DECCA PRESENTS

REN ÉÉE FLEMI NG HOMAGE THE AGE OF THE DIVA

DECCA PRESENTS

The Best Of ANDREAS SCHOLL

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My heart belongs to the fin de sièècle, and my imagination is fired by the great women who inhabited it.' Renéée Fleming

‘...a disc of amazingly distinguished singing. Ms. Fleming lays on superb voice, and she deploys much musical intelligence...Homage is one of the best albums she has ever done.' The New York Sun

Repertoire 1. Cilea: Poveri fiori (Adriana Lecouvreur) 2. Smetana: Dobráá! Jáá mu je dáám!... Jak je mi? (Dalibor) 3. Tchaikovsky: Pochudilis mne budto golosa... Za dvorom luzhok zelenvoshek (Oprichnik) 4. Puccini: Vissi d’arte (Tosca) 5. Korngold: Ich ging zu ihm (Das Wunder der Heliane) 6. Gounod: ÖÖ léégèère hirondelle (Mireille) 7. R.Strauss: Orchesterzwischenspiel... Wie umgibst du mich mit Frieden (Die Liebe der Danae) 8. Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsvetïï moi! (Servilia) 9. Verdi: Chéé piùù t’arresti?...Tacea le notte.... Di tale amor (Il Trovatore) 10. Massenet: J’ai verse le poison dans cette coupe d’or (Clééopââtre) 11. Janááããek: Mamiããko, máám tûûÏÏkou hlavu...Kdo to je? – JenÛÛfko, ty jsi jetûû vzÛÛru? (Jenufa) 12. Korngold: Ich soll ihn niemals, niemals merh sehn (Die Kathrin)

'a rare opportunity to enjoy obscure repertoire that is exciting and musically compelling.' New York Times

‘The voice is always unmistakable, the commitment 100 per cent’ The Gramophone

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The essential 18 track collection featuring the sublime voice of superstar countertenor Andreas Scholl. Divine performances in opera, oratorio, lute songs, folk songs and sacred music.

Includes the beautiful Shakespeare song 'How Sweet The Moonlight' from the acclaimed film of 'The Merchant Of Venice'.

Repertoire: 1. Handel: Ombra mai fu (Serse) 2. Gluck: Che faro senza (Orfeo et Euridice) 3. Vivaldi: Ad te clamamus 4. Handel: Dove sei? (Rodelinda) 5. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (Stabat Mater) 6. Vivaldi: Cum Dederit (Nisi Dominus) 7. Gasparini: Lidia, il sono (Destati Lidia) 8. Handel: Caro sposa (Rinaldo) 9. Trad: Blow The Wind Southerly 10. Trad: The Salley Gardens 11. Trad: Ar-ri-rang 12. Pook: How Sweet The Moonlight (from the film - The Merchant Of Venice) 13. Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell 14. Caccini: Amarilli 15. Gasparini: La pieta che ancor (Ecco, che alfin) 16. Porpora: Va' per le vene il sangue (Il Trionfo di Camilla) 17. Handel: Aure deh per pieta (Giulio Cesare) 18. Handel: Al lampo dell'armi (Giulio Cesare)

'Scholl's voice rushes through the bloodstream' The Times

'A ravishingly beautiful sound' Gramophone

'Just awesome' Australian Financial Review December2006 Volume 57 No 12

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Front cover: Amanda Roocroft as Jenufa at ENO (see pp. 1501-2) (photo: Clive Barda)

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1417So many Brittens By the Editor 1418Tough kid from Brooklyn Beverly Sills looks back on her learning processes in conversation with Gerald Martin Moore 1423Readers’letters 1426Expressing the unspoken Jack Sullivan on the operatic elements in Hitchcock’s films 1432Newsdesk 1436People 331: Violeta Urmana Yehuda Shapiro 1441Obituary 1444Opera around the world

1482Opera in Britain

1511Opera on CD 1520Opera on DVD 1524Opera books 1529Coming events including plans for the UK houses (with the 2007 summer season at Glyndebourne), Melbourne, Sydney, Saint-Etienne, Tel Aviv, Naples; ‘We hear that ...’; Opera calendar home and abroad 1543Classified advertisements 1544Singers remembered: Victor Braun Hugh Canning

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