Phenomenal to hear a voice of such richness controlled to this degree to yield the stead silvery tone required. The accompanist is also part of the miracle - beautifully unrushed and meditative.
She gave, to the first piece especially, such a wonderful softness, along with the pianist! When she was done, I kept waiting for more! What a magnificent voice!
From the Oct. 9, 1978 Washington Post - Dazzling a White House Audience By Paul Hume October 9, 1978 Leontyne Price sounded in glorious form yesterday afternoon as she sang for President and Mrs. Carter in the East Room of the White House. Her voice was as much her obedient servant in bringing the essence of Handel arias - "Sommi Dei" from "Radamisto," and Cleopatra's heartbreaking "Piangero" from "Julius Caesar" - as in four great songs by Richard Strauss. With David Garvey as her consummate colleague at the piano, Price sang "Morgen" by Strauss with the hushed perfection that makes it one of the world's ineffable songs. It could not be sung more exquisitely. After Tosca's "Vissi d'arte," with which she brought down the house, Price, as she has throughout her career, turned to American composers. Five of them, of whom three - Ned Rorem, Dominick Argento and Samuel Barber - have won Pulitzer prizes, were given in ideal fashion. Argento's "Winter," setting lines from Shakespeare's "Love's Labours Lost," is a tour de force for piano which Garvey turned out brilliantly, to match the phenomenal singing. Louie White's "Psalm 150" and Howard Swanson's "Night Song" were included in the group. In three spirituals that followed, Price continued to shower the East Room with a coruscation of high notes that had dazzled her audience for an hour. At the end of "This Li'l Light of Mine," as she came to the last phrase, "Let it shine," the sound on the final high B flat was like a star shooting across the sky. When she finished "Ride on King Jesus," in triumph, no one, including the president, was willing to let her go until she had sung, as no one else can, "Summertime," from "Porgy and Bess," which she first sang here, unforgettably, in 1952. There was something special in the East Room yesterday afternoon. It was Leontyne Price.
+Perry Nelson David Garvey was a wonder Accompanist. It saddens me to not find anything about his wonderful life in the performing arts on the internet. He was wonderful.
Que eu saiba,o texto desta composição tem um autor: o poeta libertário escocês, naturalizado alemão, John Henry Mackey (1864 - 1933). Devia ser referenciado, em epígrafe, juntamente com o compositor.
They winnin' and destroyed my life. This lady is a joke. She had nothing more than a horn and one of the greatest pizza parties in all of modernity AND she still alive.
Get out of here. This is glorious singing. Seriously even if you think it why tf would you comment such?? What purpose does that serve but to make you, feel large by putting down someone.
Such an amazing singer! I had the privilege of seeing her many times at the Met in NYC. Wonderful memories! Brava Leontyne!
Elaine Lotcpeich I wish I got to see La Divina even just once in my lifetime... thanks to video like this I get to hear her
Wonderful, wonderful!! Her voice is so rich, velvety, and a pleasant appearance. In other words, pure elegance. What a beautiful rendition.
The Opera World will never have another Leontyne Price. Her voice if a gift from God.
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
The most beautiful VOICE I have ever heard in any style of MUSIC. She was born to SING OPERA and Classical MUSIC. Brava!!!🌷🌷🌷🎼🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵
Miraculous! The accompaniment and singing are perfection - breathing life to Strauss' lovely masterpiece. Thank you so much for uploading this video.
Phenomenal to hear a voice of such richness controlled to this degree to yield the stead silvery tone required. The accompanist is also part of the miracle - beautifully unrushed and meditative.
She gave, to the first piece especially, such a wonderful softness, along with the pianist! When she was done, I kept waiting for more! What a magnificent voice!
The finest, and most beautiful( and accurate!) of the Lieder ‘Morgan’ to be found on the internet. Brava, divina!
Simply luminous!
Morgen......absolutly wonderfull.....
The voice of the century and all other centuries
From the Oct. 9, 1978 Washington Post -
Dazzling a White House Audience
By Paul Hume
October 9, 1978
Leontyne Price sounded in glorious form yesterday afternoon as she sang for President and Mrs. Carter in the East Room of the White House.
Her voice was as much her obedient servant in bringing the essence of Handel arias - "Sommi Dei" from "Radamisto," and Cleopatra's heartbreaking "Piangero" from "Julius Caesar" - as in four great songs by Richard Strauss.
With David Garvey as her consummate colleague at the piano, Price sang "Morgen" by Strauss with the hushed perfection that makes it one of the world's ineffable songs. It could not be sung more exquisitely.
After Tosca's "Vissi d'arte," with which she brought down the house, Price, as she has throughout her career, turned to American composers. Five of them, of whom three - Ned Rorem, Dominick Argento and Samuel Barber - have won Pulitzer prizes, were given in ideal fashion. Argento's "Winter," setting lines from Shakespeare's "Love's Labours Lost," is a tour de force for piano which Garvey turned out brilliantly, to match the phenomenal singing. Louie White's "Psalm 150" and Howard Swanson's "Night Song" were included in the group.
In three spirituals that followed, Price continued to shower the East Room with a coruscation of high notes that had dazzled her audience for an hour. At the end of "This Li'l Light of Mine," as she came to the last phrase, "Let it shine," the sound on the final high B flat was like a star shooting across the sky. When she finished "Ride on King Jesus," in triumph, no one, including the president, was willing to let her go until she had sung, as no one else can, "Summertime," from "Porgy and Bess," which she first sang here, unforgettably, in 1952.
There was something special in the East Room yesterday afternoon. It was Leontyne Price.
Superb! Accompanist is also wonderfully talented
+Otar Taktakishvili David Garvey
+Perry Nelson David Garvey was a wonder Accompanist. It saddens me to not find anything about his wonderful life in the performing arts on the internet. He was wonderful.
Pure magic.
What glorious singing and piano artistry.
Magnificent!! ❤
Quelle incroyable version !! Merci à l'infini
WOW Amazing. Outstanding singer and women.
Tenor Juilliard MIss Price is a graduate of Juilliard.
Supreme prima donna. ❤️
BRAAAAAAAAVAAAAAAAA!
Que eu saiba,o texto desta composição tem um autor: o poeta libertário escocês, naturalizado alemão, John Henry Mackey (1864 - 1933). Devia ser referenciado, em epígrafe, juntamente com o compositor.
It is not only "Morgen". She also sings "Wie sollten wir geheim".
What year was this?
1978
What is the second Strauss selection?
On dirait un enregistrement de 1930 moins la voix d'E.Schumann.
They winnin' and destroyed my life. This lady is a joke. She had nothing more than a horn and one of the greatest pizza parties in all of modernity AND she still alive.
richard smallwood accompanying her on the piano!
The incomparable, the late David Garvey, I believe.
That is not Richard Smallwood! This is David Garvey.
Sorry. Not for her. Very wide sound.
Get out of here. This is glorious singing. Seriously even if you think it why tf would you comment such?? What purpose does that serve but to make you, feel large by putting down someone.
Her voice is much too large for this intimate pece
Don't be ridiculous.