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Shakespeare In Music & Words
Shakespeare In Music & Words / Various
Release Date:
05/13/2016
Label:
Decca
Catalog #:
002488902
Spars Code:
n/a
Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev , Gerald Finzi , Charles Gounod , Nino Rota ...
Performer:
Amy Dickson , Renée Fleming , André Rieu , Jennifer Vyvyan ...
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel , Nicholas Collon , Sir Charles Mackerras , Ernest Ansermet ...
Number of Discs:
2
Length:
2 Hours 2 Mins.
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Decca's Shakespeare in Music & Words presents two CDs of orchestral and vocal music, and spoken word performances, inspired by William Shakespeare's plays, to give the Bard of Avon his due on the 400th anniversary of his death. The first disc is a collection of familiar and unfamiliar musical excerpts, though the best-known selections are the Dance of the Knights from Sergey Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, the Scherzo and Wedding March from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nino Rota's A Time for Us from Franco Zeffirelli's film of Romeo and Juliet, and the "Love Theme" from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. While the other excerpts by Gerald Finzi, Charles
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Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Henry Purcell, Hector Berlioz, William Walton, and Ralph Vaughan Williams are not exactly from greatest hits, they have a strong appeal for listeners who are interested in the variety of ways Shakespeare's texts have been set to music. The dramatic readings on the second disc by such theatrical legends as Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Christopher Plummer, Vanessa Redgrave, and Sir John Gielgud, among many others, provide a sampling of Shakespeare's scenes and poems that enthusiasts will appreciate.
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1.
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Act 1: Dance of the Knights
Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel
Period:
Modern
Written:
1935-1936
Length:
5 Minutes 7 Secs.
2.
Let us garlands bring, Op. 18: no 3, Fear no more the heat o' the sun
Composer:
Gerald Finzi
Performer:
Amy Dickson ()
Conductor:
Nicholas Collon
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1929
Length:
5 Minutes 33 Secs.
3.
Roméo et Juliette: Act 1: Ah, Je Veux vivre
Composer:
Charles Gounod
Performer:
Renée Fleming ()
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1865-1871
Length:
3 Minutes 39 Secs.
4.
Romeo and Juliet: A Time for Us "Love Theme"
Composer:
Nino Rota
Performer:
André Rieu ()
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1969
Length:
3 Minutes 43 Secs.
5.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 Incidental Music: No. 1 Scherzo
Composer:
Felix Mendelssohn
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermet
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1843 Germany
Length:
4 Minutes 40 Secs.
6.
Fairy Queen, Z 629: Oh, oh, let me weep "The Plaint"
Composer:
Henry Purcell
Performer:
Jennifer Vyvyan ()
Conductor:
Benjamin Britten
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1692 England
Length:
7 Minutes 51 Secs.
7.
Falstaff: Act 1: Falstaff! - Olà! - Sir John Falstaff!
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Anatoly Kotcherga () , Bryn [Bass-Baritone Vocal] Terfel (Bass Baritone) , Enrico Facini () , Anthony [Tenor Vocal] Mee ()
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1893 Italy
Length:
4 Minutes 58 Secs.
8.
Romeo & Juliet: Balcony Scene
Composer:
Craig Armstrong
Conductor:
Paul Bateman
Period:
Contemporary
Written:
1996
Length:
5 Minutes 18 Secs.
9.
Otello: Act 4: Ave Maria , Piena di Grazia
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Renée Fleming ()
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1887 Italy
Length:
4 Minutes 54 Secs.
10.
Let us garlands bring, Op. 18: no 1, Come away, death
Composer:
Gerald Finzi
Performer:
Bryn [Bass-Baritone Vocal] Terfel (Bass Baritone) , Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1938 England
Length:
3 Minutes 55 Secs.
11.
Macbeth: Act 4: Patria Oppressa
Composer:
Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1847
Length:
4 Minutes 56 Secs.
12.
Henry V - Concert Suite from Film Score: Touch Her Soft Lips, and Part
Composer:
Sir William Walton
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Period:
Modern
Written:
1988
Length:
2 Minutes 12 Secs.
13.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 Incidental Music: Wedding March
Composer:
Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Peter Hurford (Organ)
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1843 Germany
Length:
4 Minutes 6 Secs.
14.
Béatrice et Bénédict: Act 1: Vous Soupirez, Madame?... Nuit Paisible et Sereine!
Composer:
Hector Berlioz
Performer:
April Cantelo ()
Conductor:
Sir Colin Davis
Period:
Romantic
Written:
08/1860-02/1862 France
Length:
4 Minutes 36 Secs.
15.
Shakespeare Songs (3) for Chorus
Composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir David Willcocks
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1951 England
Length:
3 Minutes 27 Secs.
16.
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture: Love Theme
Composer:
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1880 Russia
Length:
3 Minutes 13 Secs.
17.
Troilus & Cresida: The Prologue
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
1 Minutes 58 Secs.
18.
Twelfth NIght: Act 2, Scene 4. Orsino Discusses His Love for Olivia
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
3 Minutes 7 Secs.
19.
The Taming of the Shrew: Katherine's Advice to Women
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
2 Minutes 52 Secs.
20.
Much Ado About Nothing: Act 4, Scene 1. Benedict Confesses His Love
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
3 Minutes 42 Secs.
21.
Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 1. To Be or Not to Be
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
2 Minutes 8 Secs.
22.
As You Like It: Act 2, Scene 7. All the World's A Stage
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
2 Minutes 11 Secs.
23.
Romeo and Juliet: Act 3, Scene 2. Juliet Impatiently Awaits Romeo
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
2 Minutes 44 Secs.
24.
Othello: Act 1, Scene 3. Othello Tells How He Won Desdemona's Love
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
3 Minutes 47 Secs.
25.
As You Like It: Epilogue
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
1 Minutes 51 Secs.
26.
Richard III: Act 3, Scene 2. King Richard Gives Way to Despair
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
2 Minutes 39 Secs.
27.
Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 2. Antony Addresses the Crowd After Caesar's Assassination
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
2 Minutes 13 Secs.
28.
Macbeth: Act 5, Scene 5. Macbeth Hears of His Wife's Death
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
3 Minutes 19 Secs.
29.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet 18)
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
0 Minutes 57 Secs.
30.
That time of year thou mayst in me behold (Sonnet 73)
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
1 Minutes 0 Secs.
31.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds (Sonnet 116)
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
0 Minutes 56 Secs.
32.
King Lear: Act 3, Scene 2. Lear and His Fool on the Heath
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
2 Minutes 57 Secs.
33.
Antony & Cleopatra: Act 4, Scene 15. Antony Dies in the Arms of Cleopatra
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
4 Minutes 28 Secs.
34.
The Tempest: Act 5, Scene 1. Prospero Renounces His Magic Powers
Composer:
William Shakespeare
Period:
Renaissance
Length:
3 Minutes 47 Secs.
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