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A richer-voiced return to the Last Songs – and the opera arias throw up thrills, too
Is it me, or has Renée Fleming’s tone acquired some intriguing new colours? There’s an earthy depth to her voice now, a coppery beauty. Of course the top is still as rapt as ever and she delivers some gorgeous singing in the Four Last Songs (though she can’t match the emotional complexity of recent rivals). The opera scenes are, however, knockouts.
-- Gramophone [11/2008]
A richer-voiced return to the Last Songs – and the opera arias throw up thrills, too
Is it me, or has Renée Fleming’s tone acquired some intriguing new colours? There’s an earthy depth to her voice now, a coppery beauty. Of course the top is still as rapt as ever and she delivers some gorgeous singing in the Four Last Songs (though she can’t match the emotional complexity of recent rivals). The opera scenes are, however, knockouts.
-- Gramophone [11/2008]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Four Last Songs, AV 150 by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1948; Germany
Length: 20 Minutes 59 Secs.
2.
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Wo war ich? by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs.
3.
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Ein schönes war by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Length: 6 Minutes 33 Secs.
4.
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Es gibt ein Reich by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 55 Secs.
5.
Gesänge (4), Op. 33: no 1, Verführung by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Germany
Length: 7 Minutes 13 Secs.
6.
Lieder (5), Op. 48: no 1, Freundliche Vision by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs.
7.
Lieder (5), Op. 48: no 4, Winterweihe by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs.
8.
Lieder (8), Op. 10: no 1, Zueignung by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs.
9.
Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75: Zweite Brautnacht, Zaubernacht "Helen's Awakening" by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1923-1927; Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs.
Featured Sound Samples
Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen
Lieder, op 10: No 1: Zueignung
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