Seen One Earth

Track Listings
 
1. Seascape
2. Man Alive
3. Seen One Earth
4. Home Thoughts
5. Prelude
6. In Dreams
7. Stargate
8. Many Happy Returns

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Seen One Earth

Seen One Earth
Voices 1900/2000
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • "Come with me, under my coat"
  • Exceptional tone and quality
  • Exceptional tone and quality
  • Exceptional tone and quality
 Voices 1900/2000

Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00005B16W
Release Date: 2001-04-03

Tracks:

  1. Song For Athene (Alleluia)
  2. Reggel (Morning)
  3. Dieu! Qu'il La Fait Bon Regarder
  4. La Nuit En Mer
  5. Bois Meurtri...
  6. Ite Missa Est
  7. Alleluia
  8. Simple Gifts
  9. How The Soul Speaks To God
  10. Winds Of May
  11. O Love, Be Fed With Apples While You May
  12. The Coolin (The Fair Haired One)
  13. Earth Seen From Above
  14. Other Worlds Revealed
  15. Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal
  16. Shenandoah - Steven Rogino
  17. All The Things You Are
  18. Make Our Garden Grow

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "Come with me, under my coat".......2002-12-31

"And we will drink our fill..."

These are the first two strophes of Samuel Barber's "The Coolin," one of the three songs in his choral song cycle "Reincarnations." A friend recommended that I listen to this song, someone who had fond memories of singing it but who had yet to hear a satisfactory recording of the work. Given the enthusiasm, even exuberence, that she displayed regarding the singing, I thought it important enough - and only fair - that I seek out the best possible performance of the work. So I ended up acquiring three CD's, all containing "The Coolin" (and two containing the full set of "Reincarnations" songs). Having listened now to all three, it is easy for me to state that this CD contains the hands-down winner. And to further add that the other two Barber songs in the cycle really don't measure up to this one, so the absence of them on this release is no great loss to me.

Set to a love poem by the early-20th century Irish poet James Stephens, "coolin" is a lock of hair (or "curleen") that grows on a young girl's neck, an expression seemingly equivalent to "sweetheart." Stephens goes on to say, "I sought to represent that state which is almost entirely a condition of dream wherein the passion of love has almost overreached itself and is sinking to a motionless languor." Barber's beautiful setting of the poem reflects that aim totally, and the singing of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Chorus captures the passionate languor perfectly.

The album - billed as "a choral journey through the twentieth century" and meant to spotlight the excellence of the chorus - is interesting both in terms of what it includes and what it overlooks, in terms of choral classics. The opening track contains a truly fine performance of John Tavener's "Song for Athene" (made famous as the recessional at Princess Diana's funeral although written some years earlier upon the death of a friend of Tavener). If you want a fine performance of this particular Tavener work but are not sure whether you want an album full of his works, look no further.

There are three songs in French (by Debussy, Badings - actually a Dutchman - and Poulenc). For me, the Badings song ("La nuit en Mer," from his "Three Breton Songs" of 1948) is one of the true "sleepers" in this album, a work I'd hardly expect to run across under normal circumstances and a beautful one at that.

Needless to say, there is a lot of "Americana" here as well, including an arrangement of Aaron Copland's harmonization of the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts" for chorus and piano, an Alice Parker setting of "Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal" and a simply drop-dead-gorgeous setting of "Shenandoah" by J. Erb (no first name provided in the notes). Two fine inclusions are a wonderful setting of Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are" (breathtaking in its harmonic daring) and the evergreen "Make Our Garden Grow" from Bernstein's "Candide" (the album "closer").

In addition to the Tavener work, the century's end is well-represented by Allen Jay Kernis ("How the Soul Speaks to God"), Morten Lauridsen ("O Love, Be Fed With Apples While You May" from his "Mid-Winter Songs") and Conrad Susa ("Winds of May" from his "Six Joyce Songs").

