The Essential Leontyne Price

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Richard Strauss, Traditional, George Gershwin, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Giacomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gabriel Fauré, Francis Poulenc, Samuel Barber, May Hannah Brahe, Albert Hay Malotte, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Giuseppe Verdi, Robert Schumann, Robert Lowry, John Bacchus Dykes, Henry Purcell, Georges Bizet, Ludwig van Beethoven, Samuel Augustus Ward, Martin Luther, William Howard Doane, Franz Schubert, John Rosamond Johnson, Charles C. Converse, Francesco Cilea, Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Johannes Brahms, Hector Berlioz, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Charles-François Gounod, Vincenzo Bellini, Phoebe Palmer Knapp

Label: Gold Seal

Magazine Review Date: 11/1996

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 0

Mastering:

DDD
ADD

Catalogue Number: 09026 68153-2

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Aida, Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer (John) Alldis Choir Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Grace Bumbry, Mezzo soprano Leontyne Price, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Plácido Domingo, Tenor Sherrill Milnes, Baritone
(Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Robert Merrill, Baritone
Don Carlo, Movement: Tu che le vanità	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Fausto Cleva, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra
Ernani, Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Chorus RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Thomas Schippers, Conductor
Ernani, Movement: Oro, Quant'oro	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Chorus RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Thomas Schippers, Conductor
Ernani, Movement: Ah, morir	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Chorus RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Thomas Schippers, Conductor
(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny', Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Chorus RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Thomas Schippers, Conductor
(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny', Movement: Pace, pace, mio Dio	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Chorus RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Thomas Schippers, Conductor
Macbeth, Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Corinna Vozza, Mezzo soprano Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Robert El Hage, Bass
Otello, Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Corinna Vozza, Mezzo soprano Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Otello, Movement: Ave Maria	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Corinna Vozza, Mezzo soprano Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
(La) traviata, Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Fausto Cleva, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Ryland Davies, Tenor
(Il) trovatore, Movement: ~	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Arturo Basile, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Laura Londi, Soprano Leontyne Price, Soprano Mario Carlin, Tenor Rome Opera Orchestra
Messa da Requiem, Movement: Recordare	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Chicago Symphony Chorus Chicago Symphony Orchestra Georg Solti, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Janet Baker, Mezzo soprano Leontyne Price, Soprano
Messa da Requiem, Movement: Agnus Dei	Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Chicago Symphony Chorus Chicago Symphony Orchestra Georg Solti, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Janet Baker, Mezzo soprano Leontyne Price, Soprano
Così fan tutte, Movement: Soave sia il vento	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Ezio Flagello, Bass Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra Tatiana Troyanos, Mezzo soprano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Così fan tutte, Movement: ~	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Ezio Flagello, Bass Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra Tatiana Troyanos, Mezzo soprano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Così fan tutte, Movement: Ah guarda, sorella	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer James Levine, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Marilyn Horne, Mezzo soprano New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Don Giovanni, Movement: ~	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Piero de Palma, Tenor RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(Le) nozze di Figaro, '(The) Marriage of Figaro', Movement: ~	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's farewell)	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Edward Downes, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra
Madama Butterfly, Movement: Un bel dì vedremo	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano Oliviero De Fabritiis, Conductor Rome Opera Orchestra
Madama Butterfly, Movement: ~	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano Oliviero De Fabritiis, Conductor Rome Opera Orchestra
Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Edward Downes, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra
Manon Lescaut, Movement: Sola, perduta, abbandonata	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Edward Downes, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra
Manon Lescaut, Movement: ~	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Nello Santi, Conductor Plácido Domingo, Tenor
(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano Oliviero De Fabritiis, Conductor Rome Opera Orchestra
(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Ore dolci e divine	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Edward Downes, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra
Suor Angelica, 'Sister Angelica', Movement: Senza mamma, O bimbo	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Tosca, Movement: Vissi d'arte	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano Oliviero De Fabritiis, Conductor Rome Opera Orchestra
Turandot, Movement: Signore, ascolta!	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano Oliviero De Fabritiis, Conductor Rome Opera Orchestra
Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta	Giacomo Puccini, Composer Giacomo Puccini, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano Oliviero De Fabritiis, Conductor Rome Opera Orchestra
(Les) Dialogues des Carmélites, Movement: Mes filles, voilà que s'achève	Francis Poulenc, Composer Edward Downes, Conductor Francis Poulenc, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra
Fidelio, Movement: ~	Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Fausto Cleva, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Carmen, Movement: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)	Georges Bizet, Composer Franco Corelli, Tenor Georges Bizet, Composer Herbert von Karajan, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Chorus
