Star Crossed Lovers

Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming

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Star Crossed Lovers Review

by AllMusic

Gala concerts are grand occasions--big-name stars gather with a great orchestra to let their hair down for an evening that's usually a change from regular symphony programs. The stars of STAR CROSSED LOVERS are Placido Domingo, Renée Fleming and Daniel Barenboim, and the theme of their gala evening in late January, 1998, was love. Although the audience is completely inaudible in the live portions of this disc, they must have had a grand time indeed, for Domingo, Fleming and Barenboim gave them an evening of great music impeccably performed.

For the opening mini-suite from 'West Side Story,' the Chicago players capture the jazzy elements of Bernstein's music with ease; Fleming's "Somewhere" is stirring and elegant. Operatic duets from 'Otello' and 'Faust' break up the remainder of the program, which consists of Spanish songs from Domingo and Duke Ellington from Fleming, both with Barenboim at the piano. Separated from the other two of the Three Tenors, Domingo brings a refreshing lack of excess to his songs, and Fleming's Ellington is truly exquisite as she sets herself into a languid yet stratospheric take on the tunes. In Franz Lehár's duet "Lippen schweigen" they come together to bring the proceedings to a waltzing close.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
West Side Story, musical
1
Prologue
Leonard Bernstein
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 04:32 SpotifyAmazon
Tonight, song (from "West Side Story")
2
Tonight
Leonard Bernstein
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 04:55 SpotifyAmazon
West Side Story, musical
3
Rumble
Leonard Bernstein
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 00:59 SpotifyAmazon
Somewhere, song (from "West Side Story")
4
Somewhere
Leonard Bernstein
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 03:22 SpotifyAmazon
Faust, opera
5
Il se Fait tard. . . O nuit d'amour!
Charles Gounod
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 09:17 SpotifyAmazon
6
El día que me quieras (The Day When You Love Me), tango song for voice & orchestra
Carlos Gardel
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 04:22 SpotifyAmazon
7
Quisiera verte y no verte!
Federico Moreno Torroba
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 02:22 SpotifyAmazon
8
Jota castellana
Federico Moreno Torroba
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 03:11 SpotifyAmazon
Otello, opera
9
Già nella notte densa
Giuseppe Verdi
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 10:03 SpotifyAmazon
10
In a Sentimental Mood
Duke Ellington / Manny Kurtz / Irving Mills
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 03:33 SpotifyAmazon
11
Do nothin' till you hear from me
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 02:55 SpotifyAmazon
12
Prelude to a Kiss
Duke Ellington / Irving Gordon / Irving Mills
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 04:18 SpotifyAmazon
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from "Das Land des Lächelns")
13
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
Franz Lehár
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 03:32 SpotifyAmazon
14
Lippen Schweigen, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from "Die lustige Witwe")
Franz Lehár
Plácido Domingo / Renée Fleming 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
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