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    07/20/1999


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    All Music Guide Review

    It's more or less accepted that Shakespeare is the greatest writer in English, but this large box set shows he was a really a musician of language.. The speeches and scenes spread over the course of 6 CDs, carefully arranged to cover themes of love, wonder, humanity and death, play like brief symphonic passages. Indeed, in the hands of actors like Richard Burton, Brian Murray, Vanessa Redgrave and Orson Welles, the material truly sings. While some may find the editing a bit choppy, slicing passages to their best known parts, the goal is clearly to celebrate the wisdom and art of the Bard. While the context of some of the passages may be a bit foggy to a first-time listener, the final two disc offer an entire performance of Romeo and Juliet with Claire Bloom and Albert Finney. ~ Tim Sheridan, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 40
  • Here Come Romeo
  • 1:26

  • 61 (2)
  • Good Morrow, Kate
  • 4:45

  • 66 (2)
  • Come Woo Me, Woo Me
  • 2:28

  • 67 (2)
  • This Bud of Love
  • 2:42

  • 74 (2)
  • How Now, My Love!
  • 2:39

  • 76 (2)
  • Do Not You Love Me?
  • 1:09

  • 78 (2)
  • I Am Your Spaniel
  • 2:54

  • 84 (2)
  • This Dear Encounter
  • :38

  • 90 (2)
  • To You, Antonio
  • :25

  • 97 (2)
  • I Know Not Seems
  • :40

  • 100 (2)
  • Ah, My Young Princes
  • 1:44

  • 122 (3)
  • I Had Been Happy
  • 3:05

  • 123 (3)
  • Draw Thy Tool!
  • 1:11

  • 124 (3)
  • I Am Fortune's Fool
  • 1:10

  • 126 (3)
  • Out, Vile Jelly!
  • 3:53

  • 130 (3)
  • Great Glamis!
  • 1:50

  • 134 (3)
  • It Is the Cause
  • 6:17

  • 139 (3)
  • I'll Be Wise
  • Griffith, Hugh
  • :05
  • 140 (4)
  • Now the Hungry Lion Roars
  • Hughes, Ian
  • 1:07
  • 141 (4)
  • When Shall We Three Meet Again
  • :43
  • 142 (4)
  • So Foul and Fair a Day
  • Guinness, Alec
  • 3:31
  • 143 (4)
  • Double, Double Toil and Trouble
  • 1:44
  • 144 (4)
  • Thou Shall See Me at Philippi
  • 1:33
  • 145 (4)
  • O My Prophetic Soul!
  • 5:32
  • 146 (4)
  • Sweet Remembrancer
  • 2:09
  • 147 (4)
  • O Sleep, O Gentle Sleep
  • Andrews, Harry
  • 1:49
  • 148 (4)
  • Sleep No More
  • Guinness, Alec
  • :41
  • 149 (4)
  • I Have Not Slept
  • Quayle, Anthony
  • :31
  • 150 (4)
  • She Dreamt To-Night
  • Richardson, Ralph
  • :32
  • 151 (4)
  • What Was Your Dream?
  • 3:11
  • 152 (4)
  • When My Cue Comes, Call Me and I Will Answer
  • Mitchell, Warren
  • 1:33
  • 153 (4)
  • O, Then, I See Queen Mab Hath Been With You
  • 1:55
  • 154 (4)
  • I Fear, Too Early
  • Sheen, Michael
  • :31
  • 155 (4)
  • We Defy Augury
  • Lesser, Anton
  • :25
  • 156 (4)
  • I Haue Lived Long Enough
  • Guinness, Alec
