Renée Fleming - The Beautiful Voice (20th Anniversary Edition - Remastered) Renée Fleming

• Gustave Charpentier (1860 - 1956):
• 1 Louise / Act 3: "Depuis le jour" 06:06
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893):
• 2 Faust / Act 3: No.14b Air des bijoux: "Ah! Je ris de me voir" 04:50
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912):
• 3 Manon / Act 3: Je marche sur les chemins...Obéissons quand leur voix appelle) 06:14
• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904):
• 4 Ciganské melodie: : 4. Songs My Mother Taught Me 02:25
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812 - 1883):
• 5 Martha / Act 2: Last Rose of Summer 04:51
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924):
• 6 La Rondine / Act 1: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" 03:40
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957):
• 7 Die tote Stadt / Act 1: Glück, das mir verblieb (Mariettalied) 06:01
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982):
• 8 Carmina Burana / 3. Cour d'amours: "In trutina" 02:40
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949):
• 9 Vier Lieder, Op.27, TrV 170: 4. Morgen 04:08
• Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943):
• 10 Fourteen Songs, Op.34: 14. Vocalise 05:39
• Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899):
• 11 Die Fledermaus / Act 2: Nr.10 Csárdás: "Klänge der Heimat" 04:36
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948):
• 12 Die lustige Witwe / Act 2: Vilja-Lied 05:58
• Andres Jose Maria Cano (b.1958):
• 13 Luna: 9. Epilogo 05:08
• Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957):
• 14 Chants d'Auvergne: 2. Bailero 07:10
• Total Runtime 01:09:26

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"The title of this album is not misleading—Renée Fleming has a voice of unmatchable beauty, a voice with a fullness of tone in all registers. The production is effortless, the legato flawless, she always sings off the words. And so though I don't mean to sound ungrateful for such riches, I can't get through this whole CD without feeling an undertow or as if I'm being lulled into submission. Louise's ruminations are rightly sung as in a waking dream, Marguerite's wonder-loving Jewel Song and Manon's saucy Gavotte keep my interest. But the run of Martha's “Last Rose of Summer", the divine "Bel sogno di Doretta", Marietta's Lied (from Die Tote Stadt), the soprano solo from Carmina Burana, and more down-tempo, pianissimo, laid back, incredibly sweet arias follow, and by the time the CD closes, with one of Canteloube's gorgeous songs, I feel as if I've been counting backward from 100, waiting to wake up in a strange place, probably without a kidney.

Yes, I know that I don't have to listen to the whole thing at once—and in bits, it's divine. But I also feel that Fleming might have given a bit more energy to the few up-tempo selections and placed a bit more personality on some of the others. But I can recommend it to anyone who appreciates superb singing and a "beautiful voice". (Robert Levine, ClassicsToday)

Renée Fleming, sopranosoprano
Paul Willey, violin (on track 9)
Clive Greensmith, cello (on track 13)
Osian Ellis, harp (on tracks 5, 9)
London Voices (on track 12)
Christopher Middleton, chorus master (on tracks 2, 12)
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor

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Renée Fleming
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. At a White House ceremony in July of this year, the President awarded Ms. Fleming the National Medal of Arts, America's highest honor for an individual artist. Known as “the people’s diva” and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo, she continues to grace the world’s greatest opera stages and concert halls, now extending her reach to include other musical forms and media. Over the past few seasons, Ms. Fleming has hosted a wide variety of television and radio broadcasts, including the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series for movie theaters and television, and Live From Lincoln Center on PBS.

As a musical statesman, Renée Fleming has been sought after on numerous distinguished occasions, from the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to performances in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games. In January 2009, Ms. Fleming was featured in the televised We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial concert for President Obama. In 2012, in an historic first, Ms. Fleming sang on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in the Diamond Jubilee Concert for HM Queen Elizabeth II. Ms. Fleming has also performed for the United States Supreme Court and, in November 2009, celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic’s “Velvet Revolution” at the invitation of Václav Havel. An additional distinction was bestowed in 2008 when, breaking a precedent, Ms. Fleming became the first woman in the 125-year history of the Metropolitan Opera to solo headline an opening night gala.

In 2012, Renée Fleming added a new role to her repertoire, Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, at Baden-Baden in a new production by Philippe Arlaud, conducted by Christian Thielemann. She appeared in the title role of Arabella in a new production at the Paris Opera, conducted by Philippe Jordan. Her Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, under the baton of Constantin Trinks, was seen at the Munich Opernfestspiele. Renée began the 2012-13 season as Desdemona in Otello at the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, and broadcast around the world via the MET Opera Live in HD. 2013 will find her at Carnegie Hall and Lyric Opera of Chicago in André Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire, playing Blanche DuBois, a role she created in the world premiere. In June of 2013, she returns to Vienna as the Countess in Strauss's Cappriccio, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach .

Renée's busy concert calendar this year has included galas at the San Diego Opera, Providence Performing Arts Center, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, as well as appearances with the Seattle, Vancouver, Oregon, Colorado, San Antonio, Baltimore, and Cincinnati Symphony orchestras and the Santiago Philharmonic. Renée began the 2012-13 season singing for the inaugural concerts of Christian Thielemann as principal conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden and Yannick Nézet-Séguin as Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Her 2012-13 recital schedule includes Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Quito, Bogota, Guayaquil, Paris, Geneva, London, Vienna, Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Taipei. A January 2013 duo recital tour with Renée's friend, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, includes San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palm Desert, Chicago, New York and Boston. For more, visit: www.reneefleming.com

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