Renee Fleming / Jonas Kaufmann / Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi / Armilia
Puccini: "Senza Mamma" from Suor Angelica / "Ore dolci e divine" from La Rondine with Saito Kaoru, Lucia Mencaroni, Barbara Vignudelli / "Si mi chiamo Mimi" from La Boheme / "Addio… Donde lieta" from La Boheme with Arturo Chacon-Cruz / "Sola perduta, abandonata" from Manon Lescaut / "Tu che di gel cinta" from Turandot with Arturo Chacon-Cruz, Marco Calabrese, Barbara Vignudelli and Choir / "Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso"
from La Rondine with Jonas Kaufmann, Barbara Vignudelli,
Paolo Cauteruccio and Choir Mascagni: "Un di ero piccina" from Iris / "Ah, il suo nome… Flammen perdonami"
from Lodoletta Catalani: "Ne mai dunque avro pace…Ohime!" from La Wally Leoncavallo: "Musette svaria sulla vocca viva" from La Boheme / "Mimi Pinson la biondinetta" from La Boheme with Paolo Cautoruccio, Marco Calabrese, Saito Kaoru, Annalisa Dessi, Carlos Gomez, Gilles Armani and Choir / "Angioletto, il tuo nome?"
from Zaza with Emma Latis Zandonai: "Ier della Fabbrica" from Conchita Cilea: "O mia cun fiorita" from Gloria Giordano: "Tutto tramonta" from Fedora with Arturo Chacon-Cruz and Emma Latis
/ "Nel so amore" from Siberia
Grammy Winner 2010: Best Classical Vocal Performance
Gramophone Editor's Choice - November 2009
Renee Fleming sings opera arias by Puccini and his contemporaries celebrating the composers of the Verismo style. The album features Favourite Puccini arias from La Boheme, Turandot, Manon Lescaut, Il Trittico etc. as well as rarely-heard arias by other Verismo composers.
The disc begins with the stunning 'Senza Mamma' from Puccini's Suor Angelica, and never looks back. An exquisite CD!
World Premiere recording of the original manuscript version of the aria from Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann joins Renee Fleming for an irresistible melody from Act II of Puccini's La Rondine.
Price: $12.98