Showing posts with label Renée Fleming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Renée Fleming. Show all posts

Saturday, August 22, 2026

On this day in music history:

Rossini arias by Cecilia Bartoli (1989)
Massenet: Thaïs by Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Giuseppe Sabbatini & Yves Abel (2000)


Rossini arias
Album by Cecilia Bartoli,
released August 22, 1989.
Track list: L’Italiana In Algeri / Cruda Sorte! Amor Tiranno!; Pronti Abbiamo...Amici In Ogni Evento...Pensa Alla Patria; La Donna Del Lago / Mura Felici; Tancredi; Oh! Patria! ... Di Tanti Palpiti; Otello / Assisa A Piè D’un Salice; Stabat Mater / Fac Ut Portem; La Pietra Del Paragone; Se L’Itale Contrade ... Se Per Voi, Le Care, Io Torno; La Cenerentola / Nacqui All’affanno ... Non Più Mesta.


Massenet: Thaïs
Album by Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Giuseppe Sabbatini and Yves Abel,
released August 22, 2000.
Track list: Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Voici Le Pain ... Et Le Sel; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Le Voici ! Le Voici !; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Helas! Enfant Encore; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Ne Nous Melons Jamais, Mon Fils; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Vision/Honte ! Horreur !; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Toi Qui Mis La Pitie Dans Nos Ames; Acte Un, Premier Tableau: Mon Fils, Ne Nous Melons Jamais; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Prelude - Orchestre National bordeaux Aquitaine; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Va, Mendiant, Chercher Ailleurs Ta Vie !; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Voila Donc La Terrible Cite; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! ... Athanael, C’est Toi !; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! Je Vais Donc Te Revoir; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Garde-toi bien ! Voici Ta Terrible Ennemie !; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: C’est Thais, L’idole Fragile; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Quel Est Cet Etranger; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Qui Te Fait Si Severe; Acte Un, Deuxieme Tableau: Non ! Non ! Je Hais Vos Fausses Ivresses !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Ah ! Je Suis Seule, Seule Enfin !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Dis-moi Que Le Suis Belle; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Etranger, Te Voila, Comme Tu L’avais Dit !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Eh Bien ! Fais-moi Connaitre... Tout Cet Amour; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Je Suis Athanael, Moine D’Antinoe !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Je N’ai Pas Plus Choisi Mon Sort Que Ma Nature !; Acte Deux, Premier Tableau: Meditation Religieuse – Symphonie; Acte Deux, Deuxieme Tableau: Pere, Dieu M’a Parle Par Toi Voix !; Acte Deux, Deuxieme Tableau: Non Loin D’ici, Vers L’occident; Acte Deux, Deuxieme Tableau: Considere, O Mon Pere; Acte Deux, Deuxieme Tableau: Suivez-moi Tous, Amis !; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.1 Allegro Vivo; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.2 Melopee Orientale; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.3 Allegro Brillante; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.4 Allegretto Con Spirito; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.5 Mouvement De Valse; Acte Deux, Divertissement: Voila L’incomparable !/No.6 La Charmeuse; Acte Deux, Divertissement: No.7 Finale; Acte Deux, Divertissement: Eh ! C’est Lui ! Athanael !; Acte Deux, Divertissement: Il Dit Vrai !; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: L’ardent Soleil M’ecrase; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: Ah ! Des Gouttes De Sang Coulent De Ses Pieds Blancs; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: O Messager De Dieu, Si Bon Dans Ta Rudesse; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: Baigne D’eau Mes Mains Et Mes Levres; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: La Paix Du Seigneur Soit Avec Toi; Acte Trois, Premier Tableau: Mon Oeuvre Est Accomplie !; Acte Trois, Deuxieme Tableau: Que Le Ciel Est Pesant !; Acte Trois, Deuxieme Tableau: C’est Lui Qui Vient !; Acte Trois, Deuxieme Tableau: Qui Te Fait Si Severe; Acte Trois, Deuxieme Tableau: Thais Va Mourir !; Acte Trois, Troisieme Tableau: Seigneur, Ayez Pitie De Moi; Acte Trois, Troisieme Tableau: Sois Le Bienvenu Dans Nos Tabernacles; Acte Trois, Troisieme Tableau: C’est Toi, Mon Pere !

Friday, July 24, 2026

On this day in music history - Strauss: Four Last Songs, by Renée Fleming (2008):


Strauss: Four Last Songs

Album by Renée Fleming,
was released on July 24, 2008.

