A Recital With Renée Fleming
Vienna At The Turn Of The 20th Century
Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
Fleming builds up a great sense of pathos in 'Um Mitternacht' and delivers a deeply affecting account of 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' supported by some wonderfully sensitive phrasing...
A Recital With Renée Fleming
Vienna At The Turn Of The 20th Century
Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
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Fleming builds up a great sense of pathos in 'Um Mitternacht' and delivers a deeply affecting account of 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' supported by some wonderfully sensitive phrasing...
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Live from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein Vienna, 2012
Video Director Brian Large
This concert is Renée Fleming’s very personal homage to “Fin de Siècle” Vienna. At the turn of the last century, the capital of the Austrian Empire was also one of the cultural centers for the fi ne arts and, in particular, for music. The city of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, a “melting pot” of cultures and musical traditions, attracted gifted musicians and composers alike and provided the perfect soil for much of the greatest music of that time. With this selection of works by Hugo Wolf (1860 -1903) and Gustav Mahler (1860 -1911), combined with more progressive songs by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), Renée Fleming presents to us the full variety of this unique epoch. The venue of her recital with Maciej Pikulski at the piano is, of course, the Golden Hall of the Musikverein Vienna.
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, dts-HD Master Audio 5.0
Picture Format: 16:9
Blu-ray Disc: 25 GB (Single Layer)
Resolution: 1080i High Definition
Subtitle Languages: GB, DE, FR
Running Time: 88 mins
FSK: 0
Contents and tracklist
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- J Strauss II/Tiomkin
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
- Renée Fleming (soprano) & Maciej Pikulski (piano)
Awards and reviews
Christmas 2014
Fleming builds up a great sense of pathos in 'Um Mitternacht' and delivers a deeply affecting account of 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' supported by some wonderfully sensitive phrasing from Pikulski...But perhaps the composer with whom Fleming most closely identifies is Korngold...nostaglic songs which are beautifully projected by singer and pianist.
December 2014
There's not a hair out of place in this meticulously planned recital, which shows just why this artist is still so compelling a singer, and on prime form...No disrespect to the singer is implied when I say that the piano sound is to die for. This must be one of the best Steinways ever, and it's superbly recorded...Not just Renee Fleming's many fans will be delighted.
