Renee Fleming – The Beautiful Voice (1998)

01 Charpentier - Louise - Depuis Le Jour
02 Gounod - Faust - Jewel Song
03 Massenet - Manon - Gavotte
04 Dvorak - Songs My Mother Taught Me
05 Flotow - Martha - Tis The Last Rose Of Summer
06 Puccini - La Rondine - Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta
07 Korngold - Die Tote Stadt - Mariettas Lied
08 Orff - Carmina Burana - In Trutina
09 R.Strauss - Morgen
10 Rachmaninov - Vocalise
11 J.Strauss II - Die Fledermaus - Klange Der Heimat
12 Lehar - Die Lustige Witwe - Es Lebt'eine Vilja
13 Cano - Luna - Epilogo
14 Canteloube - Chants D'Auvergne – Bailero 

Renée Fleming – soprano
Osian Ellis – harp
Paul Willey - concert master, violin
Clive Greensmith – cello
Ian Watson – piano
London Voices
Christopher Middleton – choir master
English Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras – conductor
Jeffrey Tate – conductor

Sure, it takes guts for a soprano to call an album THE BEAUTIFUL VOICE. But Renée Fleming did it, and the title fits. Fleming, a recognized performer with a wealth of talent, had the luxury of being allowed to program the music she loved--music as gratifying to sing as it is to hear.

With careful and varied support from Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra, Fleming's program is a wash of exquisite music, mostly about love: longing for lost love (in "Marietta's Lied"); first knowing love (in "Depuis le jour"); in youth (the "Jewel Song"); and in old age ("The last rose").

Fleming is at her best here in operatic selections in which the diva halts the action to tell a story, to dwell in a moment, or to draw her on- and off-stage audiences into the action. There is some well-trodden ground here, but long, flowing lines and sumptuous, floating high notes keep the program fresh. In a market glutted with artist-centered albums, THE BEAUTIFUL VOICE is a standout. ---Rovi

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