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Leontyne Price - The Complete Collection Of Operatic Recital Albums


Release Date: 01/24/2012 
Label:  Rca   Catalog #: 794051  
Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi,  Giacomo Puccini,  George Gershwin,  Richard Strauss,   ... 
Performer:  Leontyne Price,  Laura Londi,  John W. Bubbles,  William Warfield,   ... 
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis,  Arturo Basile,  Erich Leinsdorf,  Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra,  Boston Symphony Orchestra,  RCA Italian Opera Orchestra,   ... 
Number of Discs: 14 
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Sony Classical celebrates the 85th birthday of “the Stradivarius of singers” Leontyne Price

The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums brings together for the first time, in this 14-CD set, all the recital and duet albums which Leontyne Price recorded between 1960 and 1982. Starting with her operatic de?but with arias, it features not only her legendary Scenes from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, but also the famous complete Prima Donna Collection consisting of five volumes released between 1966 and 1980.
 Sony Classical celebrates the 85th birthday of “the Stradivarius of singers” Leontyne Price

The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums brings together for the first time, in this 14-CD set, all the recital and duet albums which Leontyne Price recorded between 1960 and 1982. Starting with her operatic de?but with arias, it features not only her legendary Scenes from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, but also the famous complete Prima Donna Collection consisting of five volumes released between 1966 and 1980.
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1.
Aida: Ritorna vincitor! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 06/27/1960 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
2.
Aida: O patria mia by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 06/27/1960 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
3.
Il trovatore: Che piů t'arresti? by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano), Laura Londi (Soprano)
Conductor:  Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 07/1959 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
4.
Il trovatore: Tacea la notte placida...Di tale amor by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Laura Londi (Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 07/1959 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
5.
Il trovatore: D'amor sull' ali rosee by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 07/1959 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
6.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dě 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: 06/29/1960 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
7.
Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio [Death of Butterfly] 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: 06/29/1960 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
8.
La Rondine: Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1917; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 06/28/1960 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
9.
Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 06/28/1960 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
10.
Turandot: Signore, ascolta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 06/28/1960 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
11.
Turandot: Tu, che di gel sei cinta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 06/1960 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
12.
Il trovatore: Tacea la notte placida...Di tale amor by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Laura Londi (Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 06/1960 
Venue:  Rome Opera House 
Language: Italian 
13.
Porgy and Bess: What you want wid Bess? by George Gershwin
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
14.
Porgy and Bess: There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York by George Gershwin
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano), John W. Bubbles (Tenor)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
15.
Porgy and Bess: Summertime by George Gershwin
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
16.
Porgy and Bess: Oh Lawd, I'm on my way by George Gershwin
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
17.
Porgy and Bess: Oh Bess, where's my Bess? by George Gershwin
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
18.
Porgy and Bess: My man's gone now by George Gershwin
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
19.
Porgy and Bess: It ain't necessarily so by George Gershwin
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
20.
Porgy and Bess: I loves you, Porgy by George Gershwin
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
21.
Porgy and Bess: I got plenty o' nuttin' by George Gershwin
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
22.
Porgy and Bess: Gone, gone, gone by George Gershwin
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
23.
Porgy and Bess: Bess, you is my woman now by George Gershwin
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano), William Warfield (Baritone)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
24.
Porgy and Bess: A woman is a sometime thing by George Gershwin
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
25.
Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75: Zweite Brautnacht, Zaubernacht "Helen's Awakening" by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1923-1927; Germany 
 Length: 4 Minutes 47 Secs. 
Language: German 
26.
Salome, Op. 54: Dance of the seven veils by Richard Strauss
Conductor:  Erich Leinsdorf
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903-1905; Germany 
27.
Salome, Op. 54: Final Scene by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903-1905; Germany 
 Length: 19 Minutes 16 Secs. 
Language: German 
28.
Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth by Henry Purcell
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1689; England 
 Language: English 
29.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: E Susanna non vien...Dove sono by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
 Language: Italian 
30.
La traviata: Addio del passato by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
31.
L'Africaine: Sur mes genoux by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Germany 
 Language: French 
32.
Manon: Adieu, notre petite table by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883-1884; France 
 Language: French 
33.
