On this day in music history:

Sacred Songs by Renée Fleming (2005)

Peace Meal by Carolyn Wonderland (2011)

Sacred Songs

Album by Renée Fleming,

released September 27, 2005.

Track list: Ave Maria; Jesu bleibet meine Freude; Dank sei dir, Herr; Ave Maria, D839; Laudamus te; Panis Angelicus; Air: “He shall feed his Flock”; Simple Song; Pie Jesu; Domine Deus; Laudate Dominum omnes gentes; Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion; Abends will ich schlafen gehn; L’Adieu des bergers; Mariä Wiegenlied, Op.76/52; Amazing Grace.

Peace Meal

Album by Carolyn Wonderland,

released September 27, 2011.

Track list: What Good Can Drinkin’ Do; Victory of Flying; Only God Knows When; St. Marks; Golden Stairs; Dust My Broom; I Can Tell; Usurper; No Exception; Meet Me in the Morning; Two Trains; Shine on.

On this day in music history:

Renée Fleming by Renée Fleming and Charles Mackerras (2000)

Mahler: Symphony No. 4; Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder by Renée Fleming… (2005)

Dark Passion Play by Nightwish (2007)

Renée Fleming

Album by Renée Fleming and Charles Mackerras,

released September 26, 2000.

Track list: Puccini: _: Puccini: Quando m’en vo (Musetta’s Waltz song) [La Bohème]; Puccini: _: Puccini: Signore, ascolta [Turandot]; Leoncavallo: _: Leoncavallo: Stridono lassù [Pagliacci]; Cilea: _: Cilèa: Io son l’umile ancella [Adriana Lecouvreur]; Catalani: _: Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana [La Wally]; Massenet: _: Massenet: Je suis encore [Manon]; Massenet: _: Massenet: Adieu, notre petite table [Manon]; Bizet: _: Bizet: Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante (Micaela’s aria) [Carmen]; Gounod: _: Gounod: Ah, je veux vivre [Roméo et Juliette]; Verdi: _: Verdi: Come in quest’ora bruna [Simon Boccanegra]; Bellini: _: Bellini: Casta Diva [Norma]; Verdi: _: Verdi: Merci, jeunes amies (Mercè, dilette amiche) [I vespri siciliani].

Mahler: Symphony No. 4; Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder

Album by Renée Fleming, Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,

released September 26, 2005.

Track list: Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - II. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast (Live); Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio (Live); Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - IV. Wir geniessen die Himmlischen Freuden. Sehr behaglich (Live); Berg: 7 frühe Lieder (1928 Orch. Version) - No. 1, Nacht (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin, 2005); Berg: 7 frühe Lieder (1928 Orch. Version) - No. 2, Schilflied (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin, 2005); Berg: 7 frühe Lieder (1928 Orch. Version) - No. 3, Die Nachtigall (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin, 2005); Berg: 7 frühe Lieder (1928 Orch. Version) - No. 4, Traumgekrönt (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin, 2005); Berg: 7 frühe Lieder (1928 Orch. Version) - No. 5, Im Zimmer (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin, 2005); Berg: 7 frühe Lieder (1928 Orch. Version) - No. 6, Liebesode (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin, 2005); Berg: 7 frühe Lieder (1928 Orch. Version) - No. 7, Sommertage (Live at Philharmonie, Berlin, 2005).

Dark Passion Play

Album by Nightwish,

released September 26, 2007.

Track list: The Poet and the Pendulum; Bye Bye Beautiful; Amaranth; Cadence of Her Last Breath; Master Passion Greed; Eva; Sahara; Whoever Brings the Night; For the Heart I Once Had; The Islander; Last of the Wilds; 7 Days to the Wolves; Meadows of Heaven; Escapist.

On this day in music history:

Visions of Love: Mozart Arias by Renée Fleming & Charles Mackerras (1996)

Guilty Pleasures by Renée Fleming & Sebastian Lang-Lessing (2013)

Visions of Love: Mozart Arias

Album by Renée Fleming and Charles Mackerras,

released September 17, 1996.