Carmen, Movement: ~	Georges Bizet, Composer Franco Corelli, Tenor Georges Bizet, Composer Herbert von Karajan, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Chorus
Carmen, Movement: C'est toi! (Finale).	Georges Bizet, Composer Franco Corelli, Tenor Georges Bizet, Composer Herbert von Karajan, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera Chorus
Eugene Onegin, Movement: Let me perish, but first let me summon (Puskai pogo pryezde)	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer Fausto Cleva, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer
Manon, Movement: ~	Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Movement: Thy hand, Belinda	Henry Purcell, Composer Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Henry Purcell, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Movement: When I am laid in earth	Henry Purcell, Composer Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Henry Purcell, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Norma, Movement: ~	Vincenzo Bellini, Composer James Levine, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Marilyn Horne, Mezzo soprano New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Vincenzo Bellini, Composer
Porgy and Bess, Movement: Summertime	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Victor Orchestra Skitch Henderson, Conductor William Warfield, Baritone
Porgy and Bess, Movement: Bess, you is my woman now	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Victor Orchestra Skitch Henderson, Conductor William Warfield, Baritone
Porgy and Bess, Movement: I loves you, Porgy	George Gershwin, Composer George Gershwin, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Victor Orchestra Skitch Henderson, Conductor William Warfield, Baritone
Antony and Cleopatra, Movement: Give me my robe	Samuel Barber, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra Samuel Barber, Composer Thomas Schippers, Conductor
Vanessa, Movement: Do not utter a word, Anatol	Samuel Barber, Composer Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Samuel Barber, Composer
Knoxville: Summer of 1915	Samuel Barber, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra Samuel Barber, Composer Thomas Schippers, Conductor
(Die) Aegyptische Helena, Movement: Zweite Brautnacht!	Richard Strauss, Composer Boston Symphony Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer
Ariadne auf Naxos, Movement: ~	Richard Strauss, Composer Fausto Cleva, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Richard Strauss, Composer
(Die) Frau ohne Schatten, Movement: Sieh - Amme - sieh	Richard Strauss, Composer Ambrosian Opera Chorus Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra Patricia Clark, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer
(Die) Frau ohne Schatten, Movement: Zum Lebenswasser!	Richard Strauss, Composer Ambrosian Opera Chorus Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra Patricia Clark, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer
(Die) Frau ohne Schatten, Movement: Wehe, mein Mann!	Richard Strauss, Composer Ambrosian Opera Chorus Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra Patricia Clark, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer
Salome, Movement: Ach, du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen	Richard Strauss, Composer Boston Symphony Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer
(4) Letzte Lieder, '(4) Last Songs'	Richard Strauss, Composer Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano New Philharmonia Orchestra Richard Strauss, Composer
(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movement: No. 8, Allerseelen	Richard Strauss, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer
(6) Lieder aus Lotusblättern, Movement: No. 4, Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten	Richard Strauss, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer
(3) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Schlagende Herzen	Richard Strauss, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer
(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Freundliche Vision (wds. Bierbaum: orch 1918)	Richard Strauss, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Richard Strauss, Composer
(Les) Nuits d'été	Hector Berlioz, Composer Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner, Conductor Hector Berlioz, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(3) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Au bord de l'eau (wds. Prudhomme: 1875)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer David Garvey, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(3) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Notre amour (wds. Silvestre: c1879)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer David Garvey, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer David Garvey, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888)	Gabriel Fauré, Composer David Garvey, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(5) Mélodies, Movement: No. 1, Mandoline	Gabriel Fauré, Composer David Garvey, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
Ce doux petit visage	Francis Poulenc, Composer David Garvey, Piano Francis Poulenc, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
Miroirs brûlants	Francis Poulenc, Composer David Garvey, Piano Francis Poulenc, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
Main dominée par le coeur	Francis Poulenc, Composer David Garvey, Piano Francis Poulenc, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
Frauenliebe und -leben	Robert Schumann, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Robert Schumann, Composer
Liederkreis, Movement: No. 5, Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden	Robert Schumann, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Robert Schumann, Composer
Myrthen, Movement: No. 1, Widmung (wds. Rückert)	Robert Schumann, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Robert Schumann, Composer
(12) Gedichte, Movement: No. 1, Lust der Sturmnacht	Robert Schumann, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Robert Schumann, Composer
Lieder und Gesänge II, Movement: No. 2, Volksliedchen (wds. Rückert)	Robert Schumann, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Robert Schumann, Composer
Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Movement: No. 23, Er ist's (wds. Mörike)	Robert Schumann, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Robert Schumann, Composer
Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Movement: No. 28, Mignon (wds. Goethe)	Robert Schumann, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Robert Schumann, Composer
Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Movement: No. 5, Heiss mich nicht reden	Robert Schumann, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Robert Schumann, Composer
(6) Lieder für eine Frauenstimme, Movement: Morgentau (wds. anon)	Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer David Garvey, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Der Gärtner	Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer David Garvey, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