Track list:

Frühling; September; Beim Schlafengehen; Im Abendrot; Ach! Wo war ich? Tot? ...; Ein Schönes war; Es gibt ein Reich; Verführung, op. 33 no. 1; Freundliche Vision, op. 48 no. 1; Winterweihe, op. 48 no. 4; Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1; Zweite Brautnacht!; Eugene Onegin--Letter Scene; Rusalka--Song to the Moon; Otello--Willow Song...Ave Maria; Thaïs--Ah! Je suis seule...Dis-moi que je suis belle; Capriccio--Moonlight Music & Final Scene.

Saturday, June 27, 2026

On this day in music history:

Call of the Wild by Lee Aaron (1985)
These Days by Bon Jovi (1995)
Love Sublime by Renée Fleming and Brad Mehldau (2006)
Islands: Essential Einaudi by Ludovico Einaudi (2011)


Call of the Wild
Album by Lee Aaron,
released June 27, 1985.
Credits: Rock Me All Over; Runnin’ from the Fire; Champion; Barely Holdin’ on; Burnin’ Love; Line of Fire; Beat ‘Em Up; Paradise; Evil Game; Danger Zone; Hot to Be Rocked.


These Days
Album by Bon Jovi,
released June 27, 1995.
Credits: Hey God; Something for the Pain; This Ain’t a Love Song; These Days; Lie to Me; Damned; My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms; (It’s Hard) Letting You Go; Hearts Breaking Even; Something to Believe in; If That’s What It Takes; Diamond Ring.


Love Sublime
Album by Renée Fleming and Brad Mehldau,
Released June 27, 2006.
Credits: Your First Word Was Light; The Hour Is Striking so Close Above Me; I Love the Dark Hours of My Being; I Love You, Gentlest of Ways; No One Lives His Life; His Caring Is a Nightmare to Us; Extinguish My Eyes, I’ll Go on Seeing You; Tears in Sleep; Memory; A Tale; Love Sublime.


Islands: Essential Einaudi
Album by Ludovico Einaudi,
released June 27, 2011.
Credits: I Giorni; The Earth Prelude; Le Onde (The Waves); Nightbook; Divenire; Dietro Casa (Nearby Home); Fairytale; Nuvole Bianche (White Clouds); Passagio (Passage); Primavera (Spring); Nefeli; Questa Notte (Tonight); Berlin Song; Melodia Africana 3; High Heels; White Night; L’ Origine Nascosta (The Hidden Source); Love Is a Mystery; Monday; Lady Labyrinth; Solo; Ancora (Again); Andare (To Go); Eros; Indaco (Indigo); Fly; Oltremare (Ultramarine).

Monday, June 8, 2026

On this day in music history:

Paradise and Lunch by Ry Cooder (1974)
In a Reverie by Lacuna Coil (1999)
Dark Hope by Renée Fleming (2010)


Paradise and Lunch
Album by Ry Cooder,
released June 8, 1974.
Track list: Tamp ‘Em Up Solid; Tattler; Married A Man’s A Fool; Jesus On The Mainline; It’s All Over Now; Fool For A Cigarette / Feelin’ Good; If Walls Could Talk; Mexican Divorce; Ditty Wah Ditty.


In a Reverie
Album by Lacuna Coil,
released June 8, 1999.
Cover art for 2005 re-release:
Track list: Circle; Stately Lover; Honeymoon Suite; My Wings; To Myself I Turned; Cold; Reverie; Veins of Glass; Falling Again.


Dark Hope
Album by Renée Fleming,
released June 8, 2010.
Track list: Endlessly; No One’s Gonna Love You; Oxygen; Today; Intervention; With Twilight as My Guide; Mad World; In Your Eyes; Stepping Stone; Soul Meets Body; Hallelujah.

Sunday, May 10, 2026

On this day in music history:

Ives: Concord Sonata; Songs by Susan Graham (2004)
Haunted Heart by Renée Fleming (2005)
lovestrong by Christina Perri (2011)


Ives: Concord Sonata; Songs
Album by Susan Graham,
released May 10, 2004.
Piano: Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
Track list: The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Swimmers; Memories; Ann Street; Serenity; 1, 2, 3; Songs My Mother Taught Me; The Circus Band; The Cage; The Indians; Like a Sick Eagle; Remembrance; September; Soliloquy; A Farewell to Land; Thoreau; Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass; Emerson; Hawthorne; The Alcotts; Thoreau.


