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Summary:

Renee Fleming creates an album of sheer indulgence. Her beautiful voice fills a very personal selection of songs and arias. She has chosen to record many famous arias from roles which are not normally associated with her repertoire.

Table of Contents:

• Les nuits d'été. Villanelle / Berlioz (2:12)
• Phidylé / Duparc (6:03)
• Ombra di nube / Refice (3:31)
• Siete canciones populares españolas. Nana (1:41) ; Canción (1:10) / Falla
• Undina. Vodopad moy dyadya / Tchaikovsky (3:58)
• 12 romances, op. 21, no. 3. Sumerki / Rachmaninov (2:18)
• Les filles de Cadix / Delibes (3:28)
• Lakmé. Dôme épais le jasmin / Delibes (with Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano) (3:51)
• Chants d'Auvergne. La delaïssádo (5:31) ; Malurous qu'o uno fenno (1:32) / Canteloube
• Armida. Za štíhlou gazelou / Dvořák (4:45)
• Hubička. Hajej, můj andílku / Smetana (4:09)
• Frag' mich oft, woran's denn wohl liegt / J. Strauss II, arranged Korngold, Bittner (Janet Simpson, piano) (3:28)
• Wesendonck-Lieder. Träume / Wagner (4:33)
• The ghosts of Versailles. Once there was a golden bird : from She must stay / Corigliano (5:42)
• O Danny boy / trad. ; arranged DeFeo, Weatherly (4:45).

Contributors:

Fleming, Renée , performer

Graham, Susan, 1960- , performer

Simpson, Janet (Pianist) , performer

Lang-Lessing, Sebastian, 1966- , conductor

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

Duparc, Henri, 1848-1933

Refice, Licinio, 1883-1954

Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943

Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891

Canteloube, Joseph, 1879-1957

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904

Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884

Bittner, Julius, 1874-1939

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

Corigliano, John, 1938-

Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

French
Italian
Spanish
Russian
Czech
German
English

Language Notes:

Sung in French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Occitan, Czech, German, and English.

Included Works:

Nuits d'été [by Berlioz, H.] > Villanelle (arranged)

Phidylé [by Duparc, H.] (arranged)

Ombra di nube [by Refice, L.] (arranged)

Canciones populares españolas [by Falla, M.d.] > Nana (arranged)

Canciones populares españolas [by Falla, M.d.] > Canción (arranged)

Undina [by Tchaikovsky, P.I.] > Pesni︠a︡ Undiny

Romansy [by Rachmaninoff, S.] > Op. 21 > Sumerki (arranged)

Filles de Cadix [by Delibes, L.] (arranged)

Lakmé [by Delibes, L.] > Sous le dôme épais

Chants d'Auvergne [by Canteloube, J.] > Delaïssado

Chants d'Auvergne [by Canteloube, J.] > Malurous qu'o uno fenno

Armida [by Dvořák, A.] > Za štíhlou gazelou

Hubička [by Smetana, B.] > Hajej, můj andílku

Walzer aus Wien [by Bittner, J.] > Frag' mich oft, woran's denn wohl liegt

Wesendonck-Lieder [by Wagner, R.] > Träume (arranged)

Ghosts of Versailles [by Corigliano, J.] > She must stay

Londonderry air (arranged)

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Guilty pleasures (London, England : Decca, [2013] — OCLC Number 856932955)

Subjects:

Songs (High voice) with orchestra

Operas — Excerpts

Operas

Genres:

Excerpts

Operas

Performers:

Renée Fleming, soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Sebastian Lang-Lessing, conductor.

Production Credits:

Produced by David Frost.

Performance Medium:

1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice; orchestra

General Notes:

Songs and opera excerpts; most of the songs originally with piano accompaniment.
Recorded 2012 August 5-9 All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Decca: 00028947852636

OCLC Numbers:

952019445