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
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1Announcement: Opening Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]1:01
2Mattinata
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Mattinata
lyricist and composer:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:07
3Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:28
412 Songs, Op. 21: No. 5. Siren' (Sung in English)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
12 Romances, op. 21: No. 5 Lilacs (for voice+piano, original version)
lyricist:
Екатерина Бекетова (Russian potess, writer and translator)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1902)
part of:
12 Romances, op. 21
Sergei Rachmaninov1:40
5Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:19
6Clorinda
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Clorinda
composer:
Robert Orlando Morgan (composer)
Robert Orlando Morgan1:30
7Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:41
8Manon: Act III. "Je suis seul!… Ah! fuyez, douce image"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Manon: Acte III, Scène II. “Je suis seul !… Ah, fuyez, douce image” (des Grieux)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (in 1884)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Manon: Acte III
Jules Massenet4:43
9Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:34
10Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 4. Ständchen
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen (Leise flehen meine Lieder) (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Ludwig Rellstab
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1828)
part of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957
Franz Schubert4:12
11Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:33
12The Princess Pat: Neapolitan Love Song
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
The Princess Pat: Neapolitan Love Song (T’amo!) (Prince Antonio di Montaldo)
lyricist:
Henry Blossom
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
part of:
The Princess Pat
Victor Herbert3:41
13Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:50
14Cavalleria rusticana: "Mamma, quel vino e generoso", "Addio alla madre"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Mamma, quel vino è generoso, è certo” (Turiddu, Lucia, Donne) (Addio alla madre)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1890)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni3:57
156 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149: No. 2. Standchen
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Ständchen, op. 17 no. 2
lyricist:
Adolf Friedrich von Schack
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
part of:
6 Lieder (op. 17; TrV 149)
Richard Strauss2:17
16Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair: II. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1854)
Stephen Foster3:25
17La boheme, Act I: Che gelida manina
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini5:10
18Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:48
19L' Africaine (The African Maid): Act IV. "Pays merveilleux … O paradis" (Sung in Italian)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
L'Africaine: Acte IV. "Pays merveilleux" ... "Ô Paradis"
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe
part of:
L’Africaine : Acte IV
Giacomo Meyerbeer3:04
20Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:34
216 Songs, Op. 4: No. 3. V molchan'i nochi taynoy (In the Silence of the Secret Night) (Sung in English)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
6 Romances, op. 4: no. 3 “In the Silence of the Secret Night” (In the Silence of the Secret Night)
lyricist:
Афанасий Фет (Afanasy Fet)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1892)
part of:
6 Romances, op. 4
Sergei Rachmaninov2:36
22Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:19
238 Gedichte aus Letzte Blätter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 1. Zueignung
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1 (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1885)
part of:
8 Gedichte aus »Letzte Blätter« (op 10; TrV 141)
Richard Strauss1:51
24Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:52
25Andrea Chenier: Act IV. "Come un bel di di maggio"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto IV. “Come un bel dì di maggio” (Chénier)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica (in 1896)
part of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto IV
Umberto Giordano3:02
26Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:43
27Manon: Act II. "Instant charmant… En fermant les yeux"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Manon : Acte II. « Instant charmant » … « En fermant les yeux » (des Grieux) (le rêve de Des Grieux)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (in 1884)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Manon : Acte II
Jules Massenet3:35
28Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:26
29Jungfrun under lind
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
Jungfrun under lind
lyricist:
Ernst Frederik Wilhelm von der Recke
composer:
Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger (Swedish composer and music critic)
Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger2:37
30Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:14
31For You Alone
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
recording of:
For You Alone
lyricist:
P. J. O'Reilly
composer:
Henry Ernest Geehl (pianist, conductor and composer)
Henry Ernest Geehl2:05
32Announcements
orchestra:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
conductor:
Donald Voorhees (American composer and conductor)
[announcer]0:34
33Manon Lescaut: Act I. "Donna non vidi mai simile a questa!"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto I. “Donna non vidi mai simile a questa!” (Des Grieux)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1893)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi
part of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:51
34La boheme: Act I. "Oh! sventata, sventata!"
soprano vocals:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Max Rudolf (conductor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I. “Oh! Sventata, sventata!” (Mimi, Rodolfo)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini1:52
35La boheme: Act I. "Che gelida manina"
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Max Rudolf (conductor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini4:25
36La boheme: Act I. "Si. Mi chiamano Mimi"
soprano vocals:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Max Rudolf (conductor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 7. “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini5:16
37La boheme: Act I. "O soave fanciulla"
soprano vocals:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Max Rudolf (conductor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (in 1896)
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (La bohème: Act I, Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini3:56
4▶CD: American and Swedish Radio Concerts and Rarities: 1937-1960

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