Soprano Cheryl Barker sings opera arias in English, including a scene from Jake's "The End of the Affair", with the London Philharmonic Orchestra led by David Parry.
The CD can be previewed and/or ordered from Amazon.com
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Cheryl Barker sings Great Operatic Arias (Chandos) |
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Soprano Cheryl Barker sings opera arias in English, including a scene from Jake's "The End of the Affair", with the London Philharmonic Orchestra led by David Parry.
The CD can be previewed and/or ordered from Amazon.com |
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Three Decembers - World Premiere Recording at Houston Grand Opera (Albany) |
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THREE DECEMBERS, an opera in two acts by Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer, based on an original play by Terrence McNally. Live recording from Houston Grand Opera (2008). Frederica von Stade (Madeline), Kristin Clayton (Bea), Keith Phares (Charlie). Patrick Summers conducts members of the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. The great Frederica von Stade sings "the role of a lifetime" (Houston Chronicle) as Broadway star Madeline Mitchell in the latest lyric drama by Heggie & Scheer, based on a play by Terrence McNally. Madeline's children are sung by soprano Kristin Clayton (Bea) and baritone Keith Phares (Charlie). In the story, a famous actress has become estranged from her children. Madeline has been keeping a powerful secret from them, and over three decades hidden truths are revealed as they struggle to find their identities as part of a family and in their lives. The CD can be previewed and/or ordered from Amazon.com |
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For A Look Or A Touch (Naxos) |
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A recording featuring music of Jake Heggie, Gerard Schwarz and Lori Laitman. Baritone Morgan Smith (Manfred) and veteran baritone Julian Patrick (Gad) are joined by a quintet of extraordinary instrumentalists for this theatrical song cycle commissioned by Seattle’s Music of Remembrance (Mina Miller, artistic director). Librettist Gene Scheer based his text on true stories told in the documentary film Paragraph 175 and the journal of Manfred Lewin, from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. You can sample and/or order the Naxos Classical recording. |
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Flesh & Stone: The Songs Of Jake Heggie (Americus Records) |
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A recording to benefit Classical Action.
Also featured are performances by Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Carey Bell, clarinet; David Henderson, saxophone; Dawn Harms, violin; Emil Miland, cello; Richard Worn, bass; and Jake Heggie, piano.
All proceeds benefit Classical Action to support AIDS services, awareness and education.
The CD can only be ordered through the Broadway Cares/Classical Action Store.
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| To Hell And Back |
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Live Recording of World Premiere Exclusively for download at magnatune.com |
| The Deepest Desire - Joyce DiDonato |
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Joyce DiDonato's first recital CD was released in Europe in November 2005 and received France's prestigious Diapason d'Or. The disc features music by Bernstein, Copland and Jake Heggie. The title track is Heggie's cycle The Deepest Desire: Four Meditations on Love (texts by Sister Helen Prejean). DiDonato is joined by flutist Frances Shelly and pianist David Zobel on this elegant recording from Eloquentia Records. The CD can be previewed and/or ordered from Amazon.com |
| Artist Portrait - Susan Graham |
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This compilation of some of Susan Graham's great recordings includes several tracks from Heggie's opera Dead Man Walking. The CD can be previewed and/or ordered from Amazon.com |
| Holy the Firm - Essay for Cello and Orchestra |
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World Premiere recorded live at Oakland's Paramount Theater on November 18th, 2002. Emil Miland, cellist and the Oakland East Bay Symphony; Michael Morgan conducting. CD can be ordered from OEBS' secure site. |
| Dead Man Walking
- A Complete Live Recording of the
World Premiere at San Francisco Opera (ERATO) |
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The complete live recording of the world premiere production at San Francisco Opera in October 2000. Patrick Summers conducts the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus with soloists Susan Graham (Sister Helen), John Packard (Joseph de Rocher), Frederica von Stade (Joseph's Mother), and others. See
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| The Faces of Love - The Songs of
Jake Heggie; Fleming, Von Stade, McNair, Vaness, Foland, Clayton, Cao, Asawa (BMG/RCA Victor 63484) |
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See and hear at Amazon.com |
| My Native Land
- Jennifer Larmore, Antoine Palloc (WEA/Atlantic/Teldec 16069) |
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See Artist Profile & Information for Jennifer Larmore See and hear at Amazon.com |
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