HOMAGE: The Age of the Diva
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Composer: Francesco CileaComposer: Charles Gounod
Composer: Leos Janacek
Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Composer: Jules Massenet
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Composer: Bedrich Smetana
Composer: Richard Strauss
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Orchestra: Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater Orchestra
Performer: Ren?e Fleming
Performer: Kirill Terentiev
Performer: Yvona Skvarova
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-10-17
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
- Poveri fiori, gemme de'prati
- Dobra! Ja mu je dam!...Jak je mi?
- Pochudilis mne budto golosa...Za dvorom luzhok zelenvoshek
- Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
- Ich ging zu ihm
- Le ciel rayonne...O l??g??re hirondelle
- Orchesterzwischenspiel
- Wie umgibst du mich mit Frieden
- Tsveti moi!
- Che pi?? t'arresti? - Tacea la notte - Di tale amor
- J'ai vers?? le poison dans cette coupe d'or
- Mamicko, mam tezkou hlavu
- Kdo to je? - Jenufko, ty jsi jeste vzuru?
- Ich soll ihn niemals, niemals mehr sehn
Music reviews of HOMAGE: The Age of the Diva
Music Review: Fleming at her peak
Rating: 5 Stars
Voices don't come much more rapturous, powerful, creamy and expressive than this. Renee Fleming is now at her absolute peak; her voice retains its tonal beauty but has acquired more edge and vibrancy, too, to counteract the old accusations that it was all bland beauty and no feeling. If some of her embellishments and apparent liberties with the score - for example, particularly at the end of the "Vissi d'arte" - seem a little mannered or excessive, there is no doubting her desire to communicate a true depth of emotion and re-invent what can sometimes seem, by repetition in recital albums, rather hackneyed arias, such as "Tacea la notte". I don't think that the inclusion of the Gounod aria was a wise choice, despite her accomplishment; the voice is now too grand and Straussian an instrument to accommodate easily its demands and the subsequent aria from "Die Liebe der Danae" comes as a sublime relief. Here we find her back on home territory - but you can't knock her desire to formulate as eclectic a programme as possible. She certainly refutes the charge that she is only interested in pure sound, both by her treatment of the more familiar arias and by her inclusion of comparative novelties like the two Korngold pieces - which are stunning. The top notes are all in place, the pianissimi breathtaking, the lower register refulgent, the middle of the voice wonderfully rich. I had the pleasure of knowing Renee when she was still a student in New York City, shortly to return to her studies in Germany, and she was charming, open, modest, honest and utterly dedicated to her art. I believe that she has retained these qualities even as the world's foremost soprano, with the world at her feet. Clearly everything she does with her voice is to enhance the music, not for self-aggrandisement. Just listen with an open mind and revel in the sound she makes.
Description of HOMAGE: The Age of the Diva
RARELY PERFORMED OPERA ARIAS AND FORGOTTEN GEMS CAREFULLY SELECTED BY TODAY'S LEADING SOPRANO. HOMAGE, THE AGE OF THE DIVA IS A TRIBUTE TO THE ARTISTS WHO GAVE LIFE TO THESE WORKS.Acclaimed throughout the world's great opera houses, American soprano Ren?e Fleming enjoys particular success in roles from the late 19th and early 20th centuries when glorious vocal writing and opulent orchestrations took the art of opera to new heights.
In studying and performing this passionately lyrical music Ren?e Fleming became increasingly fascinated with her predecessors - sopranos of a golden age who made this intensely emotional music their own.
In her latest recording project Ren?e Fleming pays tribute to remarkable singers including Lotte Lehmann, Maria Jeritza, Rosa Ponselle and Mary Garden; women who achieved iconic status in a rapidly changing world in which their fame was spread through recordings, film and advertising - a time which could be described as 'The Age Of The Diva'.
The beautiful music links the 19th century of Verdi and Gounod with the 20th century of Korngold and Richard Strauss. All of the pieces were championed by the Divas of the past, some of them come from operas that are still very popular today (Tosca & Il Trovatore), many others are from operas that have been forgotten. Ren?e Fleming rediscovers these "lost jewels" - including arias by Cilea, Smetana, and Rimsky-Korsakov - that were big hits during their time and now presents them for a new generation.
For this passionate, richly orchestrated repertoire, the role of the orchestra is enormously important and Ren?e is joined by the acclaimed Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre under their music director Valery Gergiev.
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( G ) > Gounod, Charles
- ( K ) > Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
- ( M ) > Massenet, Jules
- ( P ) > Puccini, Giacomo
- ( S ) > Smetana, Bedrich
- Strauss, Richard
- ( T ) > Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich > All Works by Tchaikovsky
- ( V ) > Verdi, Giuseppe
- ( J ) > Jan?cek, Leos
- Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
- General Modern
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830)
- Modern & 20th Century
- Romantic (c.1820-1910)
- Languages > Czech
- French
- German
- Italian
- Russian
- Gounod, Charles - Works by Gounod
- Massenet, Jules - Works by Massenet
- Puccini, Giacomo - Works by Puccini
- Classical - Historical Periods - Modern, 20th, & 21st Century - Composers - Korngold, Erich Wolfgang - General
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