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Flicka really shines in this performance of variety and beauty. Backed by the excellent Utah Symphony Orchestra and the unmatched Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Von Stade weaves a tapestry of soaring melodies, sacred reverence, and great charm. Mendolssohn to Bernstein, this recording covers a lot of ground and does it well. I fell in love with this recording back in 1993 during a cold and wet southern Louisiana Winter. I wore out my cassette recording of it, and I'm thrilled to find it on CD. For uplifting and beautiful music and the transcendent soprano of Frederica Von Stade, I recommend this to any lover of great music.

What a lovely CD! Ms. VonStade as usual was in fine voice, and it was about time the Mozart "Laudate Dominum" was sung by a mezzo. This was just simply beautiful singing! Her performance of the Gluck "Che faro" was a lovely surprise - excellent performance in all aspects, from vocal color to drama to tempo changes and dynamics. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir gave some vocally impressive performances and did what many smaller choirs fail to do - these people actually enunciate each word so that the listener can understand the text!!! Beautiful orchestral playing, wonderful choral singing, and the lush voice of VonStade. You can't go wrong.