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JOAN OF ARC



Words of Love is Daphne’s passionate tribute to the Buddy Holly legacy, the 50th anniversary of a fatal plane crash of February 3, 1959. Paul McCartney and John Lennon took their name, The Beatles, as an homage to Buddy’s group, The Crickets, and they claim that at least 40 of their songs were modeled after Buddy Holly. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards feel that Buddy Holly was their biggest musical and artistic influence. Don McClean, Procol Harum. Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Eric Clapton’s Derek and the Dominoes lay claim to the legacy. These classic rock and folk ballads are newly arranged by Doug Levine and John Marcinizyn.


1. Milord

2. Suzanne

3. Merry Go Round

4. A la Claire Fontaine…Joan of Arc

5. Sisters of Mercy

6. Mon Legionnaire

7. La Goualante du Pauvre Jean

8. Lili Marlene

9. La Foule

10. Hallelujah

11. L’Accordeoniste

12. Show Me The Place

13. Je ne regrette rien





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.


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.


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.


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



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