Leontyne Price - Prima Donna Assoluta: Her Ultimate Opera Recordings - Remastered (2016) {20CD Box Set}

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Title: Prima Donna Assoluta: Her Ultimate Opera Recordings - Remastered
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Sony Classical – 88985311342
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 22:28:56
Total Size: 6.65 GB
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Tracklist:

CD 1-3
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588 (Remastered)


Judith Raskin (soprano), George Shirley (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Ezio Flagello (bass)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Erich Leinsdorf

CD 4-6
Bizet: Carmen


Robert Merrill (baritone), Jean-Christophe Benoît (baritone), Frank Schooten (bass), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Wiener Sängerknaben, Bernard Demigny (baritone), Franco Corelli (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Monique Linval (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Geneviève Macaux (mezzo-soprano), Maurice Besançon (tenor)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan

CD 7-8
Verdi: Ernani


Leontyne Price (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Mario Sereni (baritone), Ezio Flagello (bass), Hartje Mueller (bass), Fernando Iacopucci (tenor)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Thomas Schippers

CD 9-10
Verdi: Il Trovatore


Leontyne Price (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Stanley Riley (bass), Neilson Taylor (tenor), Ryland Davies (bass)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Zubin Mehta

CD 11-12
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Remastered)


Leontyne Price (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone), Reri Grist (soprano), Piero de Palma (tenor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Ezio Flagello (bass), Mario Basiola, Jr. (baritone), Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass), Fernando Iacopucci (tenor)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf

CD 13-15
Verdi: La forza del destino


Piero de Palma (tenor), Ezio Flagello (bass), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Mario Rinaudo (bass), Giovanni Foiani (bass), Corinna Vozza (mezzo-soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Ron Bottcher (baritone), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), Robert Merrill (baritone)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Thomas Schippers

CD 16-17
Verdi: Aida (Remastered)


Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Joyce Mathis (soprano), Bruce Brewer (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Erich Leinsdorf

CD 18-19
Puccini: Tosca


Paul Plishka (bass), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), David Pearl (soprano), Michael Rippon (vocal), Clifford Grant (bass), Plácido Domingo (tenor), John Alldis Choir, John Gibbs (bass), Leontyne Price (soprano), Francis Egerton (tenor), Michael Rippon (bass)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, Zubin Mehta

CD 20-21
Puccini: Madama Butterfly


Rosalind Elias (mezzo-soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Piero de Palma (tenor), Philip Maero (baritone), Leontyne Price (soprano), Leo Pudis (bass vocal), Gianna Lollini (soprano), Silvia Bertona (soprano), Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano), Arturo La Porta (baritone), Virgilio Carbonari (bass vocal), Robert Kerns (baritone), Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf

CD 22
Puccini: Il tabarro


Oralia Dominguez (mezzo-soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Piero de Palma (tenor), Robert El Hage (bass)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Erich Leinsdorf

Leontyne Price has repeatedly been called the supreme Verdi soprano of her time, even of the entire 20th century. As she approaches her 90th birthday in early 2017, Sony Classical takes pride in saluting Price with a new reissue, Prima Donna Assoluta "&"ndash; Her Ultimate Opera Recordings featuring ten complete opera recordings from this great American artist"&"rsquo;s matchless discography.


Included in this newly remastered collection is perhaps Price"&"rsquo;s most brilliant recorded performance, her 1963 Carmen with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by one of her greatest admirers and frequent collaborators, Herbert von Karajan. As for her "&"ldquo;supreme"&"rdquo; Verdi, Prima Donna Assoluta includes five operas that range from the early Emani to a masterpiece of the composer"&"rsquo;s full maturity, Aida. The box set also features three Puccini operas, including Price"&"rsquo;s celebrated 1972 recording of Tosca with conductor Zubin Mehta, and her 1967 recording of Mozart"&"rsquo;s Cosi fan tutte with conductor Erich Leinsdorf.