Songs and Dances from Shakespeare [Import]

Robert (ii) Johnson (Artist), Anonymous (Artist), Thomas Morley (Artist), Robert [composer] Jones (Artist), William Byrd (Artist), John Wilson (Artist), Thomas Ford (Artist), John Vernon (Artist), Jeremy Barlow (Artist), Alastair McLachlan (Artist), John Potter (Artist), Deborah Roberts (Artist), Rosemary Thorndycraft (Artist), George Weigand (Artist), The Broadside Band (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Saydisc
• ASIN: B00000453O
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,692 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Full Fathom Five, for voice & lute

2. Where the Bee Sucks, for voice & lute

3. O Mistresse Mine

4. The Poor Soul Sat Sighing, song (a.k.a. 'The Willow Songs')

5. It was a lover and his lass, song for voice with lute & bass viol

6. Sellengers Round 'Roundel', for lute

7. Scottish Gigue

8. Hoboken Brawl 'Brawl'

9. Staines Morris 'Whitsun Morris Dance'

10. How Should I Your True Love Know?, folk song

11. Tomorrow is St. Valentine's Day (Shakespeare Song)

12. And Will He Not Come Again?, folk song

13. In youth when I did love

14. Woosell cock so black of hue

15. O Sweet Oliver

16. When daffodils begin to peer

17. Jog on

18. When that I was

19. Kemp's Gigue

20. Passamezzo Pavan 'Passymeasures-pavin'

See all 39 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, June 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs and Dances from Shakespeare (Audio CD)

The other reviews do not do justice to this excellent CD. This is among the very best of the CDs for those interested in the songs and dances of Shakespeare. Deborah Roberts' version of "O' Mistress Mine.." is best of the many I have heard. For those interested in additional dance tunes from the English Dancing Master (John Playford), I can strongly recommend the Broadside Band's Playford CDs--these are simply the best.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good mix of Elizabethan music., November 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs and Dances from Shakespeare (Audio CD)

I liked all of the music on the CD but the dances and jigs were the high spirited music I was looking for when I placed my order. Anyone who has been to a traditional Shakespeare festival will appreciate this CD. The only way this CD could have been better is if more dances could have been included in lieu of some of the more somber songs that were not directly associated with Shakespearean plays.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly Enjoyable, December 9, 1999

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Alswitha - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs and Dances from Shakespeare (Audio CD)

While the singers on this album may not all have the most lovely voices, all the music sounds authentic and is quite lovely to listen to. It contains a wide range of both melancholy and joyful songs. Though all the music on this is well performed, I must say that I especially loved the song 'O Sweet Oliver.'