RRC 1080

Björling, Jussi

Pearl Fisher's Duet

Arias, duets, songs of Bizet, Verdi, Massenet, Puccini, etc

1 CD(s), DDD

Review:

(PFD) One of the ten most requested recordings of all time (version with Robert Merrill)

Track Listing:

"Flower song" (Bizet: Carmen)
"Celeste Aida" (Verdi: Aida)
"Donna non vidi mai" (Puccini: Manon Lescaut)
"Your tiny hand is frozen" (Puccini: Boheme)
"Vesti la giubba (On with the motley)" and
"Mattinata" (Leoncavallo)
Duets (with Robert Merrill) from Verdi
(Forza del destino, Don Carlo & Otello)
and Puccini (Boheme)
plus Arias from Massenet (Manon)
Gounod (Romeo et Juliette)
Meyerbeer (L'Africaine), Ponchielli
(La Gioconda), Tosti (Ideale), Alfven
(Skogen sover)
and two from Mascagni (Cavalleria Rusticana)

Orchestras conducted by Nils Grevilius and the RCA Victor Orchestra, conducted Renato Cellini Researched & compiled by Tony Watts