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The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renee; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmins, Ral...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

The Art of

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André Previn: Brief Encounter, opera

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-05-24

Works: André Previn: Brief Encounter, opera in 2 acts
Conductors: Summers, Patrick

The lengthy list of André Previn's talents includes composition.Brief Encounter, his second opera, is a compassionate, exquisitely touching study of emotional infidelity. Based on the...continue...
Recording information: Houston Grand Opera, Wortham Theater Center, Houston, T (05/2009)....continue...

Carlisle Floyd: Cold Sassy Tree / Patrick Summers, et al

2 CD / Albany Records / 2005-08-01

Works: Carlisle Floyd: Cold Sassy Tree, comic opera in 3 acts
Performers: Alexander, Diane; Christian, Judith; Clayton, Beth; Evans, Joseph; Gradus, Oren; Holloway, James; Jones, Jessica; Kreger, Matthew; Lenormand, Marie; Lloyd, Margaret; Marcinko, Kerri; McVeigh, John; P...
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Houston Grand Opera Chorus

Floyd: Of Mice and Men/ Patrick Summers, Houston Grand Opera

2 CD / Albany Records / 2004-01-01

Works: Carlisle Floyd: Of Mice and Men, music drama in 3 acts
Performers: Evans, Joseph; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Griffey, Anthony Dean; Hawkins, Gordon; Maddalena, James; Patrick, Julian; Scully, Scott; Smith, Tyler
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Houston Grand Opera Chorus

"The performance could hardly be bettered, Conductor Summers has a particular sympathy for this style of contemporary music. He took Floyd's 'Cold Sassy Tree', Heggie's...continue...

By Request / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2003-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly); Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492; Così fan t...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; Fleming, Renée; Grusin, Dave; Levine, James; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; Mackerras, ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg; Summers, Patrick; Tate, Jeffrey; Levine, James
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's

Personnel: Renée Fleming (soprano); Joseph Calleja (tenor); Lee Ritenour (guitar); Dave Grusin (piano).

Recording information: London, England (05/1994-05/2003); New York, NY (05/1994-05/...continue...