Haunted Heart
Album by Renée Fleming,
released May 10, 2005.
Track list: Haunted Heart; River; When Did You Leave Heaven?; You’ve Changed; Answer Me; My Cherie Amour; In My Life; The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress; Wozzeck/The Midnight Sun; Liebst du um Schönheit; My One And Only Love/This Is Always; Canção do Amor; Psyché; Hard Times Come Again No More.


lovestrong
Album by Christina Perri,
released May 10, 2011.
Track list: Bluebird; Arms; Bang Bang Bang; Distance; Jar of Hearts; Mine; Interlude; Penguin; Miles; The Lonely; Sad Song; Tragedy; [CD-ROM Track] [Multimedia Track].

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

On this day in music history:

By a Wire by Jennifer DeFrayne (2014)
Renée Fleming Sings Rosmonda D’Inghilterra by Renée Fleming (2015)


By a Wire
Album by Jennifer DeFrayne,
released April 29, 2014.
Track list: Sunrise to Sunset; Calling Angels; By a Wire; Hope Float; Summer Reunion; Once in a Lifetime; I ll See You There; Mexican Daydream; Letting Go; Clear Night.


Renée Fleming Sings Rosmonda D’Inghilterra
Album by Renée Fleming,
was released on April 29, 2015.
Track list: Volgon re lune...ahi lassa!; Perché non ho del vento; Torna, torna or caro oggetto; Deh! Ti arresta!; Vieni meco, ed un ritiro; E desso! E il perfido; E dessa: alfin la perfida; Tace ognun! nessun risponde?; Primiero io giungo; Si, son io; Giurato il sacrifizio; Giurasti un dì...rammentalo; Concedo un breve istante; Ma il tempo vola; Io fuggir; Senza pace, senza speme.

Friday, April 3, 2026

On this day in music history:

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel (1968)
La Cenerentola (1996)
Night Songs by Renée Fleming and Jean-Yves Thibaudet (2001)


Bookends
Album by Simon & Garfunkel,
released April 3, 1968.
Track list: Bookends Theme; Save the Life of My Child; America; Overs; Voices of Old People; Old Friends; Bookends Theme (Reprise); Fakin’ It; Punky’s Dilemma; Mrs. Robinson (From “The Graduate” Soundtrack); A Hazy Shade of Winter; At the Zoo; You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies; Old Friends (Demo).


An episode of the Great Performances TV series.
Directed by Brian Large.
Written by Jacopo Ferretti and Charles Perrault.
Released in the United States on April 3, 1996.
Music by Gioachino Rossini.
Cast: Cecilia Bartoli, Enzo Dara, Raúl Giménez, Alessandro Corbelli, Michele Pertusi, Laura Knoop, Jill Grove, Bruno Campanella, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Spiro Winsett.


Night Songs
Album by Renée Fleming and Jean-Yves Thibaudet,
released April 3, 2001.
Track list: Debussy: Mandoline; Debussy: Apparition; Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 - La Flûte de Pan; Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 - La Chevelure; Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 - Le Tombeau des Naiades; Marx: Nocturne; Marx: Nachtgebet; Marx: Selige Nacht; Marx: Pierrot Dandy; R. Strauss: Ruhe, meine Seele, Op. 27, No. 1; R. Strauss: Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69, No. 5; R. Strauss: Leises Lied, Op. 39, No. 1; R. Strauss: Leise Lieder, Op. 41a, No. 5; R. Strauss: Caecilie, Op. 27, No. 2; Rachmaninoff: Zdes’ khorosho, Op. 21, No. 7; Rachmaninoff: V molchani nochi taynoy, Op. 4, No. 3; Rachmaninoff: The Waterlily, Op. 8, No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Dreams, Op. 38, No. 5; Rachmaninoff: These Summer Nights, Op. 14, No. 5; Rachmaninoff: Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4, No. 4.

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

On this day in music history:

Dreamflight by Herb Ernst (1986)
Dreamflight II by Herb Ernst (1987)
Dreamflight III by Herb Ernst (1990)
Bringers of the Dawn by Herb Ernst (1996)
Diamond Soul by Herb Ernst (2012)
The Schubert Album Renée Fleming and Christoph Eschenbach (1997)
Atmospheres by Rudy Adrian (2014)
The Long Goodbye by Laura Sullivan (2021)


Dreamflight
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 1986.
Track list: Awakening Stars; Candlelighting; Sea Quest; Liquid Indigo; Celestial Descent; Celestial Ascent; Voyage into Silence; (a) The Voyager; (b) The Silence; (c) The Return.