Mörike Lieder, Movement: Lebe wohl	Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer David Garvey, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
Spanisches Liederbuch, 'Spanish Songbook', Movement: Geh' Geliebter (trans Geibel)	Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer David Garvey, Piano Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
Ev'ry time I feel de spirit	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Let us break bread together	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
His name so sweet	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Roun' about De Mountain	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Swing low, sweet chariot	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Sit down, servant	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
He's got the whole world in His hands	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Deep River	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Honor, Honor	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
My soul's been anchored in de Lord	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
On Ma Journey	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
City called Heaven	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Ride on, King Jesus	Traditional, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Chorus Leonard de Paur, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free	Traditional, Composer Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Rust College Choir Traditional, Composer
Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass	Traditional, Composer Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Rust College Choir Traditional, Composer
Sweet Little Jesus Boy	Traditional, Composer Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Rust College Choir Traditional, Composer
There is a balm in Gilead	Traditional, Composer Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Rust College Choir Traditional, Composer
Let us cheer the weary traveler	Traditional, Composer Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Rust College Choir Traditional, Composer
My way is cloudy	Traditional, Composer Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Rust College Choir Traditional, Composer
Nobody knows de trouble I've seen	Traditional, Composer Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Rust College Choir Traditional, Composer
I couldn't hear nobody pray	Traditional, Composer Connally Walton, Tenor Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Rust College Choir Traditional, Composer
Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty	John Bacchus Dykes, Composer George Decker, Organ John Bacchus Dykes, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Self, Conductor
Lead, kindly light	John Bacchus Dykes, Composer George Decker, Organ John Bacchus Dykes, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Self, Conductor
Blessed assurance	Phoebe Palmer Knapp, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano Phoebe Palmer Knapp, Composer St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Self, Conductor
Ave Maria, 'Ellens Gesang III'	Franz Schubert, Composer Franz Schubert, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Self, Conductor
What a friend we have in Jesus	Charles C. Converse, Composer Charles C. Converse, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Self, Conductor
Amazing Grace	Traditional, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) Traditional, Composer William Self, Conductor
(The) Lord's Prayer	Albert Hay Malotte, Composer Albert Hay Malotte, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Self, Conductor
Pass me not, o gentle Saviour	William Howard Doane, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Howard Doane, Composer William Self, Conductor
(The) Church's one foundation	Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano Samuel Sebastian Wesley, Composer St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Self, Conductor
Bless this house	May Hannah Brahe, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano May Hannah Brahe, Composer St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Self, Conductor
I need Thee every hour	Robert Lowry, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano Robert Lowry, Composer St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) William Self, Conductor
Fairest Lord Jesus	Traditional, Composer George Decker, Organ Leontyne Price, Soprano St Thomas Episcopal Church Choir (New York) Traditional, Composer William Self, Conductor
I wonder as I wander	Traditional, Composer (Arthur) Fiedler Orchestra Arthur Fiedler, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer
Ave Maria	Charles-François Gounod, Composer (Arthur) Fiedler Orchestra Arthur Fiedler, Conductor Charles-François Gounod, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
America the Beautiful	Samuel Augustus Ward, Composer Ambrosian Singers Charles Gerhardt, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano National Philharmonic Orchestra Samuel Augustus Ward, Composer
Lift every voice and sing	John Rosamond Johnson, Composer Charles Gerhardt, Conductor John Rosamond Johnson, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano National Philharmonic Orchestra
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott	Martin Luther, Composer Ambrosian Singers Charles Gerhardt, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano Martin Luther, Composer National Philharmonic Orchestra
Battle Hymn of the Republic	Traditional, Composer Ambrosian Singers Charles Gerhardt, Conductor Leontyne Price, Soprano National Philharmonic Orchestra Traditional, Composer
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 1, He, Zigeuner, greife	Johannes Brahms, Composer David Garvey, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 2, Hochgetürmte Rimaflut	Johannes Brahms, Composer David Garvey, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 3, Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen	Johannes Brahms, Composer David Garvey, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 4, Lieber Gott, du weisst	Johannes Brahms, Composer David Garvey, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 5, Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze	Johannes Brahms, Composer David Garvey, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 6, Röslein dreie in der Reihe	Johannes Brahms, Composer David Garvey, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 7, Kommt dir manchmal	Johannes Brahms, Composer David Garvey, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 11, Rote Abendwolken ziehn	Johannes Brahms, Composer David Garvey, Piano Johannes Brahms, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
Adriana Lecouvreur, Movement: ~	Francesco Cilea, Composer David Garvey, Piano Francesco Cilea, Composer Leontyne Price, Soprano
This little light of mine	Traditional, Composer David Garvey, Piano Leontyne Price, Soprano Traditional, Composer

