Artists Of The Century: Leontyne Price

Leontyne Price

• Released on 25/05/1999 by RCA Classics
• Main artists: Leontyne Price
• Genre: Classical

Aida (Giuseppe Verdi)

1 Aida: Act I: Scene I: Ritorna vincitor!

00:06:52

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Oliviero de Fabritiis, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Antonio Ghislanzoni, Librettist - Lewis Layton, Producer - Richard Mohr, Producer

Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Turandot (Giacomo Puccini)

2 Turandot: Act I: Signore, ascolta!

00:02:29

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Oliviero de Fabritiis, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Adami, Lyricist - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Renato Simoni, Lyricist - Lewis Layton, Producer - Richard Mohr, Producer

Originally Recorded 1960. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

3 Le nozze di Figaro: Act II: Scene 1: Porgi amor

00:04:05

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Peter Herman Adler, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Richard Mohr, Producer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Associated Performer - John Pfeiffer - André Gauthier, Producer

Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini)

4 Madama Butterfly: Act II: Piangi? Perchè?; Un bel dì vedremo

00:04:43

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Oliviero de Fabritiis, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer

Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Manon (Jules Massenet)

5 Manon: Act II: Adieu, notre petite table

00:02:12

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Jules Massenet, Composer - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor - Henri Meilhac, Librettist - Philippe Gille, Librettist - Lewis Layton, Producer - Richard Mohr, Producer

Originally Recorded 1965. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Manon Lescaut (Giacomo Puccini)

6 Manon Lescaut: Act II: In quelle trine morbide

00:02:41

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Sir Edward Downes, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Associated Performer - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Librettist - Domenico Oliva, Librettist - Marco Praga, Librettist - Lewis Layton, Producer - Richard Mohr, Producer

Originally Recorded 1971. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell)

7 Dido and Aeneas: Thy hand, Belinda! ... When I am laid in earth

00:04:34

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Henry Purcell, Composer - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Nahum Tate, Librettist - Lewis Layton, Producer - Richard Mohr, Producer

Originally Recorded 1965. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Il trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi)

8 Il trovatore: Act I: Che più...Tacea la notte...Di tale amor

00:08:24

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Arturo Basile, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Laura Londi, Soprano - Salvatore Cammarano, Librettist - Mario Carlin, Tenor - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Lewis Layton, Producer - Richard Mohr, Producer

Originally Recorded 1959. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Les nuits d'été, Op. 7 (Hector Berlioz)

9 Les nuits d'été, Op. 7: Sur les lagunes

00:06:50

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Fritz Reiner, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Theophile Gautier, Lyricist - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Associated Performer - Jon M. Samuels, Producer - Joaquin J. Lopes - Michael Sobol

Originally Recorded 1963. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin)

10 Porgy and Bess: Summertime

00:02:26

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Skitch Henderson, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - George Gershwin, Composer - Richard Mohr, Producer - Heyward DuBose, Lyricist - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer - RCA Victor Orchestra, Associated Performer

Originally Recorded 1963. All rights reserved by BMG Music

La rondine (Giacomo Puccini)

11 La rondine: Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

00:02:43

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Oliviero de Fabritiis, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Adami, Lyricist - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Heinz Reichert, Librettist - A.M. Willner, Librettist

Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Carmen (Georges Bizet)

12 Carmen, WD 31: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

00:04:33

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Herbert von Karajan, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Georges Bizet, Composer - Henri Meilhac, Librettist - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Associated Performer - Ludovic Halevy, Librettist - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Associated Performer - Wilhelm Pitz, Chorus Master

Originally Recorded 1963. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

La forza del destino (Giuseppe Verdi)

13 La forza del destino: Act II: Scene 2: Son giunta!.....Madre, madre

00:06:36

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Thomas Schippers, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Associated Performer

Originally Recorded 1964. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Vier letzte Lieder (Richard Strauss)

14 Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296: 4. Im Abendrot

00:06:57

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Patricia Clark, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Richard Strauss, Composer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Associated Performer - Eichendorff, Lyricist - Men of The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Associated Performer - John McCarthy, Conductor

(P) 1974 BMG Music

Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)