Dreamflight II
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 1987.
Track list: Gaia's Song; Galaxy Delight; The Crystal Forest; Ancient Castles, Secret Mists; The Light of Forever; Midnight Ocean Reflections; Silver Aura; The Healing; Shannons Song.


Dreamflight III
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 1990.
Track list: The Enchanted Dance; Crystal Echos; Prima Materia; Song of the Rose; Accension; The Freedom of Forgiveness; Shimmering Wings; The Monastery; Song of the Soul.


Bringers of the Dawn
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 1996.
Track list: Stardust and Moonlight; Moonchild; Joey's Angel; Song of the Inner Child; Hilde Hope; Mooncradle in Dreamland; Unicorn Dreamride; Gentle Moment; Hilde Hope Reprise; Angel's Birth; Brahm's Lullaby.


Diamond Soul
Album by Herb Ernst,
released March 11, 2012.
Track list: Celestial Vespers; Forever Rapture; Angel Passion, Angel Prayer; Into the Sacred; Heaven's Child; Memories of Innocence; Redemption; Your Golden Soul; The Gift of Grace; Merciful Power.


The Schubert Album
by Renée Fleming and Christoph Eschenbach,
released March 11, 1997.
Track list: Heidenroslein, D257; Die Forelle, D550; An Die Nachtigall, D 497; Im Fruhling, D882; Die Junge Nonne, D 828; Nacht Und Traume, D827; Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen, D774; Ave Maria, D839; Fruhlingsglaube, D686; Gretchen Am Spinnrade, D118; Du Bist Die Ruh', D776; Der Tod Und Das Madchen, D531; Viola, D786; Die Manner Sind Mechant!, D866.


Atmospheres
Album by Rudy Adrian,
released March 11, 2014.
Track list: Apple Tree Bay; Atmospheres; Willow Bank; Blue Horizon; Through a Cave into Another World; Amber Skies; Beyond the Silver River; The Temple on an Island; Dreams of SUBAntarctica.


The Long Goodbye
Instrumental track by Laura Sullivan,
released March 11, 2021.

Friday, February 20, 2026

On this day in music history - Poèmes, by Renée Fleming (2012):


Poèmes

Album by Renée Fleming,
released February 20, 2012.

Track list:

Messiaen: Poemes pour mi - 7. Les deux guerriers; Messiaen: Poemes pour mi - 8. Le collier; Messiaen: Poemes pour mi - 9. Prière exaucée; Dutilleux: Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou - Il n'y avait que des troncs dechirés...; Dutilleux: Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou - J'ai revé que je vous portais entre mes bras...; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge - Le temps l'horloge; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge - Le masque; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge - Le dernier poème; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge – Interlude; Dutilleux: Le temps l'horloge - Envirez-vous; Renée Fleming - Poèmes - Ravel, Messiaen, Dutilleux.

Sunday, February 15, 2026

On this day in music history - New Year's Eve Concert 2010, by Renée Fleming ... (2011):


New Year's Eve Concert 2010

Album by Renée Fleming, Christopher Maltman, Christian Thielemann and Staatskapelle Dresden
released February 15, 2011.
Recorded December 31, 2010.

Track list:

Introduction: Ladies and gentlemen; Ball music; Performance song: O Vaterland... There go I went to Maxim; Final 1: Women's Choice... O come, oh come, you ball sirens; Gold and Silber, Waltz, Op. 79; The Merry Widow (excerpts); Introduction, Dance and Vilja-Lied: I beg you to linger here now... There lived a Vilya; Marching septet: How women are treated?... Yes, the study of women is difficult; Game Scene and dance duet; Duet and Romance: My Friend, Reason... Like a Rosebud; Final 2: To the wedding, beautiful woman... There were two King's children; Entr'acte and Interlude; Dance scene; Chanson and reminiscence: Yes, it is we, the grisettes; Duet: Lips are silent; Final song: Yes, that The study of women is difficult; I feel pretty; The Land of Smiles; Yours is my whole heart; On the Elbe, Waltz, Op. 477.

