Sony Masterworks
My Secret Heart / Ben Heppner
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Details
- Composer
- GIANNINI CHARLES NOVELLO VA
- Artist
- Ben Heppner
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Sony Masterworks
- Released
- Nov 09, 1999
- Catalog #
- 09026635082
- UPC
- 090266350827
About
If Wagner's Tristan had lived in the 1940s instead of Medieval times, perhaps he would have crooned Ivor Novello's "Love is my reason for living" or serenaded his Isolde with Rudolf Friml's "Love me tonight." If these popular songs don't aspire to the transcendent rapture of Wagnerian opera, they do share a sense of absorption in sheer passion. Perhaps sensing this, Ben Heppner, acclaimed as the finest Wagnerian tenor of his generation, offers here a selection of the sentimental and nostalgic love songs sung on radio, stage and screen by earlier "crossover" stars such as Mario Lanza and Nelson Eddy.
Heppner, who sings even a demanding role such as Tristan emphasizing lyrical warmth, brings an appealingly direct quality to these songs, varying from the emphatic to the intimate in approach. If he misses the fun in some of the music (although he finds it in Mana-Zucca's swaggering "I love life") there is no doubting his affection for it, and the orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick are romantically enveloping without being schmaltzy. Familiar tunes like "I'll be seeing you" and Lanza's theme song "Be my love" are supplemented by appealing obscurities by Noel Coward and Eric Coates, among others, and Heppner's operatically supported high notes ring out in stirring celebration of these charming songs.
REVIEWS:
Opera News (2/2000) - "...Heppner's heroic good cheer and ebullient singing give a gilded edge to this album of old-fashioned favorites... reveling in their deep-purple lyrics and gloriously sentimental melodies ...he sounds as if he's having a wonderful time..."
Heppner, who sings even a demanding role such as Tristan emphasizing lyrical warmth, brings an appealingly direct quality to these songs, varying from the emphatic to the intimate in approach. If he misses the fun in some of the music (although he finds it in Mana-Zucca's swaggering "I love life") there is no doubting his affection for it, and the orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick are romantically enveloping without being schmaltzy. Familiar tunes like "I'll be seeing you" and Lanza's theme song "Be my love" are supplemented by appealing obscurities by Noel Coward and Eric Coates, among others, and Heppner's operatically supported high notes ring out in stirring celebration of these charming songs.
REVIEWS:
Opera News (2/2000) - "...Heppner's heroic good cheer and ebullient singing give a gilded edge to this album of old-fashioned favorites... reveling in their deep-purple lyrics and gloriously sentimental melodies ...he sounds as if he's having a wonderful time..."
Tracklist 18 tracks
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1 Let All My Life Be Music (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 02:27
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Let All My Life Be Music (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 02:27
- Composer
- Charles Gilbert Spross
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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2 Sing to My Heart a Song (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 01:13
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Sing to My Heart a Song (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 01:13
- Composer
- Vittorio Giannini
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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3 Let My Song Fill Your Heart (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 02:34
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Let My Song Fill Your Heart (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 02:34
- Composer
- Ernest Charles
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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4 Perchance to Dream: Love is my reason (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 02:45
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Perchance to Dream: Love is my reason (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 02:45
- Composer
- Ivor Novello
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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5 King's Rhapsody: Someday My Heart Will Awake (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 03:35
- Track
- 5
- Title
- King's Rhapsody: Someday My Heart Will Awake (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 03:35
- Composer
- Ivor Novello
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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6 Bitter Sweet: I'll See You Again (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 03:55
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Bitter Sweet: I'll See You Again (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 03:55
- Composer
- Noël Coward
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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7 Perchance to Dream: We'll Gather Lilacs (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 04:45
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Perchance to Dream: We'll Gather Lilacs (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 04:45
- Composer
- Ivor Novello
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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8 Bird Songs at Eventide (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 02:46
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Bird Songs at Eventide (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 02:46
- Composer
- Eric Coates
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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9 Homing (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 02:17
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Homing (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 02:17
- Composer
- Teresa Del Riego
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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10 I Love Life (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 01:35
- Track
- 10
- Title
- I Love Life (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 01:35
- Composer
- Mana-Zucca Cassel
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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11 The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 03:37
- Track
- 11
- Title
- The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 03:37
- Composer
- Ernest Seitz
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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12 Roses of Picardy (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 03:44
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Roses of Picardy (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 03:44
- Composer
- Haydn Wood
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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13 I'll Be Seeing You (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 02:52
- Track
- 13
- Title
- I'll Be Seeing You (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 02:52
- Composer
- Sammy Fain
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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14 The Student Prince, Act I: Serenade (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 03:10
- Track
- 14
- Title
- The Student Prince, Act I: Serenade (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 03:10
- Composer
- Sigmund Romberg
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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15 The Vagabond King: Love Me Tonight (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 02:37
- Track
- 15
- Title
- The Vagabond King: Love Me Tonight (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 02:37
- Composer
- Rudolf Friml
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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16 The Toast of New Orleans: Be My Love (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 03:16
- Track
- 16
- Title
- The Toast of New Orleans: Be My Love (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 03:16
- Composer
- Nicholas Brodszky
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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17 The Desert Song: The Desert Song (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 03:55
- Track
- 17
- Title
- The Desert Song: The Desert Song (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 03:55
- Composer
- Sigmund Romberg
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick
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18 Conversation Piece: I'll Follow My Secret Heart (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra) 02:40
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Conversation Piece: I'll Follow My Secret Heart (arr. J. Tunick for voice and orchestra)
- Duration
- 02:40
- Composer
- Noël Coward
- Performer
- Ben Heppner
- Ensemble
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor
- Jonathan Tunick