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Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie

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),...

...the composer's own fluent piano-playing, an expert string group and a good if sometimes over-glossy recording provide support for some world-class singers...who are clearly revelling in the... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 13th Sep 2010
Catalogue No: AV2198
Label: Avie
Length: 73 minutes

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October 2010

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Awards Issue 2010

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Heggie: At the Statue of Venus: A Lucky Child (McNally)

Work length5:44

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Susan Graham, Jake Heggie

Heggie: Some Times of Day (Carver)

Work length11:06

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Zheng Cao, Dawn Harms, Jake Heggie, Emil Miland

The Minuet

Track length3:03

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Simple

Track length3:53

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The Best Time of the Day

Track length4:10

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Heggie: Facing Forward / Looking Back

Work length16:19

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Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham, Joyce DiDonato, Jake Heggie

Motherwit

Track length4:26

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Grounded

Track length4:08

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Mother in the Mirror

Track length3:17

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Facing Forward

Track length4:28

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Heggie: Here and Gone

Work length19:24

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Paul Groves, Keith Phares, Dawn Harms, CarlaMaria Rodrigues, Jake Heggie, Emil Miland

The Farms of Home

Track length4:31

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In Praise of Songs That Die

Track length2:58

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Stars

Track length1:53

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The Factory Window Song

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In the Morning

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Because I Liked You Better

Track length3:05

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The Half-Moon Westers Low

Track length3:26

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Heggie: To say before going to sleep

Work length2:48

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Joyce DiDonato, Jake Heggie

Heggie: Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia

Work length11:38

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Jake Heggie, Isabel Bayrakdarian

Ophelia's Song

Track length2:38

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Women Have Loved Before

Track length3:20

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Now in a Silver Casket

Track length2:17

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Spring

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Heggie: Final Monologue from Master Class: Final Monologue from Master Class

Work length6:27

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Joyce DiDonato, Jake Heggie

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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.

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October 2010

...the composer's own fluent piano-playing, an expert string group and a good if sometimes over-glossy recording provide support for some world-class singers...who are clearly revelling in the opportunities that Heggie has offered them here.

Awards Issue 2010

I can do scant justice to this collection in the space permitted but suffice it to say that these songs "sing" most ardently. Heggie is not afraid to acknowledge, indeed embrace, America's Broadway heritage...but he displays at all times a really composerly instinct in the way these songs are structured.

Passing By: Songs by Jake Heggie

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