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Classic Library - Puccini Heroines / Leontyne Price

	Release Date: 04/20/2004 Label: Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog #: 59420 Spars Code: ADD Composer: Giacomo Puccini Performer: Leontyne Price, Elisabeth Bainbridge, Placido Domingo, Daniele Barioni Conductor: Edward Downes, Nello Santi Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus Number of Discs: 1 Recorded in: Stereo Length: 1 Hours 12 Mins.	CD $9.49 In Stock

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RCA's Leontyne Price collection offers a generous sampling of the various Puccini roles she performed on stage as well as those she sang only in the studio. Some, Butterfly and Tosca for example, are fully-formed interpretations displaying a certain reassuring, lived-in quality. However, the Bohème excerpts, where Price sings both Mimi's and Musetta's arias, find her somewhat studied and inhibited, a performance for the microphones. Still, the voice is never less than captivating, especially on the top end, with her bright, ringing high notes in Manon Lescaut's "Sola, perduta, abbandonata" and her ethereal sustained pianissimo in "Vissi d'arte" (even though she cannot match her ravishing 1962 performance for Karajan) making for some truly transfixing moments. Butterfly's Act 1 finale ("Bimba, bimba non piangere") also is a latter-day remake, with Placido Domingo's rather stiff Pinkerton a poor substitute for a strongly ardent Richard Tucker. Even less convincing is John McCarthy, who sounds like a garnish next to Price's warm-toned but admittedly less-than-imperious Princess Turandot. Of particular interest are the remaining items--selections from La Rondine (featuring an exquisitely beautiful "Ore dolci e divine"), La fanciulla del West, and the rarely heard Edgar and Le villi, all sung with the soprano's trademark artistry and depth of feeling. RCA's recordings generally favor Price at the expense of the other participants, but not to an extreme degree (fans of Price will see this as an advantage). Ultimately, this is a great disc for lovers of Puccini and fine singing alike. --Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday.com


Works on This Recording			Back to Top

1.	La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1896; Italy	Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs. Language: Italian


2.	La Bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz" by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1896; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs. Language: Italian


3.	La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1896; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs. Language: Italian


4.	Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1893; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 41 Secs. Language: Italian


5.	Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta, abbandonata by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1893; Italy	Length: 6 Minutes 57 Secs. Language: Italian


6.	Madama Butterfly: Viene la sera...Bimba dagli occhi pieni by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Elisabeth Bainbridge (Mezzo Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor) Conductor: Nello Santi Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1904; Italy	Length: 16 Minutes 8 Secs. Language: Italian

	Notes: This selection omits "Viene la sera".


7.	Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1904; Italy	Length: 4 Minutes 59 Secs. Language: Italian

	Notes: This selection begins with "Piangi? Perchè?".


8.	Edgar: Addio mi dolce amor by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1889; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs. Language: Italian


9.	La Rondine: Ore dolci e divine by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1917; Italy	Length: 5 Minutes 31 Secs. Language: Italian


10.	Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1900; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs. Language: Italian


11.	Le Villi: Se come voi piccina by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1884; Italy	Length: 5 Minutes 20 Secs. Language: Italian


12.	La Fanciulla del West: Laggiù nel Soledad by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1910; Italy	Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs. Language: Italian

	Notes: This selection begins with "L'amore è un'altra cosa."


13.	Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Edward Downes Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1918; Italy	Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs. Language: Italian


14.	Turandot: In questa reggia by Giacomo Puccini
	Performer: Daniele Barioni (Tenor), Leontyne Price (Soprano) Conductor: Nello Santi Orchestra/Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus Period: Romantic Written: 1926; Italy	Length: 5 Minutes 46 Secs. Language: Italian

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