{"product_id":"margaret-price-in-recital-import","title":"MARGARET PRICE IN RECITAL (2 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/DESCRIPTION_WITH_WORLD_1_d9254874-1b5f-48ee-852d-4074a16878e6_480x480.png?v=1595264382\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA song recital new to CD from a peerless lyric soprano, coupled with classic recordings of Ravel and Verdi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1971 Andrew Porter wrote that Margaret Price’s voice was among the things that make one ‘glad to be alive’. In the 1960s she had recorded for a small Welsh label a recital of Welsh, German and Italian songs that would become signature items for her over the coming decades. Reissued in 1969 by L’Oiseau-Lyre, the album makes it to CD for the first time in this compilation. In favourites such as Schubert’s Heidenröslein, Verdi’s Ave maria and five Welsh folksongs, Price is on sovereign form, with a gleaming upper register and engagingly fresh phrasing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso from the early 70s is a rare foray into contemporary music inspired by her Welsh heritage, with Alun Hoddinott’s setting of a text by Emyr Humphries, Roman Dream. She recorded this for Argo along with a set of Gaelic folksongs by Phyllis Tate; these, too, are transferred to CD for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore familiar delights are offered on CD2, with Deutsche Grammophon capturing her voice in full and glorious maturity in a 1987 album of Verdi songs and a recording of Ravel’s opulent, oriental song-cycle Shéhérezade, in which she is sensitively partnered by the London Symphony Orchestra under a long-time musical partner, Claudio Abbado; together in 1971 they had recorded the Altenberg-Lieder of Berg which fill out CD1. Thus Price sings in five languages through the course of the compilation, and shows herself a gifted word-painter in each of them: it’s a comprehensive tribute to the art of a soprano esteemed by Sir Georg Solti as ‘a musician’s singer and a conductor’s singer’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_CS_WORLD_7ad42b8b-2188-414f-9c17-0e66da4d836d_480x480.png?v=1595264361\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The attraction is the voice, warm, with a mezzo quality still evident, beautifully even in texture, nobly full-bodied on high, generous in phrasing.’ Gramophone, April 1976 (L’Oiseau-Lyre recital)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The real prize is the haunting Altenberg Lieder, sung to perfection by Margaret Price-and the sound is excellent.’ High Fidelity, December 1988 (Berg)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘In this recital, as was usual with Price, she sang with tremendous energy, filling each phrase with a great tone and superb coloration. Also as usual, her technique is solid and always there when she needs it, but never used for “flash”. Price simply had too much good taste to be ostentatious.’ Fanfare, Jan\/Feb 2013 (Verdi)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/STREAMING_BANNER_2_3ffea259-c443-454f-b50b-9beacfe7836d_480x480.png?v=1595265224\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: calc(56.25% + 52px); height: 0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.song.link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falbum.link%2Fs%2F0DTddYB2cZMVvYyJSii6JZ\u0026amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_1_81beb09d-4c29-4149-bf73-0d3740fd1d73_480x480.png?v=1595264371\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 1 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 BELLINI Almen se non poss’io*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 DONIZETTI La Conocchia*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 VERDI Ave Maria*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 ROSSINI L’Invito*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRANZ SCHUBERT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Du bist die Ruh’, D.774*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Heidenröslein, D. 257*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 Gretchens Bitte, D.564*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 Die Forelle, D.550*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRADITIONAL – WELSH FOLK SONGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Y bore glas*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 Wrth Fynd Efo Deio I Dowyn*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 Dafydd y Garreg Wen*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 Y Deryn Pur*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14–16 TATE Three Gaelic Ballads* \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17 HODDINOTT Roman Dream, Op. 54* \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18–22 BERG Altenberger Lieder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCD 2 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGIUSEPPE VERDI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Il tramonto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 La seduzione \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Ad una stella \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Lo spazzacamino \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Perduta ho la pace \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Deh, pietoso, oh Addolorata\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 Chi i bei dì m’adduce ancora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 La zingara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 L’esule \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 Non t’accostare all’urna \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 In solitaria stanza \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 Nell’orror di notte oscura \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 Il poveretto \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14 Stornello \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15 Ave Maria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16–18 RAVEL Shéhérazade \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Price, soprano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Lockhart, piano (CD1: 1–17)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Parsons, piano (CD2: 1–15)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra \/ Claudio Abbado (CD1: 18–22, CD2: 16–18)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DECCA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32264736047191,"sku":"028948252374","price":18.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/3718165-2502420.jpg?v=1595528127","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/margaret-price-in-recital-import","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}