Author: Patrick O'Connor

This is one of the most sumptuously presented sets ever. Contained in a red cloth slip-case, the 11 CDs, each in an envelope bearing a different protrait of Leontyne Price, are in one volume, while a 236-page book rests beside it, with all the texts and translations, essays, interviews and more portraits. Price describes herself as an “American troubadour”, and to prove her universal appeal, there she is on the last spread, shown with Mr and Mrs Reagan, and then with Mr and Mrs Clinton.
The moment anyone puts a title like “essential” on a disc, or even 11 discs, one’s question is “but what about?” I was surprised that her recital of Broadway show tunes with Andre Previn isn’t included, nor Barber’s Hermit Songs, from the various roles most closely associated with Price, the entrance of Butterfly and the Act 3 duet with Radames from Aida both seem like omissions.
Even the most devoted admirer will ask whether they need to lash out on such a big set. After all, if you are a Price fan you will probably have quite a few of these records already. The selection restores to the catalogue her recital of opera scenes, including Tatyana’s Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin, in Russian, though on stage she sang the part in English. This disc also includes three roles she never sang on stage, Violetta, Leonore in Fidelio and Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlo. The sleeve-notes for the original issue of this disc were written by Virgil Thomson, no less. He praised Price above all for her “structural understanding”. Reviewing the original LP issue (4/72) Andrew Porter was critical of Cleva’s conducting, and suggested that Price needed someone with more command. This is very noticeable when one leaps from “Abscheulicher!” to “Senza mamma” and then to the “Habanera” from Carmen. (Such haphazard programming is the drawback on all such compilations it seems.) Karajan’s superb rapport with Price drew from her one of her most enduring performances, also of a role she never sang on stage, but one would never guess it.
For those who have already invested in the four-CD set “The Prima Donna Collection” (12/92), it may be comforting to know that of the 120-or-so items in this collection, only ten are taken from those CDs. Of those items that have never been issued before or that are new to the UK, it is especially interesting to hear an extract from a Lieder recital in 1965, with Price in great form in Brahms’s Zigeunerlieder. She is accompanied by David Garvey, who was one of the key people in her career, as she mentions in the light-hearted and touching interview with the late John Pfeiffer that ends the set. Price’s career as a recitalist was under-represented in her recording career and in particular there is hardly anything of her large repertory of American song. If this is just one example of Price recorded live in recital that is lurking in the archives (she gave regular recitals at Salzburg, so there may be some Festspieldokumente) I hope RCA will give us some more, concentrating on American song.
The basic outline of this set begins with four CDs of opera arias, the first naturally devoted to Verdi and the five roles that will always be associated with Price – Aida, Amelia, the two Leonoras and Elvira in Ernani. The Forza arias are taken from the earlier set, conducted by Schippers (the right choice in my opinion), but rather than the extracts from the 1970 Leinsdorf Aida, it might have been interesting to hear the even earlier recital versions under de Fabritiis. From that early disc, her account of “Che il bel sogno di Doretta” from La rondine, shows the voice at its most beautiful, full in the lower range with a soaring, creamy tone on high. The microphone always seemed to highlight a slight ‘catch’ in her voice that wasn’t noticeable in the concert-hall or opera house. Jumping around from composer to composer and ranging over 25 years, these opera arias accentuate the difference in Price’s voice from the free-and-easy days of the 1950s and 1960s to the much more studied, cautious later recordings.
