A comedy of errors. Lo! here the gentle lark (4:31) -- A midsummer night's dream. Welcome to this place (2:25) -- Two gentlemen of Verona. Should he upbraid (4:27) -- Twelfth night. Who is Sylvia? What is she? / after Thomas Ravenscroft and Thomas Morley (2:33) -- Two gentlemen of Verona. That time of year (3:05) -- Twelfth night. When that I was a little tiny boy (3:22) -- A comedy of errors. Come live with me and be my love (3:57) -- A midsummer night's dream. Hark, hark, each Spartan hound (1:34) -- Two gentlemen of Verona. Oh! never say that I was false of heart (4:16) ; Who is Sylvia? What is she? (3:40) -- A comedy of errors. Sing willow (3:16) ; It was a lover and his lass (2:58) -- A comedy of errors. Under the greenwood tree / after Thomas Arne (4:01) ; Take, oh! take those lips away (3:05) -- A midsummer night's dream. Flower of this purple dye / after J.C. Smith (1:58) -- Two gentlemen of Verona. Now the hungry lions roar (2:14) -- Twelfth night. Orpheus with his lute (4:46) -- A comedy of errors. Come, thou monarch of the vine (3:06) -- A midsummer night's dream. Spirits advance (6:11).
Note
"Music composed, adapted and arranged for Shakespeare productions at Covent Garden, 1816-21."
Language (note)
Sung in English.
Author
Bishop, Henry R. (Henry Rowley), 1786-1855, composer.
Title
Shakespeare at Covent Garden : Henry R. Bishop's songs for Shakespeare productions at Covent Garden.
Publisher
[London] : Decca, [1999]
Copyright date
℗1999
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Musicians of the Globe ; Philip Pickett, conductor ; singers: Jeanette Ager (track 2) ; Joseph Cornwell (tracks, 4, 6, 13) ; Simon Davies (track 6) ; Rachel Elliott (tracks 2, 19) ; Julia Gooding (tracks 4, 6, 9, 12, 17) ; Simon Grant (tracks 4,6, 10) ; Susan Gritton (tracks 1, 3, 5-7, 10, 11, 14, 17) ; Helen Groves (track 2) ; Andrew King (tracks 6, 10, 13, 18) ; Joanne Lunn (tracks 2, 19) ; Andrew Murgatroyd (tracks 4, 6) ; William Purefoy (tracks 4, 6, 10) ; Christopher Robson (tracks 13, 18) ; Mark Tucker (tracks 15, 19) ; Roderick Williams (tracks 10, 13, 18).
Event
Recorded 1996 September All Saints, Tooting, London.