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Cover of CDA66136 - Shakespeare's Kingdom
Ophelia by Arthur Hughes (1832-1915)
Reproduced by courtesy of the City of Manchester Art Galleries
CDA66136

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Recording details: May 1984
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: July 1988
Total duration: 54 minutes 19 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'The most delightful and varied song recital I've come across all year' (The Guardian)

Shakespeare's Kingdom
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
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An Silvia 'Gesang an Silvia' D891   Was ist Silvia, saget an  [2'51]  Franz Schubert (1797-1828) DeutschEnglish English
Sechs Gesänge Op 107  Robert Schumann (1810-1856) English
2
No 1: Herzeleid   Die Weiden lassen matt die Zweige hangen  [1'50]
Ophelia-Lieder WoO22  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
3
No 1: Wie erkenn ich dein Treulieb  [0'58]
Sechs Lieder Op 67  Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
4
Lied der Ophelia No 1: Wie erkenn' ich mein Treulieb?  [2'29]
Ophelia-Lieder WoO22  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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No 2: Sein Leichenhemd weiss  [0'31]
Sechs Lieder Op 67  Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
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Lied der Ophelia No 2: Guten Morgen, 's ist Sankt Valentinstag  [1'13]
Ophelia-Lieder WoO22  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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No 3: Auf Morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag  [0'54]
Sechs Lieder Op 67  Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
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Lied der Ophelia No 3: Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss  [3'50]
Ophelia-Lieder WoO22  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
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No 5: Und kommt er nicht mehr zurück?  [1'20]
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La mort d'Ophélie Op 18 No 2   Auprès d'un torrent Ophélie  [6'56]  Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
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La mort d'Ophélie   Au bord d'un torrent Ophélie  [3'17]  Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
12
Lady Macbeth – A Scena   Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be  [8'50]  Joseph Horovitz (b1926)
Pageant of Empire  Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
13
No 1: Shakespeare's Kingdom   When Shakespeare came to London  [2'49]
English Lyrics II  Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
14
No 1: O mistress mine  [1'24]
15
Willow, willow, willow   The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree  [2'35]  Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
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Willow, willow   The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree  [3'58]  Percy Grainger (1882-1961) English English
17
Fancie   Tell me, where is fancy bred  [1'04]  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) English
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Fancy   Tell me, where is fancy bred  [2'12]  Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
19
Under the Greenwood Tree  [1'33]  Mervyn Horder (1910-1998)
20
Take, O take those lips away Op 22 No 1  [1'49]  Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
21
It was a lover and his lass  [1'56]  Geoffrey Bush (b1920)
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