This is an eclectic collection, as individual for what it does NOT include as for what it does. For example, there is not a single song by Charles Ives (who wrote well over 150 of them, many of them beautiful), or by William Schuman (another prolific songwriter). England is represented only by Tavener, and therefore there are none of the fine songs written by John Rutter and Benjamin Britten. And there is nothing to represent 20th-century Scandanavia. (For example, though Einojuhani Rautavaara is mentioned in the booklet notes and has written many fine songs, none are included here.) Nevertheless, I hardly think that choral fans will be disappointed with the selection provided (chosen, I would guess, by both the chorus itself and by its conductor, Vance George).

Vance George certainly has the proper bona fides (mentoring under both Robert Shaw and Margaret Hillis, herself a Shaw acolyte), and he has developed the San Francisco Symphony Chorus to an enviable level (as can be demonstrated by the fine support they provide for a number of orchestral/choral works conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas). Clearly, this chorus must number among the top half-dozen currently supporting major orchestras in the U.S.

The recorded sound quality is mostly excellent, although a few of the tracks don't seem to be representative of the usual Delos mastery of capturing sound in difficult acoustical environments. But, then, Davies Hall (the home of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra) is quite well-known for its tricky acoustics.

The booklet notes - by Laura Stanfield Prichard - are good for what they are. The organization of the notes follows neither the strict chronology of the works nor the actual playing order. But the notes do a reasonable job of describing the works themselves, save for any mention whatsoever of Jerome Kern or of the arranger who provided the drop-dead-gorgeous setting of "All the Things You Are."

But, despite these nitpicking minor criticisms of mine, if you are - like me - a choral junkie, you'll want this album in your collecction. For all the good reasons I've highlighted above. And most especially for Sam Barber's "The Coolin."

Bob Zeidler

4 out of 5 stars Exceptional tone and quality.......2001-06-05

Symphony choruses don't often get to shine outside the spotlight of the orchestras they're associated with, but this collection shows off the high level of quality that the SF Symphony Chorus brings to all their performances. I've never heard a better recording of the Alleluia, which many choruses attempt -- but few can pull off.

4 out of 5 stars Exceptional tone and quality.......2001-06-05

Symphony choruses don't often get to shine outside the spotlight of the orchestras they're associated with, but this collection shows off the high level of quality that the SF Symphony Chorus brings to all their performances. I've never heard a better recording of the Alleluia, which many choruses attempt -- but few can pull off.

4 out of 5 stars Exceptional tone and quality.......2001-06-05

Symphony choruses don't often get to shine outside the spotlight of the orchestras they're associated with, but this collection shows off the high level of quality that the SF Symphony Chorus brings to all their performances. I've never heard a better recording of the Alleluia, which many choruses attempt -- but few can pull off.
Seen One Earth
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best of the CINEMA releases
 Seen One Earth
Pete Bardens
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008D7W
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Seascape
  2. Man Alive
  3. Seen One Earth
  4. Home Thoughts
  5. Prelude
  6. In Dreams
  7. Stargate
  8. Many Happy Returns

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best of the CINEMA releases.......2005-10-26

This is the best that CINEMA electronic music releases had to offer in the mid-eighties. Everyone of these songs has an interesting element to it - whether it be the keyboard or synthesizer work or the melody or effects that drive them. This was 'Dark Side' for the synthesizer enthusiast. Most of my friends in college liked this and wondered where it came from. For fans of Camel and Floyd (instrumental only).
The Essential Leontyne Price
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  • of course world class
  • the greatest american soprano of the 20th century
 The Essential Leontyne Price

Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B000003FWD
Release Date: 1996-08-13

Tracks:

