Here / After - Songs of Lost Voices
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Jake HEGGY / Gene SCHEER
Here / After - Songs of Lost Voices
Steven Costello, Joyce DiDonato, Nathan Gunn, Talise Trevigne, Carol Wincenc (flute), The Alexander String Quartet
[ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD ]
Release Date: Monday 21 October 2013
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HERE/AFTER: Songs of Lost Voices, is a two-CD set of recent songs and music by Jake Heggie, "the finest American art song composer of his generation" (John von Rhein, Classical Review), to texts by the Grammy Award-nominated Gene Scheer. The generous PentaTone Classics collection features more than two hours of music from the composer and librettist of the operas Moby-Dick and Three Decembers, with performances by some of the foremost exponents of their work, including soprano Talise Trevigne, mezzo Joyce DiDonato, tenor Stephen Costello, baritone Nathan Gunn, flutistCarol Wincenc, and the Alexander String Quartet.
"Though Heggie's thematic ideas might seem a bit commonplace on first hearing, listeners are advised to stay alert to each song's last note. Invariably, one is ambushed by the music's cumulative effect...Performances by longtime Heggie collaborators definitely sweeten the package...DiDonato couldn't be more dramatically on point as Claudel" (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Camille Claudel: Into the Fire
Pieces of 9/11: Memories from Houston
Soliloquy for Flute & Piano
Friendly Persuasions: Homage to Poulenc
Rise & Fall
A Question of Light
Fury of Light
