Roger Quilter Songs, Vol. 2

1. Prelude, for voice & piano, Op. 8/1
Composed by Roger Quilter

2. The Bracelet, for voice & piano, Op. 8/2
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

3. The Maiden blush, for voice & piano, Op. 8/3
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

4. To Daises, for voice & piano, Op. 8/4
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

5. The Night Piece, for voice & piano, Op. 8/5
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

6. Julia's Hair, for voice & piano, Op. 8/6
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

7. Cherry Ripe, for voice & piano, Op. 8/7
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

8. Orpheus with his lute, for voice & piano, Op. 32/1
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

9. When icicles hang by the wall, for voice & piano, Op. 32/2
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

10. Come away death, for voice & piano, Op. 6/1
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

11. O mistress mine, for voice & piano, Op. 6/2
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

12. Shakespeare Songs (3) for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 6, No. 3, "Blow, blow, thou winter wind" Op. 6/3
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

13. Who is Sylvia?, for voice & piano, Op. 30/1
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

14. When daffodils begin to peer, for voice & piano, Op. 30/2
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

15. How Should I your true love know?, for voice & piano, Op. 30/3
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

16. Sigh no more, ladies, for voice & piano, Op. 30/4
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

17. Fear no more the heat of the sun, for voice & piano, Op. 23/1
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

18. Under the greenwood tree, for voice & piano, Op. 23/2
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

19. It was a lover and his lass, for voice & piano, Op. 23/3
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

20. Shakespeare Songs (5) for voice and piano, Op. 23, No. 4, "Take, o take those lips away" Op. 23/4
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

21. Hey ho! The wind and the rain, for voice & piano, Op. 23/5
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

22. Weep you no more, for voice & piano, Op. 12/1
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

23. My life's delight, for voice & piano, Op. 12/2
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

24. Damask Roses, for voice & piano, Op. 12/3
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

25. The faithless shepherdess, for voice & piano, Op. 12/4
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

26. Brown is my love, for voice & piano, Op. 12/5
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

27. By a foutainside, for voice & piano, Op. 12/6
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

28. Fair house of joy, for voice & piano, Op. 12/7
Composed by Roger Quilter
with Jeffrey Benton

Tracks:

Love Songs: Pastorale
Love Songs: Del Cabello mas sutil
Love Songs: Azulao
Love Songs: Standchen
Love Songs: Selige Nacht
Love Songs: Fleurs
Love Songs: Stornello
Love Songs: Music, When Soft Voice Die
Love Songs: Je t'aime
Love Songs: Love's Philosophy
Love Songs: Widmung
Love Songs: Du bist wie eine Blume
Love Songs: Das Rosenband
Love Songs: Liebst du um Schonheit
Love Songs: Cantares
Love Songs: How Do I Love Thee?
Love Songs: I'll Follow My Secret Heart
Love Songs: Serenade
Love Songs: Liebe Schwarmt auf allen Wegen
Love Songs: Love Went A-Riding
Love Songs: Why, No One to Love
Love Songs: O del mio amato ben
Love Songs: The Salley Gardens
Love Songs: Heart, We Will Forget Him
Love Songs: Before I Gaze at You Again

Customer Reviews:

Arleen Auger and Dalton Baldwin-Love Songs.......2007-01-29

A lovely collection -very varied. Arleen Auger has a beautiful voice and Baldwin's accompaniment is wonderful. The 3rd track, by Jayme Ovalle, is, as it says in the accompanying notes, bewitching, and is actually the reason I bought the CD.

Voice of experience.......2006-01-28

There isn't much I can add to the praise bestowed on this album by earlier reviewers. I do think though that a special poignancy is undeniable since Auger's voice, while still beautiful, clearly is not that of a young singer. Her maturity makes her interpretations of these love songs all the more touching. I've probably played this CD a dozen times through the years, far more than any other in my collection. It remains consistently and deeply satisfying.

