Dark Hope CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Endlessly ~ Ren?e Fleming

2. No One's Gonna Love You ~ Ren?e Fleming

3. Oxygen ~ Ren?e Fleming

4. Today ~ Ren?e Fleming

5. Intervention ~ Ren?e Fleming

6. With Twilight As My Guide ~ Ren?e Fleming

7. Mad World ~ Ren?e Fleming

8. In Your Eyes ~ Ren?e Fleming

9. Stepping Stone ~ Ren?e Fleming

10. Soul Meets Body ~ Ren?e Fleming

11. Hallelujah ~ Ren?e Fleming

Renée Fleming's new album 'Dark Hope', which the opera star describes as a "visit to a new, parallel universe," will be released by Decca this spring. The album was recorded in close collaboration with producer David Kahne (Regina Spektor, The Strokes, The Bangles, Sublime, and countless others) in New York City, and features a diverse and adventurous track listing of songs.

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: David Kahne (programming).
	Audio Mixer: David Kahne.
	Photographer: Andrew Eccles.
	Arranger: David Kahne.
	It's fitting that Ren?e Fleming, "the people's diva," would make an album of pop songs that feels more like a labor of love than a crossover attempt. Dark Hope is filled with songs and arrangements that wouldn't appear on a typical attempt to bring a classical vocalist into the mainstream -- witness her dark, intricate take on the Mars Volta's "With Twilight as My Guide." It should almost go without saying that Fleming's voice is just as remarkable here as it is in her usual milieu, but the album proves time and again that she is game for just about anything. Fleming learned how to sing in the more intimate, confessional style that Dark Hope's singer/songwriter and alternative rock fare requires just for this project; combined with her interpretive gifts, she does a masterful job of remaining true to the spirit of the original songs while offering her own twists on them. Her voice dances over the wordy, syllable-heavy lyrics of Willy Mason's "Oxygen," she brings a mature moodiness to "Stepping Stone" that was lacking in Duffy's spitfire version, and she remains connected to the intimacy in the Arcade Fire's "Intervention" even as the song swells around her. Fleming is divinely torchy on Muse's "Endlessly," a standout track along with the subtly sultry electro-folk turn on Jefferson Airplane's "Today" and the urgent yet airy reading of Death Cab for Cutie's "Soul Meets Body." Fleming deserves credit for undertaking such a bold enterprise. ~ Heather Phares
Producer: David Kahne
Engineer: David Kahne; Robert Smith; Roy Hendrickson

Compilation Appearances

	Sophisticated Ladies
	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Soundtrack Only)
	Two Worlds

Associated Artists and Works

	Domingo, Placido
	Mehldau, Brad

Technical Info

	Release Date : 06/08/2010
	Original Release Date : 2010
	Catalog ID : B0014186-02
	Label : Decca (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00602527362052

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Dark Hope (2010)

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