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Release DateSeptember 27, 2005
UPC Code028947571773
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About Sacred Songs

This lovely CD features Renée Fleming singing religious music in an unaffected, lovely manner. Many favorites are here: both the Bach/Gounod and Schubert versions of "Ave Maria," each offered with long breaths and soft tone; "Rejoice Greatly" from Messiah, delivered with virtuosity and gleaming sound, and "He Shall Feed His Flock," also from Messiah, sung in a smooth, laid-back manner. Bits of the Fauré Requiem and Poulenc Gloria are welcome, as is the gorgeous "L'Adieu des Bergers" from L'Enfance du Christ. In the prayer from Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel, Fleming is joined by the splendid Susan Graham, and a version of "Amazing Grace" features Mark O'Connor on violin. Two excerpts from Mozart's Mass in C Minor, pieces by Reger and Franck, and a few surprises round out this devotional CD. --Robert Levine Amazon.com

Tracks

  1. Ave Maria
  2. Jesu bleibet meine Freude
  3. Dank sei dir, Herr
  4. Ave Maria, D839
  5. Laudamus te
  6. Panis Angelicus
  7. Air: "He shall feed his Flock"
  8. Simple Song
  9. Pie Jesu
  10. Domine Deus
  11. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
  12. Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion
  13. Abends will ich schlafen gehn
  14. L'Adieu des bergers
  15. Mariä Wiegenlied, Op.76/52
  16. Amazing Grace

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.0 (58 reviews)

rating: 5 Quotebuy itQuote
A great CD! I feel like Susan Grahm's voice gets lost a little bit on the Humperdinck, but over all the song selection is good. July 5, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteThe Sacred and SereneQuote
Beautiful songs, beautifully sung. You will find yourself calmed and soothed from care as you listen. September 5, 2007

rating: 3 QuoteI hate to be rude, but . . .Quote
As stated earlier, I hate to be rude. However, Renee Fleming is not one of the greatest singers that I have heard. At many times, it sounds as if she is drunk, sliding into her notes at times. She also has a habit of hitting a note, and then quickly moving up or down for "dramatic effect". I'm sorry, but I just cannot listen to this. I know that everyone has their own opinions, and this is mine.
She is still a beautiful woman, and always will be. I have seen her concerts online, and she ISN'T bad, it's just that she doesn't have what I'm looking for in an opera singer! May 6, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteOutstandingQuote
I had seen this program on PBS and wanted the CD. Wonderful selection
of music and Renee Fleming's outstanding voice. March 7, 2007

rating: 4 QuoteSacred SongsQuote
I always look for new presentations of Christmas songs. Rene Flemming did an excellent job in this recording. She has a super voice but sometimes the words of the song get lost in her singing style January 21, 2007

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