Auger at her best.......2005-04-26

This is a disc that I recommend to my graduating seniors/graduate students who are pursuing a graduate degree or career options in Vocal Performance.
From the standpoint of technique, Auger is practically flawless---"harsh" is not a word I equate with Ms. Auger's singing. She and Dalton Baldwin are impeccable performers on this disc. All the material was wisely chosen and presented, including one of the slowest "O del mio amato ben's" and one of the slowest "Salley Gardens", indicative of the beautiful breath control this artist had. I have to take exception to one of the comments made by one reviewer, of the "lack of sesitivity to the music that most classical singers possess". This is plain ignorant. This reviewer clearly does not understand the great artistic endeavor that classical singers have to have with Song literature---only a non-singer could have said this. Our finest classical singers of memory have all been outstanding musicians. They also have texts to interpret in many languages. I, as a singer-performer-teacher take great umbrage at comments like this which serve only to degrade the richness of so much repertoire.
I too hated the untimely passing of this fabulous singer. She is one of four famous women singers who all died at the age of 53. I think this disc was recorded not to long before she passed away and does reflect her "goodbye" to her audience. However the disc will remain as timely as the repertoire in it.
Marcia M.Baldwin, Gig Harbor, WA.
Professor Emeritus, Eastman School of Music, Rochester,NY

Hidden Treasure.......2003-11-04

This recording is possibly one of the best examples of beautiful singing one will ever find. The repertoire, the artfulness, the line and the sheer beauty of Miss Auger's voice is a rare find. I've just recently purchased another copy as I loaned mine to a friend who begged to keep it! One note on the cover - this new cover art seems to imply this CD is some light version of 1970's Montovani romance music. Nothing could be further from the truth. Though the previous jacket (a photo of Miss Auger on pale pink) did look dated, I hope the next pressing of this (& I'm sure they'll be many more to come!) will give this collection the class packaging it deserves. This is a collector's item. Enjoy!!

Gorgeous, sensitive music.......2001-06-15

So first of all, ignore the cheesy cover art and album title. This is a beautiful collection of songs, beautifully performed. Since I concur with the other reviews that laud Auger's performance (though don't forget the accompanist Dalton Baldwin, who is also outstanding), I'll add only the comment that there is a certain melancholy surrounding a lot of the songs and performances that (a) I find haunting and appealing, and (b) you would never know simply from looking at the album.

Tracks:

La Belle Bame sans Merci
Sleep
I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing
The Cloths of Heaven
To Gratiana Dancing and Singing
To Lucasta, On Going To The Wars
Twilight Fancies
Orpheus With His Lute
Jillian of Berry
Cradle Song
The Dance Continued
Linden Lea
Silent Noon
My Love's An Arbutus
The Death of Queen Jane
No Longer Mourn For Me
Since We Loved
The Sally Gardens
Rest, Sweet Nymphs
Come Away, Death
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
Bold William Taylor
Brigg Fair
The Little Turtle Dove

Customer Reviews:

THE SORT OF MUSIC THAT BOSTRIDGE'S VOICE WAS MADE FOR.......2002-10-09

Ian Bostridge has one of the most beautiful voices on record, and he has consistently shown courage and wisdom in selecting material that will extend and develop his gifts. Not all of this material has been a perfect match for his young and soaring tenor voice, notably some of Schubert's more dramatic "lieder". In contrast, nothing could be more perfectly suited to his voice than this generous and beautiful collection of traditional English poetic settings by Britten, Finzi, Grainger, Warlock and others.

Bostridge brings more than just a beautiful tone and a subtle musical phrasing to these songs. The challenge any intepreter of English songs has to face is that, in contrast with the pure syllables of most continental languages, the complex vowels of "Southern British English" are formidably difficult to render attractively in song. It's not just a question of singing them prettily. Think how accurately the pronunciation of a word like "house" or "bath" can betray someone's geographical and social background; our vowels are a caste-mark as well as a means of communication. But somehow Bostridge himself, in his fruitful partnership with Julius Drake, manages to transcend our socio-linguistic divisions and deliver these songs in a way that places no barrier between the listener and the music.