There are two CDs of duets, a glorious Butterfly Act 1 duet with Richard Tucker, incomparable Act 2 Ballo with Bergonzi and the great, dramatic confrontation with Milnes from Act 4 of Trovatore. Yes, one says, these indeed are essential Price. From a live recital at Lincoln Center in the early 1980s come four duets with Marilyn Horne. The occasion was obviously one of great emotion, the curiosity is “Mira, O Norma”. Horne is on safe ground here, Price gets through it, to the audience’s delight. Butterfly, Aida and Cosi fan tutte follow. One would love to have been there, one listens with pleasure, once.
Discs seven and eight are devoted to song. Les nuits d’ete under Fritz Reiner is a famous recording. Reviewing a previous reissue LS complained of Price’s “unchanging dynamics and coloration”. (The cycle was coupled then with Charles Munch’s recording of L’Enfance du Christ, 12/92.) Well, perhaps he has a point, but what tone, what magisterial phrasing, and the dark hues of Price’s low notes bring a great sense of mystery to the end of “Le spectre de la rose”, and then of course her attack on the repeated “Ah! sans amour s’en aller sur la mer!” in “Absence” is thrilling. Listening to this performance, it is a source of regret that Price hardly ever sang in concert in London: how much we missed!
The whole of her first recital disc with David Garvey is included, especially valuable for the Poulenc songs; although the Miroirs brulants are intended for a male voice, Poulenc himself especially admired Price’s performance of them. The Strauss songs from 1959 are beautiful, they rather show up the later performance of the Vier letzte Lieder; the best part of this Strauss recital with Leinsdorf is the Empress’s Awakening Scene. Though in her interview Price says that she doesn’t regret not singing any of the roles she essayed in recital, there is always a feeling of “ah, what might have been”.
Alec Robertson gave the Schumann recital, including Frauenliebe und -leben, a warm welcome on its original issue (8/71). His criticism was mostly concerned with the stress Price places on certain words, and a habit she has of breaking up a phrase with a pause between words. Her voice seems rather too magnificent for the domestic tale – but there is no doubt that she understands this cycle very well, and at the time it was recorded (1969) she was in fantastic vocal form. This record has been unavailable for years, and its inclusion may clinch the question of purchase for the wavering admirer.
The spirituals and hymns are sung with fervour and beauty of tone and line. “They are the expresion of me as an American, of me as a human being,” Price says in her introduction, and when one hears her sing, for instance, a most beautiful unaccompanied Were you there, it is easy to understand. The latest performance on the set is of a favourite song of her mother, This little light o’mine, recorded in January 1991.
Price’s performances and recordings have never roused the controversy that surrounds Callas’s, Schwarzkopf’s or Sutherland’s; she likens herself to a “vocal impressionist … I have colours in [the voice] that I take like a palette”. Staying with this rich and characterful voice for several days, one is impressed again and again by the range of expression and tone she finds. Think of Price, and her Verdi performances naturally come to mind first. Listen to these CDs and what you may be left with is a memory instead of a Schumann song, “Schone Wiege meiner Leiden”, from the Liederkreis, Op. 24, a spiritual or the voluptuous beauty of much of Les nuits d’ete.'

