Catalog Number–ALC1007
Number of Discs–1
Duration–75:32
Price (outside USA, includes shipping)–USA$15
"Björling 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); L’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 (d’Hardelot)