Performer: Jussi Björling, Eleanor Steber, Licia Albanese, Anna-Lisa Björling, Bidú Sayão, Renata Tebaldi
Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: West Hill Radio Archive
Catalogue: WHRA6036
Release: 2010
Size: 732 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
01. Firestone: If I Could Tell You
02. Announcement
03. Schubert: An Sylvia, D891
04. Announcements
Massenet: Manon
05. Act II: Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux
06. Foster: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
07. Announcements
Flotow: Martha [Italian]
08. Act III: Aria: Ach, so fromm (Sung in Italian)
09. Firestone: In my garden
10. Firestone: If I Could Tell You
11. Announcements
Romberg: Maytime
12. Act I: Will you remember?
13. Geehl: For You Alone
14. Announcements
Verdi: Il Trovatore
15. Act IV: Quel suon, quelle preci … Ah! che la morte
16. Firestone: If I Could Tell You
17. Announcements
Grieg: Hjertets melodier, Op. 5 (Texts: Hans Christian Andersen)
18. No. 3. Jeg elsker dig (I Love but Thee)
19. Announcements
Godard: Jocelyn, Op. 100 (Sung in English)
20. Act I: Berceuse: Caches dans cet asile (Sung in English)
21. Hardelot: Because
22. Announcements
Herbert: The Princess Pat
23. Neapolitan Love Song
24. Firestone: In My Garden
25. Opening Announcements
26. Announcements
Gounod: Faust
27. Act III: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
28. Announcements
29. Peterson-Berger: Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke)
30. Announcements
31. Althen: Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country)
32. Announcements
33. Tours: Mother o’ mine
34. Introduction for the Salvation Army
Puccini: La Bohème
35. Act I: O soave fanciulla
36. Interview with Dorothy Caruso
37. Interview with Jussi Bjorling
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
38. Act I: Recitar! … Vesti la giubba
CD 02
01. Opening Announcement
Puccini: La Bohème
02. Act I: Che gelida manina
03. Announcements
Puccini: La Bohème
04. Act I: O soave fanciulla
05. Announcements
Massenet: Manon
06. Act III: Je suis seul! … Ah! fuyez, douce image
07. Announcements
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
08. Act IV: Orchestra
09. Act IV: Duet: Va! Je t’ai pardonne … Nuit hymenee
10. Announcements
11. Announcements
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
12. Act II: Cielo! E mar!
13. Announcements
14. Tosti: L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra (version for voice and orchestra)
15. Announcements
Puccini: Tosca
16. Act III: E lucevan le stelle
17. Announcements
Gounod: Romeo et Juliette
18. Act IV: Orchestra
19. Act IV: Duet: Va! Je t’ai pardonne … Nuit hymenee
20. Announcements
21. Announcements
22. Söderman: Trollsjön
Alfvén: Dikter, Op. 28
23. No. 6. Skogen sofver
24. Sjögren: I drommen du ar mig nara (In My Dreams You Are Near Me)
25. Rangström: Tristans död
26. Announcements
27. Jussi Bjorling announces his first encore
28. Tosti: L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra (version for voice and piano)
29. Announcements
29. Jussi Bjorling announces his first encore
30. Jussi Bjorling announces his second encore
31. Jungfrun under lind (The Maiden under the Linden-Tree)
CD 03
01. Opening Announcements
02. Leoncavallo: Mattinata – ‘L’aurora di bianco vestita’
03. Announcements
Rachmaninov: Songs, Op. 21
04. No. 5. Siren’ (Sung in English)
05. Announcement
06. Morgan: Clorinda
07. Announcement
Massenet: Manon
08. Act III: Je suis seul!… Ah! fuyez, douce image
09. Announcement
Schubert: Schwanengesang, D957
10. No. 4. Standchen
11. Announcement
Herbert: The Princess Pat
12. Neapolitan Love Song
13. Announcement
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
14. Mamma, quel vino e generoso, “Addio alla madre
Strauss: Sechs Lieder, Op. 17
15. No. 2. Standchen
Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
16. II. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Puccini: La Bohème
17. Act I: Che gelida manina
18. Announcement
Meyerbeer: L’Africaine
19. Act IV: Pays merveilleux … O paradis (Sung in Italian)
20. Announcement
Rachmaninov: 6 Songs, Op. 4 (Sung in English)
21. No. 3. V molchan’i nochi taynoy (In the Silence of the Secret Night) (Sung in English)
22. Announcement
Strauss: Acht Gedichte aus ‘Letzte Blätter’, Op. 10
23. No. 1. Zueignung
24. Announcement
Giordano: Andrea Chénier
25. Act IV: Come un bel di di maggio
26. Announcement
Massenet: Manon
27. Act II: Instant charmant… En fermant les yeux
28. Announcement
29. Peterson-Berger: Jungfrun under lind (The Maiden under the Linden-Tree)
30. Announcement
31. Geehl: For You Alone
32. Announcements
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
33. Act I: Donna non vidi mai simile a questa!
Puccini: La Bohème
34. Act I: Oh! sventata, sventata!
35. Act I: Che gelida manina
36. Act I: Si. Mi chiamano Mimi
37. Act I: O soave fanciulla
CD 04
01. Jussi Bjorling’s greetings to the American public concerning his upcoming radio premiere and his first American concert tour.
02. Announcements
Puccini: Tosca
03. Act I: Recondita armonia
04. Announcement
Meyerbeer: L’Africaine
05. Act IV: Pays merveilleux … O paradis (Sung in Italian)
06. Announcement
Verdi: La forza del destino
07. Act III: Solenne in quest’ora
08. Announcement
Gounod: Faust
09. Act IV: Quittons ce lieu sombre … Anges purs (Sung in Swedish)
10. Announcement
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
11. Act I: Recitar! … Vesti la giubba
12. Announcement
Verdi: Aida
13. Act I: Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida
14. Announcements
15. Glover: The Rose of Tralee
Godard: Jocelyn, Op. 100 (Sung in English)
16. Act I: Berceuse: Caches dans cet asile (Sung in English)
Wagner: Lohengrin (Sung in Swedish)
17. Act III: In fernem Land, unnahbar eu’ren Schritten (Sung in Swedish)
Peterson-Berger: Visa I folkston
18. No. 1. Nar jag for mig sjalv i morka skogen gar
Nordqvist: Tre Sånger
19. No. 3. Till havs
20. Adam: O Holy Night
21. Soderman: Trollsjon (The Enchanted Lake)
22. Althen: Land du valsignade (O Thou Blessed Land)
Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent (Sung in Swedish)
23. Act III: Ich hab’ kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (Sung in Swedish)
Alfven: 7 Dikter, Op. 28
24. No. 5. Jag langtar dig
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
25. Act II: Kuda, kuda, kuda vi udalilis (Sung in Swedish)
Wagner: Lohengrin (Sung in Swedish)
26. Act III: In fernem Land, unnahbar eu’ren Schritten (Sung in Swedish)
This month is an excellent one for Björling fans. This collection is a treasury of rare performances from the US and Sweden and includes previously unreleased material. There is commentary and interviews, as well as Art and popular songs, Arias and duets and there are many guest artists such as Licia Albanese, Anna Lisa Björling and Renata Tebaldi.