caché sous les palmiers" (Nadir)
31. Adelaide, Op. 46
32. 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen!, "Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen" (Langsam)
33. 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 2, Cäcilie, "Wenn du es wüsstest" (Sehr lebhaft und drängend)
34. 6 Romances, Op. 4: No. 3, In the Silence of the Secret Night
35. 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 5, Lilacs
36. Ideale
37. O sole mio
38. Mattinata in D Major
39. Because
40. Only A Rose (from the Michael Curtiz's 1956 Film "The Vagabond King")
41. For You Alone
42. La Belle Hélène, Act 1 Scene 7: Ronde, "Au mont Ida, trois déesses" (Pâris - Sung in Swedish)
43. Der Bettelstudent, Act 3: "Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei" (Symon - Sung in Swedish)
44. O helga natt (Adams julsång)
01. Rigoletto, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 2b, Ballata, "Questa o quella per me pari sono" (Duca)
02. Rigoletto, Act 3 Scene 2: "La donna è mobile" (Duca)
03. Il trovatore, Act 3 Scene 6: "Ah sì, ben mio, coll'essere" (Manrico)
04. Il trovatore, Act 3 Scene 6: "Di quella pira … l'orrendo foco" (Manrico)
05. Un ballo in maschera, Act 1 Tableau 2: No. 11b, Canzone, "Di' tu se fedele" (Gustavo)
06. Aïda, Act 1 Scene 1: Romanza, "Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida" (Radames)
07. Messa da Requiem: II. Sequence, 8. Ingemisco (Tenor)
08. Stabat Mater: II. Aria, "Cujus animam gementem" (Tenor). Allegro maestoso
09. L'elisir d'amore, Act 2 Scene 7: No. 11, Romanza, "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino)
10. La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act 2 Scene 4: Romanza, "Cielo e mar!" (Enzo)
11. Andrea Chénier, Act 4: "Come un bel dì di maggio" (Chénier)
12. Fedora, Act 2 Scene 7: "Amor ti vieta di non amar" (Count Loris Ipanov)
13. L'Arlesiana, Act 2: "È la solita storia del pastore" (Federico)
14. Manon Lescaut, Act 1: "Donna non vidi mai" (Des Grieux)
15. La Bohème, Act 1: "Che gelida manina" (Rodolfo)
16. La Bohème, Act 4: "In un coupè? … O Mimi, tu più non torni" (Marcello, Rodolfo)
17. Tosca, Act 1 Scene 3: "Recondita armonia" (Cavaradossi)
18. Tosca, Act 3 Scene 2: "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi)
19. Turandot, Act 3 Scene 1: "Nessun dorma!" (Calaf)
20. Cavalleria rusticana: "Mamma, quel vino è generoso" (Turiddu)
21. Pagliacci, Act 1 Scene 4: "Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio … Vesti la giubba" (Canio)
22. Pagliacci, Act 2 Scene 2: "No! Pagliaccio non son! … Suvvia, così terribile" (Canio, Chorus, Silvio, Nedda, Peppe, Tonio)
23. L'Africaine, Act 4 Scene 2: No. 15, Recitativo ed Aria, "Mi batte il cor … O paradiso" (Vasco)
24. Faust, CG 4, Act 3 Scene 4: No. 12, Cavatine, (b) "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure" (Faust)
25. Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act 1 Scene 7: No. 4, Madrigal, "Ange adorable, ma main coupable" (Roméo, Juliette)
26. Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 7b, Cavatine, "Ah! lève-toi, soleil!" (Roméo)
27. Manon, Act 2 Scene 5: "Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux, je vois là-bas une humble retraite" (Des Grieux)
28. Manon, Act 3 Tableau 2 Scene 3: "Ah! fuyez, douce image à mon âme trop chère" (Des Grieux)
29. Carmen, WD 31, Act 2 Scene 5: No. 17a, Cantabile, "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)
30. Les Pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Act 1: No. 4, Romance, "Je crois entendre encore, caché sous les palmiers" (Nadir)
31. Adelaide, Op. 46
32. 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4, Morgen!, "Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen" (Langsam)
33. 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 2, Cäcilie, "Wenn du es wüsstest" (Sehr lebhaft und drängend)
34. 6 Romances, Op. 4: No. 3, In the Silence of the Secret Night
35. 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 5, Lilacs
36. Ideale
37. O sole mio
38. Mattinata in D Major
39. Because
40. Only A Rose (from the Michael Curtiz's 1956 Film "The Vagabond King")
41. For You Alone
42. La Belle Hélène, Act 1 Scene 7: Ronde, "Au mont Ida, trois déesses" (Pâris - Sung in Swedish)
43. Der Bettelstudent, Act 3: "Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei" (Symon - Sung in Swedish)
44. O helga natt (Adams julsång)
Jussi Björling was one of the finest tenors of the twentieth century. He was not always the most consistent artist, but his galvanizing voice is still among the most remarkable on record 40 years after his death. Those wanting an introduction to Björling's singing, or fans wanting a good collection, should be very happy with EMI's The Very Best of Jussi Björling. Not every performance is a hit, but many of them do represent the best he had to offer, and in every case, the unique beauty of his voice is on full display. Most of the recordings are from the 1930s and 1940s, and some of them sound their age, but the sound quality is mostly excellent. Björling sang Italian opera better than anyone in his day, tackling the challenges of Verdi and the verismo composers as if the style and language were native to him. Furthermore, unlike most Italianate tenors of that (or any) time, he sang equally convincingly in French, German, his native Swedish, and even English (the least successful). Hearing him traverse those different languages and styles on this album sheds light on his special vocal qualities: he combined the purity and lyricism that suited him for Massenet's "En fermant les yeux" (Manon) and even intimate songs like Strauss' "Morgen," with the raw power and dramatic qualities that allowed for "Di quella pira" from Verdi's Il Trovatore and Leoncavallo's "Vesti la giubba." His soft singing was as exciting as his full-on trumpeting. Tracks of special interest include Beethoven's song "Adelaide" which, though stylistically old-fashioned, showcases his musical sensitivity and ability to scale his voice to the task at hand, and Donizetti's "Una furtive lagrima" (L'elisir d'amore), which shows the extent to which he could beat the Italians at their own game. ~ Allen Schrott
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