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

On this day in music history:

Under the Stars by Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel (2003)
Process Of Being by Zero Ohms (2014)


Under the Stars
Album by Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel,
released February 11, 2003.
Track list: "Not While I'm Around" (From Sweeney Todd By Stephen Sondheim); "Moonfall" (From the Mystery of Edwin Drood By R. Holmes); "I Don't Remember You the Happy Tim" and "Sometimes a Day Goes By" (From Woman of the Year By Kander & Ebb); "All the Love I Have" (from The Beautiful Game by Ben Elton & Andrew Lloyd Webber); "I Wish I Could Forget You / Loving You" (From Passion By Stephen Sondheim); "Stars" (From Les Misirables By Boublil & Schvnberg); "All I Ask of You" (From the Phantom of the Opera By Andrew Lloyd Webber); "Hello, Young Lovers" (From the King and I By Rodgers & Hammerstein); "Pretty Women" (From Sweeney Todd By Stephen Sondheim); "Aimer" (From Romio Et Juliette By Presgurvic); "All the Wasted Time" (From Parade By J. Brown); "Seventy-Six Trombones" (From the Music Man By Willson); "How Could I Ever Know" (From the Secret Garden By Simon and Norman); "So in Love" (From Kiss Me Kate By Cole Porter); "Wheels of a Dream" (From Ragtime By Ahrens & Flaherty).


Process Of Being
Album by Zero Ohms,
released on February 11, 2014.
Track list: The Present Perfect Tense of Being; The Approach of Nothingness; Glimpsing the Eternal; The Dream Dreaming You; The Process of Being There; Nameless.

Monday, February 2, 2026

On this day in music history - Star Crossed Lovers, by Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming (1999):


Star Crossed Lovers

Album by Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming,
released February 2, 1999.

Track list:

West Side Story: Prologue; West Side Story: Tonight; West Side Story: Rumble; West Side Story: Somewhere; Faust: Il se fait tard...O nuit d'amour; El dia que me quieras; Quisiera verte y no verte; Jota castellana; Otello: Gia nella notte densa; In a Sentimental Mood; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; Prelude to a Kiss; Das Land des Lachelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz; Die lustige Witwe: Lippen schweigen.

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

On this day in music history:

The Beautiful Voice by Renée Fleming (1998)
Mission (2013)
Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway by Renée Fleming (2014)
Connections by Sherry Finzer (2022)
Clouds Below by 2002 (2023)


The Beautiful Voice
Album by Renée Fleming
with Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra,
released January 7, 1998.
Track list: Depuis le jour (Louise); Jewl song (Faust); Gavotte (Manon); Songs my mother taught me (Gypsy melodies); The last rose (Martha); Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine); Mariettas Lied (Die tote Stadt); In trutina (Carmina Burana); Morgen!; Vocalise; Csardas (Die Fledermaus); Vilja-Lied (Die lustige Witwe); Epilogo (Luna); Bailero (Chants d’Auvergne).


Mission
Directed by Olivier Simonnet.
Cast: Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Franck Delage.
Released January 7, 2013.


Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway
Album by Renée Fleming,
with Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Klaus Florian Vogt,
released January 7, 2014.
Track list: Lincke: Frau Luna: Berliner Luft (Live); Gershwin: Pardon My English: The Loreley (Live); Gershwin: Strike Up The Band: Overture (Live); Bernstein: West Side Story: Maria (Live); F. Loewe: My Fair Lady: I Could Have Danced All Night (Live); Weill: One Touch Of Venus: Foolish Heart (Live); Bernstein: West Side Story: Tonight (Live); Tauber: Der singende Traum: Du bist die Welt für mich (Live); Gershwin: Lady Be Good: Fascinating Rhythm (Live); Berlin: Annie, Get Your Gun: Anything You Can Do (Live); Tonight - Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway (Live).


Connections
Album by Sherry Finzer,
released January 7, 2022.
Track list: Peace at Home; Through the Veil; Red Hawk Hill; A New Day; Connections; Bella’s Moon; Highland Waterfall; Wind Spirit; Ever Same; Greatest Blessings; The Crossing Place; Journey With Spirit.


Clouds Below
Album by 2002,
released January 7, 2023.
Track list: Soulmate; Glimmering Hope; Landing; City Blue; First Light of Dawn; The Flight Home; Clouds Below; Air and Light; Riding the Current; Everyday Miracles.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

On this day in music history - Distant Light, by Renée Fleming (2017):


Distant Light

Album by Renée Fleming,
was released on January 6, 2017.

Track list:

Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op.24; Hillborg: 1. Black Sea [The Strand Settings]; Hillborg: 2. Dark Harbor XX [The Strand Settings]; Hillborg: 3. Dark Harbor XXXV [The Strand Settings]; Hillborg: 4. Dark Harbor XI [The Strand Settings]; Sigurdsson, Guðmundsdóttir: Virus; Sigurdsson, Guðmundsdóttir: Joga; Guðmundsdóttir: All Is Full of Love.

