Jussi Bjorling : Six arias recorded 19th Sept 1957 in excellent newly re mastered stereo sound

Jussi Bjorling recorded Cavalleria Rusticana with Renata Tebaldi in September 1957 and I have been informed (by Shicoff1 ) that these six recordings with Orchester des Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by Alberto Erede were made to fill up the LP on which the last part of the opera was recorded. The recordings are as follows: 0:06 Cielo e mar La Giocanda (Ponchielli) 4:57 E la solita storia (Lamento di Federico) L Arlesiana (Cilea) 9:41 Amor ti vieta Fedora (Giordano) 11:31 Di tu se fedele Ballo in maschera (Verdi) 14:49 Tra voi belle Manon Lescaut (Puccini) 16:27 Ch ella mi creda La fanciulla del West (Puccini) The order in which the arias were actually recorded on the day was 1, 6, 3, 2, 4, 5. For those not familiar with Jussi Bjorling, he was born in 1911 in Sweden and throughout his career he was regarded as one of the world s greatest tenors and even today many still rate him as the best ever. He made many wonderful recordings, mostly operat