Jussi Björling
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Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Fernando Corena, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi
The Columbus Boychoir & RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
A classic, with extra electricity derived from the hasty recording, with Beecham's living, vivid conducting and a superb cast, both stellar and supporting, even though the mono sound is less... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Puccini: Turandot
RecommendedBirgit Nilsson (Princess Turandot), Jussi Björling (Calaf), Renata Tebaldi (Liù), Mario Sereni (Ping), Piero De Palma (Pang), Tommaso Frascati (Pong), Giorgio Tozzi (Timur) & Alessio De Paolis (Emperor Altoum)
Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Erich Leinsdorf
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Grammy Awards, 3rd Awards (1960), Best Opera Recording
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedRobert Merrill (Rigoletto), Roberta Peters (Gilda), Jussi Björling (Il Duca), Anna Maria Rota (Maddalena), Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile)
Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea
[On the original release in 1956] under Perlea, the orchestral playing is firm and dramatic, well balanced with the voice. The music is well paced. Björling’s tone is a constant pleasure. He... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
2 CDs
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Jussi Björling in Opera
RecommendedJussi Bjoerling (tenor), Royal Orchestra, Rome Opera Orchestra, Jussi Björling (tenor), RCA Orchestra
Nils Grevillius, Jonel Perlea, Erich Leinsdorf, Renato Cellini
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Grammy Awards, 2nd Awards (1959), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Jussi Bjorling (Manrico), Zinka Milanov (Leonora), Leonard Warren (Il Conte di Luna), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Nicola Moscona (Ferrando), Margaret Roggero (Ines), Paul Franke (Ruiz), George Cehanovsky (Un vecchio zingaro), Nathaniel Sprinzena (Un messo)
RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale,...
among the very finest recorded versions. The transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn bring out the full beauty and character of all four principals very vividly...Bjorling is, as ever, superb in his heroic... — More…
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus RecommendedHilde Güden (Rosalinde), Eberhard Wächter (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Rita Streich (Adele), Gerhard Stolze (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frank), Josef Meinrad (Frosch), Elfriede Ott (Ida)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker,...
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a gala of 1950s Decca stars including Björling,... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2022, Also Recommended
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Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers
RecommendedAndre Dran, Jean Mollien, Claudine Collart, Lucien Mans, Janine Lindenfelder
Paris Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Rene Leibowitz
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Building a Library, July 2016, Also Recommended
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Gounod: Faust
Four-act version
Jussi Björling (Faust), Elisabeth Söderström (Marguerite), Cesare Siepi (Méphistophélès), Robert Merrill (Valentin), Mildred Miller (Siébel), Thelma Votipka (Marthe), Roald Reitan (Wagner)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Jean Morel
2 CDs
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Antonio Sacchetti, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni, Silvia Bertona, Paolo Caroli, Piero De Palma, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Arturo La Porta
Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Gabriele Santini
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Grammy Awards, 4th Awards (1961), Best Opera Recording
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Puccini: Turandot
RecommendedBirgit Nilsson, Giorgio Tozzi, Jussi Bjorling, Piero de Palma
Rome Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
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Grammy Awards, 3rd Awards (1960), Best Opera Recording
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