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The Faces Of Love - The Songs Of Jake Heggie

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Composer: HEGGIE, JAKE
Artist: Fleming Various
Format: CD
Label: Sony Masterworks
Released: Sep 14, 1999
Catalog #: 09026634842
UPC: 090266348428

About

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 Renée 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.
REVIEWS:
Newsday (4/30/00, p.26) - "...The disc, which is an impressive calling card, makes it clear what these singers respond to...[Heggie's] melodies play out in floating, sometimes startling movements, like a breeze-tossed kite...Heggie can also be a delightful colorist, possessed of a natural, elegant eloquence..."

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Tracklist 26 tracks

1 The Faces of Love: I shall not live in vain 02:41

Track
1

Title
The Faces of Love: I shall not live in vain
Duration
02:41
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Renée Fleming, Jake Heggie
2 No. 2. Even 02:59

Track
2

Title
No. 2. Even
Duration
02:59
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Sylvia McNair, Jake Heggie
3 No. 4. Listen 02:19

Track
3

Title
No. 4. Listen
Duration
02:19
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Sylvia McNair, Jake Heggie
4 No. 5. Snake 03:18

Track
4

Title
No. 5. Snake
Duration
03:18
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Sylvia McNair, Jake Heggie
5 No. 1. In the Beginning 02:50

Track
5

Title
No. 1. In the Beginning
Duration
02:50
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Jennifer Larmore, Jake Heggie
6 No. 2. Once Upon a Universe 03:23

Track
6

Title
No. 2. Once Upon a Universe
Duration
03:23
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Jennifer Larmore, Jake Heggie
7 No. 1. Bedtime Story 03:19

Track
7

Title
No. 1. Bedtime Story
Duration
03:19
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Frederica von Stade, Jake Heggie
8 No. 2. Paper Wings 01:47

Track
8

Title
No. 2. Paper Wings
Duration
01:47
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Frederica von Stade, Jake Heggie
9 No. 3. Mitten Smitten 01:05

Track
9

Title
No. 3. Mitten Smitten
Duration
01:05
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Frederica von Stade, Jake Heggie
10 No. 4. A Route to the Sky 02:06

Track
10

Title
No. 4. A Route to the Sky
Duration
02:06
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Frederica von Stade, Jake Heggie
11 No. 2. Animal Passion 03:19

Track
11

Title
No. 2. Animal Passion
Duration
03:19
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Nicolle Folland, Jake Heggie
12 No. 3. Alas! Alack! 02:29

Track
12

Title
No. 3. Alas! Alack!
Duration
02:29
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Nicolle Folland, Jake Heggie
13 No. 5. Joy Alone (Connection) 03:19

Track
13

Title
No. 5. Joy Alone (Connection)
Duration
03:19
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Nicolle Folland, Jake Heggie
14 Before the Storm: No. 3. What lips my lips have kissed 05:30

Track
14

Title
Before the Storm: No. 3. What lips my lips have kissed
Duration
05:30
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Cao Zheng, Emil Miland, Jake Heggie
15 If you were coming in the fall 03:05

Track
15

Title
If you were coming in the fall
Duration
03:05
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Kristin Clayton, Jake Heggie
16 As Well As Jesus? 02:29

Track
16

Title
As Well As Jesus?
Duration
02:29
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Carol Vaness, Jake Heggie
17 From Emily's Garden: No. 4. It makes no difference abroad 02:26

Track
17

Title
From Emily's Garden: No. 4. It makes no difference abroad
Duration
02:26
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Carol Vaness, Jake Heggie
18 No. 1. Countertenor's Conundrum 05:14

Track
18

Title
No. 1. Countertenor's Conundrum
Duration
05:14
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Brian Asawa, Jake Heggie
19 No. 2. The trouble with trebles in trousers … (Pitch can be a bitch!) 04:18

Track
19

Title
No. 2. The trouble with trebles in trousers … (Pitch can be a bitch!)
Duration
04:18
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Brian Asawa, Jake Heggie
20 Dixie 03:51

Track
20

Title
Dixie
Duration
03:51
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Jennifer Larmore, Jake Heggie
21 No. 1. Prologue: Once More - To Gloriana 02:36

Track
21

Title
No. 1. Prologue: Once More - To Gloriana
Duration
02:36
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Frederica von Stade, Jake Heggie
22 No. 2. Euclid 01:46

Track
22

Title
No. 2. Euclid
Duration
01:46
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Frederica von Stade, Jake Heggie
23 No. 3. The Haughty Snail-King 03:14

Track
23

Title
No. 3. The Haughty Snail-King
Duration
03:14
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Frederica von Stade, Jake Heggie
24 No. 7. What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said 01:55

Track
24

Title
No. 7. What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said
Duration
01:55
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Frederica von Stade, Jake Heggie
25 My True Love Hath My Heart (version for soprano, mezzo-soprano, cello and piano) 03:35

Track
25

Title
My True Love Hath My Heart (version for soprano, mezzo-soprano, cello and piano)
Duration
03:35
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Sylvia McNair, Frederica von Stade, Emil Miland, Jake Heggie
26 Sophie's Song 02:18

Track
26

Title
Sophie's Song
Duration
02:18
Composer
Jake Heggie
Performer
Jennifer Larmore, Jake Heggie