Hagen, D.: Shining Brow [Opera] - CD

CD - 1

Daron Aric Hagen

Shining Brow (1992)

 

1. Prologue: So much so, that even now I flinch… (Sullivan, Waiter)

00:04:41

 

2. Prologue: So the poetry of architecture… (Draftsmen)

00:01:04

 

3. Act I Scene 1: Some are destined to stand… (Wright, Mamah, Edwin, Draftsmen)

00:05:11

 

4. Act I Scene 1: The music, so… the music of architecture… (Draftsmen)

00:01:30

 

5. Act I Scene 1: Arietta: And her scent, was it musk? (Wright)

00:03:23

 

6. Act I Scene 1: Aria: If not for me, then for the children's sake… (Catherine, Wright)

00:04:47

 

7. Act I Scene 1: Aria: Each room opens into the next, Catherine… (Wright, Sullivan)

00:04:48

 

8. Act I Scene 1: Interlude: Sullivan Variations

00:02:23

 

9. Act I Scene 1: When I woke up this morning… (Workmen)

00:03:18

 

10. Act I Scene 2: Far be it from me to suggest… (Women, Workmen)

00:02:56

 

11. Act I Scene 2: Arietta: Three long days and three long nights… (Edwin, Workmen)

00:02:26

 

12. Act I Scene 2: Aria: The truth is that my mouth is full of nails (Edwin)

00:03:20

 

13. Act I Scene 2: They say the soul weighs about the same as… (Workmen, Mamah, Wright)

00:03:00

 

14. Act I Scene 2: Melodrama: Be it mud hut, mansion or mosque… (Mamah, Wright, Edwin)

00:01:35

 

15. Act I Scene 2: Trio: For three long months I've tried to ease… (Mamah, Wright, Edwin)

00:04:05

 

16. Act I Scene 2: Interlude: She sweeps us off our feet …, "Hymn to Nature" (Chorus)

00:02:00

 

17. Act I Scene 3: …back into earth and air (Mamah, Chorus)

00:00:46

 

18. Act I Scene 3: Frank, how much longer must I endure…? (Mamah)

00:14:52

CD - 2

Daron Aric Hagen

Shining Brow (1992)

 

1. Act II: Prelude

00:01:35

 

2. Act II: So much, so much, so much, so much, so… (Townspeople, Reporters, Guests)

00:01:50

 

3. Act II: Sextet: With a tally ho and view halloo… (Reporters, Townswomen)

00:03:11

 

4. Act II: Aria: Ladies and Gentlemen… (Wright, Chorus)

00:09:02

 

5. Act II: Questions: Mister Wright! (Reporters, Townswomen)

00:00:49

 

6. Act II: Dialogue: Together, Mamah, we will take… (Wright, Mamah, Chorus)

00:02:26

 

7. Act II: Sextet: Just my luck to end up here… (Reporters, Wright, Mamah)

00:01:56

 

8. Act II: Interlude: For when all's said and done, we'd like to know… (Barbershop Quartet)

00:02:20

 

9. Act II: Canape Variations: As the guests arrive at Taliesin… (Company)

00:09:12

 

10. Act II: Oration: I am the birch stripped of its bark (Chef)

00:01:08

 

11. Act II: Interlude: The Fire

00:02:28

 

12. Act II: Scene: Frank. Lieber Meister… (Wright, Sullivan)

00:04:56

 

13. Act II: Duet: For ten long years I’ve tried to heal… (Wright, Sullivan)

00:04:09

 

14. Act II: Eddie? Why so crestfallen? So forlorn? (Wright, Edwin, Sullivan)

00:01:52

 

15. Act II: Arietta: I cry out from the Slough of Despond… (Sullivan)

00:02:11

 

16. Act II: Out of the depths we heard them cry again… (Townspeople, Wright)

00:02:23

 

17. Act II: For ten long hours they were trapped… (Wright, Edwin)

00:05:48

 

18. Act II: Out of the depths we heard them cry again… (Townpeople, Wright)

00:01:43

 

19. Act II: Arietta: Not musk, cedar perhaps… (Wright)

00:02:04

 

20. Act II: Aria: He's found! We've found the chef! (The Maid)

00:02:18

 

21. Act II: Not maple. Pine; the scent of a plain pine box… (Wright, Chorus)

00:02:37

 

22. Act II: Aria: I think of the balsam fir… (Wright)

00:06:23