Bjorling in Concert

Including: Pearl Fisher’s and other duets

Catalogue Number: ALC 1007

“Bjorling was sadly underused as a concert singer; recordings of renowned recitals such as that here offer glimpses of his musicianship even in unfamiliar territory…included(also) are extracts taken from his two most successful complete opera recordings: Manon Lescaut and II Trovatore, as well as his famous Pearl Fisher’s Duet: after many decades they are still considered benchmark performances.”
– James Murray

• 1-16: Carnegie Hall Recital, 1955
• Adelaide (Beethoven); Frühlingsglaube (Schubert); Die Forelle
• (The Trout) (Schubert); Ständchen (Schubert): Die böse Farbe (Schubert):
• Traum durch die Dämmerung (R.Strauss); Cäcilie (R.Strauss);
• Ständchen (Brahms); Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni: Mozart):
• Amor ti vieta (Fedora:Giordano); Flower Song:(Carmen: Bizet)
• Dream Song: Le Reve (Manon:Massenet); Ideale (Tosti);
• È lucevan le stelle (Tosca:Puccini); Lâ€alba separa della luce ombra (Tosti);
• I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Foster)
• Frederic Schauwecker, piano

• 17-23: Duets, arias and songs with various orchestras
• Ah! Manon, mi tradisce (Manon Lescaut) with Licia Albanese
• Presto in fila…No! Pazzo son! (Manon Lescaut) with Franco Calabrese
• Deserto sulla terra (Il Trovatore) with Leonard Warren
• Di qual tera luce..Ah! si ben mio (Il Trovatore) with Zinka Milanov
• Di quella pira (Il Trovatore) with The Robert Shaw Chorale
• Au fond du temple saint (Les Pecheurs des Perles) with Robert Merrill
• For You Alone (Geehl)
• Because (dâ€Hardelot)