  • :30
  • 157 (4)
  • We Have Heard the Chimes at Midnight
  • Quayle, Anthony
  • :19
  • 158 (4)
  • It Smells of Mortality
  • :11
  • 159 (4)
  • All That Lives Must Die
  • Herlie, Eileen
  • :21
  • 160 (4)
  • How Long Hast Thow Been a Grave-Maker?
  • 6:29
  • 161 (4)
  • Come Away, Come Away, Death
  • Rossington, Norman
  • 3:26
  • 162 (4)
  • Be Absolute for Death
  • Richardson, Ralph
  • :22
  • 163 (4)
  • If I Must Die
  • White, Tony
  • :08
  • 164 (4)
  • Of Comfort No Man Speak
  • Gielgud, John
  • 2:03
  • 165 (4)
  • To Be or Not to Be
  • Barrymore, John
  • 2:04
  • 166 (4)
  • Nothing in His Life Became Him Like the Leaving It
  • :12
  • 167 (4)
  • Lay on MacDuff
  • Guiness, Alec
  • 1:49
  • 168 (4)
  • The Bloody Dog Is Dead
  • Stephens, Robert
  • 1:04
  • 169 (4)
  • O Harry Thou Hast Robbed Me of My Youth
  • 4:37
  • 170 (4)
  • Cut Me to Pieces
  • Burton, Richard
  • :55
  • 171 (4)
  • I Kill'd Not Thee With Half So Good a Will
  • Quayle, Anthony
  • 1:45
  • 172 (4)
  • And Smote Him, Thus
  • Robeson, Paul
  • 1:44
  • 173 (4)
  • Howl, Howl, Howl, Howl!
  • Scofield, Paul
  • 5:59
  • 174 (4)
  • The Rest Is Silence
  • Burton, Richard
  • 2:19
  • 175 (4)
  • I Am Dying, Egypy, Dying
  • 1:53
  • 176 (4)
  • I Have Immortal Longings in Me
  • Brown, Pamela
  • 3:09
  • 177 (4)
  • Falstaff If Dead
  • 1:04
  • 178 (4)
  • Ah, Dear Juliet, Why Are Thou Yet So Fair?
  • Sheen, Michael
  • 1:56
  • 179 (4)
  • Happy Dagger! This Is Thy Sheath
  • 1:33
  • 180 (4)
  • Fear No More the Heat O' the Sun
  • 1:33
  • 181 (4)
  • Our Revels Now Are Ended
  • Redgrave, Michael
  • :51
  • 182 (4)
  • Farewells: Little Helen Farewell/Farewell Master Farewell Farewell/And
  • 3:41
  • 183 (5)
  • Act I, Scene I
  • 11:39
  • 184 (5)
  • Act I, Scene I
  • 4:47
  • 185 (5)
  • Act I, Scene III
  • 5:45
  • 186 (5)
  • Act I, Scene IV
  • 4:51
  • 187 (5)
  • Act I, Scene V
  • 8:00
  • 188 (5)
  • Act II, Scene I
  • 3:32
  • 189 (5)
  • Act II, Scene II
  • 10:34
  • 190 (5)
  • Act II, Scene III
  • 5:35
  • 191 (5)
  • Act II, Scene IV
  • 8:24
  • 192 (5)
  • Act II, Scene V
  • 4:22
  • 193 (5)
  • Act II, Scene VI
  • 2:06
  • 194 (6)
  • Act III, Scene I
  • 8:27
  • 195 (6)
  • Act III, Scene II
  • 8:43
  • 196 (6)
  • Act III, Scene III
  • 8:43
  • 197 (6)
  • Act III, Scene IV
  • 1:37
  • 198 (6)
  • Act III, Scene V
  • 12:38
  • 199 (6)
  • Act IV, Scene I
  • 5:54
  • 200 (6)
  • Act IV, Scene II
  • 1:58
  • 201 (6)
  • Act IV, Scene III
  • 2:55
  • 202 (6)
  • Act IV, Scene IV
  • :16
  • 203 (6)
  • Act IV, Scene V
  • 6:04
  • 204 (6)
  • Act V, Scene I
  • 4:23
  • 205 (6)
  • Act V, Scene II
  • 1:02
  • 206 (6)
  • Act V, Scene III
  • 16:59
  • Credits



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