Bibframe Work

CD 1. String quartet no. 1 / Alexei Haieff (Juilliard String Quartet) (16:00). Hermit songs : op. 29 / Samuel Barber (Samuel Barber, piano) (17:00) (recorded Apr. 5, 1954 (1st work) and Nov. 19, 1954 (2nd work), New York; originally released as Columbia Masterworks ML-4988, June 1955)

CD 2, A program of song. Clair de lune : op. 46 no. 2 (2:51) ; Notre amour : op. 23 no. 2 (1:57) ; Au cimetière : op. 51 no. 2 (4:30) ; Au bord de l'eau : op. 8 no. 1 (1:47) ; Mandoline : op. 58 no. 1 (1:49) / Gabriel Fauré. Main dominée par le cœur (1:15) ; Miroirs brûlants. No. 2, Je nommerai ton front (1:13) ; Miroirs brûlants. No. 1, Tu vois le feu du soir (4:00) ; Ce doux petit visage (1:43) / Francis Poulenc. Allerseelen : op. 10 no. 8 (2:59) ; Schlagende Herzen : op. 29 no. 2 (2:11) ; Freundliche Vision : op. 48 no. 1 (2:36) ; Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten : op. 19 no. 4 (1:44) / Richard Strauss. Mörike-Lieder. No. 17, Der Gärtner (1:23) ; Mörike-Lieder. No. 36, Lebe wohl (2:16) ; Morgentau (1:23) ; Spanisches Liederbuch. No. 34, Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt (3:41) / Hugo Wolf (David Garvey, piano) (recorded Jan. 5-6 and 9, 1959, Town Hall, New York; originally released as RCA Victor LSC-2279, Dec. 1959)

CD 3. Les nuits d'été : op. 7 / Hector Berlioz (32:00). El amor brujo / Manuel de Falla (28:00) (Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Fritz Reiner, conductor) (recorded Mar. 2 and 4, 1963, Orchestra Hall, Chicago; originally released as RCA Victor LSC-2695, Jan. 1964)

CD 4, Leontyne Price sings Schumann. Frauenliebe und -leben : op. 42 (24:00) ; Widmung : op. 25 no. 1 (2:10) ; Mignon : op. 79 no. 29 (3:37) ; Volksliedchen : op. 51 no. 2 (1:00) ; Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden : op. 24 no. 5 (4:59) ; Er ist's : op. 79 no. 24 (1:14) ; Heiss mich nicht reden : op. 98a no. 5 (3:30) ; Lust der Sturmnacht : op. 35 no. 1 / Robert Schumann (David Garvey, piano) (recorded Apr. 30-May 14, 1969, Webster Hall, New York; originally released as RCA Red Seal LSC-3169, Nov. 1970)

CD 5, Leontyne Price sings Strauss. Vier letzte Lieder (20:00) ; Die Frau ohne Schatten. Sieh, Amme, sieh (14:13) ; Der Rosenkavalier. Da geht er hin

Kann mich noch an ein Mädel erinnern (6:01) ; Guntram. Fass' ich sie bang (5:28) / Richard Strauss (Patricia Clark, soprano ; men of the Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor) (recorded July 6-7 and 9-11, 1973, Walthamstow Town Hall, London; originally released as RCA Red Seal ARL1-0333, Sept. 1974)

CD 6, Leontyne Price sings Barber. Hermit songs : op. 29 (17:00) ; Sleep now : op. 10 no. 2 (2:22) ; The daisies : op. 2 no. 1 (:50) ; Nocturne : op. 13 no. 4 (3:13) ; Nuvoletta : op. 25 (4:10) (Samuel Barber, piano) ; Knoxville, summer of 1915 : op. 24 (16:18) ; Antony and Cleopatra : op. 40. Give me some music (8:57) ; Give me my robe (9:23) (New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Thomas Schippers, conductor) / Samuel Barber (recorded live, Oct. 30, 1953, Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, DC (1st-5th works); and June 1-2, 1958, Walthamstow Town Hall, London (6th-7th works); originally released as RCA Gold Seal 09026619832, Oct. 1994)

CD 7, Return to Carnegie Hall. Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Se pietà di me non senti / George Frideric Handel (8:30). Idomeneo. O smania! O furie!

