Hide player

Hyperion Records
Login
Click cover art to view larger version
Track(s) taken from CDA67450
John Christopher Smith, Handel’s pupil and assistant, included some striking settings of well-known lyrics in his two Shakespearean operas The Fairies (1755), derived from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Tempest (1756). ‘You spotted snakes’ creates a magical atmosphere by the use of drones and hushed unison passages.

from notes by Peter Holman © 2004

View sleeve notes/artwork (PDF)
Recording details: October 2003
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: April 2004
Total duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds

You spotted snakes
composer
John Christopher Smith (1712-1795)
The Fairies, London, 1755
author of text
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
A Midsummer Night's Dream II:ii

Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain

Catherine Bott (soprano), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
LISTEN TO ALL EXTRACTS
MP3 
FLAC 
ALAC 
1
£0.30
£0.30
£0.30
You spotted snakes  [2'15] English
Other recordings available for download
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)

Other albums featuring this work
Cover of 'Songs to Shakespeare' (CDA66480)
Songs to Shakespeare
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
MP3 £6.00
FLAC £6.00
ALAC £6.00
Buy by post £13.99 (ARCHIVE SERVICE)
CDA66480  Archive Service Only   Download currently discounted
Show: MP3 FLAC ALAC
   English   Français   Deutsch
over £20 for 10% discount on whole order
over £40 for 15% discount on whole order
over £59 for 25% discount on whole order
over £200 for 35% discount on whole order
(P&P free on almost all orders.)
Your basket:
There are no items in your basket.
Use the Buy buttons across the site.

The following discounts will be applied for CD purchases:
ms'); ' %>