  1. Aida: Act I: Ritorna vincitor!
  2. Aida: Act I: E l'amor mio?
  3. Aida: Act I: I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante
  4. Aida: Act III: Qui Radames verra!
  5. Aida: Act III: O patria mia
  6. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: (Prelude)
  7. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ecco l'orrido campo
  8. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa
  9. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: A tal colpa e nulla il pianto
  10. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: Morro, ma prima in grazia
  11. Il Trovatore: Act I: Che piu t'arresti?
  12. Il Trovatore: Act I: Tacea la notte placida
  13. Il Trovatore: Act I: Di tale amor che dirsi
  14. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Siam giunti
  15. Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor sull'ali rosee
  16. Ernani: Act I: Surta e la notte
  17. Ernani: Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami
  18. Ernani: Act I: Tutto sprezzo che d'Ernani
  19. La forza del destino: Act II: Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!
  20. La forza del destino: Act II: Madre, madre, pietosa Vergine
  21. La forza del destino: Act II: La Vergine degli angeli
  22. La forza del destino: Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio

Tracks:

  1. Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Come scoglio immoto resta
  2. Madama Butterfly: Act II: Piangi? Perche?; Un bel di vedremo
  3. Madama Butterfly: Act III: Tu? tu? piccolo Iddio!
  4. TOSCA: Act II: Vissi d'arte
  5. Manon Lescaut: Act II: In quelle trine morbide
  6. Manon Lescaut: Act IV: Sola, perduta, abbandonata
  7. Dialogues des Carmelites: Act III: Mes filles, voila que s'acheve
  8. Don Giovanni: Act I: Don Ottavio, son morta!
  9. Don Giovanni: Act I: Or sai chi l'onore
  10. Don Giovanni: Act II: Crudele? Ah, no, mio bene!
  11. Don Giovanni: Act II: Non mi dir
  12. Turandot: Act I: Signore, ascolta!
  13. Turandot: Act III: Tu che di gel sei cinta
  14. Ariadne auf Naxos: Es gibt ein Reich
  15. Antony And Cleopatra: Act III: Give me my robe

Tracks:

  1. Otello: Era piu calmo?
  2. Otello: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song)
  3. Otello: Ave Maria
  4. Fidelio: Act I: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?
  5. Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!
  6. Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
  7. La Traviata: Act I: E strano, e strano !
  8. La Traviata: Act I: Ah, fors' e lui
  9. La Traviata: Act I: Sempre libera
  10. Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: E Susanna non vien!
  11. Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: Dove sono
  12. Die Agyptische Helena: Act II: Awakening Scene
  13. La rondine: Ore dolci e divine
  14. Salome: Finale

Tracks:

  1. Eugene Onegin: Act II: Puskai pogibnu ya
  2. Eugene Onegin: Act II: Ya k vam pishu
  3. Eugene Onegin: Act II: Net, nikomu na svete
  4. Eugene Onegin: Act II: No tak i byt'!
  5. La rondine: Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
  6. VANESSA: Act I: He Has Come, He Has Come!
  7. VANESSA: Act I: Do Not Utter A Word
  8. Carmen: Act I: Pres des remparts de Seville (Seguidilla)
  9. Manon: Act II: Allons! il le faut!
  10. Manon: Act II: Adieu, notre petite table
  11. Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Vegliammo invan due notti
  12. Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Una macchia e qui tuttora
  13. La Boheme: Act IIII: Addio. Donde lieta usci (Mimi's Addio)
  14. Die Frau ohne Schatten: Act II: Empress's Awakening Scene
  15. Dido and Aeneas: Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda!
  16. Dido and Aeneas: Act III: When I Am Laid In Earth
  17. Don Carlo: Act V: Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo

Tracks:

  1. Otello: Act I: Gia nella notte
  2. Otello: Act I: Quando narravi
  3. Otello: Act I: Venga la morte!
  4. Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Ah, guarda, sorella
  5. Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba, bimba, non piangere
  6. Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba dagli occhi
  7. Madama Butterfly: Act I: Vogliatemi bene
  8. Requiem: Recordare
  9. Porgy And Bess: Act II: Bess, You Is My Woman
  10. Norma: Act III: Me chiami, o Norma
  11. Norma: Act III: Mira, o Norma
  12. Ernani: Act II: Tu, perfida!
  13. Ernani: Act II: Ah, morir, potessi adesso
  14. Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Sorella, cosa dici?
  15. Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Prendero quel brunettino
  16. Aida: Act IV: La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse
  17. Aida: Act IV: Presago il core della tua condanna
  18. Aida: Act IV: Vedi? Di morte l'angelo
  19. Aida: Act IV: O terra, addio