The Essential Leontyne Price

Aida, Movement: ~

(Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movement: ~

Don Carlo, Movement: Tu che le vanità

Ernani, Movement: ~

Ernani, Movement: Oro, Quant'oro

Ernani, Movement: Ah, morir

(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny', Movement: ~

(La) forza del destino, '(The) force of destiny', Movement: Pace, pace, mio Dio

Macbeth, Movement: ~

Otello, Movement: ~

Otello, Movement: Ave Maria

(La) traviata, Movement: ~

(Il) trovatore, Movement: ~

Messa da Requiem, Movement: Recordare

Messa da Requiem, Movement: Agnus Dei

Così fan tutte, Movement: Soave sia il vento

Così fan tutte, Movement: ~

Così fan tutte, Movement: Ah guarda, sorella

Don Giovanni, Movement: ~

(Le) nozze di Figaro, '(The) Marriage of Figaro', Movement: ~

(La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movement: Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's farewell)

Madama Butterfly, Movement: Un bel dì vedremo

Madama Butterfly, Movement: ~

Manon Lescaut, Movement: In quelle trine morbide

Manon Lescaut, Movement: Sola, perduta, abbandonata

Manon Lescaut, Movement: ~

(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

(La) Rondine, '(The) Swallow', Movement: Ore dolci e divine

Suor Angelica, 'Sister Angelica', Movement: Senza mamma, O bimbo

Tosca, Movement: Vissi d'arte

Turandot, Movement: Signore, ascolta!

Turandot, Movement: Tu, che di gel sei cinta

(Les) Dialogues des Carmélites, Movement: Mes filles, voilà que s'achève

Fidelio, Movement: ~

Carmen, Movement: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

Carmen, Movement: ~

Carmen, Movement: C'est toi! (Finale).

Eugene Onegin, Movement: Let me perish, but first let me summon (Puskai pogo pryezde)

Manon, Movement: ~

Dido and Aeneas, Movement: Thy hand, Belinda

Dido and Aeneas, Movement: When I am laid in earth

Norma, Movement: ~

Porgy and Bess, Movement: Summertime

Porgy and Bess, Movement: Bess, you is my woman now

Porgy and Bess, Movement: I loves you, Porgy

Antony and Cleopatra, Movement: Give me my robe

Vanessa, Movement: Do not utter a word, Anatol

Knoxville: Summer of 1915

(Die) Aegyptische Helena, Movement: Zweite Brautnacht!

Ariadne auf Naxos, Movement: ~

(Die) Frau ohne Schatten, Movement: Sieh - Amme - sieh

(Die) Frau ohne Schatten, Movement: Zum Lebenswasser!

(Die) Frau ohne Schatten, Movement: Wehe, mein Mann!

