Renee Fleming - Strauss' 4 Last Songs - Im abendrot

Renee Fleming sings the 4th of Strauss' vier letzte lieder.

Proms, 2001.

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[bencstorey]

I can't believe I have only just discovered this music. It turns me inside out.

[VirgilFoxMusic]

@Gabba02 This is one of the most wonderful pieces of music I've ever heard. I first heard this in the David Lynch movie; "Wild at Heart" which I only saw for the first time recently - looked it up and came to this video first.

Hard to hold the tears back no matter how many times I listen to it.

Thanks for posting.

[Userdoe1560]

"Im Abendrot-In Twilight" We've gone through joy and crisis Together, hand in hand, And now we rest from wandering Above the silent land. The valleys slope around us, The air is growing dark, And dreamily, into the haze, There still ascends two larks. Come here, and let them flutter, The time for sleep is soon. We would not want to lose our way In this great solitude. O vast and silent peace! So deep in twilight ruddiness, We are so wander-weary - Could this perchance be death? -eichendorff

[pega17pl]

@PukKoleszka be glad to know definitely best singers of Im Abendrot :) - comparing all great singers I like to perform this Lied (here at YT) I'm not able to decide who would I like to listen at live performance if there will be only one chance...

[PukKoleszka]

@pega17pl Jessye Norman and Renee Fleming are the best in this piece... e punto!

[tbridge001]

...Eschenbach's conducting is superb and the orchestra play their socks off! The two piccolos at the end (Strauss and his wife ascending to heaven in death?) are guaranteed to make me cry every time I hear them. What a shame that the Proms audience's tradition of vying to be the first to applaud wrecks the atmosphere...

[tbridge001]

Critics were divided at the time (especially for her German, and it's true, Kiri et al are clearer), but for me, this is Strauss at the highest level. Fleming is fantastic - her control throughout, but particularly at 5:25 onwards is superb - and she is centre stage until the very end, even though she doesn't sing for the last two minutes.

[1218elmo]

i think one could say that strauss saved the best for the last; one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written and renee does it justice. i saw her perform it live in tanglewood.

[spooksixsix]

@roby30 well, this is pretty damn good, but i wouldn't go that far.....

[AlcaeusTnr]

one of the best recordings available in youtube in my opinion!...

having said that, is that Voldemort conducting! ?

[jawhitney25]

@bencstorey I feel the same way! I only discovered Strauss' 4 Last Songs about 6 months ago and I've now heard many different interpretations but Renee's are, hands down, my favorite. She leaves me speechless and aching for more. It doesn't get any better than Renee singing Strauss, does it?

[askjiir]

@VirgilFoxMusic

That's also how I discovered it : )