Search - Andre Previn, Leontyne Price :: Right As the Rain

A treasure!

01/11/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It's wonderful to have this early "crossover" album available again. Aparently, Miss Price was known for leaning on a piano at parties and singing this kind of thing. It's a shame she didn't do more of it. Everything on the album is interesting, and sung with feeling (and, in a few cases, just the right amount of archness or irony), some are very operatic in approach, some quite jazzy, all accompanied perfectly by Previn and the varying accompanying forces. I don't think the two Previn songs have ever been recorded elsewhere, and both are very good songs, indeed."

A Must have Rarity For Any Leontyne Lover

Viva Caballe | 04/10/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was pleasently suprised on first hearing this cd.First off,the sound quality was excellent for the period.I would also like to point out that leontyne's english diction was even better than I hoped.She didn't over sing these little gems of the american song book,but brought them to life with great,feeling,expressiveness,and passion.Her voice sounds very beautiful & rich with many low sultry notes.

I will never stop listening to this little known treasure.Pick up this out of print cd before it's gone.A must have for leontyne fans.Fabulous recording."