Otello: Piangea cantando "Willow Song" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
34.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Io son l'umile ancella by Francesco Cilča
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
35.
Louise: Depuis le jour by Gustave Charpentier
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; France 
 Language: French 
36.
Vanessa, Op. 32: He has come, he has come! by Samuel Barber
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1957; USA 
 Language: English 
37.
Atalanta, HWV 35: Care selve by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RCA Italian Opera Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1736; London, England 
 Language: Italian 
38.
Don Giovanni, K 527: Or sai chi l'onore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ 
 Language: Italian 
39.
Der Freischütz, J 277: Leise, leise fromme Weise by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1817-1821; Dresden, Germany 
 Language: German 
40.
Macbeth: Una macchia č qui tuttora "Sleepwalking Scene" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847/1865; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
41.
Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare by Arrigo Boito
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
42.
L'enfant prodigue: Azaël! Azaël! Pourquoi m'as tu quittée? by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1884/1908; France 
 Language: French 
43.
Andrea Chénier: La mamma morta by Umberto Giordano
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
44.
Francesca da Rimini: Paolo, datemi pace! by Riccardo Zandonai
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914; Turin, Italy 
 Language: Italian 
45.
Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
46.
Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40: Give me some music by Samuel Barber
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Thomas Schippers
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1965-1966; USA 
 Date of Recording: 06/1968 
Length: 8 Minutes 57 Secs. 
Language: English 
47.
Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40: Give me my robe by Samuel Barber
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Thomas Schippers
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1966; USA 
 Date of Recording: 06/1968 
Length: 9 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Language: English 
48.
Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24 by Samuel Barber
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Thomas Schippers
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947-1950; USA 
 Date of Recording: 06/1968 
Length: 16 Minutes 18 Secs. 
Language: English 
49.
Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Peter H. Adler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 06/03/1968 
Length: 10 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
50.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Peter H. Adler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 06/05/1968 
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
51.
Idomeneo, K 366: Se mai pomposo...Se il padre perdei by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Peter H. Adler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1781; Munich, Germany 
 Date of Recording: 06/06/1969 
Length: 5 Minutes 25 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
52.
Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Peter H. Adler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 06/05/1969 
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Language: German 
53.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Peter H. Adler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 06/06/1969 
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
54.
Il rč pastore, K 208: L'amerň, sarň costante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Peter H. Adler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1775; Salzburg, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 06/05/1969 
Length: 6 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
55.
Bella mia fiamma...Resta, o cara, K 528 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Peter H. Adler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Czech Republic 
 Date of Recording: 06/04/1968 
Length: 9 Minutes 54 Secs. 
56.
Alceste: Divinités du Styx by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1767; Vienna, Austria 
 Language: French 
57.
I lombardi: O madre, dal cielo soccorri al mio pianto by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
58.
Martha: Letzte Rose "The last rose of summer" by Friedrich von Flotow
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Germany 
59.
Simon Boccanegra: Come in quest' ora bruna by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
60.
La Périchole: Tu n'es pas beau by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868/1874; Paris, France 
 Language: French 
61.
Die Walküre: Du bist der Lenz by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856; Germany 
 Language: German 
62.
Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante "Micaëla's Aria" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
 Language: French 
63.
Thaďs: Dis-moi que je suis belle by Jules Massenet
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894; France 
 Language: French 
64.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
65.
Dialogues des carmélites: Mes filles, voila s'achčve by Francis Poulenc
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953-1956; France 
 Language: English 
66.
La traviata: E strano! E strano! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Fausto Cleva
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
67.
La traviata: Sempre libera by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Fausto Cleva
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
68.
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Tatiana's letter scene by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Fausto Cleva
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877-1878; Russia 
69.
Don Carlos: Tu, che la vanitá conoscesti del mondo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Fausto Cleva
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867/1884; Italy 
70.
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Es gibt ein Reich by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Fausto Cleva
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911/1916; Germany 
71.
Fidelio, Op. 72: Abscheulicher!...Komm, Hoffnung by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Fausto Cleva
Period: Classical 
Written: Vienna, Austria 
72.
La Bohčme: Si, mi chiamano Mimě 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 
73.
La Bohčme: Donde lieta uscě 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 
74.
La Bohčme: 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 
75.
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 
76.
