Renée Fleming - Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene

Inspired by the solace Fleming found while hiking near her Virgina home during lockdown, 'Voice of Nature' explores the centrality of nature in Romantic-era song and highlights the peril and fragility of the natural world today. A celebrated performer of art song, Fleming draws on both well-loved and lesser-known classical repertoire, with music by Edvard Grieg, Franz Liszt, Gabriel Faur� and Reynaldo Hahn. The album includes premieres of two new commissions from living composers. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts sets 'Evening' by the American poet Dorianne Laux, and Nico Muhly collages poetry from the 17th-century English theologian Thomas Traherne with excerpts from writings by Robinson Meyer, a journalist who covers climate change, in 'Endless Space'.

1) Evening ()
2) Prison ()
3) Les Étoiles ()
4) L'heure Exquise ()
5) En Sourdine ()
6) Rêve D'amour, Op. 5, No. 2 ()
7) S'il Est Un Charmant Gazon, S284 ()
8) Endless Space ()
9) Les Berceaux ()
10) Au Bord De L'eau ()
11) L'énamourée ()
12) Über Allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh, S306 ()
13) Lauf Der Welt ()
14) Zur Rosenzeit ()
15) Ein Traum ()
16) Aurora Borealis ()