Episode 333. Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss Lieder
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On February 10th, our beloved diva Leontyne Price celebrated her 98th birthday. Of course she is recognized for her performances of the operas of Verdi, but in my opinion, she was even more suited, uniquely so, to the music of Richard Strauss. Sadly, she only sang one operatic role by Strauss, but we can be grateful that she consistently programmed his Lieder over the course of her long career. I offer you as complete a selection of Leontyne Price (assisted by her able collaborative pianist David Garvey) singing Strauss as you are likely to find anywhere, including live performances from Salzburg, St. Paul, and Carnegie Hall from between 1975 and 1991, as well as excerpts from two of her most beautifully-sung studio recordings, one from 1959, the other from 1979. The episode is capped with two of her earliest (and finest) performances of two songs from the Vier letzte Lieder, both from March 1971, one in Chicago with Carlo Maria Giulini, and the other from Carnegie Hall with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE
All songs are composed by Richard Strauss and performed by Leontyne Price and, unless otherwise noted, David Garvey.
Breit’ über mein Haupt, Op. 19/2 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [live Salzburg 02.VIII.77]
Zueignung, Op. 10/1 (poem by Hermann von Gilm) [live St. Paul, 08.I.85]
Allerseelen, Op. 10/3 (poem by Hermann von Gilm) [1959]
Schlagende Herzen, Op. 29/2 (poem by Otto Julius Bierbaum) [1959]
Freundliche Vision, Op. 48/1 (poem by Otto Julius Bierbaum) [1959]
Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten, Op. 19/4 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [1959]
Der Stern, Op. 69/1 (poem by Achim von Arnim) [live St. Paul, 08.I.85]
Ich liebe dich, Op. 37/2 (poem by Detlev von Liliencron) [live St. Paul, 08.I.85]
Die Nacht, Op. 10/3 (poem by Hermann von Gilm) [live St. Paul, 08.I.85]
Ständchen, Op. 17/2 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [live, St. Paul, 08.I.85]
Heimkehr, Op. 15/5 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [live Salzburg 28.VII.75]
Seitdem dein Aug’, Op. 17/1 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [live Salzburg 28.VII.75]
Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69/5 (poem by Heinrich Heine) [live Salzburg 28.VII.75]
Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27/3 (poem by John Henry Mackay) [live Salzburg 02.VIII.77]
Morgen, Op. 27/4 (poem by John Henry Mackay) [1979]
Wasserrose (Mädchenblumen, Op. 22/4) (poem by Felix Dahn) [1979]
Als mir dein Lied erklang (Brentano-Lieder, Op. 68/4) (poem by Clemens von Brentano) [1979]
Herr Lenz, Op. 37/5 (poem by Emanuel von Bodman) [live Carnegie Hall 26.I.91]
Befreit, Op. 39/4 (poem by Richard Dehmel) [live Carnegie Hall 26.I.91]
Cäcilie, Op. 27/2 (poem by Julius Hart) [1979]
Beim Schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder) (poem by Hermann Hesse) Carlo Maria Giulini, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [live Chicago 13.III.1971]
Im Abendrot (Vier letzte Lieder) (poem by Joseph von Eichendorff) Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra [live Carnegie Hall, 19.III.1971]