The material is wonderful in its own right - a collection of lilting pastoral airs and occasional boisterous ditties. They are at one and the same time ancient and modern, embracing at once the mutual cross-fertilisation between classical and "pop" sensibilities that has always underpinned the best of English music. Even the most trivial of these songs (e.g. "Jillian of Berry") are memorable, and some of them (notably Sir Charles Stanford's chilling musical setting of the Keats' poem, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci") would not have been beneath Schubert himself.

It has been fashionable over the generations to belittle British classic music. "The land without song" England was dubbed, as the sleeve notes poignantly remind us. This CD is a healthy reminder that the global success of English popular music in the latter four decades of the 20th century did not appear out of nowhere; it was built on a solid foundation of past accomplishment that it was for too long fashionable to dismiss. Highly recommended.

Artistry beyond measure.......2002-09-20

This disk is a wonderful treasure. "To Gratiana Dancing and Singing" is an exquisite song that you should not go another day without hearing. I am speaking literally.

Mr. Bostridge's interpretation of Browne's song is amazingly compelling. His ability to express goes beyond that of most other singers - even some great ones. He notes the problems in singing in English (the "extra" vowels, the English vs. German approach to word painting, etc.) and I have to say he triumphs on this disk.

As he also notes, this is NOT a recording of a recital program nor are the songs "English" in nationality - the songs are just set to texts in the English language. I had not heard of some of these composers, but I am enthusiastic in saying that every song on this disk has something very nice to recommend it - at least at the voice and hands of Ian Bostridge and Julian Drake.

I must say a few words about Mr. Drake's playing. Overall he is simply incredible. He has a beauty of tone and a singing style that is not in anyway mere accompaniment. It really isn't even a partnership. It is a unity of artistry that creates this single entity, a song. There aren't many that can pull this off and Mr. Drake should be treasured for this ability. Just amazing artistry.

Please get every disk that Mr. Bostridge and Mr. Drake have done together. You will thank me for recommending this if you didn't know this already. Feel free to email me with your thoughts on this disk or any comments you have about Bostridge and Drake.

Perfectly Enjoyable.......2002-02-09

I already liked Ian Bostridge, but I thought "English songs" would be rather light and without substance. But I have fallen in love with this CD and never tire of it! I was already an admirer of Vaughan Williams, Britten, Finzi, Warlock and Delius, and I'm glad for this introduction to other composers as well. Also, much beautiful poetry is chosen, from Shakespeare, Yeats, Rossetti, Keats, and others, and each is treated with careful consideration by the composer, *partnering* music with poetry rather than simply enhancing or overshadowing the lyric. Bostridge seems to have the perfect voice for this music, light and charming when appropriate, heart-breaking at other times, always an engaging storyteller. He obviously understands intimately each word and note that he sings. The listener can hear his facial expressions and body language! The English Songbook is a beautiful collection of excellent craftsmanship, and one of the best CDs I have.

Do Not Be Deceived By His Look Of Innocence.......2001-10-14

Just look at Ian on the cover photo of this CD. He's sitting there looking coy, playing with his finger, hair a little mussed, with a very cute boyish smile, as if to say, "I didn't do anything wrong mommy, honest." Well he has done it this time.

This CD was my first exposure to Ian Bostridge. I bought it because I was very surprised to know that one of my favorite poems, the Cloths of Heaven by Yeats, was set to music. I spent 17 bucks for one song, and ended up cashing in on 23 others.

To Gratiana Dancing and Singing quickly became a favorite, as did Bold William Taylor. This last one was my first realization of Ian's gift of storytelling. Somehow he is able to make his voice sound like a woman, namely Sally Gray, and the narrator, and the macho Captain, all in the same song. The multiple personalities come out to play similarly in The Death of Queen Jane. I am lulled into quiet reflection and relaxation when Ian sings the Cradle Song.

