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Four Last Songs by: Renee Fleming, Strauss, Mnpo, Thielemann List Price: $21.98 Childrens Bookshop Price: $17.99 You Save: $3.99 (18%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028948013203 Format: Deluxe Edition, Extra tracks Label: Decca Manufacturer: Decca Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Decca Release Date: September 16, 2008 Studio: Decca Sales Rank: 1876 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: This is the special, deluxe edition! In addition to the Strauss program, a second disc which highlights Fleming's signature roles at the Metropolitan Opera is included. These extended scenes are drawn from her highly-regarded Decca discography. Renée Fleming, the world's preeminent lyric soprano, is joined by Christian Thielemann, internationally acclaimed for his performances of Strauss works, for this recording of the exquisitely beautiful Four Last Songs. These enduringly popular works have become signature pieces for the soprano and she was delighted for the opportunity to work with the gifted Thielemann. In addition, Fleming performs a selection of lieder with orchestra as well as arias from Ariadne auf Naxos and Die ägyptische Helena.. On September 22, Fleming will open the Met Opera Season with a Gala featuring her in her most acclaimed roles. This one-night-only performance will be broadcast live in HD to movie theaters throughout the US. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Best of the BestRenee Fleming is without doubt one of the best Divas we have seen (or heard) on stage at the Met. She does not only possess an amazing voice but she is also beautiful to look at. Both discs included in this package are well worth the price I paid on Amazon, which was much less than I could have bought them at the music store where they happened to be sold out. The Four last Songs are beautiful and sad, exquisitely performed. The selection from the Met is more familiar, but I know I will listen ... Read More: Rating: - sempre meglioThis set of glorious performances by Renee Fleming, both the older ones included on the bonus disk and the new ones, especially the new versions of Strauss's Vier Letzte Lieder, seem to me so fine as to be nearly beyond praise. Listening to them, especially after reading some of the more critical comments here, has taken me back some 50 years to when I was a young lad in LA diving into the world of great singing, all on LPs then. There was much discussion in those days about Renata Tebaldi and Maria ... Read More: Rating: - A triumphant collaboration between Fleming and ThielemannIt says something sad about the current state of opera recordings that Renee Fleming hasn't been given a complete Strauss role on disc besides Daphne, not the Marschallin or Ariadne. As evidenced here, she is uniquely gifted to assume those roles, as well as to sing Strauss's orchestral songs. Compared to her 1995 version with Eschenbach (BMG), the new one marks a quantum leap in artistry. Fleming won a Fulbright fellowship to study in Germany as a young singer, and her ability to find meaning in Hesse's ... Read More: Rating: - 'Habe dank!'This very generous two disc release has so many positive aspects that it hopefully will manage to garner the attention of music lovers around the world despite the negative comments being published in some quarters. Fame of an artist is accompanied by that very public eye and ear that references previous performances and recordings of repeated works as being superior to a new issue, and while that may gather the ire of some, it is simply part of the joy of encountering new performances: some boo, some shout ... Read More: Rating:  - OverheatedI felt that I could have written bert1761's review. From the opening lines of Four Last Songs, I was struck by Fleming's overwrought phrasing. If you are used to the liquid, soaring versions by Norman or other sopranos, you will find this almost post-modern interpretation jarring. She is surely going for acting the poetry instead of just presenting the listener with a pretty voice. I much prefer the older edition, especially as it includes a gorgeous selection of other Strauss orchestral songs and the Rosenkavalier ... Read More: |
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