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Table of Contents:

• Semele. Where'er you walk / George Frideric Handel
• Oberon. Ozean, du Ungeheuer / Carl Maria von Weber
• Norma. Sediziose voci, voci di guerra ; Casta diva / Vincenzo Bellini
• Rigoletto. Gualtier Maldè ; Caro nome / Giuseppe Verdi
• Tristan und Isolde Mild und Iese (Liebestod) / Richard Wagner
• Pagliacci. Qual fiamma avea nel guardo! / Ruggero Leoncavallo
• Gloriana. Soliloquy and Prayer : On rivalries 'tis safe for kings ; O God, my king, sole ruler of the world / Benjamin Britten.

Contributors:

Price, Leontyne , singer

Martinovich, Boris , singer

Lewis, Henry, 1932-1996 , conductor

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Ambrosian Opera Chorus , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

Italian
English
German
French

Language Notes:

Sung in Italian, English, and German.

Included Works:

Semele [by Handel, G.F.] > Where'er you walk

Oberon [by Weber, C.M.v.] > Ocean, thou mighty monster

Norma [by Bellini, V.] > Casta diva

Rigoletto [by Verdi, G.] > Caro nome

Tristan und Isolde [by Wagner, R.] > Liebestod

Pagliacci [by Leoncavallo, R.] > Hui! stridono lassù

Gloriana [by Britten, B.] > Soliloquy and prayer

Related Series:

Leontyne Price, the complete collection of operatic recital albums; CD 13

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Songs (High voice) with orchestra

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra

Genres:

Operas

Excerpts

Songs

Art music

Performers:

Leontyne Price, soprano ; Boris Martinovich, bass (track 3) ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus (tracks 3-4) ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Henry Lewis, conductor.

Performance Medium:

1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice; orchestra
2 performers and 2 ensembles: solo soprano voice; solo bass voice; mixed chorus; orchestra
1 performer and 2 ensembles: solo soprano voice; mixed chorus; orchestra

General Notes:

Title from disc container.
Previously released in 1980.
Recorded 1979 August 1-8 Walthamstow Town Hall, London, UK.
Includes original liner notes in English on disc container, and full credits and biographical notes on Price in English, German, and French (39 pages : illustrations ; 13 cm) in set.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (49:59) ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 164,250 v.13
LPCD 164,250

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 886979405127 (set)
Publisher Number, RCA Red Seal: 88697940512 (set)
Publisher Number, RCA Red Seal: ARL1-3522 (CD 13)

OCLC Numbers:

793379820