Monday, December 22, 2025

On this day in music history - A Streetcar Named Desire, by Renée Fleming ... (1998):


A Streetcar Named Desire

Album by Renée Fleming, Elizabeth Futral, Rodney Gilfry, Anthony Dean Griffey, San Francisco Opera and André Previn,
released December 22, 1998.

Track list:

Act One, Scene 1: They Told Me To Take A Streetcar Named Desire - Renee Fleming / Judith Forst; Act One, Scene 1: Blanche! / Stella! Oh Stella! - Elizabeth Futral / Renee Fleming; Act One, Scene 1: I Can Hardly Stand It - Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 1: You Left! I Stayed And I Struggled! - Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 1: I... I... I...Took The Blows On My Face - Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 1: Hey Mitch! Come Back Here - Rodney Gilfry / Mathew Lord / Anthony Dean Griffey / Judith Forst; Act One, Scene 1: You Must Be Stanley. I’m Blanche - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 2: Hiyah, Sweetheart - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 2: Let Me Enlighten You On A Point Or Two - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 2: Hello Stanley. Do You Mind? - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 2: Here! There Are Thousands Of Papers - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 3: Well, I Ought To Be Getting Home - Anthony Dean Griffey / Rodney Gilfry / Mathew Lord / Elizabeth Futral / Renee Fleming; Act One, Scene 3: Yes? Oh, Hello - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral / Mathew Lord; Act One, Scene 3: Stella! / Stanely, That’s My... What Are You Doing - Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral / Rodney Gilfry / Mathew Lord / Anthony Dean Griffey / Judith Forst; Act One, Scene 3: Hmmm...  / Stella? Stella? - Elizabeth Futral / Renee Fleming; Act Two, Prologue - Orch Of The San Francisco Oper / Andre Previn; Act Two, Scene 1: Say, Blanche... Do You Happen To know - Rodney Gilfry / Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral; Act Two, Scene 1: Soft People Have Got To Shimmer And Glow - Renee Fleming; Act Two, Scene 1: Ah Me... Ah Me... Come In - Renee Fleming / Jeffrey Lentz; Act Two, Scene 1: Don’t You Love These Rainy Afternoons? - Renee Fleming / Jeffrey Lentz; Act Two, Scene 1: What’s The Time? Come On, Mitch - Renee Fleming; Act Two, Scene 2: Fraid You Didn’t Have Much Fun - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Two, Scene 2: I Work Out With The Weights - Anthony Dean Griffey / Renee Fleming; Act Two, Scene 2: Blanche... How Old Are You? - Anthony Dean Griffey / Renee Fleming; Act Two, Scene 2: I’m Not A Boy, She Says - Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Two, Scene 2: He Was A Boy When I Was A Very Young Girl - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Three: Prologue - Orch Of The San Francisco Oper / Andre Previn; Act Three, Scene 1: (Humming) / What’s All This For? - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: You Should Just Know The Line - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral / Renee Fleming; Act Three, Scene 1: What Time Is It? - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: Stanley, Tell Us A Joke - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: ‘Stell, It’s Gonna Be All Right - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: Yes... Don’t Light These Pretty, Pretty Little Candles - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: Me And You When We First Met - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 2: Who Is It, Please? - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Three, Scene 2: It’s Dark In Here - Anthony Dean Griffey / Renee Fleming; Act Three, Scene 2: Real! Who Wants Real? - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Three, Scene 2: I Don’t Mind Your Being Older - Anthony Dean Griffey / Renee Fleming / Josepha Gayer; Act Three, Scene 3: How About Taking A Swim - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry; Act Three, Scene 3: Take A Look At Yourself - Rodney Gilfry / Renee Fleming; Act Three, Scene 3: Operator, Operator, Give Me Long Distance - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry; Act Three, Scene 3: Interlude - Orch Of The San Francisco Opera / Andre Previn; Act Three, Scene 4: Damn Your Luck - Mathew Lord / Rodney Gilfry / Anthony Dean Griffey / Judith Forst / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 4: I’ll Wear The Cool Yellow Silk - Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral / Judith Forst / Rodney Gilfry; Act Three, Scene 4: I Can Smell The Sea Air - Renee Fleming; Act Three, Scene 4: That Must Be Them - Judith Forst / Rodney Gilfry / Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral / Lynne Soffer / Anthony Dean Griffey...; Act Three, Scene 4: These Fingernails Need To Be Trimmed - Lynne Soffer / Ray Reinhardt / Renee Fleming.

