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Thomas Arne, Richard Rodney Bennett, Lennox Berkeley
Sweet Swan Of Avon - Music for Shakespeare (Meridian)
Genres: International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (32) - Disc #1
1. Shakespeare's Garland Or The Warwichshire Jubilee: The Warwichshire Lad
2. The Tempest: Full Fathom Five
3. Garrick's Ode: Thou Soft-Flowing Avon
4. Macbeth: Cauldron Scene
5. As You Like It: It Was A Lover And His Lass
6. As You Like It: Under The Greenwood Tree
7. As Yu Like It: Finale Dance
8. As Yu Like It: Blow, Blow
9. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Horn Calls And Interlude
10. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Philomel
11. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Jeremy's Jig
12. Love's Labour's Lost: Cuckoo Song
13. Much Ado About Nothing: Pavane-Gigue-Pavane
14. The Merchant Of Venice: Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred
15. Measure For Measure: Harp Dance
16. The Tempest: Ariel's Song
17. Henry VIII: Orpheus With His Lute
18. Love's Labour's Lost: The Owl And The Cuckoo
19. A Midsummer Night's Dream: You Spotted Snakes
20. Timon Of Athens; Masque
21. Henry IV, Part 1: Welsh Song
22. Henry IV, Part 2: Doll's Entrance
23. Romeo And Juliet: Dance
24. Cymbeline: Har, Hark The Lark
25. A Winter's Tale: Daffodils
26. All's Well That Ends Well: Waltz
27. Measure For Measure: Take Those Lips Away
28. Much Ado About Nothing: Pavane
29. Much Ado About Nothing: Dance
30. As You Like It: It Was A Lover And His Lass
31. Much Ado About Nothing: Sigh No More, Ladies
32. Twelfth Night: When That I Was An A Little Tiny Boy

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CD Details

All Artists: Thomas Arne, Richard Rodney Bennett, Lennox Berkeley, Anthony Bernard, Howard Blake, Leslie Bridgewater, Charles Dibdin, John Linton Gardner, Nigel Hess, English Serenata
Title: Sweet Swan Of Avon - Music for Shakespeare (Meridian)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Meridian
Release Date: 6/20/1996
Album Type: Import
Genres: International Music, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 723722129520, 501595943012

Synopsis

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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