Scandinavians: The Golden Age Of Singing [US-Version, Regio 1/ A]
Bjoerling / Melchior / Nilsson / Gedda

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THE SCANDINAVIANS: The Golden Age of Singing

All performances digitally remastered for the first time!

This collection of performances by legendary Scandinavian and Scandinavian-American singers includes selections never before available.

1. BIRGIT NILSSON Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (1/6/1963) 2:30

2. JUSSI BJOERLING Herbert: Princess Pat - Neapolitan Love Song (3/6/1950) 2:39

3. JUSSI BJOERLING Schubert: An Sylvia (11/20/1950) 2:41

4. JUSSI BJOERLING Beach: Ah, Love, but a Day (11/19/1951) 3:43

5. JUSSI BJOERLING: Strauss: Ständchen (11/19/1951) 2:43

6. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Strauss: Zueignung (9/24/1951) 2:06

7. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Wagner: Lohengrin - In fernam Land (2/12/1951) 4:55

8. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Andersen: Danish Children's Song (2/12/1951) 2:33

9. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Grieg: Jeg elsker Dig (2/12/1951) 2:28

10. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Grieg: Mit einer primula veris (1/14/1952) 1:36

11.-13. NICOLAI GEDDA & LISA DELLA CASA Puccini: La Bohème - Act I Finale (11/4/1962) 12:32

14. NICOLAI GEDDA & ROBERTA PETERS Gounod: Roméo et Juliette - Tomb Scene (2/10/1963) 4:56

15. RISë STEVENS Massenet: Hérodiade - Celui dont la parole efface... Il est doux, il est bon (3/3/1952) 4:48

16. JUSSI BJOERLING Bizet: Carmen - Flower Song (11/20/1950) 4:26

17. JUSSI BJOERLING Leoncavallo: Mattinata (11/20/1950) 2:16

18. JUSSI BJOERLING Leoncavallo: Pagliacci - Vesti la giubba (11/19/1951) 3:24

Encores:

19. JUSSI BJOERLING Firestone: If I Could Tell You (11/20/1950) :45

20. ANNA-LISA BJOERLING Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro (3/6/1950) 1:55

21. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Dungan: Not Enough (4/24/1950) 1:39

22. LAURITZ MELCHIOR Leoncavallo: Pagliacci - Vesti la giubba (4/24/1950) 2:42

23. DOROTHY WARENSKJOLD Charpentier: Louise - Depuis le jour (7/7/1952) 5:11

24. JUSSI BJOERLING Valerius/Kremser: Thanksgiving Hymn (11/19/1951) 3:20

25. JUSSI BJOERLING Firestone: In My Garden (11/19/1951) 1:11