LoginLeontyne Price Sings Barber
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Early in her career, Leontyne Price formed an artistic liaison with Samuel Barber that resulted in his composing the female lead in Antony and Cleopatra for her. The disastrous premiere of that opera prevented Price from making a complete recording--a tragic loss in my opinion. She did record excerpts, however, and we at least have this disc to document these and the many other Barber works that she performed with incomparable artistry. Opera singing being what it is, Price didn't often have the chance to sing in English, so these performances are not only historically important, they are uniquely communicative as well. --David
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Manufacturer: RCA
Release date: 10 May 1994
EAN: 0090266198320 UPC: 090266198320
Release date: 10 May 1994
EAN: 0090266198320 UPC: 090266198320
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