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Release Date: 11/09/1999 Label: Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog #: 63508 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Charles Gilbert Spross, Vittorio Giannini, Teresa del Riego, Haydn Wood, Sammy Fain, Charles,, Ivor Novello, Noel Coward, Eric Coates, Ki-Lu Mana-Zucca, Setz,, Sigmund Romberg, Rudolf Friml, Nicholas Brodszky Performer: Ben Heppner Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
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If Wagner's Tristan had lived in the 1940s instead of Medieval times, perhaps he would have crooned Ivor Novello's "Love is my reason for living" or serenaded his Isolde with Rudolf Friml's "Love me tonight." If these popular songs don't aspire to the transcendent rapture of Wagnerian opera, they do share a sense of absorption in sheer passion. Perhaps sensing this, Ben Heppner, acclaimed as the finest Wagnerian tenor of his generation, offers here a selection of the sentimental and nostalgic love songs sung on radio, stage and screen by earlier "crossover" stars such as Mario Lanza and Nelson Eddy. Heppner, who sings even a demanding role such as Tristan emphasizing lyrical warmth, brings an appealingly direct quality to these songs, varying from the emphatic to the intimate in approach. If he misses the fun in some of the music (although he finds it in Mana-Zucca's swaggering "I love life") there is no doubting his affection for it, and the orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick are romantically enveloping without being schmaltzy. Familiar tunes like "I'll be seeing you" and Lanza's theme song "Be my love" are supplemented by appealing obscurities by Noel Coward and Eric Coates, among others, and Heppner's operatically supported high notes ring out in stirring celebration of these charming songs. REVIEWS: Opera News (2/2000) - "...Heppner's heroic good cheer and ebullient singing give a gilded edge to this album of old-fashioned favorites... reveling in their deep-purple lyrics and gloriously sentimental melodies ...he sounds as if he's having a wonderful time..." |
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Let All My Life Be Music by Charles Gilbert Spross | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs. Language: English |
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Sing to my heart a song by Vittorio Giannini | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: by 1944; USA |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 1 Minutes 13 Secs. Language: English |
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Homing by Teresa del Riego | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: USA |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs. Language: English |
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Roses of Picardy by Haydn Wood | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1916; England |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 3 Minutes 44 Secs. Language: English |
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I'll Be Seeing You by Sammy Fain | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1938; USA |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. Language: English |
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Let My Song Fill Your Heart by Charles, | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs. Language: English |
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Perchance to Dream: Love is my reason by Ivor Novello | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1945; England |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs. Language: English |
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King's Rhapsody: Someday my heart will awake by Ivor Novello | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1949; England |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs. Language: English |
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Bitter Sweet: I'll See You Again by Noel Coward | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1929; England |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs. Language: English |
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Perchance to Dream: We'll gather lilacs by Ivor Novello | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1945; England |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs. Language: English |
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Bird Songs at Eventide by Eric Coates | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1926; England |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs. Language: English |
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I Love Life by Ki-Lu Mana-Zucca | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1923; USA |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 1 Minutes 35 Secs. Language: English |
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The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise by Setz, | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs. Language: English |
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Student Prince: Serenade by Sigmund Romberg | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs. Language: English |
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The Vagabond King: Love me tonight by Rudolf Friml | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1925; USA |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs. Language: English |
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The Toast of New Orleans: Be My Love by Nicholas Brodszky | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs. Language: English |
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The Desert Song: Desert Song by Sigmund Romberg | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1926; USA |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs. Language: English |
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Conversation Piece: I'll Follow My Secret Heart by Noel Coward | ||||
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Performer:
Ben Heppner (Tenor)
Conductor: Jonathan Tunick Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1934; England |
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Date of Recording: 07/1999 Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London, England Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs. Language: English |
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