Track list: Le nozze di Figaro: Giunse alfin il momento...Deh, vieni; Don Giovanni: In quali eccessi...Mi tradi; Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: Ach, ich liebte, war so glucklich; Il re pastore: L’amero, saro costante - Renee Fleming/Krista Bennion Feeney; Die Zauberflote: Ach, ich fuhl’s, es ist verschwunden; La finta giardiniera: Geme la Tortorella; La finta giardiniera: Crudeli, fermate, crudeli, oh Dio! fermate-; La finta giardiniera: Ah, dal pianto, dal singhiozzo; Zaide: Ruhe sanft; Il sogno di Scipione: Lieve son al par del vento; Le nozze di Figaro: Giunse alfin il momento...Al desio; Con aria, K383: Nehmt meinen Dank.

Guilty Pleasures

Album by Renée Fleming and Sebastian Lang-Lessing,

released September 17, 2013.

Track list: Berlioz: Les nuits d’été, Op. 7: 1. Villanelle; Duparc: Phidylé; Refice: Ombra di nube; Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas: 5. Nana; Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas: 6. Canción; Tchaikovsky: Undina: Undina’s Aria; Rachmaninoff: Sumerki (Twilight), Op. 21, No. 3; Delibes: Les Filles de Cadix; Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1: “Sous le dôme épais” (Flower Duet); Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne: 7. La Delaissado; Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne: 13. Malurous qu’o uno Fenno; Dvořák: Armida: “Za Štíhlou Gazelou”; Smetana: The Kiss (Hubicka) - Opera in 2 Acts: Lullaby; J. Strauss II: Walzer aus Wien: “Frag mich oft”; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: V. Träume; Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles / Act II: “Once There Was A Golden Bird”; Traditional: “O Danny Boy”.

On this day in music history:

Mozart: Don Giovanni by Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming & Georg Solti (1997)

An Italian Songbook by Cecilia Bartoli (1997)

By Request by Renée Fleming (2003)

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs by Renée Fleming & Christian Thielemann (2008)

Whispers from Silence by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2016)

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Album by Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming and Georg Solti,

released September 16, 1997.

Track list: Don Giovanni: Overture - London PO/Sir Georg Solti; Don Giovanni: Act One: Notte E Giorno Faticar (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Leporello, Ove Sei (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ma Qual Mai S’offre, O Dei (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Orsu, Spicciati Presto (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ah Chi Mi Dice Mai (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Chi E la (Stelle Che Vedo) - (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni) - Ann Murray/Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Madamina, Il Catalogo E Questo (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Giovinette Che Fate All’amore (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act One: Manco Male, E Partita (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ho Capito, Signor Si! (Masetto) - Roberto Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act One: Alfin Siam Liberati (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: La CI Darem la Mano (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Fermati, Scellerato (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ah Fuggi Il Traditor (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Mi Par Ch’oggi Ol Demonio Si Diverta (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Non Ti Fidar, O Misera (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Don Ottavio, Son Mortal (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Or Sai Chi L’onore (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Come Mai Creder Deggio Dalla Sua Pace (Don Ottavio) - Herbert Lippert; Don Giovanni: Act One: Lo Deggio Ad Ogni Patto (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Finch’han Dal Vino (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Masetto, Senti Un Po’ (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act One: Batti, Batti O Bel Masetto (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act One: (Guarda Un Po’ Come Seppe Questa Strega Sedurmi) (Masetto) - Roberto Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act One: (Presto, Presto, Pria Ch’ei Venga) (Masetto) - Roberto Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act One: Bisogna Aver Coraggio (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act One: Protegga Il Giusto Cielo (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act One: Riposate, Vezzose Ragazze! (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act One: Venite Pur Avanti (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act One: Ecco Il Birbo Che T’ha Offesa (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Eh Via, Buffone (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Leporello!... Signor? (Don Giovanni, Leporello) - Bryn Terfel/Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ah! Taci, Ingiusto Core (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Amico Che Ti Par? (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Deh Vieni Alla Finestra (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: V’e Gente Alla Finestra! (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Meta Di Voi Qua Vadano (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Zitto Lascia Ch’io Senta (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Vedrai Carino (Zerlina) - Monica Groop; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Di Molte Faci Il Lume (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Sola Sola in Buio Loco (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: (Mille Torbidi Pensieri) (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Dunque Quello Sei Tu Ah Pieta Signori Miei (Zerlina, Leporella) - Monica Groop/Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ferma Perfido Germa (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Il Mio Tesoro Intanto (Don Ottavio) - Herbert Lippert; Don Giovanni: Act Two: In Quali Eccessi O Numi (Dona Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Mi Tradi Quell’alma Ingrata (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah! Questa E Buona! (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: O Statua Gentillissima (Leporello) - Michele Pertusi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Calmatevi Idol Mio (Don Ottavio) - Herbert Lippert; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Crudele?... Non Mi Dir (Donna Anna) - Renee Fleming; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Gia la Mensa E Preparata (Don Giovanni) - Bryn Terfel; Don Giovanni: Act Two: L’ultima Prova Dell’amor Mio (Donna Elvira) - Ann Murray; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Don Giaovanni a Venar Teco (Il Commendatore) - Mario Luperi; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Ah Dov’e Il Perfido? (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto) - Fleming/Murray/Groop/Lippert/Scaltriti; Don Giovanni: Act Two: Questo E Il Fin Di Chi Fa Mal! (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira) - Renee Fleming/Ann Murray.

