Susan Graham, Zheng Cao, Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham, Joyce DiDonato - Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie (2010)
Artist: Susan Graham, Zheng Cao, Frederica von Stade, Joyce DiDonato
Title: Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Avie
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:13:26
Total Size: 284 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Avie
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:13:26
Total Size: 284 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
At the Statue of Venus (Jake Heggie)
1 At the Statue of Venus: A Lucky Child 05:44
Some Times of Day (Jake Heggie)
2 Some Times of Day: The Minuet 03:03
3 Some Times of Day: Simple 03:53
4 Some Times of Day: The Best Time of the Day 04:10
Facing Forward/Looking Back (Jake Heggie)
5 Facing Forward / Looking Back: Motherwit 04:26
6 Facing Forward / Looking Back: Grounded 04:08
7 Facing Forward / Looking Back: Mother in the Mirror 03:17
8 Facing Forward / Looking Back: Facing Forward 04:28
Here and Gone (Jake Heggie)
9 Here and Gone: The Farms of Home 04:31
10 Here and Gone: In Praise of Songs That Die 02:58
11 Here and Gone: Stars 01:53
12 Here and Gone: The Factory Window Song 02:31
13 Here and Gone: In the Morning 01:00
14 Here and Gone: Because I Liked You Better 03:05
15 Here and Gone: The Half-Moon Westers Low 03:26
To Say Before Going to Sleep (Jake Heggie)
16 To Say Before Going to Sleep: To Say Before Going to Sleep 02:48
Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia (Jake Heggie)
17 Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia: Ophelia's Song 02:38
18 Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia: Women Have Loved Before 03:20
19 Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia: Now in a Silver Casket 02:17
20 Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia: Spring 03:23
Master Class (Jake Heggie)
21 Final Monologue from Master Class: Final Monologue from Master Class 06:27
Performers:
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Zheng Cao (mezzo-soprano), Frederica von Stade (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) & Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Keith Phares (baritone), Dawn Harms (violin), Carlamaria Rodrigues (viola), Emil Miland (cello) & Jake Heggie (piano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano)
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.
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.