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 
77.
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 
78.
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 
79.
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 
80.
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 
81.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dě 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 
82.
La Fanciulla del West: Laggiů 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 
83.
Otello: Giŕ nella notte densa by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Nello Santi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 07/1974 
Length: 11 Minutes 3 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
84.
Un ballo in maschera: T'eco io sto...Non sai tu by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Nello Santi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 07/22/1974 
Length: 9 Minutes 16 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
85.
Manon Lescaut: Tu, tu, amore, tu? by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Nello Santi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 07/1974 
Length: 9 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
86.
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 
 Date of Recording: 07/1974 
Length: 16 Minutes 6 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
87.
Idomeneo, K 366: D'Oreste, d'Ajace by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1781; Munich, Germany 
 Language: Italian 
88.
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: D'amour, l'ardente flamme by Hector Berlioz
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845-1846; France 
 Language: French 
89.
Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845/1861; Germany 
 Language: German 
90.
Macbeth: La luce langue by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Italy 
 Language: Italian 
91.
Die Fledermaus: Klänge der Heimat "Czardas" by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Vienna, Austria 
92.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o Mamma by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1890; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
93.
Rusalka, Op. 114/B 203: O moon high up "Song to the moon" by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Bohemia 
 Language: Czech 
94.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Poveri fiori by Francesco Cilča
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
95.
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Glück, das mir verblieb "Mariettalied" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1920; Vienna, Austria 
 Language: German 
96.
Turandot: In questa reggia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
97.
Amelia Goes to the Ball: While I waste these precious hours by Gian Carlo Menotti
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; USA 
 Language: English 
98.
Semele, HWV 58: Where'er you walk by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1744; London, England 
99.
Oberon, J 306: Ozean! du Ungeheuer by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1825-1826; Dresden, Germany 
100.
Norma: Casta diva by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
101.
Rigoletto: Caro nome by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
102.
Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise "Liebestod" by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Germany 
103.
I Pagliacci: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
104.
Gloriana, Op. 53: O God, my king, sole ruler of the world by Benjamin Britten
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; England 
105.
Cosě fan tutte, K 588: Ah guarda, sorella by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
106.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: E Susanna non vien...Dove sono by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
107.
Rodelinda, HWV 19: Vivi, Tiranno! by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1725; London, England 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
108.
Rinaldo, HWV 7: Fermati! No, crudel! by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
109.
Aida: Silenzio! Aida verso noi s'avanza by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
110.
L'assedio di Corinto: Non temer un basso affetto by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1826; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
111.
La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1862/1869; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
112.
Norma: Mira, o Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
113.
Les Huguenots: Non, non...Vous n'avez jamais, je gage by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:  Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1836; France 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
114.
La Rondine: Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1917; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 
115.
Madama Butterfly: Scuoti quella fronda "Flower Duet" by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 03/28/1982 
Venue:  Metropolitan Opera, New York 

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 IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS! April 10, 2015 By J. Fitzgerald (San Francisco, CA) See All My Reviews "OK, for the sake of truth, fairness, etc., I am a passionate fan of Leontyne Price, so if it's objectivity you're looking for, look elsewhere. I think hers is the most beautiful voice God ever put in the throat of any woman, ANYWHERE! This incredible collection, which celebrates Price's startling diversity in so many different niches, is overwhelming. The sheer beauty of her voice is one thing. The staggering breath control is another. And perhaps most astounding, unlike so many other sopranos, the higher the notes go she doesn't get thin and tight and pinched. On the contrary her voice expands and shimmers like the most glorious stars in the Cosmos! (One critic once said her voice was like "a banner flying".) She sings everything wonderfully, but let's face it, the real glories in this collection are the Verdi, Puccini, Richard Strauss and Samuel Barber arias. And Mozart too. It's a special treat to have the albums as they were released, with the original cover art. The recycling is marvelous. My special favorite: the Met concert with Marilyn Horne and James Levine, several weeks AFTER her MET farewell performance! If you want to help a friend understand why you're not rational when it comes to opera, play this CD for them. If they don't get it, they'll never be an opera fan. Enough! Get this album (bargain price too good to be true) and cancel all your schedule. Just listen. AND REJOICE!!!" Report Abuse
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