We construct a natural family of rational functions $\tilde\Psi_m$ on a Hilbert modular surface from the classical $j$-invariant and its Hecke translates. These functions are obtained by means of a multiplicative analogue of the Doi-Naganuma lifting and can be viewed as twisted Borcherds products. We then study when the value of $\tilde\Psi_m$ at a CM point associated to a non-biquadratic quartic CM field generates the `CM class field' of the reflex field. For the real quadratic field $\Q(\sqrt{ 5})$, we factorize the norm of some of these CM values to $\Q(\sqrt 5)$ numerically.
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