CD 1
Opera and Oratorio Arias and Songs 1936–1941
GIUSEPPE VERDI 1813–1901
1 Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida (Aida, Act I) (It)
2 La donna è mobile (Rigoletto, Act III) (It)
GIACOMO PUCCINI 1858–1924
3 Che gelida manina (La bohème, Act I) (It)
4 Recondita armonia (Tosca, Act I) (It)
5 E lucevan le stelle (Tosca, Act III) (It)
6 Ch’ella mi creda (La fanciulla del West, Act III) (It)
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI 1834–1886
7 Cielo e mar (La Gioconda, Act II) (It)
GIACOMO MEYERBEER 1791–1864
8 Mi batte il cor…O paradiso (L’africaine, Act IV) (It)
FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI 1846–1916
9 Ideale (Errico) (It)
EDUARDO DI CAPUA 1865–1917
10 ’O sole mio (Capurro) (It)
RUDOLF FRIML 1879–1972
11 Only a Rose (The Vagabond King, Act I) (Eng)
HENRY ERNEST GEEHL 1881–1961
12 For You Alone (O’Reilly) (Eng)
JULES MASSENET 1842–1912
13 Instant charmant…En ferment les yeux (Manon, Act II) (Fr)
GEORGES BIZET 1838–1875
14 La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen, Act II) (Fr)
CHARLES GOUNOD 1818–1893
15 Salut ! demeure chaste et pure (Faust, Act III) (Fr)
FRIEDRICH VON FLOTOW 1812–1883
16 M’apparì tutt’amor (Martha, Act III) (It)
GIOACHINO ROSSINI 1792–1868
17 Cujus animam (Stabat Mater) (Lat)
VERDI
18 Ingemisco (Messa da Requiem) (Lat)
19 Ah sì, ben mio (Il trovatore, Act III) (It)
20 Di quella pira (Il trovatore, Act III) (It)
21 Ah sì, ben mio (Il trovatore, Act III) (It)
22 Di quella pira (Il trovatore, Act III) (It)
23 Questa o quella (Rigoletto, Act I) (It)
Orchestras conducted by Nils Grevillius
CD 2
Opera Arias and Songs 1941–1950
PUCCINI
1 O soave fanciulla (La bohème, Act I) (It)
Hjödis Schymberg soprano
VERDI
2 È il sol dell’anima (Rigoletto, Act II) (It)
3 Questa o quella (Rigoletto, Act I) (It)
4 Di’ tu se fedele (Un ballo in maschera, Act I) (It)
PUCCINI
5 Nessun dorma (Turandot, Act III) (It)
UMBERTO GIORDANO 1867–1948
6 Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chénier, Act IV) (It)
7 Amor ti vieta (Fedora, Act II) (It)
PIETRO MASCAGNI 1863–1945
8 Mamma! quell vino è generoso (Cavalleria rusticana) (It)
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO 1857–1919
9 Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci, Act I) (It)
10 Mattinata (Leoncavallo) (It)
GAETANO DONIZETTI 1797–1848
11 Una furtive lagrima (L’elisir d’amore, Act III) (It)
BIZET
12 Je crois entendre encore (Les Pêcheurs de perles, Act I) (Fr)
GOUNOD
13 Ah! lève-toi, soleil ! (Roméo et Juliette, Act II) (Fr)
MASSENET
14 Je suis seul !...Ah ! fuyez, douce image (Manon, Act III) (Fr)
FRANCESCO CILEA 1866–1950
15 È la solita storia (L’arlesiana, Act II) (It)
MASCAGNI
16 O Lola (Cavalleria rusticana) (It)
PUCCINI
17 Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut, Act I) (It)
18 Recondita armonia (Tosca, Act I) (It)
19 E lucevan le stelle (Tosca, Act III) (It)
20 O soave fanciulla (La bohème, Act I) (It)
Anna-Lisa Björling soprano
GOUNOD
21 Ange adorable ( , Act I) (Fr)
Anna-Lisa Björling soprano
BENJAMIN GODARD 1849–1895
22 Concealed in this retreat (Berceuse) (Jocelyn, Act II) (Eng)
TOSTI
23 L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra (d’Annunzio)
Orchestra (1)-(10) · Royal Orchestra (11)-(14), (16) & (17)
Stockholm Concert Association Orchestra (15), (20)-(23)
Swedish Radio Orchestra (18) & (19)