Tracks:

  1. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Teco io sto!
  2. Aida: Act III: Ciel! mio padre!
  3. Aida: Act III: Rivedrai le forest imbalsamate
  4. Aida: Act III: In armi ora si desta il popol nostro
  5. Aida: Act III: Padre! a costoro schiava non sono
  6. Requiem: Angus Dei
  7. Manon Lescaut: Act I: Oh, saro la piu bella!; Tu, tu, amore?
  8. Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Soave sia il vento
  9. Porgy And Bess: Act II: I Loves You, Porgy
  10. Aida: Act II: Silenzio! Aida verso noi s'avanza
  11. Aida: Act II: Fu la sorte dell'armi
  12. Aida: Act II: Pieta ti prenda del mio dolor
  13. Aida: Act II: Alla prompa che s'appresta
  14. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Udiste?
  15. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Mira, di acerbe lagrime
  16. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Vivra! Contende il giubilo
  17. Madama Butterfly: Act II: Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Flower Duet)
  18. Carmen: Act IV: C'est toi! - C'est moi!
  19. Carmen: Act IV: Ou vas-tu? - Laisse-moi!

Tracks:

  1. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Villanelle
  2. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Le spectre de la rose
  3. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Sur les lagunes
  4. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Absence
  5. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Au cimetiere (Clair de lune)
  6. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: L'ile inconnue
  7. Four Last Songs: Fruhling
  8. Four Last Songs: September
  9. Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen
  10. Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot
  11. Clair de lune, Op.46, No.2: Clair de lune
  12. Notre amour, Op.23, No.2: Notre amour
  13. Au cimetiere, Op.51, No.2: Au cimetiere
  14. Au bord de l'eau, Op.8, No.1: Au bord de l'eau
  15. No.1, Cinq melodies de Venise, Op.58: Mandoline
  16. Main dominee par le coeur
  17. Miroirs brulants No.2: Je nommerai ton front
  18. Miroirs brulants No.1: Tu vois le feu du soir
  19. Ce doux petit visage

Tracks:

  1. Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op.24: Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
  2. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Seit ich ihn gesehen
  3. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Er, der Herrlichste von allen
  4. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Ich kann's nicht fassen
  5. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Du Ring an meinem Finger
  6. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
  7. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Susser Freund, du blickest
  8. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
  9. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
  10. Widmung (No.1, Myrthen, Op.25): Widmung
  11. Mignon (No.28, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Mignon
  12. Volksliedchen, Op.51, No.2: Volksliedchen
  13. Schone Wiege meiner Leiden (No.5, Liederkreis, Op.24): Schone Wiege meiner Leiden
  14. Er ist's (No.23, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Er ist's
  15. Heiss mich nicht reden (No.5, Lieder und Gesand aus Wilhelm Meister)
  16. Lust der Sturmnacht, Op.35, No.1: Lust der Sturmnacht
  17. Allerseelen, Op.10, No.8: Allerseelen
  18. Schlagende Herzen
  19. Freundliche Vision, Op.48, No.1: Freundliche Vision
  20. Wie sollten wir geheim, Op.19, No.4: Wie sollten wir geheim
  21. Der Gartner (Morike-Lieder No.17)
  22. Lebe wohl (Morike-Lieder No.36)
  23. Morgentau (From An Old Songbook)
  24. Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt (Spanisches Liederbuch No.34)

Tracks:

  1. Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
  2. Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees - Various Artists
  3. His Name So Sweet - Various Artists
  4. 'Roun' About De Mountain - Various Artists
  5. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Various Artists
  6. Sit Down, Servant - Various Artists
  7. Were You There - Various Artists
  8. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Various Artists
  9. Deep River - Various Artists
  10. Honor! Honor! - Various Artists
  11. My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord - Various Artists
  12. On Ma Journey - Various Artists
  13. A City Called Heaven - Various Artists
  14. Ride On, King Jesus - Various Artists
  15. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Various Artists
  16. Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass - Various Artists
  17. Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Various Artists
  18. There Is A Balm In Gilead - Various Artists
  19. Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler - Various Artists
  20. Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
  21. My Way Is Cloudy - Various Artists
  22. Nobody Knows The Touble I've Seen - Various Artists
  23. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - Various Artists

