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Shakespeare In Music & Words - Featuring: Christopher Plummer, Sir John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Donald Sinden, Andre Rieu, Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming, & more / Decca 2x Audio CD 2016 / 4825281

UPC 028948252817

Label:	Decca – 4825281
Format:	2 x CD, Compilation
Country:	USA & Europe
Released:	2016
Genre:	Non-Music, Classical, Stage & Screen

Tracklist:

		Music Inspired By Shakespeare - "If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On..."
1-1	Prokofiev*–	Dance Of The Knights (Romeo And Juliet, Op. 64 / Act I) Conductor – Lorin Maazel Orchestra – The Cleveland Orchestra

5:08

1-2

Finzi*–

Fear No More The Heat Of The Sun, Op.18, No.3

Alto Saxophone – Amy Dickson (2)

Conductor – Nicholas Collon

Orchestra – Aurora Orchestra

5:33

1-3

Gounod*–

"Ah, Je Veux Vivre" (Romeo And Juliet / Act 1)

Conductor – Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra – The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Soprano Vocals – Renée Fleming

3:40

1-4

Nino Rota–

Theme From Romeo & Juliet: A Time For Us (Instrumental)

Performer – André Rieu

3:43

1-5

Mendelssohn*–

No.1 Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 Incidental Music)

Conductor – Ernest Ansermet

Orchestra – L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande

4:41

1-6

Purcell*–

"O Let Me Weep, For Ever Weep" (The Fairy Queen, Z.629 / Part 3: The Sweet Passion)

Conductor – Benjamin Britten

Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra

Soprano Vocals – Jennifer Vyvyan

7:51

1-7

Verdi*–

"Falstaff!" - "Olà!" - "Sir John Falstaff!" (Falstaff / Act I)

Baritone Vocals – Bryn Terfel

Bass Vocals – Anatoli Kotcherga

Conductor – Claudio Abbado

Orchestra – Berliner Philharmoniker

Tenor Vocals – Anthony Mee, Enrico Facini

4:59

1-8

Armstrong*–

Balcony Scene - From "Romeo & Juliet"

Conductor – Paul Bateman

Orchestra – Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague*

5:19

1-9

Verdi*–

"Ave Maria, Piena Di Grazia" (Otello / Act 4)

Conductor – Sir Georg Solti*

Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*

Soprano Vocals – Renée Fleming

4:54

1-10

Finzi*–

Come Away, Come Away, Death (Let Us Garlands Bring, Op.18)

Baritone Vocals – Bryn Terfel

Piano – Malcolm Martineau

3:56

1-11

Verdi*–

"Patria Oppressa" (Macbeth / Act 4)

Chorus – Chicago Symphony Chorus

Conductor – Sir Georg Solti*

Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra*

4:56

1-12

Walton*–

Touch Her Soft Lips, And Part (Suite From "Henry V" - Concert Suite From Film Score)

Conductor – Andrew Litton

Orchestra – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

2:12

1-13

Mendelssohn*–

Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 Incidental Music)

Organ – Peter Hurford

4:06

1-14

Berlioz*–

"Vous Soupirez, Madame?...Nuit Paisible Et Sereine!" (Béatrice Et Bénédict / Act 1)

Conductor – Sir Colin Davis

Contralto Vocals – Helen Watts

Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*

Soprano Vocals – April Cantelo

4:36

Three Shakespeare Songs

Choir – The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge*

Conductor – Sir David Willcocks*

1-15	Vaughan Williams*–	Full Fathom Five	3:27

1-16	Vaughan Williams*–	The Cloud-capp'd Towers	2:13

1-17	Vaughan Williams*–	Over Hill, Over Dale	1:08
1-18	Tchaikovsky*–	Love Theme (Romeo And Juliet, Fantasy Overture) Conductor – Herbert von Karajan Orchestra – Wiener Philharmoniker

3:14
		Shakespeare In Spoken Word - "All The World's A Stage, And All The Men And Women Merely Players..."
2-1	Paul Hardwick–	The Prologue (Troilus & Cressida)	1:59
2-2	Derek Godfrey, Dorothy Tutin–	Orsino Discusses His Love For Olivia (Twelth Night / Act 2, Scene 4)	3:07
2-3	Peggy Ashcroft–	Katherine's Advice To Women (The Taming Of The Shrew / Act 5, Scene 2)	2:52
2-4	Christopher Plummer, Geraldine McEwan–	Benedict Confesses His Love (Much Ado About Nothing / Act 4, Scene 1)	3:42
2-5	Ian Bannen–	To Be Or Not To Be (Hamlet / Act 3, Scene 1)	2:09
2-6	Max Adrian–	All The World's A Stage (As You Like It / Act 2, Scene 7)	2:11
2-7	Dorothy Tutin–	Juliet Impatiently Awaits Romeo (Romeo And Juliet / Act 3, Scene 2)	2:45
2-8	Sir John Gielgud*–	Othello Tells How He Won Desdemona's Love (Othello / Act 1, Scene 3)	3:48
2-9	Vanessa Redgrave–	Epilogue (As You Like It)	1:52
2-10	Richard Pasco–	King Richard Gives Way To Despair (Richard III / Act 3, Scene 2)	2:40
2-11	Richard Johnson (3)–	Anthony Addresses The Crowd After Caesar's Assassination (Julius Caesar / Act 3, Scene 2)	2:14
2-12	Tony Church, Paul Whitworth, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Pippa Guard, Richard Pasco–	Macbeth Hears Of His Wife's Death (Macbeth / Act 5, Scene 5)	3:19
2-13	Richard Pasco–	Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day (Sonnet 18)	0:58
2-14	Tony Church–	That Time Of Year Thou May'st In Me Behold (Sonnet 73)	1:01
2-15	Richard Johnson (3)–	Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds (Sonnet 116)	0:56
2-16	Donald Sinden, Paul Whitworth–	Lear And His Fool On The Heath (King Lear / Act 3, Scene 2)	2:57
2-17	Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Tony Church, Pippa Guard–	Anthony Dies In The Arms Of Cleopatra (Anthony & Cleopatra / Act 4, Scene 15)	4:29
2-18	Donald Sinden, Barbara Leigh-Hunt–	Prospero Renounces His Magic Powers (The Tempest / Act 5, Scene 1)	3:47