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Aida Told by Leontyne Price with Selections from the Verdi Opera

London Symphony Orchestra, Leontyne Price (speaker), Plácido Domingo (tenor), John Alldis Choir, John Alldis (chorus master), Ruggero Raimondi (bass vocal), Joyce Mathis (soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano)

Erich Leinsdorf

  • Release Date: 1st Feb 2000
  • Catalogue No: G010000344890M
  • Label: RCA
  • Length: 67 minutes

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Contents

Excerpt, Verdi: Aida

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  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

Act I: Preludio

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Long ago, in the faraway land of Ethiopia...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker)

Verdi: Celeste Aida (from Aida)

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  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

Radames was deep in thought ...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker)

Verdi: Arrival of the Pharaoh

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  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

A messenger came forward to give ...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker)

"Oh great Gods of my youth," she cried, "Pity me!"

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker), London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

That night, the halls of the temple rang ...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker), London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, John Alldis
  • Erich Leinsdorf

Excerpt, Verdi: Aida

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  • Joyce Mathis (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), John Alldis Choir, John Alldis (chorus master)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

Act I: Scene 2: Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse - Immenso Fthà

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With Radames gone, time passed slowly for Aida...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker)

Amneris sat before her mirror ...

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  • Leontyne Price, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

Yet despite her vanity, she secretly burned with jealousy...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker)

Flags flew, and the entire city gathered to see the grand spectacle...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker), London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

The handsome warrior dismounted and knelt before the royal throne...

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It was the eve of the great wedding ...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker), London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

Aida sadly watched the moonlit river ...

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  • Leontyne Price, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

Suddenly she heard Radames approach ...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker)

Verdi: Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate ... In armi ora si desta il popol nostro ... Padre! A costoro schiava non sono

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  • Leontyne Price (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

When Radames finally came, he was breathless with love...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker)

The treason of Radames shocked and infuriated all of Egypt...

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Verdi: Radamès, Radamès, Radamès!

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  • Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, John Alldis
  • Erich Leinsdorf

"Traitor! Traitor!" the High Priest, Ramfis, shouted again and again...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker)

Finally, they were together forever in each others' arms...

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  • Leontyne Price (speaker), London Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

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