Very beautiful 20th century Shakespeare
F. Behrens | Keene, NH USA | 04/09/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"We have no idea what the music to the songs in Shakespeare's plays sounded like (with a few exceptions), so the question of authenticity has nothing to do with this lovely program of 31 songs from the plays filtered through the genius of this composer in much the same way that Villa-Lobos gave us Bach in a 20th century Brazilian transformation. Students of the vocal repertory will love this program and lovers of Shakespeare will be at the very least interested. By all means compare these versions of with those sung by Alfred Deller on a recent Vanguard Classics release--but one does not replace the other. A wonderful present for your Music or English teacher, by the way."