D'Oreste, d'Ajace / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (4:48). Waldseligkeit (1:31) ; Marienlied (2:11) / Joseph Marx. Herr Lenz : op. 37 no. 5 (1:24) ; Befreit : op. 39 no. 4 (5:05) ; Ich liebe dich : op. 37 no. 2 (2:22) / Richard Strauss. La forza del destino. Pace, pace, mio Dio / Giuseppe Verdi (5:05). Bleuet / Francis Poulenc (3:12). Villanelle : op. 7 no. 1 : from Les nuits d'été / Hector Berlioz (2:21). Extase / Henri Duparc (3:14). Le printemps / Reynaldo Hahn (1:46). Wild nights (2:06) ; Always it's spring (2:15) ; There came a wind like a bugle (2:25) / Lee Hoiby. Ride on, King Jesus / arr. by Hall Johnson (2:18). Madama Butterfly. Tu, tu, piccolo iddio / Giacomo Puccini (2:33). Porgy and Bess. Summertime / George Gershwin (2:36). Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Giacomo Puccini (3:10). Adriana Lecouvreur. Ecco, respiro appena

lo son l'umile ancella / Francesco Cilèa (3:32). This little light of mine / arr. by Margaret Bonds (2:40). La rondine. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (2:33) ; Madama Butterfly. Un bel dì, vedremo (4:32) / Giacomo Puccini. Witness / arr. by Hall Johnson (2:48). America the beautiful / Samuel A. Ward (3:08) (David Garvey, piano) (recorded live, Jan. 26, 1991; originally released as RCA Red Seal 09026684352, Oct. 1996)

CD 8, Leontyne Price rediscovered : Carnegie Hall recital debut. Atalanta. Care selve (2:57) ; Agrippina. Bel piacere (2:25) ; Giulio Cesare in Egitto. E pur così in un giorno

Piangerò la sorte mia (5:37) / George Frideric Handel. Zigeunerlieder : op. 103 / Johannes Brahms (11:00). Andrea Chénier. La mamma morta / Umberto Giordano (4:58). Miroirs brûlants. No. 1, Tu vois le feu du soir (3:54) ; Main dominée par le cœur (1:18) ; Métamorphoses. No. 2, C'est ainsi que tu es, Paganini (2:14) ; Miroirs brûlants. No. 2, Je nommerai ton front (1:24) / Francis Poulenc. Nocturne : op. 13 no. 4 (3:25) ; The daisies : op. 2 no. 1 (1:05) ; Sleep now : op. 10 no. 2 (2:32) / Samuel Barber. Winter song (2:42) ; In the wand of the wind (1:16) / Lee Hoiby. Spirituals: His name so sweet / arr. by Hall Johnson (2:00) ; My soul's been anchored in the Lord / arr. by Florence B. Price (2:00) ; Lord, I just can't keep from cryin' (1:35) ; He's got the whole world in his hands (2:12) / arr. by Margaret Bonds. La rondine. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta / Giacomo Puccini (2:23). Porgy and Bess. Summertime / George Gershwin (2:27). Adriana Lecouvreur. Ecco, respiro appena

Io son l'umile ancella / Francesco Cilèa (2:47). Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Giacomo Puccini (3:07) (David Garvey, piano) (recorded live, Feb. 28, 1965; originally released as RCA Red Seal 09026639082, Sept. 2002)