Salome, Movement: Ach, du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen

(4) Letzte Lieder, '(4) Last Songs'

(8) Lieder aus Letzte Blätter, Movement: No. 8, Allerseelen

(6) Lieder aus Lotusblättern, Movement: No. 4, Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten

(3) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Schlagende Herzen

(5) Lieder, Movement: No. 1, Freundliche Vision (wds. Bierbaum: orch 1918)

(Les) Nuits d'été

(3) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Au bord de l'eau (wds. Prudhomme: 1875)

(3) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Notre amour (wds. Silvestre: c1879)

(2) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Clair de lune (wds. Verlaine)

(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888)

(5) Mélodies, Movement: No. 1, Mandoline

Ce doux petit visage

Miroirs brûlants

Main dominée par le coeur

Frauenliebe und -leben

Liederkreis, Movement: No. 5, Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden

Myrthen, Movement: No. 1, Widmung (wds. Rückert)

(12) Gedichte, Movement: No. 1, Lust der Sturmnacht

Lieder und Gesänge II, Movement: No. 2, Volksliedchen (wds. Rückert)

Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Movement: No. 23, Er ist's (wds. Mörike)

Lieder-Album für die Jugend, Movement: No. 28, Mignon (wds. Goethe)

Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister, Movement: No. 5, Heiss mich nicht reden

(6) Lieder für eine Frauenstimme, Movement: Morgentau (wds. anon)

Mörike Lieder, Movement: Der Gärtner

Mörike Lieder, Movement: Lebe wohl

Spanisches Liederbuch, 'Spanish Songbook', Movement: Geh' Geliebter (trans Geibel)

Ev'ry time I feel de spirit

Let us break bread together

His name so sweet

Roun' about De Mountain

Swing low, sweet chariot

Sit down, servant

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

He's got the whole world in His hands

Deep River

Honor, Honor

My soul's been anchored in de Lord

On Ma Journey

City called Heaven

Ride on, King Jesus

I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass

Sweet Little Jesus Boy

There is a balm in Gilead

Let us cheer the weary traveler

My way is cloudy

Nobody knows de trouble I've seen

I couldn't hear nobody pray

Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty

Lead, kindly light

Blessed assurance

Ave Maria, 'Ellens Gesang III'

What a friend we have in Jesus

Amazing Grace

(The) Lord's Prayer

Pass me not, o gentle Saviour

(The) Church's one foundation

Bless this house

I need Thee every hour

Fairest Lord Jesus

I wonder as I wander

Ave Maria

America the Beautiful

Lift every voice and sing

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

Battle Hymn of the Republic

(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 1, He, Zigeuner, greife

(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 2, Hochgetürmte Rimaflut

(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 3, Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen

(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 4, Lieber Gott, du weisst

(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 5, Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze

(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 6, Röslein dreie in der Reihe

(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 7, Kommt dir manchmal

(11) Zigeunerlieder, Movement: No. 11, Rote Abendwolken ziehn

Adriana Lecouvreur, Movement: ~

This little light of mine

Explore the world’s largest classical music catalogue on Apple Music Classical.

Included with an Apple Music subscription. Download now.

Gramophone Print

Print Edition

From £6.87 / month

Gramophone Digital Club

Digital Edition
Digital Archive
Reviews Database
Events & Offers

From £9.20 / month

Gramophone Club

Print Edition
Digital Edition
Digital Archive
Reviews Database
Events & Offers

From £11.45 / month

Gramophone Reviews

Reviews Database

From £6.87 / month

Gramophone Digital Edition

Digital Edition
Digital Archive

From £6.87 / month

If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.

The Essential Leontyne Price

Record and Artist Details

The Essential Leontyne Price

Follow us

Gramophone Print

From £6.87 / month

Gramophone Digital Club

From £9.20 / month

Gramophone Club

From £11.45 / month

Gramophone Reviews

From £6.87 / month

Gramophone Digital Edition

From £6.87 / month