An Italian Songbook

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released September 16, 1997.

Track list: Aragonese; Lovely Moon, Your Silver Light; The Boatman; Ah! Remember, Lovely Irene; Abandonment; Now Adorned With Flowers; Meloncholy, Gracious Nymph; Love And Death; Bolero; The Distaff; The Fervent Desire; Charming Phillis, Come Back; Go, Lucky Rose; Sorrowful Likeness Of My Phyllis; Little Butterfly; To My Mother; For Pity’s Sake, My Godess; I Want To Build A House; The Exile; The Dance.

By Request

Album by Renée Fleming,

Released September 16, 2003.

Track list: O Mio Babbino Caro; Ebben?... Ne Andro Lontana; Porgi, Amor; Come Scoglio; Casta Diva; E Strano... Ah Fors E Lui... Sempre Libera; Un Bel Di Vedremo; Je Marche Sur Tous Les Chemins... Gavotte; Mesicku Na Nebi Hlubokem (O Silver Moon); Vocalise; Cacilie; Marietta’s Lied; Summertime; Bachianas Brasileiras No.5: Aria (Cantilena); You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs

Album by Renée Fleming and Christian Thielemann,

released September 16, 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!

Whispers from Silence

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released September 16, 2016.

Track list: Awakening Breath; Toward the One; Whispers from Silence; Infinite Space; Way of the Heart; Yugen; Peace Within; An Ancient Presence.

On this day in music history:

Where Blue Begins by Deborah Coleman (1998)

La Belle Époque: The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn by Susan Graham (1998)

I Want Magic!: American Opera Arias by Renée Fleming and James Levine (1998)

Evolution by Anastacia (2017)

Where Blue Begins

Album by Deborah Coleman,

released September 15, 1998.

Track list: Love Moves Me; Goodbye Misery; Hain’t It Funny; Travelin’ South; The Dream; Walk Your Walk; They Raided the Joint; Do You Want My Love; On the Hunt; Beside Myself; Nobody to Blame.

La Belle Époque:

The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn

Album by Susan Graham,

released September 15, 1998.

Track list: À Chloris; Le Rossignol des lilas; L’Énamourée; Trois Jours de vendange; Études Latines: “Lydé”; Études Latines: “Tyndaris”; Études Latines: “Phyllis”; Les Fontaines; L’Automne; Infidélité; Dans la nuit; D’une prison; Quand la nuit n’est pas étoilée; Fumée; Le Printemps; Je me souviens; Quand je fus pris au pavillon; Paysage; Fêtes galantes; Nocturne; Mai; L’Heure exquise; Offrande; Si mes vers avaient des ailes.

I Want Magic!: 

American Opera Arias

Album by Renée Fleming and James Levine,

released September 15, 1998.

Track list: Wuthering Heights: I Have Dreamt; The Ballad of Baby Doe: The Letter Song; The Medium: Monica’s Waltz; Porgy and Bess: Summertime - Renee Fleming/New York Voices/Teddy Swarrer; Porgy and Bess: My Man’s Gone Now - Renee Fleming/New York Voices/Teddy Swarrer; Candide: Glitter and Be Gay; Susannah: Ain’t It a Pretty Night; Susannah: The Trees on the Mountains; The Rake’s Progress: No Word from Tom... I Go, I Go to Him; Vanessa: He Has Come, He Has Come; A Streetcar Named Desire: I Want Magic!

