Album
Aida Told by Leontyne Price with Selections from the Verdi Opera
By Leontyne Price
1st February 2000
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Title
Tempo
Key
Length
1
Act I: Preludio
Giuseppe Verdi, Erich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra
Giuseppe Verdi, Erich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra
70 bpm
D Maj
03:35
2
Long ago, in the faraway land of Ethiopia...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
82 bpm
A min
04:36
3
Celeste Aida
Giuseppe Verdi, Plácido Domingo, Erich Leinsdorf
Giuseppe Verdi, Plácido Domingo, Erich Leinsdorf
164 bpm
A# Maj
03:28
4
Radames was deep in thought ...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
86 bpm
A Maj
00:35
5
Arrival of the Pharaoh
Giuseppe Verdi, Erich Leinsdorf
Giuseppe Verdi, Erich Leinsdorf
114 bpm
C Maj
00:34
6
A messenger came forward to give ...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
130 bpm
G Maj
01:34
7
"Oh great Gods of my youth," she cried, "Pity me!"
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
79 bpm
G# Maj
07:02
8
That night, the halls of the temple rang ...
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
171 bpm
F min
01:09
9
Act I: Scene 2: Danza sacra delle sacerdotesse - Immenso FthÃ
Giuseppe Verdi, Erich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra
Giuseppe Verdi, Erich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra
103 bpm
D# Maj
01:52
10
With Radames gone, time passed slowly for Aida...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
136 bpm
D Maj
00:22
11
Amneris sat before her mirror ...
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
101 bpm
G min
01:44
12
Yet despite her vanity, she secretly burned with jealousy...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
87 bpm
F# Maj
01:55
13
Flags flew, and the entire city gathered to see the grand spectacle...
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
115 bpm
D# Maj
01:35
14
The handsome warrior dismounted and knelt before the royal throne...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
90 bpm
A min
03:19
15
It was the eve of the great wedding ...
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
67 bpm
B min
00:57
16
Aida sadly watched the moonlit river ...
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
91 bpm
F Maj
05:27
17
Suddenly she heard Radames approach ...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
105 bpm
B Maj
01:34
18
Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate ... In armi ora si desta il popol nostro ... Padre! A costoro schiava non sono
Giuseppe Verdi, Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes, Erich Leinsdorf
Giuseppe Verdi, Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes, Erich Leinsdorf
80 bpm
C# Maj
06:51
19
When Radames finally came, he was breathless with love...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
74 bpm
B Maj
02:30
20
The treason of Radames shocked and infuriated all of Egypt...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
146 bpm
B Maj
01:57
21
Radamès, Radamès, Radamès!
Giuseppe Verdi, Ruggero Raimondi, Erich Leinsdorf, Grace Bumbry
Giuseppe Verdi, Ruggero Raimondi, Erich Leinsdorf, Grace Bumbry
83 bpm
D Maj
00:59
22
"Traitor! Traitor!" the High Priest, Ramfis, shouted again and again...
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price
129 bpm
B Maj
02:43
23
Finally, they were together forever in each others' arms...
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
Leontyne Price, Erich Leinsdorf
83 bpm
C# Maj
10:51