BeschreibungLeontyne Price sings "Vier letzte Lieder" by Richard Strauss 1. Frühling 2. September 3. Beim Schlafengehen 4. Im Abendrot Staatskapelle Dresden Herbert Blomstedt, conductor UN-Concert, X.1979
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@GarthAstrology Жыл бұрын
I just came from watching the wonderful Lucia Popp with Georg Solti, and It's hard to imagine the same piece could sound so different and make such a different effect. First of all, the scale of this performance and the size of the voice in this repertoire are just overwhelming. Whereas Popp has a beautiful, expressive, conversational quality in the songs, Leontyne elevates them to a thing of wonder as a result of her vocal prowess. The power and clarity of the voice in the upper register is in a class by itself.
@georgemckoy5837 Жыл бұрын
What a WARM /Buttery voice; a LEGEND!
@markferwerda79682 ай бұрын
Gorgeously sung and such wonderful compositions I've know and loved for decades! Incredible to think that Leontyne is now 97 years of age.
@lundilar3 жыл бұрын
Leontyne Price gives a master class in legato.....ravishing!
@donconhar3 жыл бұрын
This was stunning in every way. The legato singing, controlled, emotional, perfection. A performance to cherish .
@junefun555 жыл бұрын
Her repose and stillness, total focus, no tricks or divaisms. Perfection.
@jeffreymiller4814 Жыл бұрын
Miss Price was 52 years old here, singing these brutally difficult songs (wide ranged, long phrased, and often very high lying) with a youthful effortlessness and steadiness which sopranos 20 years younger can’t match let alone surpass. As of 2022 there isn’t a single soprano alive who can even sing them anymore. Effortless, pitch-dominant, shimmering singing seems to have been permanently replaced now by forced vibrato/wobble-dominant singing. She also recorded these in the RCA studio with Leinsdorf about 5 years before this performance.
@liedersanger1Ай бұрын
Fleming could still do them, I bet!
@Karlinberlin15 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to these songs for years. I've never hear a singer able to pipe out the top like this. Also, the large intervals - effortlessly.
@laurenceesposito33937 жыл бұрын
No doubt about it. The lady can sing! We are blessed. Thanks for this great posting! THE American Soprano bar none! Such beauty and no trickery in a studio. ARTIST.
@dgbx63 жыл бұрын
Sings it out perfectly, and live! What a miraculous voice and singing.
@paulvangastel8665 Жыл бұрын
Price Produces: Mother Earth, Mystery, Beauty, Culture, and the Peak of Human Civilization. I add an expression of Gratitude for this recording which soars far above all others I have heard.
@marccohen13354 жыл бұрын
Made me start crying immediately. Magnificent woman and the songs inspired by visions of Strauss' own mortality. A genius at his most profound.
@gerardmignon7005 жыл бұрын
Quelle ligne de chant, quel souffle, quel Art...Enorme voix, très grande voix. In Abendrot waouh !
@geraldharvey89794 жыл бұрын
She is peerless. I was blessed to hear her at Ohio State Univ. Didn’t sing one note that wasn’t nigh perfect. We were in tears at the end of the concert. I miss her.
@liedersanger13 ай бұрын
What year was that at Ohio State?
@geraldharvey89793 ай бұрын
@@liedersanger1 I believe it was ‘81 or ‘82. NEVER saw such a deep bow. Perfection.
@grandsethiptah76562 жыл бұрын
Marvellous, a fine artist !
@1951Tomm3 ай бұрын
My favorite song from Straus
@williamfulgham20105 жыл бұрын
She hailed originally from Laurel, Mississippi
@carlfigueiredo20952 жыл бұрын
Glorious performance! Shocking that this audience applaud between the items of a song cycle!
@liedersanger12 жыл бұрын
International U.N. diplomatic corps. Unused to western concert etiquette. Or maybe used to applauding a LOT. 🤔
@SelmaSeltsam24 күн бұрын
As far as I know it's not a cycle, never was planned as a cycle, Strauss didn't even put these beautiful songs together under the name "Vier letzte Lieder". So it is correct to applaud after each single song.
@Trinite338 жыл бұрын
Perfect!!!
@jameelboone48826 жыл бұрын
Thank You very Much
@yoramamir960016 күн бұрын
אין דברים כאלו 🎉
@user-zv6wr7fn1p3 жыл бұрын
Прекрасное пение!
@antonellacrisapulli92888 жыл бұрын
grandissima!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@MsMarusenka3 ай бұрын
Что-то невероятное !!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@Duncan4567 жыл бұрын
Ravishing!
@michaelsims64294 жыл бұрын
Lovely, just lovely!
@silviafigueroa88133 жыл бұрын
Ich danke dir Das du auch in deutsch singst Es ist so schwer Aber du klingst fabulous
@DJ-uy8qp4 жыл бұрын
Her’s and Jessye Norman’s are my favorites
@luizfernandg Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! The best of all? Could be...
@ocasuista85011 ай бұрын
probably
@liedersanger18 ай бұрын
The best is Flagstad, for whom these songs were written, of course. It is sung by a soprano with a thick strong, lower-middle voice. Leontyne has that beautiful top.
