About the Album
With careful and varied support from Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra, Fleming's program for this album 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").
...her performances are rich with interpretive nuances, wonder-filled portamentos and word colorings that reflect a long history with this repertoire, which ranges from Charpentier's "Depuis le jour" to Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise."
David Patrick Stearns
Track List
- G. Charpentier: Louise / Act 3 - "Depuis le jour" 6:08
- Gounod: Faust / Act 3 - No.14b Air des bijoux: "Ah! Je ris de me voir" 4:48
- Massenet: Manon / Act 3 - Je marche sur les chemins...Obéissons quand leur voix appelle) 6:14
- Dvořák: Gypsy Melodies, Op.55, No.4 - Songs My Mother Taught Me 2:24
- Flotow: Martha (opera in 4 Acts) / Act 2 - Last Rose of Summer 4:52
- Puccini: La Rondine / Act 1 - "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" 3:40
- Korngold: Die tote Stadt / Act 1 - Glück, das mir verblieb (Mariettalied) 5:59
- Orff: Carmina Burana / 3. Cour d'amours - "In trutina" 2:41
- R. Strauss: Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4 4:06
- Rachmaninov: Fourteen Songs, Op.34 - 14. Vocalise 5:38
- J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus / Act 2 - Nr.10 Csárdás: "Klänge der Heimat" 4:36
- Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - Vilja-Lied 5:57
- Cano: Luna - Epilogo 5:08
- Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne - 2. Bailero 7:09
Recording info
Release Date: February 10, 1998
Label: Decca
CD / Download: 1
ASIN: B0000042I6