Arias and songs with orchestra; the 4th, 9th, and 10th works originally with piano. Renée Fleming, soprano; English Chamber Orchestra; Jeffrey Tate, conductor. Recorded Aug. 21-28, 1997 at Henry Wood Hall, London. Compact disc. Program notes include texts with English translations.
Contents:
Louise. Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée / Charpentier -- Faust. O Dieu! que de bijoux!-- Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle (Air des bijoux = Jewel song) / Gounod -- Manon. Je marche sur tous les chemins-- Obéissons-- Profitons bien de la jeunesse (Gavotte) / Massenet -- Gypsy melodies : op. 55 B 104. Songs my mother taught me / Dvořák ; arr. Mackerras -- Martha. 'Tis the last rose of summer / Flotow -- La rondine. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta / Puccini -- Die tote stadt. Glück, das mir verblieb : Mariettas' Lied / Korngold -- Carmina Burana. In trutina / Orff -- Vier Lieder, op. 27. Morgan! / R. Strauss -- Vocalise, op. 34, no. 14 / Rachmaninov ; transcr. Braden -- Die Fledermaus. Klänge der Heimat : csárdás / J. Strauss II -- Die lustige Witwe. Es lebt' eine Vilja : Vilja-Lied / Lehár -- Luna. Epílogo / Cano -- Chants a'Auvergne, ser. 1. Baïlero / Canteloube.
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