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Since Shakespeare wrote his first play and included music as part of the action, composers have taken the opportunity to write their own tunes for the Bard's immortal lines. In addition, the plays have inspired music for dances and other instrumental interludes. This recording features "songs, dances, and instrumental music" that at various times and places "appeared in theatrical productions of Shakespeare's plays." Most were commissioned for performance at Stratford-upon-Avon, and the 32 pieces cover the changing styles and tastes of nearly 400 years--from Shakespeare's contemporaries Robert Johnson and John Wilson to present-day composers Richard Rodney Bennett and Guy Woolfenden. This is a terrific and fascinating musical excursion with gorgeous singing by tenor Jamie MacDougall and mezzo Yvonne Howard. --David Vernier
| ARTIST: | Thomas Arne, Richard Rodney Bennett, Sir Lennox Berkeley, Anthony Bernard, Howard Blake, Leslie Bridgewater, Charles Dibdin, John Linton Gardner, Nigel Hess, Robert (ii) Johnson |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Meridian |
| TYPE: | Miscellaneous Music, Romantic Incidental Music for Orchestra, Classical Period Incidental Music for Orchestra, Classical, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Opera, Vocal, Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble, Lute Song, World Music, 20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard, Orchestral, Miscellaneous, Baroque Individual Dance Movement for Orchestra |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Shakespeare's Garland Or The Warwichshire Jubilee: The Warwichshire Lad, The Tempest: Full Fathom Five, Garrick's Ode: Thou Soft-Flowing Avon, Macbeth: Cauldron Scene, As You Like It: It Was A Lover And His Lass, As You Like It: Under The Greenwood Tree, As Yu Like It: Finale Dance, As Yu Like It: Blow, Blow, A Midsummer Night's Dream: Horn Calls And Interlude, A Midsummer Night's Dream: Philomel, A Midsummer Night's Dream: Jeremy's Jig, Love's Labour's Lost: Cuckoo Song, Much Ado About Nothing: Pavane-Gigue-Pavane, The Merchant Of Venice: Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred, Measure For Measure: Harp Dance, The Tempest: Ariel's Song, Henry VIII: Orpheus With His Lute, Love's Labour's Lost: The Owl And The Cuckoo, A Midsummer Night's Dream: You Spotted Snakes, Timon Of Athens; Masque, Henry IV, Part 1: Welsh Song, Henry IV, Part 2: Doll's Entrance, Romeo And Juliet: Dance, Cymbeline: Har, Hark The Lark, A Winter's Tale: Daffodils, All's Well That Ends Well: Waltz, Measure For Measure: Take Those Lips Away, Much Ado About Nothing: Pavane, Much Ado About Nothing: Dance, As You Like It: It Was A Lover And His Lass, Much Ado About Nothing: Sigh No More, Ladies, Twelfth Night: When That I Was An A Little Tiny Boy |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 723722129520 |
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Tread carefully While much of this recording's content is interesting it did not add up to the satisfying musical experience some reviews had led me to expect.