Evolution

Album by Anastacia,

released September 15, 2017.

Track list: Caught in the Middle; Redlight; Stamina; Boxer; My Everything; Nobody Loves Me Better; Reckless; Not Coming Down; Before; Pain; Why; Boomerang; Higher Livin’.

On this day in music history:

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell by Meat Loaf (1993)

Strauss Heroines by Renée Fleming (1999)

Handel Arias by Renée Fleming & Harry Bicket (2004)

Maria by Cecilia Bartoli (2007)

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell

Album by Meat Loaf,

released September 14, 1993.

Track list: I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That); Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back; Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through; It Just Won’t Quit; Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire); Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are; Wasted Youth; Everything Louder Than Everything Else; Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere); Back Into Hell; Lost Boys and Golden Girls.

Strauss Heroines

Album by Renée Fleming,

released September 14, 1999.

Track list: Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Da geht er hin; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Ach, du bist wieder da!; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Die Zeit, die ist ein sonderbar Ding; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Ich hab ihn nicht einmal geküßt; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Marie Theres! - Hab mirs gelobt; Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Ist ein Traum; Arabella, opera, Op. 79 (TrV 263): Ich danke, Fräulein; Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Moonlight music / Closing scene; Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Wo ist mein Bruder.

Handel Arias

Album by Renée Fleming and Harry Bicket,

released September 14, 2004.

Track list: Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me?; Endless pleasure...; Scoglio d’immota fronte; Quando spieghi i tuoi tormenti; “Ombra mai fù”; “To fleeting pleasures make your court”; “Lascia ch’io pianga”; Dunque, I laci d’un volto, Ah! Crudel; Let The Bright Seraphim; “V’adoro, pupille”; Da tempeste il legno infranto; Ritorna, oh caro e dolce mio Tesoro; Sommo rettor del cielo, d’una torbida sorgente; Pensieri; Bel Piacere; Calm thou...Convey me to some peaceful shore.

Maria

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released September 14, 2007.

Track list: Se Un Mio Desir; Ira Del Ciel; Cari Giorni; Infelice; Yo Que Soy Contrabandista; Ah! Non Credea Mirarti; Ah! Non; Air A La Tirolienne Avec Variations; E Non Lo Vedo; Rataplan; Dopo Tante E Tante Pene; O Rendetemi La Speme; Vien, Diletto; Come Dolce A Me Favelli; Scorrete, O Lagrime; Prendi, Per Me Sei Libero; Casta Diva.

On this day in music history:

Notes from the Tree of Life by Nancy Rumbel (1995)

Deja-Blues by Steven Halpern (2000)

Daphne by Renée Fleming (2005)

Opera Proibita by Cecilia Bartoli (2005)

Healing: Music for Meditation and Well Being by Laura Sullivan (2017)

Notes from the Tree of Life

Album by Nancy Rumbel,

released September 12, 1995.

Track list: Tree Of Life; Lullaby; Night Tribe; Anansi; Passing Fancy; Song Of Hope; Dona Nobis Pacem; Coyote Dance; Delicate Balance; Satie.

Deja-Blues

Album by Steven Halpern,

released September 12, 2000.

Track list: Deja-Blues; Blue Nile; Morocan Roll; Time-Trippin’; Bamboo Blue; Deja-Blues II; Hear To Eternity; Marrakesh; Blues By the Ganges; Udu Blue; Snake Charmer; Atlantis Rising; Ancient Mysteries.

Daphne

Album by Renée Fleming,

released September 12, 2005.

Music by Richard Strauss.

Track list: Orchestereinleitung - “Kleontes!” / “Adrast”; Leb wohl du Tag; Leukippos, du?; Daphne! / “Mutter!” / “Wir warten dein”; Ei, so fliegt sie vorbei; Seid ihr um mich, der Hirten alle?; Ich grüße dich, weiser, erfahrener Fischer; Was führt dich her im niedern Gewande?; Nicht wollen die Götter; Dieser Kuß - dies Umarmen; Allüberall blüht Dionysos; Trinke, du Tochter!; Furchtbare Schmach dem Gotte!; Zu dir nun, Knabe!; Jeden heiligen Morgen; Was blendet so...Ich komme - ich komme; Unheilvolle Daphne!; Was erblicke ich?; Daphnes Verwandlung “Ich komme - ich komme”; Mondlichtmusik.