Check out his CDs of Schubert Lieder, also accompanied by Julius Drake. Ian may be even more at home in German than he is in his native English! Julius is at home with Schubert, especially the water songs, and we are at home listening to this wonderfully weird, warm voice paired with masterful piano playing.

One of the best English-Song CD's available.......2001-09-12

Unlike the reviewer "A music fan from California, USA" I realize that this is not a recital program of music (as even noted in the liner). This is though, an unequaled collection of some of the most beautiful English Songs ever. Ian is on top of his game and J Drake plays, well, I don't have the words. He never fails to impress with his skills. Each key under each finger sings! Back to Ian. As a professional tenor, I am in awe of his voice. It is tender, moving, all the things you want in a good recitalist, and (unlike any of the opera tenors I can think of) it is note perfect. Yes, there are times when his voice seems a little light for the song he may be performing, but it is passionate and caries the pathos of each note/word he sings. BUY THIS CD - you will love it for ever!

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Pure Perfection
Had a Freudian moment
No Villa-Lobos
Be warned!
Unforgettable

American Soprano

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ASIN: B00004W1PQ
Release Date: 2000-07-25

Tracks:

Rejoice Greatly - Messiah
Piangero - Giulio Cesare
Care Selve - Atalanta
Let The Bright Seraphim - Samson
Lascia Ch'io pianga - Rinaldo
Ricetti Gramezza
Bist du bei mir
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Sich uben im lieben
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Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 For Soprano And Orchestra Of Violoncellos: Aria
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 For Soprano And Orchestra Of Violoncellos: Dansa
Pastorale
Del Cabello mas sutil
Azulao
Standchen
Selige Nacht
Fleurs
Stornello
Music, When Soft Voice Die
Je t'aime
Love's Philosophy
Widmung
Du bist wie eine Blume
Das Rosenband
Liebst du um Schonheit
Cantares
How Do I Love Thee?
I'll Follow My Secret Heart
Serenade
Liebe Schwarmt auf allen Wegen
Love Went A-Riding
Why, No One to Love
O del mio amato ben
The Salley Gardens
Heart, We Will Forget Him
Before I Gaze at You Again

Customer Reviews:

Pure Perfection .......2006-09-25

Words cannot express how much I adore these two discs, but here goes anyway. A friend gave me a burned copy 'Love Songs' which I lost and so I purchased this double disc set. Arleen is by far and away my favorite soprano of all time and if you end up owning these cd's, I have no doubt she will become yours as well. Arleen had the most gorgeous voice, a pure yet colorful tone. And her technique as demonstrated on these recordings was superb. If you are a singer as am I, you will not be able to ignore her phrasing on The Salley Gardens - it's truy astonishing. If you are in to doing side by side comparison, try listening to Arleen's version of O Del Mio Amato Ben, then listen to Sumi Jo's version. But be forewarned if you're a Sumi Jo fan, you won't be able to listen to her version ever again. Arleen wrings every bit of naked emotion out of that song without ever being cheesy or over the top. Her musical instinct and interpretation was as flawless as her voice and technique. I use these cd's as my personal master classes with an impeccable artist who was taken from us all much too soon.

Had a Freudian moment.......2005-08-12

Be it known, I had no intention of writing a review of this recording. I still do not in fact. But I listened to the late Ms. Auger's reading of 'Lascia chio pianga' and nearly seized (cigarette in hand and all.) I've yet to move beyond track five. That being documented, I implore both the fastidious collector of vocal music and the layman alike to purchase this set. Oh, and about the Freud...following the aforementioned revelatory aural sensation of some five minutes, I typed amazing.com in place of the amazon.com destination. "Behind every mishap in speech, writing, etc. there lies an unconcious motive..."
Well,

No Villa-Lobos.......2003-05-28

Since I purchased this album specifically for the recording of the Villa-Lobos, I am extremely disappointed that it was replaced by "He Shall Feed His Flock." She sings everything beautifully, but it is not the recording it pretends to be.

