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Soprano Carolyn Sampson and baritone Roderick Williams are prolific singers who can handle almost any kind of repertory but have a strong connection to the English tradition from the Baroque to the 20th century. It would be hard to imagine better singers for this collection of Shakespeare songs, for on one hand, Shakespeare settings are about as traditional as one can get, while on the other, this is an exceptionally diverse collection. It runs from the 20th century composers who favored Shakespeare as a text source to contemporary settings that may be gender-bending or otherwise experimental. Sampson and Williams handle Hannah Kendall's avant-garde duet settings of Rosalind's songs from As You Like It, just as well as works by John Ireland and Ivor Gurney. Even better, there are quite a few real novelties here. Listeners unaware that Haydn set Shakespeare should make it their business to hear Sampson in She never told her love, Hob. 16/34a, as soon as possible. There are settings of German Shakespeare translations by Schubert, Schumann, and Hugo Wolf, a French one by Arthur Honegger, and an entrancing English-language Fancy by Poulenc. There is a song by John Dankworth and one by Arthur Sullivan. This album represents, in short, an embarrassment of riches, and it is one of the finest Shakespeare song releases to come along in quite some time.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Ireland, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest John Moeran, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - John Christopher Smith, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Graves, Arranger
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Three Songs for Ariel (Sir Michael Tippett)
William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Tippett, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Tippett, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Tippett, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Arne, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Ivor Gurney, Composer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Hubert Parry, Composer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Ireland, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Joseph Haydn, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Franz Schubert, Composer - William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eduard von Bauernfeld, Lyricist - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Franz Schubert, Composer - William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Abraham Voß, Lyricist
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Franz Schubert, Composer - William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferdinand Mayerhofer von Grünhühel, Lyricist
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Robert Schumann, Composer - William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - August Wilhelm Schlegel, Lyricist - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Hugo Wolf, Composer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - August Wilhelm Schlegel, Lyricist - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Peter Cornelius, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - August Wilhelm Schlegel, Lyricist - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Rosalind (Cheryl Frances-Hoad)
William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Composer
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Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Hannah Kendall, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sabrina Mahfouz, Lyricist
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Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Hannah Kendall, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sabrina Mahfouz, Lyricist
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Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Hannah Kendall, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sabrina Mahfouz, Lyricist
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Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Hannah Kendall, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sabrina Mahfouz, Lyricist
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Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Hannah Kendall, Composer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sabrina Mahfouz, Lyricist
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Francis Poulenc, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Deux chants d'Ariel (Arthur Honegger)
William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Arthur Honegger, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guy de Pourtalès, Lyricist
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Arthur Honegger, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Guy de Pourtalès, Lyricist
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Frank Bridge, Composer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Madeleine Dring, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Dankworth, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mervyn Horder, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Composer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Amy Beach, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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William Shakespeare , Lyricist - Arthur Sullivan, Composer - Carolyn Sampson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roderick Williams, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Suff, Producer - Dave Rowell, SoundEngineer - Joseph Middleton, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
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Album review
Soprano Carolyn Sampson and baritone Roderick Williams are prolific singers who can handle almost any kind of repertory but have a strong connection to the English tradition from the Baroque to the 20th century. It would be hard to imagine better singers for this collection of Shakespeare songs, for on one hand, Shakespeare settings are about as traditional as one can get, while on the other, this is an exceptionally diverse collection. It runs from the 20th century composers who favored Shakespeare as a text source to contemporary settings that may be gender-bending or otherwise experimental. Sampson and Williams handle Hannah Kendall's avant-garde duet settings of Rosalind's songs from As You Like It, just as well as works by John Ireland and Ivor Gurney. Even better, there are quite a few real novelties here. Listeners unaware that Haydn set Shakespeare should make it their business to hear Sampson in She never told her love, Hob. 16/34a, as soon as possible. There are settings of German Shakespeare translations by Schubert, Schumann, and Hugo Wolf, a French one by Arthur Honegger, and an entrancing English-language Fancy by Poulenc. There is a song by John Dankworth and one by Arthur Sullivan. This album represents, in short, an embarrassment of riches, and it is one of the finest Shakespeare song releases to come along in quite some time.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
- Total length: 01:24:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Carolyn Sampson Roderick Williams Joseph Middleton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
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