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Title: Not for me
Review: I really wanted to like this. I am not a great fan of Ms Fleming's opera work. I find her pretentious, syrupy, sugary and sentimentalized. Also, I watched her last year sing "Silent Night" on TV and it was just awful. I know she has lots of fans, and I am so sorry because I so wanted to love this new style for her. But, yet again it was just impossibly earnest. No lightness of touch and pathos for the material, just a dirge, especially "Answer Me".Even "River" -- husky and long breathy notes does not a style make. Apart from the great Joni Mitchell, just listen the Sarah MacLachlan's recording and it breaks your heart. Renee Fleming does not convince. Overly rehearsed and too pre-conceived without any spontaneity.
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