@ChagoWilson2 жыл бұрын
Happy 95th Anniversary Of Life February 10, 2022 Her Royal Highness, Queen Leontyne Price Grandest Of Them All!
@culturehorse9 жыл бұрын
Unglaublicht..! let's face it..
@mariacristinapallarolsehij47024 жыл бұрын
Una maravilla, la música y la interprete
@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930 Жыл бұрын
MAGNIFICA
@dantewalston27555 жыл бұрын
Leontyne is known for her Verdi and Puccini, but shes undoubtedly a great Strauss soprano. Strauss wrote for a soaring sound, and this is pass Price's prime. But she delivers!
@cappycapuzi17163 жыл бұрын
she claimed Richard Strauss was her "good friend."
@silvanero27 күн бұрын
There is nothing “past her prime” in this performance. It was breathtakingly gorgeous throughout. This was a part of her prime period!! I’m sure she’d have select thoughts towards your statement….
@dantewalston275527 күн бұрын
@silvanero every singer has a height to their singing, there is no moment of bad singing. The voice has entered its mature singing years here. Her singing is marvelous and untouched to this day. At 70, her Bb was better than most sopranos today.
@silvanero26 күн бұрын
@@dantewalston2755 Yes I agree but you said such wonderful things about her singing and then had to ruin it by saying, “and this is past Price’s prime.” It wasn’t very nice because you are negating her singing here. I think she would tell you that she was still in her prime era. Who are we to judge such a singer?? Those kinds of comments are unjustified and not necessary. Furthermore, Strauss’ vocal masterpiece requires the depth of beauty and technical prowess which Price possesses here in this performance.
@Shahrdad2 жыл бұрын
At this stage in her career, she had those bluesy scoops, which were so endearing!
@flyinghow Жыл бұрын
Bluesy scoops?
@christophspiessens37513 жыл бұрын
Why clap in between songs??
@davidp28374 жыл бұрын
Oh dear.
@liedersanger14 жыл бұрын
You OK?
@davidp28374 жыл бұрын
@@liedersanger1 I think I'll survive. Just a brief episode of Straussangulation.
6 жыл бұрын
sharp half the time?
@deanbellais36492 жыл бұрын
You are deaf.
@christophspiessens37513 жыл бұрын
Im Abendrot... speed 100 🤦♂️
@robertduranovich50448 жыл бұрын
Not the best but fantastic!
@TristanHH5144 жыл бұрын
So sehr ich Leontyne Price schätze und liebe, aber das war keine allzu gute Interpretation. Zu abstandslos gesungen. Trotzdem eine Strauss-Sängerin par excellence.
@paddydesetoiles4 жыл бұрын
Le "chant" du loup , le soir au fond des bois. Ce n'était pas indispensable...
@PatateRoussoiste4 жыл бұрын
C’est votre commentaire qui ne l’était pas.
@pilouetmissiou3 жыл бұрын
Le chant du loup c quoi ?
@paddydesetoiles3 жыл бұрын
@@PatateRoussoiste Certes, mon commentaire n'est pas très élégant mais malgré toute l'admiration que j'ai pour cette admirable chanteuse, je maintiens que son interprétation n'est pas des plus subtile. Une grande voix sans aucun doute mais parfois ce n'est pas un avantage; toutes ne sont pas Jessye Norman.
@paddydesetoiles3 жыл бұрын
@@pilouetmissiou C'était un commentaire pas très avisé de ma part.
@PatateRoussoiste3 жыл бұрын
@@paddydesetoiles Pas son meilleur jour, je vous l’accorde ;)
@pilouetmissiou3 жыл бұрын
The voice is without doubt very great, fabulous but i don't think this interpretation is like her voice...a little bit like the orchestra..they all make notes perfect but there is no particular soul ....listen to Norman sing and you understand the difference...with Kurt Masur...and the public stay silent between each piece ! Not like here...
@Duncan4563 жыл бұрын
I have listened to Norman sing Die Vier Letzten Lieder, many times. She is indeed fabulous. I prefer Price.
@christophspiessens37513 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100% Norman is far superior here.
@antoniomarcelo44232 жыл бұрын
When a classical song cycle is performed the applause is at the end of the cycle.
@fabriziogarzi98922 жыл бұрын
La voce di Leontyne Price e' luminosissima. Quella della Norman no, piuttosto cupa e massiccia e molto poco duttile. Sembra che pontifica su ogni nota. La Price quando vola sopra di tutti coloro che l'ascoltano. Spesso la Norman era piuttosto noiosa.
@GarthAstrology2 жыл бұрын
Yes, Jessye is more emotionally immediate and expressive but not as vocally assured, especially in the 1st and 3rd songs. I saw Jessye sing them in 1984, and she was not at all vocally convincing in Fruehling (lots of trickery and fakery), and sang flat quite a lot on top in "Beim Schlafengehen." However, her "September" and "Im Abendrot" were revelatory. I remember the last note of "September" pulsing like something alive and filling the entire auditorium despite the fact she was singing pianissimo!
@countrysideking8 жыл бұрын
awful style and diction
@kyrie736 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@leerhode10214 жыл бұрын
Haters got to hate, that is all they can do.
@4lebenbaum4 жыл бұрын
countrysideking As a German-speaker, I found her diction quite good.