Name: Guilty Pleasures by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing
Brand: Renée Fleming
SKU: 028947852636
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.5 (119 reviews)

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The "guilty pleasures" referred to in the title of this release by American soprano Renée Fleming are Fleming's own; they are small pieces that she has always wanted to record. Of course they require no apology at all. Even the familiar numbers, such as the Flower Duet from Délibes' Lakmé (track 9, performed with Susan Graham), have the kind of freshness that seems impossible if you consider that Fleming has been singing them for decades. Actually some of the music is quite unusual for an orchestral-song-and-aria collection of this kind. Fleming sings in eight languages, including Occitan, and she has both the panache and the prestige to include such items as John Corigliano's "Once there was a golden bird," from The Ghosts of Versailles, and "Vendulka's Lullaby" from Smetana's rarely heard opera The Kiss. Fleming was 53 when this album was recorded, but it is mighty hard to identify any of the vocal maladies that begin to afflict sopranos of that age. Sample the chilling, silvery finale of Undine's aria from Tchaikovsky's early opera Undine, itself not terribly frequently performed, for confirmation. It is not only the creamy tones but the sense of fun and accomplishment that makes Fleming such a joy to listen to, and these qualities are on fully display here, ably encouraged by the Philharmonia Orchestra under Sebastian Lang-Lessing.

1. Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op.7 - 1. Villanelle

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Hector Berlioz; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Théophile Gautier; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

2. Duparc: Phidylé

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Henri Duparc; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Charles Leconte De Lisle; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

3. Refice: Ombra di nube

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Licinio Refice; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Emidio Mucci; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

4. de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas - 5. Nana

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Manuel De Falla Matheu
Manuel De Falla; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Traditional; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

5. de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas - 6. Canción

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Manuel De Falla Matheu
Manuel De Falla; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Mike Hatch
Tim Martyn; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

6. Tchaikovsky: Undina - Undina's Aria

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Vladimir Sollogub
Friedrich De La Motte Fouqué; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Mike Hatch
Tim Martyn; Production
Translation: Vasily Zhukovsky; Production

7. Rachmaninov: Sumerki (Twilight), Op.21, No.3

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Arranger: Walter Mnatsakanov; Composer
Composer: Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Jean-marie Guyau; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Mike Hatch
Tim Martyn; Production
Translation: Ivan Ivanovich Tkhorzhevsky; Production

8. Delibes: Les Filles de Cadix

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Léo Delibes; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Alfred De Musset; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

9. Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - "Sous le dôme épais" (Flower Duet)

by Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Susan Graham
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Mezzo- Soprano: Susan Graham; Performer
Mezzo-soprano: Susan Graham; Performer
Performer: Susan Graham
Renée Fleming; Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Léo Delibes; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Philippe Gille
Edmond Gondinet; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Mike Hatch
Tim Martyn; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

10. Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne - 7. La Delaissado

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Joseph Canteloube; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Mike Hatch
Tim Martyn; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

11. Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne - 13. Malurous qu'o uno Fenno

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Joseph Canteloube; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Mike Hatch
Tim Martyn; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

12. Dvorák: Armida - "Za Štíhlou Gazelou"

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Antonín Dvořák; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Jaroslav Vrchlicky; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

13. Smetana: The Kiss (Hubicka) - Opera in 2 Acts - Lullaby

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Bedrich Smetana; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Eliska Krasnohorska; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

14. J. Strauss II: Walzer aus Wien - “Frag mich oft”

by Renée Fleming, Janet Simpson, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Janet Simpson
Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing
Janet Simpson; Main Performer
Piano: Janet Simpson; Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Arranger: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Julius Bittner; Composer
Composer: Johann Strauss Ii; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Alfred Maria Willner
Ernst Marischka
Heinz Reichert; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Mike Hatch
Tim Martyn; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Mike Hatch
Tim Martyn; Production

15. Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder - 5. Träume "Sag', welch wunderbare Träume"

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: Richard Wagner; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Mathilde Wesendonk; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

16. Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles / Act II - "Once There Was A Golden Bird"

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Composer: John Corigliano; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: William M. Hoffman; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production

17. Traditional: "O Danny Boy"

by Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Primary Artist: Philharmonia Orchestra
Renee Fleming
Sebastian Lang-lessing; Main Performer
Performer: Renée Fleming; Performer
Soprano: Renée Fleming; Performer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra; Ensemble
Arranger: Antonio Defeo; Composer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-lessing; Conductor
Author: Fred E. Weatherly; Production
Producer: David Frost; Production
Recording: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production
Recording Producer: David Frost; Production
Studio Personnel: Tim Martyn
Mike Hatch; Production