Tracks:

  1. Holy, Holy, Holy
  2. Lead, Kindly Light
  3. Blessed Assurance
  4. Ave Maria
  5. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
  6. Amazing Grace
  7. The Lord's Prayer
  8. Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
  9. The Church's One Foundation
  10. Bless This House
  11. I Need Thee Every Hour
  12. Fairest Lord Jesus
  13. I Wonder As I Wander
  14. Ave Maria
  15. Porgy And Bess: Summertime
  16. America The Beautiful
  17. Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing
  18. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
  19. Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Tracks:

  1. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: He Zigeuner
  2. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Hochgeturmte Rimaflut
  3. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
  4. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Lieber Gott, du weisst
  5. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Brauner Bursche
  6. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Roselein dreie in der Reihe
  7. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
  8. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Rote Abendwolken
  9. Adriana Lecouvreur: Act I: Io son l'umile ancella
  10. This Little Light O'Mine
  11. Interview With Leontyne Price By John Pfeiffer

Amazon.com

This 11-CD set, one might say jokingly, contains all the music ever written for the soprano voice and a bit for mezzo as well. And indeed, it's a staggering collection: In addition to her great Verdi heroines (the two Leonoras, Aida, Amelia, and Elvira in Ernani), Price is heard in her Puccini roles--Manon Lescaut, Butterfly, Tosca--and at least two dozen other roles, most of which she never sang on stage. Here are her heroic, secure Leonore in Fidelio, Strauss's high-flying Egyptian Helen, Purcell's Dido, Barber's Cleopatra, Bellini's Norma, Ariadne, Verdi's Violetta and Desdemona, Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Countess, and Fiordiligi. Some are, naturally, more successful than others; almost none are embarrassing (Carmen comes close). In addition, she sings songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Strauss--none of them as well as say, Janet Baker or Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Barber's Knoxville, etc.--quite beautifully. Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été is not very good, but a group of spirituals is. In all, however, this is an amazing display by one of the century's greatest sopranos. There may be no new depths plumbed here, but the singing is a knockout. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Long Time Coming..........2006-03-30

This compilation of Ms. Price's career is almost as complete as anything I've ever come across!!
An American Icon....I will forever be a loyal fan and admirer!!

5 out of 5 stars Her Best Album.......2006-01-01

Along with the equally extensive "Prima Donna Collection" this is Leontyne Price's best album. Anyone who wants to become familiarized with her vocal technique and her art on record should own this album. It features her best work ever recorded. A lot of these arias and their respective soprano roles were not roles she sang on stage. Leontyne Price was not only a consummate artist, but a cautious one. The reason these arias, Lieder, Gospel and spirituals sound so beautiful and technically brilliant is because Leontyne was smart enough to sing them infrequently and in concert form. She did not take on new roles other than her repetitive Aidas, Leonoras, Butterfly, Toscas and Madame Lidoins, etc, because she was afraid of ruining her glorious voice too soon as many of her contemporary sopranos. Like soprano Zinka Milanov, Leontyne Price preserved the freshness and vitality of her voice through "operatic abstinence". Thus, the Norma, Salome, Manon, Lady Macbeth and even Traviata we hear on this album are well-rendered because she did NOT sing them on stage. She would have worn out her beautiful voice if she sung so many roles.

