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The "guilty pleasures" referred to in the title of this release by American soprano Renée Fleming are Fleming's own; they are small pieces that she has always wanted to record. Of course they require no apology at all. Even the familiar numbers, such as the Flower Duet from Délibes' Lakmé (track 9, performed with Susan Graham), have the kind of freshness that seems impossible if you consider that Fleming has been singing them for decades. Actually some of the music is quite unusual for an orchestral-song-and-aria collection of this kind. Fleming sings in eight languages, including Occitan, and she has both the panache and the prestige to include such items as John Corigliano's "Once there was a golden bird," from The Ghosts of Versailles, and "Vendulka's Lullaby" from Smetana's rarely heard opera The Kiss. Fleming was 53 when this album was recorded, but it is mighty hard to identify any of the vocal maladies that begin to afflict sopranos of that age. Sample the chilling, silvery finale of Undine's aria from Tchaikovsky's early opera Undine, itself not terribly frequently performed, for confirmation. It is not only the creamy tones but the sense of fun and accomplishment that makes Fleming such a joy to listen to, and these qualities are on fully display here, ably encouraged by the Philharmonia Orchestra under Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
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Les nuits d'été, Op. 7 (Hector Berlioz)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Théophile Gautier, Lyricist - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Henri Duparc, Composer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Leconte de Lisle, Lyricist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Licinio Refice, Composer - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - Emidio Mucci, Lyricist - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Siete canciones populares españolas (Manuel de Falla)
Traditional, Lyricist - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Manuel De Falla, Composer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Manuel De Falla, Composer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Undina (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, NonLyricAuthor - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - Vladimir Sollogub, Lyricist - David Frost, Producer - Vasily Zhukovsky, Translator
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - Walter Mnatsakanov, WorkArranger - David Frost, Producer - Jean-Marie Guyau, NonLyricAuthor - Ivan Ivanovich Tkhorzhevsky, Translator
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Léo Delibes, Composer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Alfred de Musset, Lyricist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Lakmé / Act 1 (Léo Delibes)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Léo Delibes, Composer - Philippe Gille, Lyricist - Edmond Gondinet, Lyricist - Susan Graham, MainArtist, Mezzo-SopranoVocalist - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Chants d'Auvergne (Joseph Canteloube)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Joseph Canteloube, Composer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Joseph Canteloube, Composer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Armida (Antonín Dvořák)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - Jaroslav Vrchlicky, Lyricist - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
The Kiss (Hubicka) - Opera in 2 Acts (Bedrich Smetana)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Bedrich Smetana, Composer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - Eliska Krasnohorska, Lyricist - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Walzer aus Wien (Johann Strauss II)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Johann Strauss II, Composer - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, WorkArranger - Heinz Reichert, Lyricist - Ernst Marischka, Lyricist - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Alfred Maria Willner, Lyricist - Julius Bittner, WorkArranger - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Janet Simpson, Piano, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 (Richard Wagner)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Richard Wagner, Composer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - Mathilde Wesendonck, Lyricist - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
The Ghosts of Versailles / Act II (John Corigliano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - John Corigliano, Composer - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - William M. Hoffman, Lyricist - David Frost, Producer
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Traditional, Composer - Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mike Hatch, RecordingEngineer - Renee Fleming, MainArtist, SopranoVocalist - Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor, MainArtist - Fred E. Weatherly, Lyricist - Tim Martyn, RecordingEngineer - David Frost, Producer - Antonio DeFeo, WorkArranger
℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
The "guilty pleasures" referred to in the title of this release by American soprano Renée Fleming are Fleming's own; they are small pieces that she has always wanted to record. Of course they require no apology at all. Even the familiar numbers, such as the Flower Duet from Délibes' Lakmé (track 9, performed with Susan Graham), have the kind of freshness that seems impossible if you consider that Fleming has been singing them for decades. Actually some of the music is quite unusual for an orchestral-song-and-aria collection of this kind. Fleming sings in eight languages, including Occitan, and she has both the panache and the prestige to include such items as John Corigliano's "Once there was a golden bird," from The Ghosts of Versailles, and "Vendulka's Lullaby" from Smetana's rarely heard opera The Kiss. Fleming was 53 when this album was recorded, but it is mighty hard to identify any of the vocal maladies that begin to afflict sopranos of that age. Sample the chilling, silvery finale of Undine's aria from Tchaikovsky's early opera Undine, itself not terribly frequently performed, for confirmation. It is not only the creamy tones but the sense of fun and accomplishment that makes Fleming such a joy to listen to, and these qualities are on fully display here, ably encouraged by the Philharmonia Orchestra under Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:30
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Renée Fleming Philharmonia Orchestra Sebastian Lang-Lessing
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2013 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2013 Decca Music Group Limited
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