CD 9, Swing low, sweet chariot. Ev'ry time I feel the spirit / arr. by Harry T. Burleigh and Leonard de Paur (2:14). Let us break bread together on our knees / arr. by William Lawrence and Leonard de Paur (2:22). His name so sweet / arr. by Hall Johnson and Leonard de Paur (2:09). Roun' about the mountain / arr. by Roland Hayes and Leonard de Paur (2:16). Swing low, sweet chariot / arr. by Leonard de Paur (3:20). Sit down, servant / arr. by Margaret Bonds (2:30). Were you there (4:32) ; He's got the whole world in his hands / arr. by Margaret Bonds (2:13). Deep river / arr. by Leonard de Paur (3:06). Honor! Honor! / arr. by Hall Johnson and Leonard de Paur (2:06). My soul's been anchored in the Lord / arr. by Florence B. Price and Leonard de Paur (2:11). On my journey / arr. by Edward H. Boatner and Leonard de Paur (2:01). A city called heaven / arr. by Leonard de Paur (3:05). Ride on, King Jesus / arr. by Hall Johnson and Leonard de Paur (2:40) (orchestra and chorus; Leonard de Paur, conductor) (recorded Dec. 7-8, 15, 18, 1961, Manhattan Center, New York; originally released as RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2600, Aug. 1962)

CD 10, My favorite hymns. Holy, holy, holy (2:12) ; Lead, kindly light (3:46) / John B. Dykes. Blessed assurance / Phoebe B. Knapp (2:26). Ave Maria : D 839 / Franz Schubert (4:50). What a friend we have in Jesus / Charles C. Converse (2:25). Amazing grace / arr. by John Newton (2:39). The Lord's prayer / Albert H. Malotte (2:54). Pass me not, O gentle Savior / William H. Doane (2:41). The church's one foundation / Samuel S. Wesley (2:09). Bless this house / May H. Brahe (2:15). I need thee every hour / Robert Lowry (2:34). Fairest Lord Jesus (2:28) (Choir of Men and Boys of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York City ; George Decker, organ) (recorded Apr. 4-7, 1966, Calvary Episcopal Church, New York; originally released as RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2918, Nov. 1966)

CD 11, I wish I knew how it would feel to be free. I wish I knew how it would feel to be free / Billy Taylor (3:06). Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass / arr. by Margaret Bonds (3:36). Sweet little Jesus boy / Robert MacGimsey (3:13). There's no hiding place down here / arr. by Mitchell Southall (1:17). There is a balm in Gilead / arr. by William Dawson (3:41). Let us cheer the weary traveler / arr. by Harry T. Burleigh and Roger Vene (1:46). Sometimes I feel like a motherless child / arr. by Charles Holmes (2:39). Ev'ry time I feel the spirit / arr. by William Dawson (1:32). This little light of mine / arr. by John W. Work (3:11). Standin' in the need of prayer / arr. by Margaret Bonds (1:53). My way is cloudy / arr. by Fred Hall (1:54). I bowed on my knees and cried, holy! / arr. by Charles Holmes (3:40). Nobody knows the trouble I've seen / arr. by Fred Hall (3:14). I couldn't hear nobody pray / arr. by Hall Johnson (3:46). Peace in the valley / Thomas A. Dorsey (3:15) (vocal soloists ; Rust College Choir ; Lassaye Van Buren Holmes, director) (recorded Apr. 19-22, 1970, RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tenn.; originally released as RCA Red Seal LSC-3183, Jan. 1971)

CD 12, Right as the rain. Right as the rain : from Bloomer girl / Harold Arlen (3:20). Sunrise, sunset : from Fiddler on the roof / Jerry Bock (4:12). It's good to have you near again / André Previn (2:56). It never entered my mind : from Higher and higher (2:21) ; Nobody's heart : from By Jupiter (3:59) / Richard Rodgers. My melancholy baby / Ernie Burnett (3:14). A sleepin' bee : from House of flowers / Harold Arlen (4:02). Falling in love again : from Der blaue Engel / Friedrich Hollaender (2:47). They didn't believe me : from The girl from Utah / Jerome Kern (3:33). Hello, young lovers : from The King and I / Richard Rodgers (3:50). Love walked in : from The Goldwyn follies / George Gershwin (3:17). Where, I wonder / André Previn (principally with orchestra ; André Previn, arranger, conductor, piano ; in part with Shelly Manne, percussion ; Ray Brown, bass) (recorded May 9-11, 1967; originally released as RCA Red Seal LSC-2983, Nov. 1967)