Music

The Faces of Love 1999

By Jake Heggie, Renée Fleming, Sylvia McNair, Jennifer Larmore, Frederica von Stade, Nicolle Foland, Zheng Cao, Kristin Clayton, Carol Vaness, Brian Asawa

classical, opera 78 min 26 tracks RCA Victor Red Seal

The Faces of Love is a 78-minute studio album of contemporary classical songs composed by Jake Heggie, performed by Brian Asawa, Zheng Cao, Kristin Clayton, Renée Fleming, Nicolle Foland, Jennifer Larmore, Sylvia McNair, Frederica von Stade and Carol Vaness, with piano accompaniment by Heggie and with two contributions by cellist Emil Miland. It was released in 1999.

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Character

Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.

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gravecomic
character-ledplot-driven

Tracks

1I Shall Not Live in Vain2:48
2Eve-Song: Even3:02
3Eve-Song: Listen2:19
4Eve-Song: Snake3:23
5Of Gods and Cats: In the Beginning2:53
6Of Gods and Cats: Once Upon a Universe3:27
7Paper Wings: Bedtime Story3:20
8Paper Wings: Paper Wings1:48
9Paper Wings: Mitten Smitten1:05
10Paper Wings: A Route to the Sky2:09
11Natural Selection: Animal Passion3:19
12Natural Selection: Alas! Alack!2:31
13Natural Selection: Joy Alone (Connection)3:22
14What Lips My Lips Have Kissed5:36
15If You Were Coming in the Fall3:08
16As Well as Jesus2:31
17It Makes No Difference Abroad2:31
18Encountertenor: Countertenor's Conundrum5:17
19Encountertenor: The trouble with trebles in trousers...4:22
20Dixie3:56
21Songs to the Moon: Once More - To Gloriana2:37
22Songs to the Moon: Euclid1:46
23Songs to the Moon: The Haughty Snail King3:17
24Songs to the Moon: What the Gray-Winged Fairy Said2:03
25My True Love Hath My Heart3:40
26Sophie's Song2:21

26 tracks, 78 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Jake Heggie, Renée Fleming, Sylvia McNair, Jennifer Larmore, Frederica von Stade, Nicolle Foland, Zheng Cao, Kristin Clayton, Carol Vaness, Brian Asawa
Label: RCA Victor Red Seal
Released: 1999
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: US

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