Sunday, November 16, 2025

On this day in music history - Renée Fleming: Greatest Moments At The MET (2022):


Renée Fleming: Greatest Moments At The MET

Album by Renée Fleming,
released November 16, 2022.

Track list:

* Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro K.492 (Title, Not a Track); 1. Act III: “E Susanna Non Vien; 2. Act III:... Dove Sono I Bei Momenti”; 3. Act III: “Cosa Mi Narri!”; 4. Act III: “Sull’aria... Che Soave Zeffiretto”; * Verdi: Otello (Title, Not a Track); 5. Act IV: “Era Più Calmo?”; 6. Act IV: “Piangea Cantando” (Willow Song); 7. Act IV: “Ave Maria, Piena Di Grazia”; 8. Act III: “Das War Sehr Gut, Mandryka”; * Britten: Peter Grimes Op.33 (Title, Not a Track); 9. Act III: “Embroidery in Childhood Was a Luxury of Idleness”; * Charpentier: Louise; 10. Act III: “Depuis Le Jour”; 11. Act IV: “Alerte! Alerte! Ou Vous Êtes Perdus!”; 12. Act I: “Msíku Na Nebi Hlubokém” (Song to the Moon); 13. Act III: “Obéissons Quand Leur Voix Appelle”; 14. Act III: “Toi! Vous!”; 15. Act III: “N’est-Ce Plus Ma Main Que Cette Main Presse”; 22 * Floyd: Susannah (Title, Not a Track); 1. Act I: “Ain’t It a Pretty Night!”; 2. Act II: “That’s Mighty Pretty Singin’, Susannah”; Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Op.59; 3. Act III: “Marie Theres’!” 5.33; * Mozart: Don Giovanni K.527 (Title, Not a Track); 4. Act II: “Crudele? Ah No, Mio Bene!; 5. Act II:... Non Mi Dir, Bell’idol Mio”; 6. Act II: “Col Sorriso D’innocenza”; * Verdi: La Traviata (Title, Not a Track); 7. Act II: “Ah! Dite Alla Giovine”; 8. Act II: “Imponete - Non Amarlo Ditegli”; 9. Act III: “Mio Caro Bene”; * Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; 10. Act III: “O! Kak Mnye Tyazhelo!”; 11. Act III: “Onegin! Ya Togda Molozhe”; * Massenet: Thaïs; 12 Act II: “Ah Je Suis Seule; 13 Act II:... Dis-Moi Que Je Suis Belle”; * Rossini: Armida; 14. Act III: “Dove Son Io?... Fuggi!”; 15. Act III: “È Ver... Gode Quest’anima”; 16. Act II: “Hello, Here’s a Soldier Bold”; * Korngold: Die Tote Stadt Op.12 (Title, Not a Track); 17. Act I: “GLÜCK, Das Mir Verblieb” (Marietta’s Lied).

Monday, November 3, 2025

On this day in music history: Christmas in New York, by Renée Fleming (2014):


Christmas in New York

Album by Renée Fleming,
released November 3, 2014.

Track list:

Winter Wonderland, with Wynton Marsalis; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, with Gregory Porter; Silver Bells, with Kelli O Hara; Merry Christmas Darling, with Chris Botti; Christmas Waltz; Who Knows Where the Time Goes, with Brad Mehldau; Sleigh Ride, with Wynton Marsalis; Snowbound, with Kurt Elling; In the Bleak Midwinter, with Rufus Wainwright; Central Park Serenade, with Gregory Porter; The Man with the Bag; Love and Hard Times, with Brad Mehldau; Still, Still, Still, with Kurt Elling.

Thursday, October 16, 2025

On this day in music history - Handel: Alcina, by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie (2001):


Handel: Alcina

Album by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie,
released October 16, 2001.

Track list:

Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sinfonia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: È gelosia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sì, son quella!; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Tornami a vagheggiar; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ama, sospira; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ah! mio cor!; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Verdi prati; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ombre pallide; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sinfonia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sta nell’Ircana; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Mi restano le lagrime; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Non è amor, nè gelosia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Dall’orror di notte cieca.

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

On this day in music history: Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene, by Renée Fleming & Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2021):


Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene

Album by Renée Fleming & Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
released October 8, 2021.

