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Title: Fleming Should Not Be Singing These Songs
Review: Renee Fleming is a remarkable classical singer, but this music is not for her. One need only listen to a few bars of "In My Life" to realize that she's trying much too hard and completely missing everything this song is about. She tries to make up for her insecurity by overemoting and overdramatizing virtually every song. It just doesn't work. One doesn't have to copy the original versions or even styles of these songs, but you do have to have some sense of their rhythm, meaning, etc. Dawn Upshaw is someone who gets it. Unfortunately Renee doesn't, and it's really quite painful to hear.
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