Be warned!.......2003-05-03

My copy did not have the works by Heitor Villa-Lobos. The first disk in the set is Delos 3026, "Bach, Handel: Arias," which includes two selections from Alexander's Feast and "He Shall Feed His Flock" from the Messiah. I am not disappointed. Ms. Auger sings wonderfully. My second disk is Delos 3029 "Love Songs," which makes it a good bargain. But there are no texts.

Unforgettable.......2002-05-16

After much auditioning and re-auditioning, Auger's "Rejoice" here has finally replaced Kathleen Battle's fine performance on "Grace" as my favorite.

Both singers are at their best in the repeat, where their technique and ornamentation will knock anyone's socks off. But where Battle does a musical and brilliant concerto-like display of Kathleen Battle, Auger instead serves Handel with overriding sincerity. She builds intensity to an incredible pitch, ending on an almost trumpet-like flourish to announce the coming of the King.

Tracks:

A Soft Day - Bernadette Greevy
Irish Skies - Bernadette Greevy
Cherry Ripe - Janice Watson
Mustard And Cress - Neal Davies
The Lily Of A Day - Janice Watson
Henry King - Neal Davies
Fain Would I Change That Note - Graham Johnson
In Summer-Time On Bredon - Christopher Maltman
The Lads In Their Hundreds - Christopher Maltman
Among The Rocks - Graham Johnson
It Was A Lover And His Lass - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
The Water Mill - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
On Wenlock Edge - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
The Call - Graham Johnson
Silent Noon - Graham Johnson
Now In These Fairylands - Philip Langridge
The Dream-City - Philip Langridge
Margrete's Cradle Song - Susan Gritton
The Heart Worships - Christopher Maltman
Take, O Those Lips Away - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal - Graham Johnson
Love Calls Through The Summer Night - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing - Graham Johnson
The Rio Grande (Capstan Shanty) - Ian Partridge
Theodore, Or The Pirate King - Ian Partridge
A Long Time Ago (Hilliard's Shanty) - Ian Partridge
Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be? - Bernadette Greevy

Tracks:

The Grenadier - Richard Edgar-Wilson
The Young Lover - Richard Edgar-Wilson
Betty And Johnny - Richard Edgar-Wilson
Rise Up And Reach The Stars - Richard Edgar-Wilson
The Bells - Nik Hancock-Child
Ann's Cradle Song - Nik Hancock-Child
As I Lay In The Early Sun - Nik Hancock-Child
The Cherry Tree - Nik Hancock-Child
Dusk - Nik Hancock-Child
Peter Warlock's Fancy - John Constable
The Frostbound Wood - John Constable
Chopcherry - John Constable
A Sad Song - John Constable
Rutterkin - John Constable
Bethlehem Down - John Constable
Wapping Old Stairs - Felicity Lott
Long Steel Grass - Martyn Hill
Tango-Pasodoble - Martyn Hill
Popular Song - Martyn Hill
Beatriz's Song - Felicity Lott
Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love - Philip Langridge
Early One Morning - Felicity Lott
The Foggy, Foggy View - Philip Langridge
Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast - Philip Langridge
Tell Me The Truth About Love - Della Jones
The Choirmaster's Burial - Philip Langridge

Customer Reviews:

A century of British art songs to delight those who love them.......2006-06-26

These 53 songs have been collected by Naxos from their extensive acquisitions from Collins Classics, and perhaps other British sources now out of business. There's a steady cottage industry, year after year, producing the typical English art song, which is usually based on folk songs, but even in more modern idioms is profuondly conservative and nostaligic. Half these songs, not to mention half the composers, are totally unknown to American audiences, but the familiar names of Vaughan Williams and Britten represent high quality, and the lesser lights, such as Warlock and Quilter, are mainstays in this repertoire.