Track list:

Evening; No. 1, Prison; No.9, Les Etoile; No.5, L’heure Exquise; No.2, en Sourdine; Reve D’amour, Op. 5 No.2; S’il Est Un Charmant Garson; Endless Space; No.1, Les Berceaux; No.1, Au Bord de L’eau; L’enamouree; Ober Allen Gipfein Ist Ruh, S. 306; No.3, Lauf Der Welt; No.5, Zur Rosenzeit; No.6, Ein Traum; Aurora Borealis.

Saturday, October 4, 2025

On this day in music history - Rossini: Armida, by Renée Fleming & Daniele Gatti (1994):


Rossini: Armida

Album by Renée Fleming & Daniele Gatti,
released October 4, 1994.

Track list:

Sinfonia - Renee Fleming; Act I: No. 1 Introduzione: Lieto, ridente oltre l’usato (Chorus); Ah! no: sia questo (Donald Kaasch); Arditi, all’ire (Donald Kaasch, Chorus); Recitativo: Si, guerrieri (Donald Kaasch); No. 2 Coro di Paladini: Germano, a te richiede (Carlo Bosi, Donald Kaasch, Chorus); Recitativo: Signor, tanto il tuo nome (Renée Fleming, Donald Kaasch, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Carlo Bosi); No. 3 Quartetto: Sventurata! or che mi resta (Renée Fleming, Donald Kaasch, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Carlo Bosi, Chorus); Or che faro? (Donald Kaasch, Renée Fleming, Carlo Bosi, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Chorus); German, se togli al campo (Carlo Bosi, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Donald Kaasch, Renée Fleming, Chorus); Per me propizio il fato (Renée Fleming, Carlo Bosi, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Donald Kaasch, Chorus); Recitativo: Cedei, guerrieri, e ver (Donald Kaasch); Opportuna e la scelta (Carlo Bosi, Jeffrey Francis, Renée Fleming, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo); No. 4 Aria: Non soffriro l’offesa (Jeffrey Francis); E questi son gli allori (Jeffrey Francis); Viva Rinaldo! (Chorus, Jeffrey Francis); Recitativo: Sorte ci arride (Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Renée Fleming); Principessa, sei tu! (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); No. 5 Duetto: Armor...possente nome! (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Vacilla a quegli accenti (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Ah! non poss’io resitere (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Recitativo: Ecco il guerriero, il duce (Jeffrey Francis, Gregory Kunde, Chorus); No. 6 Finale primo: Se pari agli accenti (Gregory Kunde, Jeffrey Francis, Renée Fleming, Chorus); Che terribile momento! (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Chorus); Deh! se cara a te son io (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde); Vieni, o duce, punisci l’errote (Chorus, Renée Fleming, Donald Kaasch, Gregory Kunde); Amica la sorte/Un astro di sangue (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Donald Kaasch, Chorus); Act II: No. 7 Coro di Furie: Alla voce d’Armida possente (Chorus); Recitativo: Sovr’umano potere (Sergey Zadvorny); No. 8 Coro: Di ferro e fiamme cinti (Chorus, Sergey Zadvorny); No. 9 Duetto: Dove son io! (Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Recitativo: Mio ben, questa che premi (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde); No. 10 Finale secondo: No; d’Amor la reggia e questa (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Chorus); Canzoni amorose (Chorus); D’Amore al dolce impero (Renée Fleming, Chorus); Ballo: Marziale; Andante; Allegro moderato; Vivace - Tutto spira d’Armida all’aspetto (Chorus); Act III: No. 11 Duetto: Come l’auretto placide (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); Recitativo: Oh quanto, amico (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); No. 12 Coro di Ninfe: T’inganni - Qui tutto e calma (Bruce Fowler, Jorio Zennaro, Chorus); Recitativo: Fuggite, inferni mostri (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); No. 13 Duetto: Soavi catene (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde); Recitativo: O mio Rinaldo (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde); Amico, inoltra il pie (Jorio Zennaro, Gregory Kunde, Bruce Fowler); No. 14 Terzetto: In quale aspetto imbelle (Gregory Kunde, Bruce Fowler, Jorio Zennaro); Vedi qual reo governo (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler, Gregory Kunde); Unitevi a gara (Gregory Kunde, Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); Recitativo: Dov’e...dove si cela? (Renée Fleming); Sia lode al ciel (Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler, Gregory Kunde, Renée Fleming); Ed e pur vero? (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); No. 15 Finale terzo: Se al mio crudel (Renée Fleming, Gregory Kunde, Jorio Zennaro, Bruce Fowler); Dove son io?...Fuggi! (Renée Fleming); E’ ver...gode quest anima (Renée Fleming, Chorus).