Opera Proibita

Album by Cecilia Bartoli,

released September 12, 2005.

Track list: All’arme si accesi guerrieri (Aria dell Pace); Mentre io godo (Aria della Speranza); Un pensiero nemico di pace; Vanne pentita a piangere; Sparga il senso lascivo veleno; Caldo Sangue; Come nembo che fugge col vento; Ecco negl’orti tuoi...Che dolce simpatico; Qui resta...L’alta Roma; Lascia la spina cogli la rosa; Ahi qual cordoglio...Doppio affetto; Si piangete pupille dolente; Ahi quanto cieca...Come foco allo splendore; Disserratevi oh porte d’Averno; Notte funesta...Ferma l’ali.

Healing: Music for Meditation and Well Being

Album by Laura Sullivan,

Released September 12, 2017.

Track list: In the Palm of My Hand; Ocean Sunrise; Forgiveness; Lighter Than Air.

On this day in music history:

Signatures: Great Opera Scenes by Renée Fleming (1997)

Second Time Around by Joan Jeanrenaud & Charlie Varon (2016)

Signatures: Great Opera Scenes

Album by Renée Fleming,

released September 9, 1997.

Track list: Porgi, amor (from Le nozze di Figaro); E Susanna non vein! ... Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro); Nu, zaboltalas ya! ... Puskai pogibnu ya (Letter scene) (from Eugene Onegin) - Renee Fleming / LSO / Solti / Larissa Diadkova; Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (O silver moon) (from Rusalki); Era piu calmo? ...’ Piangea cantando nell’erma landa’... Ave Maria (from Otello) - Renee Fleming / LSO / Solti / Larissa Diadkova; Peter seems to have disappeared ... Embroidery in childhood was a luxury of idleness (Embroidery aria) - Renee Fleming / LSO / Solti / Jonathan Summers; Ich komme-ich komme (Transformation scene) (from Daphne).

Second Time Around

Album by Joan Jeanrenaud & Charlie Varon,

released September 9, 2016.

Track list: Overture and the Kid; Starting Over; Imagining a Grandson’s Visit; Lunch with Selma and Adele; Scotch and a Crossword; The Kid Returns; Truth Be Told.

On this day in music history:

Bel Canto by Renée Fleming & Patrick Summers (2002)

Saturate by Breaking Benjamin (2002)

Intervention by Helen Jane Long (2012)

Bel Canto

Album by Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers,

released August 27, 2002.

Track list: 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”.

Saturate

Album by Breaking Benjamin,

released August 27, 2002.

Track list: I Wish I May; Medicate; Polyamorous; Skin; Natural Life; Next to Nothing; Water; Home; Phase; No Games; Sugarcoat; Shallow Bay.

Intervention

Album by Helen Jane Long,

released on August 27, 2012.

Track list: Truth Has No Temperature; White Barry Formula; 5AM; Cabin Fever; Truth Has No Temperature; Coulda; Fonk; We Are Techno.

On this day in music history - Verismo, by Renée Fleming and Marco Armiliato (2009):

Verismo

Album by Renée Fleming and Marco Armiliato,
released August 25, 2009.

Track list:

Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì”; Leoncavallo: La bohème / Act 1 - Musette svaria sulla bocca viva; Leoncavallo: La bohème / Act 4 - Mimi Pinson la biondinetta; Puccini: La Bohème / Act 3 - Addio! Che vai?...Donde lieta uscì; Leoncavallo: Zazà - Edited Renzo Bianchi (1947 Version) / Act 3 - Angioletto, il tuo nome?; Puccini: Manon Lescaut - Revised by Roger Parker / Act 4 - Sola, perduta, abbandonata; Zandonai: Conchita / Act 1 - Ier dalla fabbrica a Triana; Cilea: Gloria / Act 2 - O mia cuna fiorita; Giordano: Fedora / Act 3 - Tutto tramonta; Puccini: Turandot / Act 3 - “Tu che di gel sei cinta”; Giordano: Siberia - Nel so amore; Puccini: La Rondine / Act 2 - “Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso”.

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 !

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.

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).

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.

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].

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.

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).

La Cenerentola

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.