I'd challenge all but the most addicted listener to make it through more than ten songs at a sitting, and many of these pieces are tepid, offering comfort rather than inspiration. The singers are among the best, but Graham Johnson and Steuart Beford, who do most of the accompaniments, are lackluster. I know that won't be a popular comment, yet if you compare any of these songs with rendiitons done by Janet Baker, John Shirley-quirk, and most recently Bryn Terfel and Ian Bostridge, you immediately notice how much more intensity and drama is pesent than htis colleciton reveals.

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Focus on Ophelia and Desdemona

Shakespeare in Music

Manufacturer: Signum
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Tracks:

Musiques Pour 'Le Roi Lear': Fanfare
Musiques Pour 'Le Roi Lear': Le Sommeil De Lear
Aus:Shakespeare's Dramatic Songs: How Should I Your True Love
Aus:Shakespeare's Dramatic Songs: Good Morrow 'Tis St. Valentine's Day
Aus:Shakespeare's Dramatic Songs: They Bore Him Barefac'd
Aus:Shakespeare's Dramatic Songs: For Bonny Sweet Robin
Aus:Shakespeare's Dramatic Songs: And Will He Not Come Again?
Herzeleid Op. 107, Nr. 1
Funf Ophelia-Lieder: Wie Erkenn' Ich Dein Treulieb
Funf Ophelia-Lieder: Sein Leichenhemd WeiB Wie Schnee
Funf Ophelia-Lieder: Auf Morgen Ist Sankt Valentins Tag
Funf Ophelia-Lieder: Sie Trugen Ihn Auf Der Bahre BloB
Funf Ophelia-Lieder: Und Kommt Er Nicht Mehr Zuruck?
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Buhnenmusik Zu 'Hamlet': Votre Amoureux, A Quels Gages
Buhnenmusik Zu 'Hamlet': On L'a Porte Couvert De Fleurs
Chanson D'Ophelie
Opheliens Gesang
How Should I Your True Love?
How Should I Your True Love?
Willow, Willow, Willow
Romance De Shakespear
Romance Du Saule De Shakespeare
Lied Der Desdemona Op.58, Nr.4: Lied Der Desdemona
Lied Der Desdemona
Lied Der Desdemona Op. 9, Heft II, NR.2: Lied Der Desdemona
The Willow Song
The Willow Song Op.79, Nr.4: The Willow Song
The Pour Soul Sat Sighing
Desdemona's Song Op.31, Nr.1: Desdemona's Song

Customer Reviews:

Focus on Ophelia and Desdemona.......2007-05-09

Shakespeare in Music covers music inspired by three Shakespearean tragedies, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear, and focuses on Ophelia's mad scene and Desdemona's Willow Song. Only a few minutes are devoted to King Lear, with Claude Debussy's introductory Fanfare and his tone picture Le Sommeil de Lear.

This album concentrates on the central scenes where Ophelia and Desdemona sing and shows how eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century composers responded to these extreme emotional states of the two heroines.

In Othello, Desdemona 's Willow Song develops out of her despair, fear, and presentiment of death. The old song of scorned love expresses the anguish of Desdemona, hurt and threatened by her husband Othello's jealousy and unjust accusations. Treatments here of the Willow Song include works by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Carl Loewe, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Erich Korngold, and others.

In Hamlet, Ophelia's mad scene is punctuated by her alternation of confused speech and abrupt sing-song, expressing her depression and departure from reality. Included here are works by William Linley, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Peter Tchaikovsky, Ernest Chausson, and others. The Schumann selection, however, does not involve Ophelia's mad scene, but instead the scene where Queen Gertrude tells Hamlet that Ophelia has drowned herself ("There is a willow grows aslant a brook...").

