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