The Faces of Love ~ The Songs of Jake Heggie / Fleming, McNair, Larmore, von Stade, Forand, Cao, Clayton, Vaness, Asawa
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1999-09-14
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- I Shall Not Live in Vain - Ren?e Fleming
- Even - Sylvia McNair
- Listen - Sylvia McNair
- Snake - Sylvia McNair
- In the Beginning - Jennifer Larmore
- Once upon a Universe - Jennifer Larmore
- Bedtime Story - Frederica Von Stade
- Paper Wings - Frederica Von Stade
- Mitten Smitten - Frederica Von Stade
- Route to the Sky - Frederica Von Stade
- Animal Passion
- Alas! Alack!
- Joy Alone (Connection)
- What Lips My Lips Have Kissed
- If You Were Coming in the Fall
- As Well as Jesus? - Carol Vaness
- It Makes No Difference Abroad - Carol Vaness
- Countertenor's Conundrum
- Trouble With Trebles in Trousers...
- Dixie - Jennifer Larmore
- Once More- To Gloriana - Frederica Von Stade
- Euclid - Frederica Von Stade
- Haughty Snail King - Frederica Von Stade
- What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said/My True Love Hath My Heart/Encore: ... - Frederica Von Stade
- My True Love Hath My Heart - Jake Heggie
- Sophie's Song - Jake Heggie
Music reviews of The Faces of Love ~ The Songs of Jake Heggie / Fleming, McNair, Larmore, von Stade, Forand, Cao, Clayton, Vaness, Asawa
Music Review: Too Accessible
Rating: 3 Stars
Competent songs by unquestionably talented composer, well sung, but overall the effect is of mundane ear candy. It fits too comfortably into the tradition. To be clear, I'm no fan of wacky-kooky-noise songs by avant gardiste composers (Berio's vocal music is atrocious). However, this milquetoast collection is not at the vanguard of contemporary music. It conveys a good sense of drama, but lacks innovation and a spark of musical intelligence. Since Amazon has no half stars, he gets the benefit of the doubt for trying -- a "3" rather than "2" score.
Description of The Faces of Love ~ The Songs of Jake Heggie / Fleming, McNair, Larmore, von Stade, Forand, Cao, Clayton, Vaness, Asawa
Don't be put off by the title, which sounds like the product of a marketing meeting. These are smart, fun, sexy, friendly musical settings of verse by (mostly) living poets by the composer of the forthcoming Dead Man Walking opera. Even better, there's not the slightest hint of these starry singers phoning in their performances en route to the airport. Everyone performs in excellent voice and with maximum commitment (Jennifer Larmore's English diction has never been better), and with good reason. Jake Heggie draws on all manners of compositional techniques--from expansive flights of polytonality to droll references to tango and other dance rhythms--but always at the service of his essentially lyrical musical personality, which can be vaguely described as updated Samuel Barber. Beyond writing well for the voice, Heggie gives the singers an unfettered emotional outlet and a range of theatrical moods, both in his choice of stylish, emotionally present verse and in his broad, clearly etched melodies that so easily accommodate coloring and nuance. As if that's not enough to inspire commitment from singers, Frederica von Stade doubles as poet in the cycle Paper Wings. Not all of this is great--Heggie sometimes resorts to generalized prettiness--but there hasn't been a more engaging vocal recital album all year. --David Patrick StearnsGeneral CDs
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