Nils Grevillius
CD 3
Opera and Operetta Arias and Songs in Swedish 1929–1941
GEEHL
1 För dig allén (For You Alone) (O’Reilly)
LEONCAVALLO
2 Mattinata (Leoncavallo)
Hjalmar Meissner piano
GOUNOD
3 Höj dig, du klara sol (Ah ! lève-toi, soleil !)
(Roméo et Juliette, Act II)
VERDI
4 O, I kvinnor (Questa o quella) (Rigoletto, Act I)
RAOUL LAPARRA 1876–1943
5 Fylld av vemod sänker sig natten (Mélancolique tombe le soir) (L’illustre Frégona)
ALEXANDER BORODIN 1833-1887
6 Dagen gick långsamt till ro (Vladimir’s Cavatina)
(Prince Igor, Act II)
PUCCINI
7 Det sköna står att finna (Recondita armonia) (Tosca, Act I)
8 Jag minns stjärnorna lyste (E lucevan le stelle) (Tosca, Act III)
VERDI
9 Ack, som ett fjun så lätt (La donna è mobile)
(Rigoletto, Act III)
10 Skyhögt mot himlen (Di quella pira) (Il trovatore, Act III)
LEONCAVALLO
11 Spela komedi! … Pudra ditt anlet (Recitar!...Vesti la giubba) (Pagliacci, Act I)
MASCAGNI
12 O Lola (Cavalleria rusticana)
PUCCINI
13 Låt henne tro (Ch’ella mi creda)
(La fanciulla del West, Act III)
KURT ATTERBERG 1887-1974
14 I männwe över lag och rätt (Ye men of law and justice) (Fanal, Act III)
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV 1844-1908
15 I söderns hav (Song of India) (Sadko, Scene 4)
JACQUES OFFENBACH 1819–1875
16 Uti en skog på berget Ida (Au mont Ida troi déesses) (La belle Hélène, Act I)
JOHANN STRAUSS II 1825-1899
17 Vem oss har vigt? (Wer uns getraut?)
(Der Zigeunerbaron, Act II)
Hjördis Schymberg soprano
KARL MOLLÖCKER 1842–1899
18 Skall jag tala…Antag det fall (Soll ich redden…Ich setz’ den Fall) (Der Bettelstudent, Act II)
Hjördis Schymberg soprano
19 Nu är jag pank och fågelfri (Ich hab’ kein Geld) (Der Bettelstudent, Act III)
WILHELM PETERSON-BERGER 1867-1942
20 När jag för mig själv i mörka skogen går (As I walk alone in the dark forest)
21 Bland skogens höga furustammar (Among the tall pine trees of the forest)
SWEDISH FOLKSONG arr.
ANDREAS RANDEL 1806-1864
22 Ack Värmeland, do sköna (Ah Värmeland, thou fairest)
SWEDISH FOLKSONG
23 Allt under himmelens fäste (Just below the roof of heaven)
CARL SJÖBERG 1861-1900
24 Tonerna (Music) (Geijer)
MOGENS SCHRADER 1894-1934
25 Sommarnatt (Summer Night) (Stevens)
WILHELM STENHAMMAR 1871-1927
26 Sverige (Sweden) (Ett Folk)
RAGNAR ALTHÉN 1883-1961
27 Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Land) (Björklund)
ERIC WIDE (RAGNAR WIDESTEDT) 1887-1954
28 Nämner du Sverige (Coldén)
Orchestras conducted by Nils Grevillius
CD 4
Lieder and Songs 1939–1959
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770–1827
1 Adelaide (Matthisson) (Ger)
RICHARD STRAUSS 1864–1949
2 Morgen! (Morning) (Hart) (Ger)
3 Cäcilie (Mackay) (Ger)
Harry Ebert piano
GUSTAF NORDQVIST 1886-1949
4 Bön i ofredstid (Prayer in a time of unrest) (Personne) (Sw)
5 Bisp Thomas frihetssång (Freedom is the finest thing) (Simonsson) (Sw)
Orchestra / Sune Waldimir
SERGEI RACHMANINOV 1873-1943
6 In the Silence of the Night (Harris & Taylor) (Eng)
7 Lilacs (Chapman) (Eng)
Stockholm Concert Association Orchestra / Nils Grevillius
STEPHEN FOSTER 1826-1864
8 Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Foster) (Eng)
GUY D’HARDELOT 1858–1936
9 Because (Teschemacher) (Eng)
Royal Orchestra / Nils Grevillius
OLEY SPEAKS 1874-1948
10 Sylvia (Scollard) (Eng)
LOUIS CAMPBELL-TIPTON 1877-1921
11 A Spirit Flower (Stanton) (Eng)
AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH 1867-1944
12 Ah, Love, But a Day (Browning) (Eng)
SJÖBERG
13 I Bless Ev’ry Hour (Tonerna) (Geijer trans. Tysh) (Eng)
Ivor Newton piano
NORDQVIST
14 Till havs (Toward the Sea) (Reuter) (Sw)
SVEN SALÉN 1890-1969
15 Sången till havet (Song to the Sea) (Salén) (Sw)
16 Visa kring slånblom och månskära
(Song of blackthorn and crescent moon) (Thorén) (Sw)
PETERSON-BERGER
17 Jungfrun under lind (The maid under the linden tree) (Peterson-Berger) (Sw)
Orchestra / Bertil Bokstedt
AUGUST SÖDERMAN 1832-1876
18 Kung Heimer och Aslög (King Heimer and Aslög) (Hedberg) (Sw)
19 Trollsjön (The Magic Lake) (Bäckström) (Sw)
HUGO ALFVÉN 1872-1960
20 Så tag mit hjerte (So take my heart) (Ditlevsen) (Dan)
JEAN SIBELIUS 1865-1957
21 Demanten på marssnön (The diamond in the March snow) (Wecksell) (Sw)
ADOLPH ADAM 1803-1856
22 Julsång (O Helga natt) (Cantique de Noël