Shakespeare in Song
Shakespeare in Song
MATTHEW HARRIS
(b. 1956)
premiere recordings*
From 'Shakespeare Songs'
14:15
1
Hark! hark! the lark. Adagio (Book I No. 1)
1:22
2
Tell me where is fancy bred. Allegretto (Book II No. 2)
1:43
3
I shall no more to sea. Largo (Book V No. 1)*
1:19
4
When that I was and a little tiny boy. Moderato (Book V No. 4)*
2:33
5
It was a lover and his lass. Gently (Book III No. 1)
2:17
6
O mistress mine! Adagietto (Book III No. 4)
2:22
Robert Comeaux
tenor solo
7
When daffodils begin to peer. Lilting, with a beat (Book IV No. 3)*
2:16
Caroline Markham
alto solo
FRANK MARTIN
(1890-1974)
Songs of Ariel from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
11:24
8
I
Come unto these yellow sands (Ariel's Song). Molto tranquillo
1:32
Carol Platt - Laura Inman - Cassandra Ewer
soprano solo
9
II
Full fathom five. Très calme
3:25
Jacob W. Herbert
baritone solo
10
III
Before you can say, 'Come,' and 'Go'. Allegro molto
0:56
11
IV
You are three men of sin. Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
4:06
Janet Carlsen Campbell
alto solo
12
V
Where the bee sucks, there suck I. Allegretto grazioso
1:09
STEVEN SAMETZ
(b. 1954)
premiere recording
13
When he shall die
4:03
In memoriam Louis Botto
Slowly, with expression - Meno mosso - Poco meno mosso
JAAKKO MANTYJARVY
(b. 1963)
Four Shakespeare Songs
11:19
14
1
Come away, come away, death. Andante moderato
3:25
15
2
Lullaby. Andante con moto
2:45
16
3
Double, double toil and trouble. Allegro non troppo ma feroce - Meno mosso -
2:43
17
4
Full fathom five. Grave
2:14
NILS LINDBERG
(b. 1933)
18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
2:26
from
O, Mistress mine: A Garland of Elizabethan Poetry
Slowly
DOMINICK ARGENTO
(b. 1927)
premiere recording
19
Sonnet No. LXIV
3:20
In memoriam 9/11/01
Molto lento ed elegiaco
ALAN MURRAY
(1890-1952)
premiere recording
20
O mistress mine!
1:23
Tranquillo
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958)
Three Shakespeare Songs
6:44
21
1
Full fathom five. Andante misterioso
3:09
22
2
The cloud-capp'd towers. Lento
2:31
23
3
Over hill, over dale. Allegro vivace
0:54
Also available as SACD CHSA 5031
Charles Bruffy