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Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook


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The 37 songs in this recital, written by 27 composers – male, female, English, French, Swiss, German, Romantic, modern and contemporary – bear witness to the richness of Shakespeare’s works to which this recital is dedicated.
Organised in the form of a play in five acts, including prologue and epilogue, the songs, which include several duets, are in turn cheerful and sad, light and profound, classical and jazzy – thus allowing, in Carolyn Sampson’s words, ‘a breadth of responses to these great texts’. Alongside well-known melodies, such as those by Schubert, there are musical adaptations by different composers of the same texts, as well as a contemporary reflection for the two voices by Hannah Kendall exploring the question of gender fluidity and identity through the elusive character of Rosalind from As You Like It.
After many acclaimed releases on BIS, including Album für die Frau, a collection of songs by Clara and Robert Schumann, A Soprano’s Schubertiade and Elysium, two Schubert recitals, as well as a number of themed recitals, some of which were named ‘Recording of the Month’ by MusicWeb International and ‘CD-Tipp’ by BR Klassik, Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton are joined here by renowned British baritone Roderick Williams.
 
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  Composer: Ireland, John
01 Full fathom five 01:20 $ 0.20 USD
 
 
  Composer: Vaughan Williams, Ralph
02 Dirge for Fidele 04:01 $ 0.60 USD
 
 
  Composer: Moeran, Ernest John
03 The Lover and his Lass 01:47 $ 0.27 USD
 
 
  Composer: Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
04 Arise 01:29 $ 0.22 USD
 
 
  Composer: Smith, John Christopher
05 You Spotted Snakes 01:58 $ 0.30 USD
 
 
  Composer: Tippett, Sir Michael
  Three Songs for Ariel 05:10
06 1. Come unto these Yellow Sands 01:58 $ 0.30 USD
07 2. Full Fathom Five 01:57 $ 0.29 USD
08 3. Where the Bee Sucks 01:15 $ 0.19 USD
 
 
  Composer: Arne, Thomas Augustine
09 Under the Greenwood Tree  02:20 $ 0.35 USD
 
 
  Composer: Gurney, Ivor
10 Under the Greenwood Tree  01:46 $ 0.27 USD
 
 
  Composer: Parry, Hubert
11 Sonnet LXXXVII 03:35 $ 0.54 USD
 
 
  Composer: Ireland, John
12 When Daffodils Begin to Peer 02:09 $ 0.32 USD
 
 
  Composer: Haydn, Joseph
13 She never told her love, Hob.XXVIa No. 34 04:03 $ 0.61 USD
 
 
  Composer: Schubert, Franz
14 An Silvia, D 106 02:48 $ 0.42 USD
 
15 Ständchen (Horch, horch! die Lerch), D 889 01:52 $ 0.28 USD
 
16 Trinklied, D 888 01:19 $ 0.20 USD
 
 
  Composer: Schumann, Robert
17 Schlusslied des Narren, Op.127 No. 5 01:01 $ 0.15 USD
 
 
  Composer: Wolf, Hugo
18 Lied des transferierten Zettel 00:56 $ 0.14 USD
 
 
  Composer: Cornelius, Peter
19 Komm herbei, Tod, Op.16 No. 3 03:06 $ 0.47 USD
 
 
  Composer: Frances-Hoad, Cheryl
20 They Bore him Barefaced on a Bier 03:29 $ 0.52 USD
 
 
  Composer: Kendall, Hannah
  Rosalind 14:26
21 1. Here is a space 03:32 $ 0.53 USD
22 2. all love is a lunacy 03:01 $ 0.45 USD
23 3. ...no explanation is needed 02:14 $ 0.34 USD
24 4. Take my fear take my feeling 04:03 $ 0.61 USD
25 5. You do not get to dress me anymore 01:36 $ 0.24 USD
 
 
  Composer: Poulenc, Francis
26 Fancy 02:19 $ 0.35 USD
 
 
  Composer: Britten, Benjamin
27 Fancie 00:58 $ 0.15 USD
 
 
  Composer: Honegger, Arthur
  Deux chants d'Ariel 03:39
28 1. Modéré (Venez jusqu'à ces sables d'or) 02:53 $ 0.43 USD
29 2. Un peu animé (Où butine l'abeille je butine aussi) 00:46 $ 0.12 USD
 
 
  Composer: Bridge, Frank
30 Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind 01:53 $ 0.28 USD
 
 
  Composer: Dring, Madeleine
31 Take, O Take Those Lips Away 03:53 $ 0.58 USD
 
 
  Composer: Dankworth, John
32 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? 02:42 $ 0.41 USD
 
 
  Composer: Horder, Mervyn
33 Under the Greenwood Tree  01:24 $ 0.21 USD
 
 
  Composer: Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
34 The Willow Song 02:33 $ 0.38 USD
 
 
  Composer: Beach, Amy
35 Fairy Lullaby 02:11 $ 0.33 USD
 
 
  Composer: Williams, Roderick
36 Sigh No More, Ladies 01:07 $ 0.17 USD
 
 
  Composer: Sullivan, Arthur
37 Orpheus with his lute 03:41 $ 0.55 USD
 
  Album total 85:13
ComposerArne, Thomas Augustine
Beach, Amy
Bridge, Frank
Britten, Benjamin
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
Cornelius, Peter
Dankworth, John
Dring, Madeleine
Frances-Hoad, Cheryl
Gurney, Ivor
Haydn, Joseph
Honegger, Arthur
Horder, Mervyn
Ireland, John
Kendall, Hannah
Moeran, Ernest John
Parry, Hubert
Poulenc, Francis
Schubert, Franz
Schumann, Robert
Smith, John Christopher
Sullivan, Arthur
Tippett, Sir Michael
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Williams, Roderick
Wolf, Hugo
SopranoSampson, Carolyn
BaritoneWilliams, Roderick
PianoMiddleton, Joseph

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