The Shakespeare Concerts Series 7 - Summer's Distillation

The Shakespeare Concerts Series 7 - Summer's Distillation

NV6263 (Navona Records, CD)

NEW RELEASE
Tracks: 15
Booklet pages: 12
© 2019 Navona Records LLC
Main country of recording: US
Reviewer: Ona Jarmalavičiūtė
Review of The Shakespeare Concerts Series 7 - Summer's Distillation published on 28 August 2020


Listen: Brahms: Song from 'Fingal' (Vier Gesange, Op 17) (track 14, 0:00-0;59)

Jennifer Sgroe, soprano (tracks 1, 4 and 8-15)
Jessica Lennick, soprano (tracks, 1, 4-6 and 11-15)
Thea Lobo, mezzo-soprano (tracks 1, 4, 7 and 11-15)
Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano (tracks 1, 2, 4 and 11-14)
Neal Ferreira, tenor (tracks 1 and 3-5)
Franziska Huhn, harp (tracks 1, 2, 4-6 and 8-15)
Kevin Owen, horn (tracks 1, 3-5, 7 and 11-15)
Josh Michal, horn (tracks 1, 3-5 and 11-15)

Joseph Summer:

1 Sonnets V and VI

2 Sonnet CIV

3 Sonnet XCI

4 Sonnet LXXIII

5 Sonnet CXXXIII

6 If by Your Art (The Tempest)

7 O God, That I Were a Man (All's Well That Ends Well)

Robert Schumann:

Drei Gesänge, Op 95
8 Jeptha's Daughter
9 Sun of the Sleepless
10 Thy Days Are Done

Johannes Brahms:

Vier Gesänge, Op 17
11 Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang (The full sound of harps rings out)
12 Lied von Shakespeare (Song from Shakespeare)
13 Der Gärtner (The Gardener)
14 Gesang aus Fingal (Song from 'Fingal')

Benjamin Pesetsky:

15 Answer and Question (All's Well That Ends Well)

Recorded 30 September 2015 (track 7) and 10-11 April 2017 (all other tracks) in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA, USA