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This World's Globe

With the Musicians and Actors of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London

- 2 CD Set -


 

"There could hardly be a better aural souvenir of a visit to the Globe, but the set also stands up on its own as a superbly-performed compilation of Elizabethan and Jacobean music" 

BBC Music Magazine
   
     
       

Celebrating Shakespeare
This World's Globe

With the Musicians and Actors of the
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London

Celebrating Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre brought to life by the actors and musicians of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London, with words and music recreating the unique Globe experience. Actors Liam Brennan, Tom Burke, John McEnery and Mark Rylance are featured in their performances as Romeo, Orsino, John of Gaunt and King Richard II.

Also featuring material from Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing with introductions in the original pronounciation of Shakespeare's time, all music played on period instruments plus the special treat of excerpts of live performances on the Globe stage.

2 CD Set

Disc 1 - The Play's The Thing is a whistle-stop journey, a sampler and guide to 'hearing at the Globe' - words and music combining to tell tales of adrent lovers, noble men, earthy peasants and bitter kings. Audience and actor can be heard together in some rare recordings of live performances from the Globe stage itself.

Disc 2 - Groundlings to Gods assembles a wide range of music from Shakespeare's time. The collection reflects the hierarchy of Elizabethan and Jacobean society, which the Globe's architecture itself embodies - music of the gods, tears of the muses, fanfares for kings and princes, courtly dances, music for banquets, songs, exuberant jibs and bawdy entertainment for taverns and brothels.

William Shakespeare's original playhouse is brought to life on disc with music and words recreating the unique Globe experience. With a wealth of historical fanfares, dances and songs played by the Mucicians of Shakespeare's Globe on period instruments, the company performs material from acclaimed productions including Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing.

The music and language of Shakespeare's time are sprinkled with sounds from London's Bankside, hooting riverboats and chatting 'playergoers' to recreate the enduring buzz of the Globe Theatre.

These CD's feature actors Liam Brannan, Tom Burke, John McEnery and Mark Rylance in their roles as Orsino, Romeo, John of Gaunt and Richard II.

 

Title Page
Programme Notes
Reviews
Credits
Globe Players
Release date: April 2006
Order code: SIGCD077
Barcode: 635212007723

 

CD1 The play’s the thing 
PROLOGUES AND INDUCTIONS 
1. La Montagnura 
Gasparo Zanetti arr. Lyons RJ		 RJ [3.45]
2.   “Speak gentlemen, what shall we do today?”
Various texts 1599-1626		 [1.49]
3.  Fanfare
Arr. Lyons after Cesare Bendinelli 		 RII [0.45]
ACT ONE
4. Hackney
Clement Woodcock		 TN [2.00]
5. “If music be the food of love, play on”
Orsino in Twelfth Night I.1
  & The funerals
Anthony Holborne 
  & “Enough, no more”
Orsino in Twelfth Night I.1  		 TN [4.35]
6. Chromatic Galliard
Thomas Simpson 		 TN [1.36]
7. “Is she that Marchants wife?”
West 1608		 [0.28]
8. King Richard’s Flourish
Arr. Lyons after Cesare Bendinelli		 RII [0.32]
9. “When he doth hold conference upon the stage”
Cocke 1615 		 [0.17]
ACT TWO
10. “England, bound in with the triumphant seas”**
John of Gaunt in Richard II, II.1
& Robin is to the Greenwood Gone. Anon arr. Lyons  		 RII [1.43]
11. Galliard 12
Holborne

 RII [2.11]
12. Torch Pavan (Passe et Medio/La Venissienne)
Susato / Gervaise c.1550 arr. Lyons 		 RJ [2.18]
13. “But soft! What light”
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, II.2
& Romeo in Love (Lull me beyond thee)
Playford 1651 arr. Lyons		 RJ [3.30]
14. Piva
Joan Ambrosio Dalza c. 1508 arr. Lyons 		 RJ [2.11]
15. “Sit in a full Theater, and you will thinke”
Anon, poss. Webster 1615		 [0.39]
16. “When let but Falstaffe come”
Digges 1623		 [0.16]
17. “Give me some music”
Orsino in Twelfth Night II.4
& My Earl of Essex’s Galliard
Dowland		 TN [3.40]
ACT THREE
18. New-yeeres gift
Holborne		 TN [1.14]
19. Don Pedro’s Mask (Paduana del re)
Anon Italy 16c 		 MAdo [1.21]
20. Hero’s Music (Sonata Duodecima s. La Bergamasca)
Salamone Rossi 1642 		 MAdo [2.05
21. “A Play is like a sinke in a Towne”
Crosse 1603 		 [0.31]
22. Fortune my Foe
Anon arr. Lyons		 RII [1.17]
23. “For within the hollow crown”**
King Richard in Richard II, III.2		 RII [1.06
24. Patiencia
Holborne		 RII [2.21]
25. Drums, flourish, colours
Arr. Lyons after Cesare Bendinelli		 RII [0.26]
26. “We are amazed”**
King Richard in Richard II, III.2		 RII [1.34]
27. M uy Linda
Holborne		 RII [1.17]
ACT FOUR
28. “The quick eares of”
Jonson 1609		 [0.14]
29. Hey, Robin
William Cornish

