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Leontyne Price
Her Greatest Roles
Genres: Soundtracks, Classical

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Aida, opera: Ritorna vincitor!
2. Aida, opera: E l'amor mio?
3. Aida, opera: I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante
4. Aida, opera: Qui Radam?s verr?!
5. Aida, opera: O patria mia
6. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Prelude
7. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Ecco l'orrido campo
8. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa
9. Un ballo in maschera, opera: A tal colpa ? nulla il pianto
10. Un ballo in maschera, opera: Morr?, ma prima in grazia
11. Il Trovatore, opera: Che pi? t' arresti?
12. Il Trovatore, opera: Tacea la notte placida
13. Il Trovatore, opera: Di tale amor che dirsi
14. Il Trovatore, opera: Siam giunti
15. Il Trovatore, opera: D'amor sull'ali rosee
16. Ernani, opera: Surta ? la notte
17. Ernani, opera: Ernani! Ernani, involami
18. Ernani, opera: Tutto sprezzo che d'Ernani
19. La forza del destino, opera: Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!
20. La forza del destino, opera: Madre, madre, pietosa Vergine
21. La forza del destino, opera: La Vergine degli angeli
22. La forza del destino, opera: Pace, pace, mio Dio
Track Listings (15) - Disc #2
1. Cos? fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Come scoglio immoto resta
2. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Piangi? Perch??;Un bel d? vedremo
3. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Tu? tu? piccolo Iddio!
4. Tosca, opera: Vissi d'arte
5. Manon Lescaut, opera: In quelle trine morbide
6. Manon Lescaut, opera: Sola, perduta, abbandonata
7. Dialogues des Carm?lites, opera, FP 159: Mes filles, viol? que s'ach?ve
8. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Don Ottavio, son morta!
9. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Or sai chi l'onore
10. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Crudele? Ah, no, mio bene!
11. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Non mi dir
12. Turandot, opera: Signore,ascolta!
13. Turandot, opera: Tu che di gel sei cinta
14. Ariadne auf Naxos, opera, Op. 60-I (TrV 228) (original version): Es gibt ein Reich
15. Antony and Cleopatra, opera, Op. 40: Give me my robe

CD Details

All Artists: Leontyne Price
Title: Her Greatest Roles
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Release Date: 8/11/1998
Genres: Soundtracks, Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Romantic (c.1820-1910)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 090266815425

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Since Price's retirement from the stage, there has been no really fine Verdi soprano to take her place: If you want proof, listen to the first of these two CDs and hear her Aida, her two Leonoras, her Elvira, and her Amelia--no-one has come near her sense of line, phrasing, control, and the utter loveliness of her sound. The second CD finds her as Butterfly (a bit gross for my taste), Fiordiligi (ditto--and she misreads or mis-sings Mozart's instructions in the long roulade up to and past the high C), Manon Lescaut (beautiful but dumb), Donna Anna (fine), Liu (gorgeous), Ariadne (a knockout), Cleopatra (sui generis), Tosca (blah but elegant), and Poulenc's Madame Lidoine (imperious). A mixed bag, but that Verdi stuff is dynamite. --Robert Levine.

CD Reviews

BestVerdian soprano ever!

10/12/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It is impossible for a passionate Verdi listener not to match the music of Aida,Leonora(1and2),Amelia with the incomparable voice of Leontyne Price.When trying to explain the meaning of the verdian"canto spiegato"it is sufficient to play one of the tracks of this marvellous CD!But also in her Puccini (Tosca) and Mozart(Donna Anna) roles miss Price brings in a freshness, an authority ,which makes also this listening sessions a thrilling experience ."