Onegin, This is absolutely incredible: the pairing of Price and Schippers is a match made in musical heaven. I'm struck by the luxurious textures that Schippers gets from the orchestra, plus his pacing of the overall musical architecture is superb. Add to this the sumptuous voice of the young Leontyne [ooooh, her diminuendo on "one blue dew" is marvelous], and you have a performance to cherish. (As much as I adore Price, in the diction department, Eleanor Steber's diction is much clearer. )
Sublime as always! It's really nice to compare this live performance of Knoxville with the recorded. We will never ever hear the likes of Miss Price again. We are indebted to Onegin for preserving and sharing with us the remarkable moments of Miss Price's long career. If he could only find the one-time live performance of her singing Brahms' German Requiem with von Karajan and the Berlin Phil in New York City!! If he did, we'd all die happy :)
@Bivolari Thank you for sharing this! Thomas Schippers, friend of Samuel Barber, would have become recognized as one of the world's great conductors; he was a marvelous opera conductor, and as George Solti rightfully said: "No conductor can be taken seriously who does not conduct opera!" Ms. Price, of course, did develop into one of the world's greatest singers; it's wonderful to have this live performance from when her voice still had its youthful quality, so appropriate for this music.
beautiful....barber and price.....priceless
Henry28NCT 3 months ago
A work and a voice very dear. Sang parts of this to infant sons at bedtime: "Oh will not ever tell me who I am..."
kitbeethoven 11 months ago
Onegin, This is absolutely incredible: the pairing of Price and Schippers is a match made in musical heaven. I'm struck by the luxurious textures that Schippers gets from the orchestra, plus his pacing of the overall musical architecture is superb. Add to this the sumptuous voice of the young Leontyne [ooooh, her diminuendo on "one blue dew" is marvelous], and you have a performance to cherish. (As much as I adore Price, in the diction department, Eleanor Steber's diction is much clearer. )
elsiejohn 11 months ago 7
This one take is superb. Not so her studio recording, however, which is as mannered (the ugly contrived parody of a boy's voice) as it is deplorable.
Scalatti 11 months ago
Amazing! as she kept in the high tessitura seemingly effortless
lrmusica 11 months ago 4
Simply Magnificent.Thank you for posting!
IIILoumusic3 11 months ago 4
Onegin65, 2,776 downloads....thank you for your labor of love!
macknyc 11 months ago 10
Sublime as always! It's really nice to compare this live performance of Knoxville with the recorded. We will never ever hear the likes of Miss Price again. We are indebted to Onegin for preserving and sharing with us the remarkable moments of Miss Price's long career. If he could only find the one-time live performance of her singing Brahms' German Requiem with von Karajan and the Berlin Phil in New York City!! If he did, we'd all die happy :)
4lebenbaum 11 months ago 4
I love this pairing...but hearing Price in the golden age in anything is superlative! Thanks again Onegin...you're awesome!
Chasson0318 11 months ago 5
Ravishingly sung. Nice work by Schippers.
Bivolari 11 months ago 3
@Bivolari Thank you for sharing this! Thomas Schippers, friend of Samuel Barber, would have become recognized as one of the world's great conductors; he was a marvelous opera conductor, and as George Solti rightfully said: "No conductor can be taken seriously who does not conduct opera!" Ms. Price, of course, did develop into one of the world's greatest singers; it's wonderful to have this live performance from when her voice still had its youthful quality, so appropriate for this music.
billyguns2 11 months ago 3