Strauss, R: Daphne
Renée Fleming (Daphne), Johan Botha (Apollos), Michael Schade (Leukippos), Kwanchul Youn (Peineios), Anna Larsson (Gaea)
Orchestra & Chorus of West Deutscher Rundfunk, Semyon Bychkov
Renée Fleming's many admirers should be pleased enough with her gracious performance. She deals idiomatically with Strauss's long phrases and points the text well…
Strauss, R: Daphne
Renée Fleming (Daphne), Johan Botha (Apollos), Michael Schade (Leukippos), Kwanchul Youn (Peineios), Anna Larsson (Gaea)
Orchestra & Chorus of West Deutscher Rundfunk, Semyon Bychkov
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Renée Fleming's many admirers should be pleased enough with her gracious performance. She deals idiomatically with Strauss's long phrases and points the text well…
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- Renée Fleming (soprano), Twyla Robinson (soprano), Johan Botha (tenor), Michael Schade (tenor), Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano), Kwangchul Youn (bass (vocal)), Carsten Wittmoser (bass (vocal)), Cosmin Ifrim (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano), Gregory Reinhart (bass (vocal)), Eike Wilm Schulte (baritone)
- WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Herren des WDR Rundfunkchors
- Semyon Bychkov
- Recorded: 2005-03-12
- Recording Venue: Philharmonie Köln
Awards and reviews
October 2005
Renée Fleming's many admirers should be pleased enough with her gracious performance. She deals idiomatically with Strauss's long phrases and points the text well…
2010 edition
Fleming copes beautifully with the high tessitura of the role, and produces her clearest, brightest tone...with bright, cleanly focused sound backing Bychkov's urgent and sensuous reading, the result is very convincing
The Independent on Sunday 21st March 2004
As Daphne, Fleming soared
