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Songs to Shakespeare [sound recording].

Author
Rolfe Johnson, Anthony
Published
London, England : Hyperion, [1991]
Copyright Date
℗1991
Physical Description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Johnson, Graham, 1950-, Smith, John Christopher, 1712-1795, Smith, John Christopher, 1712-1795, Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778, Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809, Addison, John, 1766?-1844, Linley, W. (William), 1771-1835, Major, John (John Stenson)., Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855, Clifton, John, 1781-1841, Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918, Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918, Aikin, W. A. (William Arthur), 1857-1939, Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924, Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953, Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953, Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953, Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953, Gardiner, H. Balfour (Henry Balfour), 1877-1950, Ireland, John, 1879-1962, Howells, Herbert, 1892-1983, Tippett, Michael, 1905-1998, Horder, Mervyn, 1910-1997, Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, and Bush, Geoffrey

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Contents
You spotted snakes / J.C. Smith (3:17) -- No more dams I'll make for fish / J.C.Smith (1:40) -- On a day, alack the day / Arne (3:21) -- She never told her love / Haydn (3:38) -- O mistress mine / John Addison (2:34) -- Lawn, as white as driven snow / William Linley (1:06) -- If love make me forsworn / John Major (2:37) -- O happy fair! / Henry Bishop (3:45) -- If music be the food of love / John Clifton (3:22) --Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing / Parry (3:22) -- When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes / Parry (1:55) -- Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / William Aikin (3:24) -- The rain it raineth every day / Stanford (1:49) -- Orpheus with his lute / Vaughan Williams (2:37) -- Come away, death / Quilter (2:59) -- Fear no more the heat o' the sun / Quilter (3:29) -- Take, o take those lips away / Quilter (1:18) -- It was a lover and his lass / Quilter (2:26) -- Winter / Balfour Gardiner (1:43) -- When daffodils begin to peer / Ireland (3:11) -- Under the greenwood tree / Howells (2:06) -- Songs for Ariel. Come unto these yellow sands ; Full fathom five ; Where the bee sucks / Tippett (4:40) -- Who is Silvia? / Mervyn Horder (1:55) -- Fancie / Britten (:51) --
Subject(s)
Duration
["01:06:33"]
Note
The 1st-3rd and 8th works are from operas; the acc. of the 21st work originally for orchestra.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Michael Hurd and Graham Johnson, and texts (15 p.) in container.
Participant/Performer Note
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; Graham Johnson, piano.
Data/Place of Event
Recorded Feb. 6-8, 1991.
Source of Acquisition
Arts & Humanities Library copy: Purchased with funds from the John C. Farrell Libraries Endowment in Music; 20056.
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