Works on This Recording
1.
La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Thomas Schippers
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Italian Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 1964
2.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 1960
Notes: This selection begins with "Piangi? Perchè?..."
3.
Il trovatore: D'amor sull' ali rosee by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mario Carlin (Tenor),
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 1959
Notes: This selection begins with "Siam giunti..."
4.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: 1963
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
5.
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
Date of Recording: 1971
6.
Così fan tutte, K 588: Ah guarda, sorella by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano),
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1982
Notes: This selection is a DDD recording.
7.
Otello: Già nella notte densa by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor),
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nello Santi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
Date of Recording: 1974
8.
Les nuits d'été, Op. 7: no 4, Absence by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840-1841; France
Date of Recording: 1963
9.
Four Last Songs, AV 150: no 3, Beim Schlafengehen by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1948; Germany
Date of Recording: 1973
10.
The Lord's Prayer by Albert Hay Malotte
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano),
George Decker (Organ)
Conductor:
William Self
Orchestra/Ensemble:
St. Thomas Men and Boy's Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; USA
Date of Recording: 1966
11.
Porgy and Bess: Summertime by George Gershwin
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Skitch Henderson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; USA
Date of Recording: 1963
12.
Swing low, sweet chariot by Traditional
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Leonard De Paur
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra,
Chorus
Date of Recording: 1961
Notes: Arranged: Leonard de Paur
13.
Ride on, King Jesus! by Traditional
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Leonard De Paur
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra,
Chorus
Date of Recording: 1961
Notes: Arranged: Hall Johnson and Leonard de Paur
Sound Samples
Act II: Piangi? Perchè?; Un bel dì vedremo
Act IV: D'amor sull'ali rosee
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
Act I: Ore dolci e divine
Act I: Ah, guarda, sorella
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