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Decca's Shakespeare in Music & Words presents two CDs of orchestral and vocal music, and spoken word performances, inspired by William Shakespeare's plays, to give the Bard of Avon his due on the 400th anniversary of his death. The first disc is a collection of familiar and unfamiliar musical excerpts, though the best-known selections are the Dance of the Knights from Sergey Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, the Scherzo and Wedding March from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nino Rota's A Time for Us from Franco Zeffirelli's film of Romeo and Juliet, and the "Love Theme" from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. While the other excerpts by Gerald Finzi, Charles Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Henry Purcell, Hector Berlioz, William Walton, and Ralph Vaughan Williams are not exactly from greatest hits, they have a strong appeal for listeners who are interested in the variety of ways Shakespeare's texts have been set to music. The dramatic readings on the second disc by such theatrical legends as Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Christopher Plummer, Vanessa Redgrave, and Sir John Gielgud, among many others, provide a sampling of Shakespeare's scenes and poems that enthusiasts will appreciate.
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Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act 1 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Lorin Maazel, Conductor, MainArtist - The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Woolcock, Producer - Colin Moorfoot, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Parry, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited
Amy Dickson, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mellor, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Patrick Hawes, Arranger, Work Arranger - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, MainArtist - Alexander Van Ingen, Producer, Recording Producer - Claire Hay, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2016 The Gerald Finzi Trust
Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act I (Charles Gounod)
Charles Gounod, Composer - Sir Charles Mackerras, Conductor, MainArtist - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Stokes, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Haas, Producer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2000 Decca Music Group Limited
Edward Snyder, Author - Larry Kusik, Author - Nino Rota, Composer - Janfred Arendsen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - André Rieu, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Gerardus J.M. Jo Huijts, Arranger, Work Arranger - Ruud Jacobs, Producer - Johann Strauss Orchestra, MainArtist - Gert Jan Vermeulen, Producer - Coen Thomas, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ward Vlasveld, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1998 Universal International Music B.V.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61, MWV M 13 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - William Shakespeare , Author - James Walker, Producer, Recording Producer - Ernest Ansermet, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra, MainArtist - Roy Wallace, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3 (Henry Purcell)
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Imogen Holst, Contributor, Work Editor - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Benjamin Britten, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - David Harvey, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Pears, Contributor, Work Editor - Jennifer Vyvyan, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peter van Biene, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited
Falstaff, Act I (Giuseppe Verdi)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Arrigo Boito, Author - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Bryn Terfel, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Enrico Facini, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Alder, Producer, Recording Producer - Anatolij Kotscherga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Mee, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jürgen Bulgrin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Klaus Hiemann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Oliver Rogalla Von Heyden, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Reinhard Lagemann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ingmar Haas, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2001 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Tim Atack, ComposerLyricist - Marius de Vries, ComposerLyricist - Paul Bateman, Conductor, MainArtist - Craig Armstrong, ComposerLyricist - Paul Hooper, ComposerLyricist - Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague, Orchestra, MainArtist - Desiree Annette Weekes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Decca Music Group Limited
Otello / Act 4 (Giuseppe Verdi)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arrigo Boito, Author - Renee Fleming, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Woolcock, Producer - Jenni Whiteside, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 (Gerald Finzi)
John Fisher, Producer - William Shakespeare , Author - Malcolm Martineau, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryn Terfel, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gerald Finzi, Composer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Ulrich Vette, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Rudolf Müller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1995 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Macbeth / Act 4 (Giuseppe Verdi)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Sir Georg Solti, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrea Maffei, Author - Michael Haas, Producer - James Lock, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 Decca Music Group Limited
Concert Suite from "Henry V" (William Walton)
Chris Hazell, Producer - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Simon Eadon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - William Walton, Composer - Andrew Litton, Conductor, MainArtist - Jonathan Stokes, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Muir Mathieson, Arranger, Work Arranger - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1995 Decca Music Group Limited
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61, MWV M 13 - Arr. Organ (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Chris Hazell, Producer - William Shakespeare , Author - Peter Hurford, Organ, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1984 Decca Music Group Limited
Béatrice et Bénédict, H.138 / Act 1 (Hector Berlioz)
William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Hector Berlioz, Composer, Author - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Helen Watts, Contralto, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - April Cantelo, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Burnett, Producer, Recording Producer - Allen Stagg, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1963 Decca Music Group Limited
Three Shakespeare Songs (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Sir David Willcocks, Conductor, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - William Shakespeare , Author - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited
Sir David Willcocks, Conductor, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - William Shakespeare , Author - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited
Sir David Willcocks, Conductor, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - William Shakespeare , Author - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Raeburn, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture - TH.42 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
JAMES BROWN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Herbert Von Karajan, Conductor, MainArtist - Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - John Culshaw, Producer, Recording Producer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Gordon Parry, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1961 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Paul Hardwick, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Derek Godfrey, MainArtist - Dorothy Tutin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Peggy Ashcroft, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Christopher Plummer, MainArtist - William Shakespeare , Author - Geraldine McEwan, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Ian Bannen, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Max Adrian, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Dorothy Tutin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Sir John Gielgud, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Vanessa Redgrave, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Richard Pasco, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Richard Johnson, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Richard Pasco, MainArtist - Tony Church, MainArtist - Paul Whitworth, MainArtist - Barbara Leigh-Hunt, MainArtist - Pippa Guard, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Richard Pasco, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Tony Church, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Richard Johnson, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Paul Whitworth, MainArtist - Donald Sinden, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Tony Church, MainArtist - Barbara Leigh-Hunt, MainArtist - Pippa Guard, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
William Shakespeare , Author - Barbara Leigh-Hunt, MainArtist - Donald Sinden, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Decca's Shakespeare in Music & Words presents two CDs of orchestral and vocal music, and spoken word performances, inspired by William Shakespeare's plays, to give the Bard of Avon his due on the 400th anniversary of his death. The first disc is a collection of familiar and unfamiliar musical excerpts, though the best-known selections are the Dance of the Knights from Sergey Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, the Scherzo and Wedding March from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nino Rota's A Time for Us from Franco Zeffirelli's film of Romeo and Juliet, and the "Love Theme" from Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. While the other excerpts by Gerald Finzi, Charles Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Henry Purcell, Hector Berlioz, William Walton, and Ralph Vaughan Williams are not exactly from greatest hits, they have a strong appeal for listeners who are interested in the variety of ways Shakespeare's texts have been set to music. The dramatic readings on the second disc by such theatrical legends as Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Christopher Plummer, Vanessa Redgrave, and Sir John Gielgud, among many others, provide a sampling of Shakespeare's scenes and poems that enthusiasts will appreciate.
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 36 track(s)
- Total length: 02:02:07
- Main artist: Various Artists
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO) (Classics)
- Genre: Classical
© 2016 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited This Compilation ℗ 2016 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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