15 Ariadne auf Naxos: Act I: Es gibt ein Reich

00:07:09

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Fausto Cleva, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Richard Strauss, Composer - Hugo von Hoffmannsthal, Librettist - London Symphony Orchestra, Associated Performer - Richard Mohr, Producer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - John Pfeiffer - André Gauthier, Producer

Originally Recorded 1970. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

DISC 2

Aida (Giuseppe Verdi)

1 Aida: Act III: Qui Radamès verrà!....O patria mia

00:06:45

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Oliviero de Fabritiis, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Antonio Ghislanzoni, Librettist

Originally Recorded 1960. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)

2 Tosca: Act II: Vissi d'arte

00:03:13

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Oliviero de Fabritiis, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Luigi Illica, Librettist

Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Turandot (Giacomo Puccini)

3 Turandot: Act III: Tu che di gel sei cinta

00:02:33

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Oliviero de Fabritiis, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giuseppe Adami, Lyricist - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Renato Simoni, Lyricist

Originally Recorded 1960. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Le nozze di Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

4 Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: Scene 8: E Susanna....Dove sono

00:06:14

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist

Originally Recorded 1965. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Il trovatore (Giuseppe Verdi)

5 Il trovatore: Act IV: Siam giunti...D'amor sull'ali rosee

00:06:45

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Arturo Basile, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Laura Londi, Soprano - Salvatore Cammarano, Librettist - Mario Carlin, Tenor - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer

Originally Recorded 1959. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Un ballo in Maschera (Giuseppe Verdi)

6 Un ballo in maschera: Morrò, ma prima in grazia

00:04:46

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Antonio Somma, Lyricist - Robert Merrill, Baritone - Carlo Bergonzi, Tenor - Shirley Verrett, Mezzo-Soprano - Reri Grist, Soprano - Ezio Flagello - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Associated Performer - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer

Originally Recorded 1966. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Carmen (Georges Bizet)

7 Carmen: Act I: Près des remparts de Séville (Seguidilla)

00:04:49

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Franco Corelli, Main Artist, Tenor, Tenor - Herbert von Karajan, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Georges Bizet, Composer - Henri Meilhac, Librettist - Ludovic Halevy, Librettist - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Associated Performer

Originally Recorded 1963. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Il re pastore (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

8 Il re pastore: Act II: L'amerò, sarò costante

00:06:08

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Peter Herman Adler, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Richard Mohr, Producer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Anthony Salvatore, Recording Engineer - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Associated Performer - John Pfeiffer - André Gauthier, Producer - Pietro Metastasio, Librettist

Originally Recorded 1969. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Don Carlo (Giuseppe Verdi)

9 Don Carlo: Act V: Tu che le vanità conoscesti del mondo

00:11:53

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Fausto Cleva, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - London Symphony Orchestra, Associated Performer - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer

Originally Recorded 1970. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

Suor Angelica (Giacomo Puccini)

10 Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!

00:04:31

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Giovacchino Forzano, Librettist - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor - Richard Mohr, Producer

Originally Recorded 1966. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Antony and Cleopatra (Samuel Barber)

11 Antony and Cleopatra: Act III: Give me my robe

00:09:19

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Thomas Schippers, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Samuel Barber, Composer, Lyricist - New Philharmonia Orchestra, Associated Performer

Originally Recorded 1968. All rights reserved by BMG Music

Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini)

12 Madama Butterfly: Act III: Tu? tu? piccolo Iddio! (Morte di Butterfly)

00:02:45

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Oliviero de Fabritiis, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Rome Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer - Giuseppe Giacosa, Librettist - Luigi Illica, Librettist - Richard Mohr, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer

Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music

La forza del destino (Giuseppe Verdi)

13 La forza del destino: Act IV: Scene 2: Pace, pace, mio Dio

00:05:45

Leontyne Price, Main Artist, Soprano, Soprano - Thomas Schippers, Conductor, Main Artist, Conductor - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Librettist - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Associated Performer

Originally Recorded 1964. All Rights Reserved by BMG Music

About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
• Total length: 02:28:40

• Main artists: Leontyne Price
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: RCA Classics
• Genre: Classical
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

(P) 1998 BMG Entertainment/This Compilation (P) 1998 BMG Music