Considered by both critics and public as one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century, Jussi Björling left behind a vast recorded legacy. Volume 5 in the Naxos Jussi Björling Collection features a remarkably varied selection of twenty-one Lieder and songs by twelve composers in five languages, including seven by Schubert who always had an important place in Björling’s programmes. If a great opera tenor is seldom also a great Lieder singer, Björling was one of the very few who had great success in both fields. Volume 1 of the Naxos series (8.110722) features his complete recordings of opera and operetta in Swedish, Volume 2 (8.110740) a selection of songs in Swedish, while Volumes 3 and 4 (8.110754 & 8.110788) focus on opera arias and duets.