Leontyne Price "Care selve" Atalanta

[chilipop69]

Heavenly!

[higharch]

That is perfection.

[MarloweFamilyUSA]

Thanks, John. Just what I needed on a dreary Saturday afternoon in FL. Rummaging around at my mother-in-law's place the other day, I came across a CD of Price. Now I am not a fan across the board, just here and there, but this voice! Every nuance, landing, trill...speaks to your soul like no other voice I have ever heard. We have a word for this; "Rockmoniss," it means compassion. She's got it.

[CarpeCanticum]

I'm a Kiri fan to the bone, but I think Leontyne does this better than the YouTube posting of Kiri singing it. Agree with you all: This one is unreal. (I also like Pavarotti's version; no one beats his vowels, but then he had a head start...)

[niceguy6967]

Beautiful beyond words!

[MilKaf78]

In the vast Prima Donna Collection, I think is one of the top five arias she sings the best. The best of the best. Thank you Miss Price!

[billyguns2]

@MilKaf78 What are your other four favorites?

[MilKaf78]

@billyguns2 La mamma morta, Depuis le jour, Song to the moon, Di-moi que je suis belle

[achantus1]

She is unbelievable! Greetings from a Norwegian.

[Sadiesexy]

@achantus1 Æ Ælske henne, fra en trønder.

[achantus1]

@Sadiesexy Æ Ælske henne også ( var det bra trøndersk?) Fra en Østfolding.

[Sadiesexy]

@achantus1 Tilfredsstillende. ;)

[achantus1]

@achantus1 Ok! Da får jeg vel være fornøyd. Var sammen med en trønderdame noen år, men forsto vel aldri helt språket hennes. Mange vokaler! Nothing personal!

[Sadiesexy]

One arsehole does not like this....

[SingerForLife3000]

I stand corrected. In another Video performance of Ms. Price's, I commented that I did not care for her heavier voice on this aria. However, this performance is absolutely breath-taking. Aside from the fact that she takes liberties with the composition, the vocal performance is absolutly beautiful, in my opinion. Hooray! I was afraid a heavier-voiced Soprano (such as me), simply could not sing this aria to my satisfaction. I stand corrected. Ms. Price "wows" me, once again.

[solistamagnifico]

The person who had the audacity to dislike this is obviously just delusional and just jealous of Ms. Price's unsurpassable talent and vocal beauty.

[ThePianoPlayer93]

Wonderful <3 <3 <3

[achantus1]

This is not really how Handel wrote it, if you want to be picky. But what matters is Leontyne Price. She's absolutely wonderful! I've actually never heard of her, but now she is on my radar for good. Thank's!

[mortinsprocessor]

pure greatness and superbness at its best!

[rayrac]

About the best!

[rayrac]

I'm swimming in them. If only the human race could touch such beauty.

Not possible I'm affaid.

[rayrac]

1 year ago and not one other comment?!

The best! Stupendous!

[himbo88]

does anybody know which album this from? thanks

[metropolitan1966]

@himbo88 It is from the Prima Donna Series. The third album in the series, recorded in 1967. It was titled Leontyne Price Prima Donna: Great Soprano Arias from Handel to Puccini.

[desduddy]

Truly beautiful.

[77Opera]

C'est sublime!!!!

[Sadiesexy]

Love this so much.

[rmegna]

Sublime!

Leontyne, you are the Stradavarius of sopranos!

[revmiguel2000]

She really connected to this aria that day (better than the 65 version). Bravissima!

[SingerForLife3000]

@revmiguel2000 Agreed. I'm not a huge fan of the '65 version, but THIS I absolutely LOVE!

[balletgirl64]

Just for interest sake I listened to all the other versions of Care Selve on Youtube and there is no doubt in my mind that Leontyne has the best interpretation of any of them. There is that rare indefinable jewel quality that only the most gifted have. That's Leontyne to the max!

[balletgirl64]

That silken silvery voice just makes you want to cry. She is the only one. There is no other. I could listen to her all day and night.

[wotan1]

Stunning voice and beautiful artist. It seems like she could sing anything.

[cdivo39]

Moves one to tears!!! There is nothing this woman couldn't sing! Without a doubt one of the GREATEST voices of the 20th century!

[rayrac]

Ravishing, no other word, as said before below somewhere.

Have we any new commers in the wings who can sing like that? I doubt it.

[Cissy97]

While I NEVER consider Leontyne's voice to be perfect as many claimed her to be, I would still say that Price's Care Selve IS THE BEST - the most moving. Even if compared to Caballe and Sutherland's.

Bravo!

[actionsrlouder]

@Cissy97 There is no such thing as perfection...

