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Composer(s): Hagen, Daron Aric
Lyricist(s): Muldoon, Paul
Conductor(s): Falletta, JoAnn
Orchestra(s): Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir(s): Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
Artist(s): Barton, Tony; Curran, Matthew; Demler, James; Eley, Elem; Fleischer, Deborah; Fleischer, Eric; Frankenberry, Robert; Harris, Brenda; Lyons, Gilda; Orth, Robert; Reckamp, Jennifer Lynn; Valby, Elaine
Label: Naxos
Series: Opera Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.669020-21
Barcode: 730099902076
Release Date: 03/2009
HAGEN, D.: Shining Brow [Opera] (Orth, Harris, Frankenberry, Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta)
Daron Hagen and Paul Muldoon’s first, and highly successful, opera is based on the life of the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin (Welsh for ‘Shining Brow’), the home he built for himself in Wisconsin. Popular with audiences and critics alike, Shining Brow has been hailed as a masterpiece full of fresh ideas, and is frequently performed. ‘Hagen has a gift for the big tune, and he serves up some beauties’ (New York Times). ‘Its libretto is unusually inventive and poetic’ (Capital Times).
Tracklist
Disc 1
Hagen, Daron Aric
Muldoon, Paul - Lyricist
Muldoon, Paul - Lyricist
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Lyons, Gilda (soprano)
Eley, Elem (baritone)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Valby, Elaine (mezzo-soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Lyons, Gilda (soprano)
Eley, Elem (baritone)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Valby, Elaine (mezzo-soprano)
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1 | Prologue: So much so, that even now I flinch… (Sullivan, Waiter) | 04:41 |
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Eley, Elem (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Eley, Elem (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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2 | Prologue: So the poetry of architecture… (Draftsmen) | 01:04 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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3 | Act I Scene 1: Some are destined to stand… (Wright, Mamah, Edwin, Draftsmen) | 05:11 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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4 | Act I Scene 1: The music, so… the music of architecture… (Draftsmen) | 01:30 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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5 | Act I Scene 1: Arietta: And her scent, was it musk? (Wright) | 03:23 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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6 | Act I Scene 1: Aria: If not for me, then for the children's sake… (Catherine, Wright) | 04:47 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Valby, Elaine (mezzo-soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Valby, Elaine (mezzo-soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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7 | Act I Scene 1: Aria: Each room opens into the next, Catherine… (Wright, Sullivan) | 04:48 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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8 | Act I Scene 1: Interlude: Sullivan Variations | 02:23 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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9 | Act I Scene 1: When I woke up this morning… (Workmen) | 03:18 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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10 | Act I Scene 2: Far be it from me to suggest… (Women, Workmen) | 02:56 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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11 | Act I Scene 2: Arietta: Three long days and three long nights… (Edwin, Workmen) | 02:26 |
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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12 | Act I Scene 2: Aria: The truth is that my mouth is full of nails (Edwin) | 03:20 |
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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13 | Act I Scene 2: They say the soul weighs about the same as… (Workmen, Mamah, Wright) | 03:00 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
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14 | Act I Scene 2: Melodrama: Be it mud hut, mansion or mosque… (Mamah, Wright, Edwin) | 01:35 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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15 | Act I Scene 2: Trio: For three long months I've tried to ease… (Mamah, Wright, Edwin) | 04:05 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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16 | Act I Scene 2: Interlude: She sweeps us off our feet …, "Hymn to Nature" (Chorus) | 02:00 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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17 | Act I Scene 3: …back into earth and air (Mamah, Chorus) | 00:46 |
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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18 | Act I Scene 3: Frank, how much longer must I endure…? (Mamah) | 14:52 |
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Disc 2
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1 | Act II: Prelude | 01:35 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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2 | Act II: So much, so much, so much, so much, so… (Townspeople, Reporters, Guests) | 01:50 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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3 | Act II: Sextet: With a tally ho and view halloo… (Reporters, Townswomen) | 03:11 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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4 | Act II: Aria: Ladies and Gentlemen… (Wright, Chorus) | 09:02 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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5 | Act II: Questions: Mister Wright! (Reporters, Townswomen) | 00:49 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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6 | Act II: Dialogue: Together, Mamah, we will take… (Wright, Mamah, Chorus) | 02:26 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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7 | Act II: Sextet: Just my luck to end up here… (Reporters, Wright, Mamah) | 01:56 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Harris, Brenda (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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8 | Act II: Interlude: For when all's said and done, we'd like to know… (Barbershop Quartet) | 02:20 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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9 | Act II: Canape Variations: As the guests arrive at Taliesin… (Company) | 09:12 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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10 | Act II: Oration: I am the birch stripped of its bark (Chef) | 01:08 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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11 | Act II: Interlude: The Fire | 02:28 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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12 | Act II: Scene: Frank. Lieber Meister… (Wright, Sullivan) | 04:56 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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13 | Act II: Duet: For ten long years I’ve tried to heal… (Wright, Sullivan) | 04:09 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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14 | Act II: Eddie? Why so crestfallen? So forlorn? (Wright, Edwin, Sullivan) | 01:52 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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15 | Act II: Arietta: I cry out from the Slough of Despond… (Sullivan) | 02:11 |
Frankenberry, Robert (tenor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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16 | Act II: Out of the depths we heard them cry again… (Townspeople, Wright) | 02:23 |
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
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17 | Act II: For ten long hours they were trapped… (Wright, Edwin) | 05:48 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Curran, Matthew (bass-baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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18 | Act II: Out of the depths we heard them cry again… (Townpeople, Wright) | 01:43 |
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Eley, Elem (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Eley, Elem (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
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19 | Act II: Arietta: Not musk, cedar perhaps… (Wright) | 02:04 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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20 | Act II: Aria: He's found! We've found the chef! (The Maid) | 02:18 |
Lyons, Gilda (soprano)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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21 | Act II: Not maple. Pine; the scent of a plain pine box… (Wright, Chorus) | 02:37 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
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22 | Act II: Aria: I think of the balsam fir… (Wright) | 06:23 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Falletta, JoAnn (Conductor)
Total Playing Time: 02:18:26