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Shakespeare's kingdom.
LIBRA Hyper. 66136 CD
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Musical settings.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Songs (Medium voice) with piano.
- Ophelia (Fictitious character)--Songs and music.
- Ophelia.
- Ophelia (Fictitious character).
- Genre:
- Musical settings.
- Songs and music.
- Sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hyperion, [1988, [p1984]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Contents:
- An Sylvia : D 891 / Schubert
- Herzeleid : op. 107, no. 1 / Schumann
- Wie erkenn ich dein Treulieb? / Brahms
- Wie erkenn ich mein Treulieb? : op. 67, no. 1 / Strauss
- Sein Leichenhemd weiss / Brahms
- Guten Morgen 's ist Sankt Valentins Tag : op. 67, no. 2 / Strauss
- Auf Morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag / Brahms
- Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss : op. 67, no. 3 / Strauss
- Und kommt er nicht mehr zurück? / Brahms
- La mort d'Ophelie / Berlioz
- La mort d'Ophelie / Saint-Saëns
- Lady Macbeth / Joseph Horovitz
- Shakespeare's kingdom (Pageant of Empire) / Elgar
- O mistress mine ; Willow, willow, willow / Parry
- Willow, willow / Grainger
- Fancie / Britten
- Fancy / Poulenc
- Under the greenwood tree / Mervyn Horder
- Take, o take those lips away : op. 22, no. 1 / Rubbra
- It was a lover and his lass / Geoffrey Bush.
- Participant:
- Sarah Walker, mezzo soprano ; Graham Johnson, piano.
- Notes:
- Words principally by Shakespeare, in part in translation. Words of the 2nd song by Titus Ulrich inspired by the character of Ophelia; those of the 10th-11th works by Ernest Legouvé, based on, but not a translation of, Gertrude's speech "There is a willow" from Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 7. Words of the 12th work selected by the composer from various speeches of Lady Macbeth. Words of the 13th work by Alfred Noyes. Words of the 16th work a traditional text a variant of which Shakespeare used in Othello.
- Recorded May 5-6, 1984.
- Compact disc.
- Program notes by Stephen Johnson, and texts with English translations as needed (15 p.) inserted in container.
- Contains:
- Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. An Sylvia.
- Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Gesänge, op. 107. Herzeleid
- Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Ophelia-Lieder. Selections.
- Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Lieder, op. 67. Heft 1
- Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Mort d'Ophélie, soprano, piano
- Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Mort d'Ophélie.
- Horovitz, Joseph, 1926-2022. Lady Macbeth.
- Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Pageant of empire. Shakespeare's kingdom
- Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918. English lyrics, set 2. O mistress mine
- Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918. English lyrics, set 1. Willow, willow, willow
- Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Settings of songs and tunes from William Chappell's Old English popular music. Willow, willow; arranged.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Fancie.
- Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963. Fancy.
- Horder, Mervyn, 1910-1997. Under the greenwood tree.
- Rubbra, Edmund, 1901-1986. Songs, op. 22. Take, o take those lips away
- Bush, Geoffrey. It was a lover and his lass.
- OCLC:
- 20227076
- Publisher Number:
- CDA66136 Hyperion
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