This collection is overwhelming. Leontyne Price proves herself to be a masterful artist of diverse repertoire. Pity she didn't really sing these on stage because she would have put Maria Callas and all the reigning divas before and after her to shame. Listen to her remarkable, unsurpassed Mozart repertoire. This she did sing in opera houses, probably because Mozart does not require a true lyrico-spinto heavyness and smaller opera houses can accomodate Mozartian voices that do not often rise above the staff/orchestra. She sang exquisite Fiordiligis at the Met. The arias from Cosi Fan Tutte here - Soave sia il vento, O Guarda Sorelle and the fiendishly difficult vocal showcase "Come Scoglio" with its vertiginious scales are all fine samples of Miss Price's artistry. She sang Susanna and Donna Anna with beauty and bravura. The Salome excerpt is quite thrilling. She would have made a terrific Salome but the role is quite difficult and it would have surely killed her voice. Leontyne Price was the number one Verdi soprano. Every opera cognoscente will tell you that. When you hear the excerpts from Verdi operas here - Lady Macbeth's Sleepwalking Scene, Aida's arias, Leonora's arias from Trovatore and Leonora's arias from Forza Del Destino, particularly La Virgine Del Angeli and the ravishing Pace Pace Mio Dio- are the best renditions of Verdi soprano singing. Anyone who wants to study how to sing in the letter-to-letter Verdi lyrico spinto style should hear these arias. A voice like Leontyne cannot be easily imitated. Maria Callas's own voice can be imitated as Romanian diva Angela Gheorghiu has proven. Leontyne was in a class of her own, a voice that is both dramatic and beautiful to hear. However, most people find fault in her lack of dramatic interpretation. I say they're not hearing hard enough. Yes, there is excessive beauty in her singing but she understood that the opera heroines should sound beautiful because they are beautiful and though I never saw her on stage, from the recordings I hear she sounds dramatic and character-driven enough for me to be satisfied. For a devoted fan of Leontyne Price, this album is the Holy Grail. She sings the most beautiful Norma, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Aida, Violetta, Madame Lidoin, Suor Angelica, Susanna, Dona Ana, Gilda, Fiordiligi, Desdemona and countless other heroines. The last cd is a collection of Gospel, spirituals and patriotic songs. These "American", non-opera selections find her in beautiful voice and she is actually paying tribute to her roots. She was not only African-American, but a Southerner from Mississippi. Her voice must have been heavenly to hear in Church! This is the album that made me love Leontyne.

5 out of 5 stars Price At Her Peak.......2005-05-02

Originally a Gospel singer, Leontyne Price rose to the heights of operatic superstardom in the 60's and 70's. She enjoyed the same success Maria Callas did in the 50's. Although Callas will forever be most people's idea of the greatest soprano of the 20th century, Leontyne Price was not a force to be reckoned with. In my opinion, and this is just me, she outshone Callas and was the greater singer as far as techinicality and musicianship. Leontyne Price's best work is recorded in this album. It is her best album, together with the Prima Donna Collection. The price is expensive but it's worth every penny. Prepare to be riveted and blown away by the dynamic strength and passion of her voice as it blasts through yours stereo. While many often point out that Leontyne Price was not much of an actress, from a purely operatic/vocal level, her voice was faultless and virtuosic, powerful, passionate, beautiful, lyrical, soulful. Never have I heard a soprano so richly endowed with strong chest register- she could sing the low octaves that are found in the roles of mezzo-soprano voices or contralto voices. But she was a dramatic soprano and that's dramatic with a capital D- all the high C's were there, perfectly in place, and she was a thrilling singer when reaching for the stratosphere with her voice.

This album contains arias from operas that I didn't even know she performed- La Traviata (yes, Leontyne Price as Violetta is a moving and powerful interpretation, executed with sublime beauty. She finds herself the equal to Callas in the role- for Callas had a big voice for a role that calls for the "dying" effect. Thus, Price, like Callas, could sing roles that call for beauty and not just dramatic vigor. It's unfortunate that unlike the stars that were rising in her time- Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills and Montserrat Caballe- Price never mastered the bel canto repertoire - Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini (although she sang a sensational Norma, excerpts are found in this recording). But her strongest suit was Verdi. She had the voice Verdi was looking for in a soprano- rich, dramatic, beautiful, able to fill up the lines with smoky and velvety hues and a gleaming high top. Check out her Amelia in Un Ballo In Maschera, her Leonora in Trovatore, her Leonora in La Forza Del Destino. Of course, her greatest role, her signature role, and one which she connected with on a personal/ancestral level was that of Aida. The first selections in this recording are from that masterpiece. As Aida, she was at her best. It was easy for her somehow, when most other sopranos tackle the role with difficulty. She conveys grace, nobility, passion and spirituality in the role of the tragic Ethiopian princess.

