Sacred Songs | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johann Sebastian Bach, Hector Berlioz, Leonard Bernstein, Gabriel Faure, Cesar Franck, Charles Gounod, George Frederick Handel, Engelbert Humperdinck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Siegfried Ochs, Francis Poulenc, Max Reger, Franz Schubert, Spiritual Traditional, Andreas Delfs, Susan Graham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Renee Fleming, Mark O'connor
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 5453
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000519302
UPC: 028947571773
EAN: 0028947571773
ASIN: B000AM6OXK
Release Date: September 27, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Ave Maria | | • | Jesu bleibet meine Freude | | • | Dank sei dir, Herr | | • | Ave Maria, D839 | | • | Laudamus te | | • | Panis Angelicus | | • | Air: "He shall feed his Flock" | | • | Simple Song | | • | Pie Jesu | | • | Domine Deus | | • | Laudate Dominum omnes gentes | | • | Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion | | • | Abends will ich schlafen gehn | | • | L'Adieu des bergers | | • | Mariae Wiegenlied, Op.76/52 | | • | Amazing Grace |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
This lovely CD features Renee Fleming singing religious music in an unaffected, lovely manner. Many favorites are here: both the Bach/Gounod and Schubert versions of "Ave Maria," each offered with long breaths and soft tone; "Rejoice Greatly" from Messiah, delivered with virtuosity and gleaming sound, and "He Shall Feed His Flock," also from Messiah, sung in a smooth, laid-back manner. Bits of the Faure Requiem and Poulenc Gloria are welcome, as is the gorgeous "L'Adieu des Bergers" from L'Enfance du Christ. In the prayer from Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel, Fleming is joined by the splendid Susan Graham, and a version of "Amazing Grace" features Mark O'Connor on violin. Two excerpts from Mozart's Mass in C Minor, pieces by Reger and Franck, and a few surprises round out this devotional CD. --Robert Levine
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| Customer Reviews:
 buy it July 5, 2008
dgbkcu (Kentucky, USA)
A great CD! I feel like Susan Grahm's voice gets lost a little bit on the Humperdinck, but over all the song selection is good.
The Sacred and Serene September 5, 2007
Hope Florence (Wilmington De)
Beautiful songs, beautifully sung. You will find yourself calmed and soothed from care as you listen.
 I hate to be rude, but . . . May 6, 2007
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
As stated earlier, I hate to be rude. However, Renee Fleming is not one of the greatest singers that I have heard. At many times, it sounds as if she is drunk, sliding into her notes at times. She also has a habit of hitting a note, and then quickly moving up or down for "dramatic effect". I'm sorry, but I just cannot listen to this. I know that everyone has their own opinions, and this is mine.
She is still a beautiful woman, and always will be. I have seen her concerts online, and she ISN'T bad, it's just that she doesn't have what I'm looking for in an opera singer!
Outstanding March 7, 2007
Garlan S. Sisco (Pensacola, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had seen this program on PBS and wanted the CD. Wonderful selection
of music and Renee Fleming's outstanding voice.
Sacred Songs January 21, 2007
Michael Weiss (Ottawa, Ont Canada)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I always look for new presentations of Christmas songs. Rene Flemming did an excellent job in this recording. She has a super voice but sometimes the words of the song get lost in her singing style
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