One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence as she continues to grace the world's leading opera stages and concert halls. She has appeared with all the major orchestras of Europe and North America and collaborated with such renowned conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, the late Sir Charles Mackerras, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Antonio Pappano, André Previn, Christian Thielemann, Michael Tilson Thomas and the late Sir Georg Solti. This stunning 1999 Decca release, which is available on vinyl for the first time, earned Fleming a Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance and finds her in absolute top form performing arias by Gounod, Orff, Puccini, Strauss and Rachmaninov among others with conductor Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra.
Musicians:
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
English Chamber Orchestra
- Gustave Charpentier - Louise: Depuis Le Jour Ou Je Me Suis Donnee
- Charles Gounod - Faust: O Dieu! Que De Bijoux!
- Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet - Manon: Je Marche Sur Tous Les Chemins
- Antonín Dvořák - Songs My Mother Taught Me, Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55 B104
- Friedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow - Martha: 'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer
- Giacomo Puccini - La Rondine: Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Die Tote Stadt: Gluck, Das Mir Verblieb
- Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: In Trutina
- Richard Strauss - Vier Lieder, Op. 27: Morgen!
- Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
- Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus: Klange Der Heimat
- Franz Lehár - Die Lustige Witwe: Es Lebt' Eine Vilja
- José María Cano - Luna: Epilogo
- Joseph Canteloube - Chants D'Auvergne, Series 1: Bailero
