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Track(s) taken from CDA66480

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

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
Recording details: February 1991
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1991
Total duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Catherine Bott (soprano), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)

Reviews

‘Grips the attention from beginning to end. Splendid stuff’ (RAM Magazine)
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

Other albums featuring this work

Orpheus with his lute
Catherine Bott (soprano), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
CDA67450

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