Ren?e Fleming: Bel Canto
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Composer: Vincenzo BelliniOrchestra: Renee Fleming
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-08-27
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
- Bellini/La sonnambula: "Ah!..se una volta sola"
- Bellini/La sonnambula: "Ah!..non credea mirarti"
- Bellini/La sonnambula: "Ah! non giunge uman pensiero"
- Donizetti/Maria Padilla: "Abbracciami"
- Donizetti/Maria Padilla: "Il piu tenero suon d'arpa morende"
- Donizetti/Maria Padilla: "Ah! non sai qual prestigio si cela"
- Rossini/Semiramide: Introduzione
- Rossini/Semiramide: "Bel raggio lusinghier"
- Rossini/Semiramide: "Dolce pensiero di quell'istante"
- Bellini/Il pirata: Introduzione
- Bellini/Il pirata: "Ah! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi"
- Bellini/Il pirata: "Col sorriso d'innocenza"
- Bellini/Il pirata: "Oh sole! ti vela di tenebre oscure"
- Rossini/Armida: "D'Amor al dolce impero"
- Rossini/Armida: "Gli augei tra fronde e fronde"
- Rossini/Armida: "La fresca eta sen fugge"
- Rossini/Armida: "Ah! si, godete amanti"
- Donizetti/Lucrezia Borgia:"M'odi, ah m'odi, io non t'imploro"
- Donizetti/Lucrezia Borgia: "Figlio!...Figlio!...Ola, qualcuno!"
- Donizetti/Lucrezia Borgia: "Era desso il figlio mio"
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Hit: 4 Stars
The merits of Ren?e Fleming's prowess in the bel canto repertoire can be debated ad nauseum. I myself admit to having been skeptical before hearing the disc, but ended up loving it for its heartbreaking pathos, endless legato lines, and the daring (dare I say Caball?-like?) use of her chest voice.
My sole complaint with the disc is missing personnel. Kristine Jepson was engaged to sing with Fleming in the Maria Padilla scene, but sadly, no Gennaro or Elvino appear in the Lucrezia Borgia or La sonnambula excepts respectively (the absence of Rodolfo and Teresa is only a minor annoyance). I feel similarly annoyed when sopranos record the Act I finale of La traviata without an Alfredo. Though I realize this is through no fault of the artists, and is most likely the result of recording studios cutting corners, the absence of these roles to interact in the drama leaves the Borgia and Sonnambula scenes sorely lacking for this listener.
Ren?e Fleming: Bel Canto Poster
Surely Ren?e Fleming's soprano must be one of the most beautiful voices before the public today. Though renowned for her interpretations of Mozart, Strauss, and Verdi, as well as for her commitment to contemporary music, she says that the bel canto repertoire has always been central to her career. On this recording, which features scenes and arias from operas by Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini, she proves that she has achieved total, effortless technical mastery of the uniquely difficult vocal writing characteristic of the style. Every note is perfectly placed. Her runs, including scales over a huge range in both directions, are as clear and evenly paced as a chain of exquisite pearls. Her leaps always land in the center of the pitch. Her intonation is flawless.Fleming also displays her emotional affinity for the drama, pathos, and lyricism of the music and her ability to identify with her larger-than-life heroines. Chosen from familiar and unfamiliar operas, the music is beguilingly beautiful, ranging from peacefully pastoral to darkly menacing. However, some listeners may feel that Fleming's tendency to overinflect, overphrase, make long pauses, and put swells on long notes, especially in the slow arias, undercuts the music's simplicity and the directness of her expressive communication. The performances are based on the latest scholarly research into the "bel canto" style regarding historically correct ornamentation (only in repeats) and the problems of balancing textual fidelity with imaginative freedom. The Orchestra of St. Luke's gives splendid support, with outstanding solos, especially from the winds. --Edith Eisler
Bel Canto is Shrink Wrapped as a Strictly Limited Edition, with a Bonus Disc of Four Unreleased Tracks of Popular Favorites By: Bach, Handel, Mozart and Debussy
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