DIscography

Daphne 16

“16,” is a collection of songs from shows toured in cabaret over a span of 16 months: Songs That Oscar Taught Me, Daphne Sings Piaf, An American Girl in Paris, World War II, and Words of Love. Inspired arrangements from the wondrous Douglas Levine and John Marcinizyn helped build a repertoire and take it on the road. It was a wild year and a half of mixing styles and exploring un-chartered, deep waters. I’d never go back to being 16 again, but I really dig these songs. Gratitude.

Released 2009

1. Surrey with the Fringe On Top
2. Thorn Tree In The Garden
3. Sisters of Mercy
4. Georgy Girl
5. Les Feuilles Mortes/Autumn Leaves
6. De L'Autre Cote de la Rue
7. Bali Hai
8. Happy Talk
9. Heart of Gold
10. Somos Novios/It's Impossible
11. As Tears Go By
12. White Cliffs of Dover
13. Harvest Moon
14. Where Have All The Flowers Gone
15. Bridge Over Troubled Water
16. Photographs

Songs From The Heart

When Patricia Gibbons approached me in the summer of 2003 with the idea to record a collection of love songs in Heinz Memorial Chapel, I just about fell off my chair. Trained classically, I started in opera and chamber music only to move toward Early and Baroque music, discovering the French popular repertoire en route. Michael Moricz suggested that we compile all of those styles in a collection of love songs. This disc is meant to be a compilation of love songs–love that transcends prejudice, religious boundries, and cultural clashes. I've often felt that all it takes is just a little more love.

Released 2003

1. Tant Que Vivray
2. La Vie En Rose
3. Tant'anni Fa (Theme From Love Affair)
4. True Love Ways
5. Cavatina (He Was Beautiful)
6. Les Parapluies De Cherbourg
7. Have You Seen But A Whyte Lilie Grow
8. Simple Comme Bonjour
9. World War II Medley
10. Quando Tu Abres Os Olhos
11. Blow The Wind Southerly

A Matinee at The Love Cafe

A confession: cabaret singing had always been a guilty pleasure well-hidden under every possible bushel. As a lark, one day at a voice lesson, I tested the waters by singing La vie en rose. Dodi, my teacher at the time, almost fell off her chair exclaiming, “Dear God, why aren’t you out there singing cabaret?” She sent me that very night to hear the lovely Barbara Cook at the Café Carlyle—a glorious night that illuminated life and truth; it will be a treasure in my memory forevermore.

Released 2002

1. Les Choses de la Vie (The Things of Life)
2. The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing
3. Give Me the Simple Life
4. Charade
5. Moonlight in Vermont
6. Planter Cafe
7. Scarborough Fair
8. Manha de Carnaval
9. Nature Boy
10. In Passing Years
11. Anyone Can Whistle