Renee Fleming - Brahms, Schumann & Mahler: Lieder (2019) [Official Digital Download]

Four-time Grammy winning soprano Renée Fleming releases her first full-length lieder album for almost two decades on 14 June. The release date coincides with her London musical theatre debut, performing the role of Margaret Johnson in the Tony-winning musical The Light In The Piazza at the Royal Festival Hall.

Renée Fleming’s new album Lieder, spanning six decades of German song, features songs by Brahms, Schumann, and Mahler, each of whom bring Romantic poetry to life. Fleming is partnered by her long-standing artistic collaborator Hartmut Höll on piano for songs by Brahms, including the beloved Brahms’ ‘Lullaby’, and also for Schumann’s ‘Frauenliebe Und-Leben’. She is joined by Christian Thielemann and the Munich Philharmonic for a performance of Mahler’s ‘Rückert Lieder’.

“I love lieder for the marriage of poetry and music that allows both profound emotion and the most intimate, nuanced expression”, said Renée Fleming. “The German lied is, for me, both the foundation and the pinnacle of song literature. I am especially excited to have been able to collaborate with some of the greatest interpreters in the world for this repertoire.”

Renée Fleming, the world’s most beloved soprano, appears on the world’s leading opera stages and concert halls. Winner of the U.S. National Medal of Arts and Female Artist of the Year at the 2018 Classic Brit Awards, the “people’s diva” has been sought after for numerous distinguished occasions, from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to the Diamond Jubilee Concert for HM Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

"Song has come alive for her." (Financial Times)

"Tonal beauty was allied to honestly affecting interpretation" (Daily Telegraph)

Tracklist:
1 Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 02:04
2 1. Ständchen "Der Mond steht über dem Berg" 01:37
4 Gesänge, op. 70
3 2. Lerchengesang 02:48
4 Brahms: Mondnacht, WoO 21 02:37
5 4. Des Liebsten Schwur 02:42
4 Lieder, op. 43
6 2. Die Mainacht 04:17
7 6. Da unten im Tale 02:20
5 Romanzen und Gesänge, Op. 84
8 4. Vergebliches Ständchen 01:49
9 1. Seit ich ihn gesehen 02:22
10 2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen 03:09
11 3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben 01:43
12 4. Du Ring an meinem Finger 03:25
13 5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern 01:48
14 6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an 05:05
15 7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust 00:58
16 8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan 04:36
17 1. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft (Live) 02:25
18 2. Liebst du um Schönheit (Arr. Puttmann) (Live) 02:29
19 3. Um Mitternacht (Live) 05:03
20 4. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (Live) 01:18
21 5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Live) 06:37

Personnel:
Renee Fleming, soprano
Hartmut Höll, piano
Münchner Philharmoniker
Christian Thielemann, conductor