[Marcooljerk]

Of course Miss Price is exquisite as to be expected, however it would have been even nicer with an accompaniment arrangement that was actually Handel, not that garbage I JUST HEARD. THERE'S NO NEED TO TAMPER WITH HANDEL, THE SHEER BEAUTY OF THIS PIECE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED with that version...

[ravinecab]

marcooljerk -10 !

[FoggyRoad81]

Oh DO get over yourself. The romantic orchestration isn't perfectly historical, but I am over this 100% authentic movement for baroque music. You're telling me that this is unlistenable? You're ridick.

[benderpm]

This is one of my favorite Handel Arias. Sung by my favorite soprano, La Price.

[solistamagnifico]

I am so in love with this piece! I'm at an opera institute right now, and this is my end of the week recital piece...Ms. Price is absolutely sublime in her tone, emotion, and beauty. I WISH I could sound like her. Her A near the end is flawless and is truly an inspiration to an aspiring singer like myself!

[leoperarm]

She always moves me! Love her!

[PoemSetToMusic]

i still can't believe the sound of the first note. breathtaking no matter how many times i view this video. AH!

[Christian122583]

when they say "ravishing", this is what they mean. however, if it is even possible, her reading of this aria from her Carnegie Hall debut is even more beautiful. amazing!!!

[renzy79]

You've got to be kidding me... this is my favorite rendition ever!!! She has so much emotion and natural beauty to her tone. I am awestruck...

[kayla543215yahoo]

this is really the best i've ever heard her before.

her voice sounds MUCH healthier than i've ever heard it

[laygarth]

simply the most beautiful sound to issue from a human throat....exquisite!!

[themeretricious]

This is so gorgeous. I was brought to tears.

[lawally]

Gorgeous, but check out the version with Caballe and just piano.... Its incredible

[tamerlano]

Absolutely! Caballe sings SO ravishingly...she finds an inner quiet in the aria that is magical.

[Woofycat]

GOD gave us this Angel to have and I thank him for that. So beautiful Lyontine. You are the best in the world

[Trinite33]

Supreme artistry from the supreme soprano. The voice of the ages.

[domi2020]

Beg to differ but Dame Kiri does a great job too. Check her out! Beautiful and soulful.

[unterwant]

so much soul!

beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if händel could hear this voice ....

[brodsky96]

thank you for this aria sung from an angel!!!

[RVP57]

I am in tears. This is vocal artistry of the absolute highest calibre. Someone said it before me, but let me say it again: They come no greater, few anywhere near so great.

[metropolitan1966]

This is why I love and worship this Artist above all others. My God! This woman can sing a song like no other. Only Flagstad has come close.

[benderpm]

Handel, too is my favorite composer for the voice. I have sung this aria for competition and auditions alike. Brava, Leontyne!

[carusoclarinet]

i just keep listening to this! it's so beautiful!! the tallness of her Ab (if it's in the original key of Ab) is truly a lesson in itself!! i love her!!!

[mbuchanan41]

Brava! Brava! I had the pleasure of seeing & hearing this lady in Ft. Worth,Tx in the early 80's...Could have even been 1979. Have been in love with her voice ever since!

[loumanar]

Strepitosa! Brava Leonessa!!

[jeffchester]

How wonderful!!!

[carusoclarinet]

just when i thought i couldn't hear anything better from her, i'm just speechless!!! wow!!

[MusicaParola]

The most beautiful voice I have ever heard in the theatre. I'm too young to have heard Ponselle live, but fortunate to have heard this golden voice many times. Incomparable.

[billyguns2]

Tears sprang to my eyes when I heard this; this is beauty of a lofty, rare quality not often encountered, and of course Handel is the greatest composer who ever lived. I believe this is the closest we mortals can come to the divine. There will never be another Leontyne Price; thank heaven we lived to hear her.

[ktpj]

Beauty beyond description. The absence of traditional baroque ornamentation makes it even moreso. Trilling undermines the mood and meaning of the text. It's a lament. The hero is searching for his lost love. "Through the sylvan gloom I wander. Oft I call thee." Ms. Price thought this was among the best of her recorded performances. She sang it in recitals with piano accompaniment, too, but the spare, beautiful orchestral support, the cantabile quality of the strings, evokes

tears.

[billyguns2]

I was pleased to read your comments and to know that someone else shares my sentiments about Baroque music; this was not an era of precious, mincing, eviscerated, bloodless, gutless music and art! I fail to understand the "early music movement" of today. They completely miss the spirit of those times; Handel would probably have loved this version of his great aria.

[unterwant]

yes

i think baroque was everywhere

in architecture, literature, everyday thinking

but most of all in

music!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kgus123]

Beautiful. Thank you.