| Description |
1 audio disc (64 min., 17 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
010417 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
1.4 m/s |
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digital optical mono |
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audio file CD audio |
| Medium of Performance |
tenor voice 1 orchestra 1 |
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tenor voice 1 soprano voice 1 orchestra 1 |
| Series |
Great recordings of the century
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Great recordings of the century.
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| Note |
Principally opera arias; the last work from a Stabat Mater. |
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Title from disc label. |
| Performer |
Jussi Björling, tenor ; Hjordis Schymberg, soprano (7th work) ; Royal Orchestra (1st, 16th works) ; Stockholm Concert Association Orchestra (13th work) ; unidentified orchestra (remainder) ; Nils Grevillius, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1936-1947, Stockholm Concert Hall, Petit Auditorium, Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Note |
Originally released on 78 rpm discs (1937-1948). |
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Program notes by Alan Blyth (4 unnumbered pages) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
L'elisir d'amore. Una furtiva lagrima / Donizetti (4:07) -- Il trovatore. Ah! si ben mio coll'essere (3:15) ; Un ballo in maschera. Di tu se fedele (3:10) ; Aïda. Se quel guerrier-- Celeste Aïda (4:23) / Verdi -- I pagliacci. Recitar!-- Vesti la giubba / Leoncavallo (3:38) -- La Bohème. Che gelida manina (4:15) ; O soave fanciulla (3:37) ; Tosca. Recondita armonia (2:45) ; E lucevan le stelle (2:50) ; La fanciulla del West. Ch'ella mi creda libero (2:22) ; Turandot. Nessun dorma! (3:20) / Puccini -- Fedora. Amor ti vieta / Giordano (2:00) -- L'Arlesiana. È la solita storia / Cilèa (3:51) --L'Africaine. Mi batte, il cor-- O paradiso / Meyerbeer (3:12) -- Faust. Salut! demeure chaste et pure / Gounod (4:35) -- Manon. Je suis seul!-- Ah, fuyez, douce image / Massenet (4:29) -- Martha. M'appari tutt'amor / Flotow (3:20) -- Stabat Mater. Cujus animan / Rossini (4:18). |
| Summary |
Contains arias from L'elisir d'amore (Donizetti), Il trovatore, Un ballo in maschera, Aida (Verdi), I pagliacci (Leoncavallo), La Bohème, Tosca, La fanciulla del West, Turandot (Puccini), Fedora (Giordano), L'arlesiana (Cilèa), L'africaine (Meyerbeer), Faust (Gounod), Manon (Massenet), Martha (Flotow), and Stabat Mater (Rossini). |
| Language |
The 1st-13th works are sung in Italian; the 14th-17th works are sung in French; the 18th work is sung in Latin. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Stabat Mater dolorosa (Music) -- Excerpts.
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Stabat Mater dolorosa (Music) |
| Genre/Form |
Excerpts.
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Art music.
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Art music.
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Sacred music.
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Sacred music.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Excerpts.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960, singer.
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Schymberg, Hjördis, 1909-2008, singer.
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Grevillius, Nils, conductor.
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Container of (work): Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Elisir d'amore. Furtiva lagrima.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Trovatore. Ah, sì, ben mio.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Ballo in maschera. Di' tu se fedele.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Aïda. Celeste Aïda.
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Container of (work): Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919.
Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Bohème. Che gelida manina.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Bohème. O soave fanciulla.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Tosca. Recondita armonia.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Tosca. E lucevan le stelle.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Fanciulla del West. Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Turandot. Nessun dorma.
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Container of (work): Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948.
Fedora. Amor ti vieta.
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Container of (work): Cilèa, Francesco, 1866-1950.
Arlesiana. È la solita storia.
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Container of (expression): Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Africaine. O paradis sorti de l'onde.
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust. Salut, demeure chaste et pure.
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Container of (work): Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Manon. Ah! fuyez, douce image.
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Container of (expression): Flotow, Friedrich von, 1812-1883.
Martha. Ach! so fromm, ach! so traut. Italian.
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Container of (work): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Stabat Mater, G minor. Cujus animam.
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Konsertföreningens orkester (Stockholm, Sweden), instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
077776105321 |
| Music No. |
CDH 7 61053 2 EMI |
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