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Work: Befreit (To set free), Op.39 no.4

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ComposerStrauss, Richard (1864-1949)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeVocal
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Mixed results from Angel Blue and Lang Lang in Carnegie Hall recital

Lang Lang and Angel Blue in Carnegie Hall © Chris Lee

The pianist impressed but the soprano proved less than ideally suited to some of the selections in a wide-ranging recital program that included Rachmaninov, Strauss, standards and spirituals.

***11
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Subpar Strauss from the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood

Renée Fleming and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood © Hilary Scott, courtesy of the BSO
Renée Fleming makes a worthy return to the Marschallin, but this all-Strauss program, led by Andris Nelsons, is more notable for its deficits.
**111
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Lise Davidsen triumphs in Met Opera recital

James Baillieu and Lise Davidsen © Karen Almond | Met Opera
In her New York recital debut, the young Norwegian soprano displays the extent of her vocal and theatrical power in an unusually wide-ranging program of songs and opera arias. 
*****
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