Dame Margaret Price
Born: 13th April 1941, Blackwood, Wales
Died: 28th January 2011, Wales
Nationality: Welsh
Margaret Price was born in Blackwood, Wales, in 1941: her original ambition was to become a biology teacher, and her decision to switch to a career in music was primarily fuelled by a desire to sing lieder rather than opera. Initially training as a mezzo, Price's big break came in 1963 when she stepped in for an ailing Teresa Berganza as Cherubino at Covent Garden: she is still remembered primarily as a Mozart (and Verdi) singer, though shortly after this auspicious Royal Opera debut she transitioned to the lyric soprano repertoire, numbering Donna Anna, Fiordiligi, Pamina and Konstanze among her signature-roles. Later in her career (which was largely based in Germany) she became an acclaimed Verdian, winning particular praise as Amelia Boccanegra, Aida, Elisabetta and in particular Desdemona (she remains the definitive interpreter of this role for many to this day). Limiting herself to a handful of roles which suited her statuesque physique and golden, soaring sound, she never ventured into Wagnerian repertoire on stage but was persuaded to sing Isolde on record for Kleiber: the disc is now widely considered to be one of the finest recordings of the work, as well as the crowning glory of Price's career. Price was awarded a CBE in 1982 and was made a Dame in 1993; she died at home in Ceibwr Bay on 28th January 2011.
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Margaret Price (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangaene), Kurt Moll (König Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Götz (Melot), Anton Dermota (Hirt) Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th July 2010
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Special offer. Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 - 9, Te Deum & Mass No. 3 (Live)
Christel Borchers (contralto), Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö (tenor), Elmar Schloter (organ), Karl Helm (bass), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Matthias Hölle (bass), Doris Soffel (contralto), Peter Straka (tenor), Münchner Philharmoniker, Münchener Bach-Chor, Philharmonischer Chor München, Sergiu Celibidache
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Bernstein: Mahler
Christa Ludwig (contralto), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Joseph Flummerfelt (chorus master), James McCarthy (chorus master), Jaap van Zweden (violin), Helmut Wittek (boy soprano), Friedrich Pfeiffer (horn), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Rudolf Scholz (organ), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), José van Dam (bass (vocal)), Hermann Prey (baritone), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master), Trudeliese Schmidt (contralto), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master), Judith Blegen (soprano), Uwe Theimer (chorus master), Gerti Zeumer (soprano), James King (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Westminster Choir, New York Choral Artists, Brooklyn Boys Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben, Berliner Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
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Coming soon. Schubert - 30 Most Popular PIeces
Hartmut Höll, Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Peter Härtling, Michael Endres (piano), Claudia Reinhard, Rüdiger Ballhorn, Markus Flaig, Trine Wilsberg Lund, Dorothea Craxton, Bettina Ranch, Min Woo Lim, Andreas Karasiak, Assaf Levitin, Hyejin Chung, Warren Lee, Alfred Brendel (piano), Johannes Kalpers, Burkhard Kehring, Jenö Jandó (piano), Walter Klien, Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Ulrich Eisenlohr, Christine Wehler, Raimund Minarschik, Tobias Berndt, Josef Protschka, Helmut Deutsch (piano), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), Maria Kliegel (cello), Kristin Merscher, Emmy Verhey, Ferdinand Erblich, Jean Decroos, Peter Jansen, Danielle Dechenne, Daniel Lebhardt (piano), Karin Pohl, Brigitte Domhardt, Claudia Graswurm, Astrid Pilzecker, Bernd Casper, Gerhard Mayer, Wolfgang Stahl, Dieter Fokel, Michael Schoppe, Berlin Radio Chorus, male section and Dietrich Knothe, Stuttgart Piano Trio, Budapest Strings, Immortal Bach Ensemble, Leipziger Kammerorchester, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Karoly Botvay, Béla Bánfalvi, Morten Schuldt-Jensen, Peter Breiner, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Jörg-Peter Weigle, Dietrich Knothe
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Coming soon. Schumann - 30 Most Popular Pieces
Robert Schumann, Boris Giltburg (piano), Jenö Jandó (piano), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), James Lockhart, Dénes Várjon (piano), Igor Kamenz, Takako Nishizaki (violin), Terence Dennis, Adrien Boisseau, Gaspard Dehaene (piano), Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano), Maria Kliegel (cello), Kristin Merscher, Bernd Glemser (piano), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hubert Giesen, Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, John Lenehan (piano), Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Fine Arts Quartet, Delian::Quartet, SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, Gerard Schwarz, Michael Gielen
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