Further roles she excelled in that are on this recording is Desdemona in Otello, which she sung opposite Placido Domingo. Their masterful voices blend together harmonically and gloriously in the Act 1 Love Duet. She's quite the ground-breaking artist. Most Violettas in Traviata or Desdemona in Otello are Caucasian lyric soprano (Desdemona was white, Otello was black, that was Shakespeare's intention) but in opera, race does not matter and Leontyne Price's voice made her a star in a time when it was incredibly difficult for a black woman to sing opera. From the start of the century, opera was always associated with white Europeans and later on Americans. But Leontyne Price followed the inspirational example of the gutsy contralto Marian Anderson, who suffered a lot of rejection in opera due to skin color in pre-Civil Rights Movement 30's, 40's and 50's. Finally in the late 50's, Anderson, after a lifetime of singing only in private concerts and recitals, debuted at the Met as Ulrica in Un Ballo. Leontyne Price immediately picked up where she left- singing all the soprano diva roles typically associated with white singers - especially Tosca. Her Tosca is second to her Aida. As Tosca, she encompasses the diva who dies for love in the most thrilling way.

Other than Tosca, Puccini heroines were just as magnificent vehicles for her voice. She sang Madame Butterfly to great acclaim. I dont know how she did it but she suddenly ceased to be herself and became the frail, naive, lovesick Japanese Geisha. Softness and fragility is also mixed with the maturity of a woman in love, with passion and dramatic vocal color. She sang La Rondine with equal success, though this role is more along the lines of Violetta/Traviata. She sang Suor Angelica, she sang in modern works such as Barber's Antony and Cleopatra- in that infamous Zefferelli production- she sang Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, she sang in Dialoge of the Carmelites. All these are on here, along with her Baroque specialties- Dido in Dido and Aeneas. Her Mozart voice is also the best I've heard, really, even with a more dramatic and beautiful charm than other singers I've heard. She sang the acrobatic role of Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte, both Dona Ana and Donva Elvira in Don Giovanni. I prefer her as Dona Ana, she is all fire, despair, intensity and repressed desire, but she sings a hysterical and lovesick Elvira with a passion as well. She even sang the Countess in Le Nozze Di Figaro. But the sky was the limit to Price. She even sang, in a Jessie Norman way, the Wagner role of Isolde. Her "Liebestod" is the greatest I've heard since Birgit Nilsson, with a passion that stemmed from her religious Gospel heart.
This is a great album and I recommend it to any fan of Price and any fan of opera in general. If you have never heard Price and want to start somewhere, start with this one. This one or the Prima Donna Collection.

5 out of 5 stars of course world class.......2000-08-14

Price is amazing. I will have to also mention that Joan Sutherland in the 1960 is even more incredible, if that's possible. Check Dame Joan out, you will not be sorry. But Price is a D flawless diamond set by Cartier, in my opinion.

5 out of 5 stars the greatest american soprano of the 20th century.......1999-12-12

This collection of arias, art songs, and spirituals is truly amazing for the sheer breadth and depth of this soprano's artistry. It is hard to imagine any Verdi soprano after Ms. Price who could offer us the smoky richness of her vocal color, and there are so many wonderful selections, many of them being roles she did not perform on stage. Among my personal favorites are her scene from Dialogues of the Carmelites, the Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin, and the drama of her Lady Macbeth. For those of us who heard Ms. Price over the years in opera and concert, this collection brings back wonderful memories...It is truly a must-have for any serious opera lover.

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