Performer: Jussi Björling, Harry Ebert
Orchestra: Sune Waldimirs Orchestra, Nils Grevillius Orchestra
Conductor: Sune Waldimir, Bertil Bokstedt, Nils Grevillius
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8110791
Release: 2008
Size: 206 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Sjögren: I drommen du ar mig nara (In My Dreams You Are Near Me)
02. Körling: Vita rosor (White Rose)
Peterson-Berger: Visa I folkston
03. No. 1, Nar jag for mig sjalv i morka skogen gar [When I Walk Alone in the Dark Forest]
04. No. 4, Bland skogens hoga furustammar [Among the High Fir-Trees in the Forest]
05. Sjöberg: Tonerna (text: Erik Gustaf Geijer)
06. trad.: Ack Värmeland du sköna (Ah Värmland, Thou Fairest)
07. trad.: Allt under himmelens faste (Beneath the Dome of the Sky)
08. Schrader: Sommarnatt (Summer Night)
Stenhammar: Ett folk (One People)
09. Sverige (Sweden)
10. Althen: Land du valsignade
11. Widestedt: Sjung din hela längtan ut (Sing Out Your Whole Yearning)
12. Gustaf: Studentsangen (the Student Song), “Sjungom studentens lyckliga dag” [Let Us Sing about the Happy Days of Students]
13. Widestedt: Nämner du Sverige (If You Mention Sweden)
Alfvén: Dikter, Op. 28
14. No. 6, Skogen sofver (the Forest sleeps)
15. Eklöf: Morgon (Morning)
16. Nordqvist: Bon i ofrestid (Prayer in Time of War)
17. Nordqvist: Bisp Thomas frihetssång (Bishop Thomas’ Song of Freedom)
Nordqvist: Tre Sånger
18. No. 3, Till havs (Toward the Sea)
19. Salén: Sången till havet (Song to the Sea)
20. Salén: Visa kring slanblom och masnkara (Song of Blackthorn and Crescent Moon)
21. Peterson-Berger: Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke)
Considered by both critics and public as one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century, Jussi Björling left behind a vast recorded legacy. This seventh volume in the Jussi Björling Collection features popular Swedish patriotic and romantic songs spanning Björling’s entire career.
Tonerna (Music), generally presented as ‘Visions’ in Björling’s recitals outside Sweden, was one of the most popular items in his repertoire, often used as an encore. Till havs (Towards the Sea), a cheerful evocation of the pleasures of sailing, was another great favourite on the recital programmes of the singer, whose devotion to boating and fishing in the Stockholm archipelago was well-known.
Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) is the patriotic song most generally associated with Jussi Björling in Sweden today.
“A singer whose art, as well as his voice, placed him among the century’s finest.” Gramophone
