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JAKE HEGGIE: Out of Darkness: An Opera of Survival – Caitlin Lynch, sop./ Sarah Larsen, mezzo/ Morgan Smith, bar./ Music of Remembrance/ Mina Miller – Naxos JAKE HEGGIE: “Connection: Three Song Cycles” = Natural Selection; Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia; Eve-Song – Regina Zona, sop./ Kathleen Tagg, p. – Naxos

JAKE HEGGIE: Out of Darkness: An Opera of Survival – Caitlin Lynch, sop./ Sarah Larsen, mezzo/ Morgan Smith, bar./ Music of Remembrance/ Mina Miller – Naxos
JAKE HEGGIE: “Connection: Three Song Cycles” = Natural Selection; Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia; Eve-Song – Regina Zona, sop./ Kathleen Tagg, p. – Naxos

by John Sunier | Feb 16, 2015 | Classical CD Reviews

Terrific cycles by the best song composer today.

JAKE HEGGIE: Out of Darkness: An Opera of Survival – Caitlin Lynch, sop./ Sarah Larsen, mezzo/ Morgan Smith, bar./ Music of Remembrance/ Mina Miller – Naxos JAKE HEGGIE: “Connection: Three Song Cycles” = Natural Selection; Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia; Eve-Song – Regina Zona, sop./ Kathleen Tagg, p. – Naxos

JAKE HEGGIE: Out of Darkness: An Opera of Survival – Caitlin Lynch, sop./ Sarah Larsen, mezzo/ Morgan Smith, bar./ Music of Remembrance/ Mina Miller – Naxos JAKE HEGGIE: “Connection: Three Song Cycles” = Natural Selection; Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia; Eve-Song – Regina Zona, sop./ Kathleen Tagg, p. – Naxos

by John Sunier | Feb 16, 2015 | Classical CD Reviews

Terrific cycles by the best song composer today.

JAKE HEGGIE: Moby Dick (complete opera), Blu-ray (2013)

JAKE HEGGIE: Moby Dick (complete opera), Blu-ray (2013)

by John Sunier | Dec 11, 2013 | DVD & Blu-ray Video Reviews

This classic story is given a brilliant operatic treatment.

* “here/after songs of lost voices” = HEGGIE: Camille Claudel: Into the Fire; Pieces of 9/11: Memories from Houston; Soliloquy; Friendly Persuasions: Homage to Poulenc; Rise & Fall; A Question of Light; Fury of Light – Var. performers – Pentatone Classics (2 discs)

* “here/after songs of lost voices” = HEGGIE: Camille Claudel: Into the Fire; Pieces of 9/11: Memories from Houston; Soliloquy; Friendly Persuasions: Homage to Poulenc; Rise & Fall; A Question of Light; Fury of Light – Var. performers – Pentatone Classics (2 discs)

by John Sunier | Nov 26, 2013 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

************* MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH *************
Heggie goes beyond himself in this unbelievably outstanding collection of vocal pieces.

The Hours Begin to Sing: More Songs by American Composers = JAKE HEGGIE: From the Book of Nightmares; DAVID GARNER: Vilna Poems; JOHN CORIGLIANO: Three Irish Folksong Settings; GORDON GETTY: Four Emily Dickinson Songs; LUNA PEARL WOOLF: Rumi: Quatrains of Love; WILLIAM BOLCOM: Five Cabaret Songs – various perf. – Pentatone Classics

The Hours Begin to Sing: More Songs by American Composers = JAKE HEGGIE: From the Book of Nightmares; DAVID GARNER: Vilna Poems; JOHN CORIGLIANO: Three Irish Folksong Settings; GORDON GETTY: Four Emily Dickinson Songs; LUNA PEARL WOOLF: Rumi: Quatrains of Love; WILLIAM BOLCOM: Five Cabaret Songs – various perf. – Pentatone Classics

by John Sunier | Jun 23, 2013 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

A sequel every bit as fine as the first go-round.

“Passing By” Songs by Jake Heggie – Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano/ Zheng Cao, mezzo-soprano/ Joyce DiDonato, soprano/ Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano, Paul Groves, tenor/ Keith Phares, baritone/ Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano/ Jake Heggie, piano – Avie

by Audiophile Audition | Oct 23, 2010 | Classical CD Reviews

A wonderful recital of music by an unabashed romantic, sung to perfection by some of the world’s greatest artists.