Album

This Renée Fleming disc, By Request, is mostly a compilation of previously released material. There are three new tracks, "Ah fors' è lui" from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, the song "Cäcille" by Richard Strauss, and "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Rogers & Hammerstein's musical Carousel. The new recordings all sound fine, and Fleming is outstanding in the re-issued pieces as well. If you have the prior incarnations of these recordings, you may elect to pass on this collection unless you want the three new tracks. However, if you are unfamiliar with the voice of Fleming, By Request will prove an excellent and wholly satisfactory vehicle for getting to know her work. The recording is up to Decca's usual high standards, and the booklet includes several attractive photos of Fleming in addition to complete texts and translations for all of the lyrics sung.

© Uncle Dave Lewis, All Music Guide

CD 1
Giacomo Puccini Composer Gianni Schicchi (opera) Work Renée Fleming Soprano
1	9.O mio babbino caro	2:50			$0.99
Alfredo Catalani Composer La Wally (dramma musicale)...Act 1 Work London Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra, Renée Fleming Soprano, Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor
2	6.Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana	5:02			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K.492 (opera buffa)...Act 2 Work London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra, Renée Fleming Soprano, Georg Solti Conductor
3	1.Cavatina: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro al mio duolo	3:51			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Così fan tutte, K.588 (opera buffa)...Scene 11 Work Renée Fleming Soprano, Chamber Orchestra of Europe Orchestra, Georg Solti Conductor
4	14b.Fiordiligi's Aria: Come scoglio immoto resta	4:22			$0.99
Vincenzo Bellini Composer Norma (opera seria)...Act 1 Work London Voices Chorus/Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra, Renée Fleming Soprano, Terry Edwards Chorus/Choir Director, Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor
5	9.Casta diva	5:58			$0.99
Giuseppe Verdi Composer La Traviata (opera)...Act 1 Work Orchestra of St. Luke's Orchestra, Patrick Summers Conductor, Joseph Calleja Tenor, Renée Fleming Soprano
6	8.È strano!...Ah, fors'è lui; 9.Follie! Delirio vano è questo!...Sempre libera	9:58			$1.49
Giacomo Puccini Composer Madama Butterfly (opera)...Act 2 Work London Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra, Renée Fleming Soprano, Sir Charles Mackerras Conductor
7	2.Un bel dì verdremo	4:52			$0.99
Jules Massenet Composer Manon (opera)...Act 3 Work English Chamber Orchestra Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate Conductor, Renée Fleming Soprano
8	7.Je marche sur tous les chemins; 8.Gavotte. Obéissons quand leur voix appelle	6:14			$0.99
Antonín (Leopold) Dvořák Composer Rusalka, B.203, Op.114 (lyric fairy tale, opera)...Act 1 Work London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra, Renée Fleming Soprano, Georg Solti Conductor
9	6.Mesicku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the Moon)	5:56			$0.99
Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov Composer 14 Songs, Op.34 Work English Chamber Orchestra Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate Conductor, Renée Fleming Soprano
10	14.Vocalise (arr. voice and orchestra)	5:37			$0.99
Richard Strauss Composer 4 Lieder, Op.27, TrV170...4 Lieder, Op.27, TrV170 (arr. voice and orchestra) Work Orchestra of St. Luke's Orchestra, Patrick Summers Conductor, Renée Fleming Soprano
11	2.Cäcilie	2:21			$0.99
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Composer Die tote Stadt (The Dead City; opera), Op.12...Act 1 Work English Chamber Orchestra Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate Conductor, Renée Fleming Soprano
12	6.Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied)	5:59			$0.99
George Gershwin Composer Porgy and Bess (opera)...Act 1 Work Teddy Swarrer Chorus/Choir Director, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Orchestra, New York Voices Chorus/Choir, Renée Fleming Soprano, James Levine Conductor
13	2.Scene 1: Summertime	4:17			$0.99
Heitor Villa-Lobos Composer Bachianas Brasileiras No.5, for voice and 8 cellos, A.389...Bachianas Brasileiras No.5, for voice and 8 cellos, A.389 (arr. voice and guitar) Work Dave Grusin Piano, Lee Ritenour Guitar, Renée Fleming Soprano
14	1.Aria (Cantilena)	5:03			$0.99
Richard Rodgers Composer Carousel, musical Work Orchestra of St. Luke's Orchestra, Patrick Summers Conductor, Renée Fleming Soprano
15	You'll Never Walk Alone	4:44			$0.99