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There are various Renée Fleming collections on the market, but there is a lot to be said for this collection of numbers she sang at New York's Metropolitan Opera, a house with which she is profoundly identified. The selections were made by Fleming herself, and they are hard to quarrel with. This voice of a thousand shades is displayed in all its variety right off, with startling shifts from Mozart to Verdi to Strauss to Britten. As things proceed, one can't help but be amazed by Fleming's linguistic facility, with pieces in Italian, German, English, French, Russian, and Czech all inhabited fully. The two varieties of English, and the two entirely different dramatic atmospheres, in Britten's Peter Grimes and Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, are flawlessly mastered. The recordings mostly date from between 1994 and 2008, the golden age of Fleming's voice, but there is a Merry Widow from 2015 that shows her in fine form. Her pathbreaking appearance in Handel's Rodelinda is included; it is easy to forget that top-rank sopranos didn't often appear in Baroque opera until Fleming came along. The Met is not a comfortable house for live-recording engineers, but the material is well-mastered and comes off as a sonic whole. Beyond Fleming fans, who will love this, this is a fine collection for anyone wanting to appreciate what Renée Fleming is all about.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act III (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Cecilia Bartoli, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Cecilia Bartoli, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Otello / Act IV (Giuseppe Verdi)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Arrigo Boito, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Semyon Bychkov, Conductor, MainArtist - Wendy White, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Arrigo Boito, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Semyon Bychkov, Conductor, MainArtist - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Arrigo Boito, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Semyon Bychkov, Conductor, MainArtist - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263 / Act III (Richard Strauss)
Richard Strauss, Composer - Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor, MainArtist - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act III (Benjamin Britten)
James Conlon, Conductor, MainArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Alan Opie, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Montagu Slater, Author - George Crabbe, Author, Original Text Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Louise / Act III (Gustave Charpentier)
James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Gustave Charpentier, Composer, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2022 The Metropolitan Opera
Faust, CG 4 / Act IV (Charles Gounod)
Julius Rudel, Conductor, MainArtist - Charles Gounod, Composer - Samuel Ramey, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Richard leech, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 / Act I (Antonín Dvořák)
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor, MainArtist - Jaroslav Kvapil, Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Manon / Act III (Jules Massenet)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Choir, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jules Massenet, Composer - Philippe Gille, Author - Henri Meilhac, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Marco Armiliato, Conductor, MainArtist - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Jules Massenet, Composer - Philippe Gille, Author - Henri Meilhac, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jesús López Cobos, Conductor, MainArtist - Massimo Giordano, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Jules Massenet, Composer - Philippe Gille, Author - Henri Meilhac, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jesús López Cobos, Conductor, MainArtist - Massimo Giordano, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Susannah / Act I (Carlisle Floyd)
James Conlon, Conductor, MainArtist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Carlisle Floyd, Composer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Susannah / Act II (Carlisle Floyd)
Samuel Ramey, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Conlon, Conductor, MainArtist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Carlisle Floyd, Composer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227 / Act III (Richard Strauss)
James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Richard Strauss, Composer - Susan Graham, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Hugo von Hofmannstahl, Author - Heidi Grant Murphy, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Don Giovanni, K. 527 / Act II (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Il pirata / Act II (Vincenzo Bellini)
Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Felice Romani, Author - Bruno Campanella, Conductor, MainArtist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
La traviata / Act II (Giuseppe Verdi)
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Alexandre Dumas, Author, Original Text Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Jay David Saks, Producer - Valery Gergiev, Conductor, MainArtist - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Alexandre Dumas, Author, Original Text Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Jay David Saks, Producer - Valery Gergiev, Conductor, MainArtist - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Rodelinda, HWV 19 / Act III (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Patrick Summers, Conductor, MainArtist - Antonio Salvi, Author, Original Text Author - Pierre Corneille, Author, Original Text Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andrew V. Jones, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5 / Act III (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Valery Gergiev, Conductor, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, ComposerLyricist - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aleksandr Pushkin, Author, Original Text Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Author - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - Konstantin S. Schilowsky, Author
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Valery Gergiev, Conductor, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, ComposerLyricist - Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aleksandr Pushkin, Author, Original Text Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Author - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - Konstantin S. Schilowsky, Author
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Thaïs / Act II (Jules Massenet)
Jules Massenet, Composer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jesús López Cobos, Conductor, MainArtist - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anatole France, Author, Original Text Author - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet, Author
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Jules Massenet, Composer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jesús López Cobos, Conductor, MainArtist - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anatole France, Author, Original Text Author - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet, Author
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Armida / Act III (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Giovanni Federico Schmidt, Author - Riccardo Frizza, Conductor, MainArtist - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - Charles S. Brauner, Contributor, Work Editor - Patricia Brauner, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Choir, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Giovanni Federico Schmidt, Author - Riccardo Frizza, Conductor, MainArtist - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist - Charles S. Brauner, Contributor, Work Editor - Patricia Brauner, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
The Merry Widow / Act II (Franz Lehár)
Franz Lehár, Composer - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Jeremy Sams, Adapter - Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Leo Stein, Author - Viktor Léon, Author - Nathan Gunn, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Die tote Stadt / Act I (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
James Levine, Conductor, MainArtist - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, ComposerLyricist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay David Saks, Producer - Julius Korngold, Author - David Frost, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
Album review
There are various Renée Fleming collections on the market, but there is a lot to be said for this collection of numbers she sang at New York's Metropolitan Opera, a house with which she is profoundly identified. The selections were made by Fleming herself, and they are hard to quarrel with. This voice of a thousand shades is displayed in all its variety right off, with startling shifts from Mozart to Verdi to Strauss to Britten. As things proceed, one can't help but be amazed by Fleming's linguistic facility, with pieces in Italian, German, English, French, Russian, and Czech all inhabited fully. The two varieties of English, and the two entirely different dramatic atmospheres, in Britten's Peter Grimes and Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, are flawlessly mastered. The recordings mostly date from between 1994 and 2008, the golden age of Fleming's voice, but there is a Merry Widow from 2015 that shows her in fine form. Her pathbreaking appearance in Handel's Rodelinda is included; it is easy to forget that top-rank sopranos didn't often appear in Baroque opera until Fleming came along. The Met is not a comfortable house for live-recording engineers, but the material is well-mastered and comes off as a sonic whole. Beyond Fleming fans, who will love this, this is a fine collection for anyone wanting to appreciate what Renée Fleming is all about.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 02:23:27
- Main artists: Renée Fleming The Metropolitan Opera
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2023 The Metropolitan Opera
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