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Passing By: Songs By Jake Heggie

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: AV2198

Release Date:  13 September 2010

Label:  Avie

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  822252219821

Genres:  Classical  

  • Description

    One of the leading American composers of his generation, Jake Heggie arrives on Avie with 'Passing By', a gorgeous collection of recent songs and duets performed by a superb line-up of international singers and instrumentalists.

    Fresh from the extraordinary success of The Dallas Opera premiere of his opera Moby Dick – "a wonderful and rare reminder that new opera truly can excite people if it's done right," according to The Washington Post – Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Heggie describes this collection as "songs that tell stories about now and then. Reflections of family, friends and lovers passing by. A missed or mistaken connection, a moment when everything might have been different. People who entered our lives and would be there forever, then suddenly were not there at all."

    Indelibly associated with his acclaimed operas, including Dead Man Walking (which made the Top 10 of Billboard's Classical Chart), Three Decembers and The End of the Affair, Jake's heart and soul lie in storytelling through song. With lyrics and poetry by the likes of A.E. Housman, Terrence McNally and Rilke, the songs of Passing By reflect the great American songbook tradition, replete with achingly beautiful melodies and striking observations of life's journeys.

    As Passing By illustrates, Jake's music is championed by the most illustrious international signers, many of whom he has also collaborated with as a pianist. He has received commissions from San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Carnegie Hall and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has had performances as far afield as Australia, Austria, Germany, Ireland and Sweden and South Africa.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. A Lucky Child, from At the Statue of Venus (McNally) - Susan Graham
      • 2. Some Times of Day (Carver), three songs for mezzo-soprano and piano trio: The Minuet - Zheng Cao
      • 3. Simple - Zheng Cao
      • 4. The Best Time of the Day - Zheng Cao
      • 5. Facing Forward/Looking Back duets for two women and piano: Motherwit (Baldridge) - Frederica von Sta
      • 6. Grounded (Zukerman) - Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham & Joyce DiDonato
      • 7. Mother in the Mirror (Maupin) - Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham & Joyce DiDonato
      • 8. Facing Forward (Heggie) - Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham & Joyce DiDonato
      • 9. Here and Gone, songs and duets for tenor, baritone and piano quartet: The Farms of Home (Housman) -
      • 10. In Praise of Songs That Die (Lindsay) - Paul Groves & Keith Phares
      • 11. Stars (Housman) - Paul Groves & Keith Phares
      • 12. The Factory Window Song (Lindsay) - Paul Groves & Keith Phares
      • 13. In the Morning (Housman) - Paul Groves & Keith Phares
      • 14. Because I Liked You Better (Housman) - Paul Groves & Keith Phares
      • 15. The Half-Moon Westers Low (Housman) - Paul Groves & Keith Phares
      • 16. To Say Before Going to Sleep (Rilke, trans. by A.E. Flemming) - Joyce DiDonato
      • 17. Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia: Ophelia's Song (Heggie) - Isabel Bayrakdarian
      • 18. Women Have Loved Before (Millay) - Isabel Bayrakdarian
      • 19. Not in a Silver Casket (Millay) - Isabel Bayrakdarian
      • 20. Spring (Millay) - Isabel Bayrakdarian
      • 21. Final Monologue from Master Class (McNally) - Joyce DiDonato