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Background: This CD contains little known material by one of the truly great tenors of the twentieth century. The tenor solo from Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles was recorded in April 1947. Given that it is Björling’s only studio version of this aria, it seems surprising that it remained unissued until November 1977, late in the LP era. Only then was it included in an EMI boxed set entitled The Art of Jussi Björling.

The songs Mattinata and For you alone were the very first recordings made by Björling as an adult on 4-Sep-1929. Piano accompanied, they were almost certainly intended as tests to determine Björling’s suitability for a recording contract.

In 1952, RCA, using the recently developed tape technology, decided to record a selection of the songs that Björling performed at his recitals. It is unlikely that all of these pieces would have been given at one time, but they were certainly included in his programmes over the years and give a very representative selection of the range of his repertoire. This recording from 1952 remained on the catalogue for many years as an LP in the USA, but it was less widely available in Europe and can now be heard here for the first time in a CD transfer from the original master tape. It finds Björling in particularly glorious voice.

CATALOGUE NR: SBT1427
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.99 including VAT, or £ 9.35 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jul-2008

COMPOSER: Ruggero Leoncavallo  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: In Song
TRACKS: Mattinata (Leoncavallo). For you alone (Geehl). Torna a Surriento (Curtis). I drommen du ar mig nara (Sjogren). Vita rosor (Korling). Today (Arthur). Du Veilchen vom Montmartre (Kalman). Ack Varmeland du skona (Trad. arr. Randel). Allt under himmelens faste (Trad.). Je crois entendre encore (Bizet). Die Forelle D550. Die Allmacht D852. Standchen D957 No.4. Wanderers Nachtlied II D768. Die bose Farbe D795 No.17 (Schubert). Die Mainacht op.43 No.2 (Brahms). Es muss ein Wunderbares sein S314 (Liszt). Verborgenheit (Wolf). En svane op.25 No.2. En drom op.48 No.6 (Grieg). Standchen op.17 No.2. Morgen op.27 No.4 (Richard Strauss). Svarta rosor op.36 No.1 (Sibelius). Tonerna (Sjoberg). Lilacs op.21 No.5 (Rachmaninov). Ideale (Tosti).
ARTISTS: Jussi Bjorling      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1929-1952

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