New Album Releases: TAKE ALL MY LOVES - 9 SHAKESPEARE SONNETS (Rufus Wainwright)

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Artist
Rufus Wainwright

Genre:
Classical Crossover

Total Time:
54:24

Record Label:
DG Deutsche Grammophon

Format:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, iTunes

Release Date
April 22, 2016

Order links, audio samples
and track list after the jump.

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Product Description: Rufus Wainwright celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare s death in typically dramatic fashion by releasing a unique collection of nine sonnets in stunning performances by both actors and vocalists.

Singers: Rufus Wainwright · Anna Prohaska · Florence Welch · Martha Wainwright · Fiora Cutler · Ben de Vries · Christopher Nell · Jurgen Holtz

Recitation: Sian Phillips · Marius de Vries · Frally Hynes · Peter Eyre · Helena Bonham Carter · Carrie Fisher · William Shatner · Inge Keller

Set for release on 22 April on Deutsche Grammophon, it also marks the first collaboration between Rufus and Marius de Vries since they co-produced the epic Want albums.

The performers on this new recording include vocalists Florence Welch, Martha Wainwright, Anna Prohaska and, of course, Rufus himself, as well as actors Sian Phillips, Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher and William Shatner.

The seeds for this album were sown back in 2009, when director Robert Wilson asked Rufus to compose music for his Shakespeares Sonnets production, first staged at the Berliner Ensemble. The San Francisco Symphony subsequently commissioned Rufus to orchestrate five of the sonnets, which they premiered in 2010.

Three of the sonnets featured on Take All My Loves first appeared on Rufus Wainwrights 2010 album Songs For Lulu, albeit in different versions. These are: When Most I Wink (Sonnet 43), For Shame (Sonnet 10) and A Womans Face (Sonnet 20).

For me, recording this album has been a marriage made in heaven, as it combines my love of classical music with my love of pop music, says Rufus. Its literally historically fun. And made all the better by working again with Marius.

TRACK LIST:

1. Sonnet 43 by Siân Phillips (1:12)

2. When Most I Wink (Sonnet 43) by Anna Prohaska (4:55)

3. Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40) by Marius Vries and Rufus Wainwright (6:26)

4. Sonnet 20 by Frally Hynes (0:51)

5. A Woman's Face (Sonnet 20) by Anna Prohaska (3:49)

6. For Shame (Sonnet 10) by Anna Prohaska (3:12)

7. Sonnet 10 by Peter Eyre (0:58)

8. Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23) by Fiora Cutler and Helena Bonham Carter and Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright (5:45)

9. Sonnet 29 by Carrie Fisher (1:01)

10. When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes (Sonnet 29) by Florence Welch (3:08)

11. Sonnet 129 by William Shatner (1:03)

12. Th'Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame (Sonnet 129) by Anna Prohaska (2:48)

13. All dessen müd (Sonnet 66) by Christopher Nell and Jürgen Holtz and Rufus Wainwright (8:22)

14. A Woman's Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20) by Rufus Wainwright (3:10)

15. Sonnet 87 by Inge Keller (1:17)

16. Farewell (Sonnet 87) by Anna Prohaska (6:27)

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