Ian Bostridge, tenor ; Antonio Pappano, piano ; Elizabeth Kenny, lute ; Adam Walker, flute ; Michael Collins, clarinet ; Lawrence Power, viola.
Contents:
When that I was and a little tiny boy / Anon. Caleno custure me / Byrd -- It was a lover and his lass / Morley -- Take, o take those lips away / Wilson -- O mistress mine / Morley -- Where the bee sucks / Johnson -- Full fathom five / Johnson -- An Silvia, D891 / Schubert -- She never told her love / Haydn -- Come away, death / Quilter -- Under the greenwood tree / Gurney -- Pretty ring time / Warlock -- Sweet and twenty / Warlock -- Desdemona's song / Korngold -- Come away, death / Korngold -- Adieu, good man devil / Korngold -- Fancie / Poulenc -- Fancie / Britten -- Songs for Ariel / Tippett -- Three songs from William Shakespeare / Stravinsky -- When that I was and a little tiny boy / Anon.
Summary:
A collection of some of the greatest settings of the words of Shakespeare, ranging from composers of the time such as Robert Johnson and William Byrd, eighteenth and nineteenth century songs by Haydn, Arne, and Schubert, through to the twentieth century settings by Warlock, Poulenc, Finzi, Korngold, and Stravinsky.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.