 TN [1.21]
30. Heart’s-ease
Anon arr. Takeuchi 		 TN [3.07]
ENTR’ACTE 
31. The God of Love (Gentil Madonna)
Anon Italy 16c		 MAdo [0.59]
ACT FIVE
32. Pardon Goddess (Adoramus te Senor)
Francisco de la Torre arr. Lyons		 MAdo [1.30]
33. “Oft have I seene him, leap into the Grave”
Funeral Elegy for Richard Burbage 1619		 [0.31]
34. Belle qui tiens ma vie
Arr. Lyons after Thoinot Arbeau		 RII [0.52]
35. “I have been studying how I may compare”**
King Richard in Richard II, V.5		 RII [1.07
36. On the Cold Ground
Arr. Lyons after Playford		 RII [3.17]
37. “That hand shall burn”**
King Richard in Richard II, V.5 		 RII [0.31]
38. Mille Regretz
Tilman Susato		 RII [1.08]
39. Battle Jig (Pavane de la Bataille)
Arr. Lyons after Susato 		 RII [3.00]
EPILOGUE
40. “The world’s a Theatre”
Francis Quarles, 1630		 [0.44]
Total running time: [63.49]
** Recorded from live performances on the Globe Stage
CD2 groundlings to gods
FOR THE YARD: 
HOBOYS AND PENNY STINKARDS - MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE
1. Vecchie Letrose
Adrian Willaert Venice 1545		 MAdo [1.33]
2. Lavolto
arr. McGowan after Morley		 TN [2.31]
3. Sharpe Pavan
Ferrabosco II		 TN [2.54]
4. Bobbing Joan
Playford		 RII [1.13]
5. Almay ne
Holborne		 TN [1.02]
6. Paules Steeple
Anon

 TN [2.09]
7. Bonny Sweet Robin
McGowan		 EdII [2.08]
8. Ballo Francese & Schiarazula Marazula
Giorgio Mainerio 1578 arr. Lyons		 MAdo [2.12]
ON THE EARTHLY STAGE:
EUROPEAN VISITORS OF INFLUENCE
9. Ungerische und auch Bauern Danntz / 
Ein feines Täntzlein
arr. McGowan after Augsburg / Linz
Organ tablature		 MFM [2.08]
10. A Pollish Vilanell
Tobias Hume		 MFM [1.58]
11. Fandango
after Santiago de Murcia		 EdII [1.12]
12. Bransle de la Torche
Michael Praetorius 1612		 R&J [1.29]
13. Ladie lie neer mee /Bobbing Joe / Stingo
after Weymyss Lute Book / 
Playford / Playford 		 MFM [2.35]
14. Chorea Polonica no. 4 /
Alia Hungarica Chorea no. 32 
arr. McGowan after Vietoris Codex		 MFM [3.23]
15. The Cushion Dance
arr. McGowan after Playford		 MFM [2.45]
16. Mariana’s Song /
Take, o take those lips away
arr. van Kampen / McGowan after Vietoris Codex		 MFM [2.45]
17. Jota-Tarantella
after Santiago de Murcia		 EdII [1.50]
18. Tant que vivray
after Claudin de Sermisy		 EdII [2.14]
THE PAINTED HEAVENS:
ROYAL HOUSEHOLDS
19. Lachrimae Pavin
arr. Morley after Dowland		 TN [4.25]
20. The Batchelars delight
Richard Allison 		 TN [3.40]
21. Loves Farewell
Tobias Hume		 MFM [1.56]
22. My Lord of Oxenfords Maske
arr. Morley after Byrd		 TN [2.55]
23. Vilian de Spagna
Hieronymus Kapsberger c. 1640 		 MAdo [3.03]
24. Lavolto
Morley		 TN [2.04]
25. Galliard 24
Holborne		 RII [1.39]
26. P av an Dolor osa
Peter Philips		 RII [3.24]
27. Galliard Dolorosa
Philips		 RII [2.00]
28. El tu tu
Anon 16c arr. Lyons 		 R&J [1.34]
BEYOND THE SPHERE:
BATTLES AND THE DEATH OF KINGS
29. Mount on horseback /
The Scot’s March
after Rogers’s Virginals Book 		 EdII [1.29]
30. Lachrymae Pavaen
Johann Schop after Dowland

 TN [3.55]
31. Mount on horseback /
Prince Rupert’s March
after Rogers’s Virginals Book		 EdII [1.28]
32. Heaven and Earth
Anon 		 TN [2.11]
33. “St. George for England”
& The Battle of Boroughbridge
King Edward in Edward II, III.3
arr. McGowan after Byrd		 EdII [1.36]
34. In the midst of life we are in death
after Merbecke		 EdII [1.17]
35. “So, bring us to our palace”
& Final Jig & Playout**
The Duke in Measure for Measure, V.1
Total running time: [78.41]
** Recorded from live performances on the Globe Stage

 

 

 

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