Shakespeare Songs / Bostridge, Pappano
Label: WARNER CLASSICS Catalog: 9029594473 Format: CD Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Elizabeth Kenny (lute)anon.: When that I Was but a Little Tiny Boy Britten: Fancie Byrd: Callino casturame Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 Gurney: Under the greenwood tree Haydn: She Never Told Her Love, Hob. XXVIa:34 Johnson, R: Where the bee sucks Full fathom five Korngold: Desdemona' Song (No. 1 from Four Shakespeare Songs Op. 31) Adieu, good Man Devil (No. 2 from Songs of the Clown Op. 29) Morley: It was a lover and his lass O mistress mine It was a lover and his lass Poulenc: Fancy Quilter: Come away, death Schubert: An Sylvia, D891 Stravinsky: Three Songs from William Shakespeare Adam Walker (flute), Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet) Tippett: Songs for Ariel Warlock: Pretty Ring Time Sweet and twenty Wilson, John: Take, O take those lips away Grammy® Award winners Ian Bostridge and Sir Antonio Pappano have been working together on the stage and in the recording studio for over 20 years. Together they have produced award-winning recordings and played sold out concert halls all over the world to huge critical acclaim. Now they embark on a project marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare with a new album out in September. Shakespeare Songs celebrates the four centuries of music and performance that his plays and sonnets have inspired. Shakespeare’s peerless feeling for the music of the English language has inspired countless composers, from those who set the Bard’s verse during his lifetime to musicians as diverse as Britten, Finzi, Korngold and Stravinsky. Ian Bostridge and Sir Antonio Pappano, together with four outstanding chamber musicians, delve into the rich Shakespeare legacy for this brand new recording, marking the playwright’s quarter-centenary with a delectable programme of works written for Jacobean productions, Restoration revivals and the modern concert hall. As guests Ian has invited his friends the lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, and for Stravinsky’s Three Songs flautist Adam Walker, violist Lawrence Power and clarinetist Michael Collins. Price: $22.98 |