This album contains thirty musical selections, and a booklet containing the major texts in English, German, and French upon which the songs are based. They are not translated, per se, but the texts in different languages more or less correspond with each other, and the meanings can easily be determined. Overall, the album is a pleasant and instructive sampling of music inspired by these Shakespearean passages over the last three centuries. Mezzosoprano Rosemarie Buhler has a lovely voice, and she and the accompanists do a fine job. Students of Shakespeare, as well as anyone who enjoys the plays Hamlet and Othello, would appreciate this music.

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Schwarzkopf Edition [Box Set]

Manufacturer: Capitol
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1991-07-01

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Felicity Lott - Favourite English Songs
Maude Valerie White , Edward Elgar , Thomas Dunhill , Roger Quilter , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Dorothy Hogben , Benjamin Britten , Sir Lennox Berkeley , Percy Grainger , Geoffrey Bush , Herbert Howells , Frank Bridge , Peter Warlock , Cecil Armstrong Gibbs , Graham Peel , Michael Head , Liza Lehmann , Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners , William Walton , Felicity Lott , Graham Johnson , Richard Lee , and Brian Couzens
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Tracks:

So We'll Go No More A-roving
Queen Mary's Song
The Cloths Of Heaven
Love's Philosophy
Silent Noon
The Shawl
Fish In The Unruffled Lakes
O Lurcher-Loving Collier, Op.53 No.2
O Waly, Waly
The Sping Of Thyme
Sigh No More, Ladies
Come Sing And Dance
Gavotte
Go Not, Happy Day
My Own Country
Silver
The Early Morning
Sweet Chance. That Led My Steps Abroad
The Swing
Red Roses And Red Noses
Come You Not From Newcastle?
Old Sir Faulk

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Encores

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Not worth the money

Roger Quilter Songs, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Symposium
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001XWQ
Release Date: 1995-12-12

Tracks:

To Julia, Op.8: Prld - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
To Julia, Op.8: The Bracelet - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
To Julia, Op.8: The Maiden Blush - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
To Julia, Op.8: To Daises - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
To Julia, Op.8: The Night Piece - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
To Julia, Op.8: Julia's Hair - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
To Julia, Op.8: Cherry Ripe - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
Two Shakespeare Songs, Op.32: Orpheus With His Lt - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
Two Shakespeare Songs, Op.32: When Icicles Hang By The Wall - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op.6: Come Away, Death - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op.6: Oh Mistress Mine - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op.6: Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Four Shakespeare Songs, Op.30: Who Is Sylvia? - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Four Shakespeare Songs, Op.30: When Daffodils Begin To Peer - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Four Shakespeare Songs, Op.30: How Should I Your True Love Know? - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
Four Shakespeare Songs, Op.30: Sigh No More, Ladies - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Five Shakespeare Songs, Op.23: Fear No More The Heat Of The Sun - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
Five Shakespeare Songs, Op.23: Under The Greenwood Tree - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
Five Shakespeare Songs, Op.23: It Was A Lover And His Lass - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
Five Shakespeare Songs, Op.23: Take, O Those Lips Away - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
Five Shakespeare Songs, Op.23: Hey, Ho, The Wind And The Rain - Jeffrey Benton/Graham Kirkland
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics: Weep You No More - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics: My Life's Delight - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics: Damask Roses - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics: The Faithless Shepherdess - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics: Brown Is My Love - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics: By A Fountainside - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics: Fair House Of Joy - Jeffrey Benton/Rona Lowe

Customer Reviews:

Not worth the money.......2002-10-23

I was excited when I got this CD, because many of these songs are not the easy to find in one place. But my excitement ended when I put this one in my CD player. The singing of Jeffrey Benton is constantly under the pitch, his diction sometimes difficult to understand, and there is very little the pianists (Lowe and Kirkland) can do to save these songs. These are nice songs, but don't let this CD be your introduction to them.

Although it doesn't have all of the Shakespeare settings, try the Benjamin Luxon recording instead if you want a real taste of Quilter's style and some lovely singing.

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