Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?

Eve Gigliotti (soprano), Anna Reinersman (harp), Kellie van Horn (mezzo-soprano), Sarah Brady (flute), Max Zeugner (double bass), Alan Schneider (tenor), Heather Curley (soprano), John McGinn (piano), Tom O'Toole (baritone), Krista Buckland-Reisner (violin), QX String Quartet

Catalog #: TROY0881
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Format: Digital
Vocal

Begun in 2003 with concerts in Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Shakespeare Concerts has presented recitals of music inspired by the immortal Bard - from original English text settings by many British composers, to settings in translations by Schubert, Brahms, Berlioz, Gounod, Thomas and Verdi, to purely instrumental pieces by Britten, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Korngold. The mainstay of this series has been the music of Joseph Summer, with premieres of two dozen of his sixty-odd Oxford Songs for one or more voices and various ensembles, as well as non-vocal pieces such as the ballet Dance of the Mechanics for string quintet. This disc, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day, presents works premiered during the third and fourth seasons, including several in collaboration with Boston-based string quartet QX. The previous release in this series is What a Piece of Work is Man (TROY750).

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Title Composer Performer
Sonnet CIV Joseph Summer Eve Gigliotti, soprano, Anna Reinersman, harp
Sonnet XVIII Joseph Summer Kelly Van Horn, mezzo, Sarah Brady, flute, QX with Max Zeugner, bass
Sonnet CXXX Joseph Summer Alan Schneider, tenor, Anna Reinersman, harp
Sonnet VIII Joseph Summer Heather Curley, soprano, Kellie Van Horn, mezzo, John McGinn, piano
Sonnet CX Joseph Summer Tom O'Toole, baritone, QX
If By Your Art Joseph Summer Eve Gigliotti, soprano, Anna Reinersman, harp
Leda And The Swan Joseph Summer Heather Curley, soprano, QX
Sonnet CXXVIII Joseph Summer Alan Schneider, tenor, Krista Buckland Reisner, violin
Dance Of The Mechanics Joseph Summer QX, Max Zeugner, bass
When That I Was And A Little Tiny Boy Joseph Summer Alan Schneider, tenor, QX, Max Zeugner, bass

Reviews

  • "This music is well worth hearing; its original and imaginative tonal language is given creative expression by these excellent musicians."

    – American Record Guide

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