The Faces of Love: The Songs of Jake Heggie

The Faces of Love: The Songs of Jake Heggie

by Faces Of Love: The Songs Of Jake Heggie / Various
The Faces of Love: The Songs of Jake Heggie

The Faces of Love: The Songs of Jake Heggie

by Faces Of Love: The Songs Of Jake Heggie / Various

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Overview

Listen to only the first track of this recording, a heart-wrenching setting of Emily Dickinson's poem "I shall not live in vain" sung by Renee Fleming, and be immediately convinced that this compilation by Jake Heggie is a must for any lover of song. THE FACES OF LOVE testifies to Heggie's nimble sensitivity in setting words to music, as he draws from a wide range of poetry, while always seeming to find the most unforced and compelling means to make these lyrics sing. As the San Francisco Opera's first CHASE Composer-in-Residence, Heggie has had the benefit of forming professional relationships with some of the world's greatest singers, a number of whom appear on this disk in songs written expressly for them. This intimate knowledge of individual voices and personalities has enabled Heggie to write unusually idiomatic vocal music for such distinctive singers as Fleming, Carol Vaness, Frederica von Stade, and Jennifer Larmore--the four most thoughtful collaborators on this disk.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/14/1999
Label: Rca Victor Red Seal / Bmg
UPC: 0090266348428
Rank: 180416

Tracks

  1. I shall not live in vain
  2. Eve-Song: no 2, Even
  3. Eve-Song: no 4, Listen
  4. Eve-Song: no 5, Snake
  5. Of Gods and Cats: no 1, In the Beginning
  6. Of Gods and Cats: no 2, Once Upon a Universe
  7. Paper Wings: no 1, Bedtime Story
  8. Paper Wings: no 2, Paper Wings
  9. Paper Wings: no 3, Mitten Smitten
  10. Paper Wings: no 4, A Route to the Sky
  11. Natural Selection: no 2, Animal Passion
  12. Natural Selection: no 3, Alas! Alack!
  13. Natural Selection: no 5, Connection
  14. Before the Storm: no 3, What lips my lips have kissed
  15. If you were coming in the Fall
  16. As well as Jesus?
  17. From Emily's Garden: no 4, It makes no difference abroad
  18. Encountertenor: no 1, Countertenor's conundrum
  19. Encountertenor: no 2, The trouble with trebles in trousers... (Pitch can be a bitch!)
  20. Dixie
  21. Songs to the Moon: no 1, Once More - To Gloriana
  22. Songs to the Moon: no 2, Euclid
  23. Songs to the Moon: no 3, The Haughty Snail-King
  24. Songs to the Moon: no 7, What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said
  25. My true love hath my heart
  26. Sophie's Song

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jake Heggie   Primary Artist,Piano
Jennifer Larmore   Primary Artist,Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal),Vocals
Renee Fleming   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal),Vocals
Frederica Von Stade   Primary Artist,Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal),Vocals
Carol Vaness   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal),Vocals
Sylvia McNair   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal),Vocals
Emil Miland   Cello
Cao Zheng   Soprano (Vocal)
Brian Asawa   Counter Tenor (Vocal)
Nicolle Folland   Soprano (Vocal)
Kristin Clayton   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Leslie Ann Jones   Production Assistant,Engineer
Tom Lazarus   Engineer,Mastering
Frederica Von Stade   Composer,Performer
Bob Levy   Engineer,Production Assistant
Gavin Dillard   Composer
Clarity   Photography
Emily Dickinson   Composer
Emily Dickenson   Composer
Alan Trugman   Art Direction
Jake Heggie   A&R,Composer,Liner Notes
Art   Photography
Jayne Hinds Bidaut   Photography
Jennifer Larmore   Performer
Renee Fleming   Performer
Edna St. Vincent Millay   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Sylvia McNair   Performer
Vachel Lindsay   Composer
John Schaecher   Keyboard Technician,Tuning
Larry Merkle   Photography
David Bowles   Recording Producer,Digital Editing
Marty Sohl   Photography
Carol Vaness   Performer
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