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When Love Speaks - The Sonnets

Various Artists Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (4 Mar 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B00006357N
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 116,583 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises (The Tempest, Act III, Scene II)Joesph Fiennes0:47£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Live with me and be my love (from Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music)Annie Lennox 2:18£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. As an unperfect actor on the stageSir John Gielgud0:54£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sunAlan Rickman 1:26£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Why is my verse so barren of new prideDiana Rigg0:55£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Who will believe my verse in time to comeRichard Attenborough 1:04£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. That you were once unkind befriends me nowPaul Rhys 1:03£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. How oft, when thou, my musicJuliet Stevenson0:57£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyesAotearoa Maori Entertainers 3:00£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Being your slave, what should I do but tendJanet McTeer0:47£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Tired with all these, for restful death I cryAlan Bates 1:10£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. When I consider everything that growsMarianne Jean Baptiste0:52£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Let those who are in favour with their starsDavid Warner0:53£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. They that have power to hurt and will do noneStu Philips0:53£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. Those lips that Love's own hand did makeJohn Hurt0:46£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen16. Come again, sweet love doth now inviteJohn Potter Clay 4:42£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen17. Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shameRalph Fiennes0:57£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen18. Thine eyes I love, and they, as pitying meMatthew Rhys0:53£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen19. I never saw that you did painting needImelda Staunton0:58£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen20. When to the sessions of sweet silent thoughtKenneth Branagh 1:05£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen21. Is it thy will thy image should keep openFiona Shaw 1:18£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen22. Mine eye and heart are at a mortal warHenry Goodman0:54£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen23. No more be grieved at that which thou hast doneKeb'Mo' 3:25£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen24. O never say that I was false of heartSusannah York0:57£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen25. Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewestTimothy Spall0:57£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen26. Some glory in their birth, some in their skillPeter Barkworth 1:08£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen27. How heavy do I journey on the wayGemma Jones0:56£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen28. Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless seaAndrew Pryce 1:06£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen29. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shoreRichard Wilson0:53£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen30. The quality of mercy is not strained (Portia - The Merchant of Venice)Des'ree 3:20£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen31. Sweet love, renew thy force; be it not saidTom Courtenay 1:05£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen32. SInce I left you, mine eye is in my mindZoe Waites 1:02£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen33. Be wise as thou art cruel; do not pressEdward Fox 1:13£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen34. Is it for fear to wet a widow's eyeTrevor Eve0:55£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen35. So is it not with me as with that MuseImogen Stubbs 1:03£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen36. Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's pawsDavid Harewood0:51£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen37. The Willow Song (Desdemona - Othello)Barbara Bonney 3:14£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen38. When my love swears that she is made of truthRichard Johnson 1:03£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen39. When I do count the clock that tells the timeMartin Jarvis0:50£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen40. What potions have I drunk of siren tearsRoger Hammond 1:04£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen41. Not marble nor the gilded monumentsRichard Briers0:45£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen42. Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eyeJohn Sessions0:52£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen43. Let me not to the marriage of true mindsThelma Holt0:46£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen44. Music to hear, why hears't thou music sadlyLadysmith Black Mambazo 3:26£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen45. When forty winters shall besiege thy browCaroline Blakiston0:56£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen46. No longer mourn for me when I am deadPeter Bowles0:46£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen47. In faith I do not love thee with mine eyesSylvia Syms 1:12£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen48. Why didst thou promise such a beauteous dayRobert Lindsay 1:00£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen49. Not from the stars do I my judgement pluckJoan Gruffudd0:48£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen50. My love is as a fever, longing stillJohn Hurt 1:04£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen51. The little Love-God lying once asleepBohan Poraj0:54£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen52. Shall I compare thee to a summer's dayBryan Ferry 2:50£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen53. Our revels now are ended (The Tempest, Act IV, Scene I)Joesph Fiennes0:49£0.89  Buy MP3 


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Let's face it--the line-up of stars on When Love Speaks, a benefit album for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, is extraordinary. No fewer than 45 household names hack their way through a forest of Shakespeare sonnets--Kenneth Branagh, Juliet Stevenson, John Gielgud, Susannah York, Sian Phillips, Richard I-don't-believe-it Wilson and, well, 39 others. And this is both the strength and the weakness of the enterprise--it will sell like mad, then lie neglected on all too many shelves after a listening or two. Sure, there are plenty of delectable contributions, starting with Joseph Fiennes's startlingly whispered extract from The Tempest (although, naming no names, not all readers rise to the challenge). But it's an embarrassment of riches, needing far more of a balance between readings and the music--eight short, specially composed (and stylistically wide-ranging) Shakespeare settings with the occasional bit of lute-strumming. Sure, the musical performers give their all, from Barbara Bonney's melting soprano in Michael Kamen's setting of "The Willow Song from Othello (one of the better numbers) to the inimitable Ladysmith Black Mambazo and quavery-voiced Bryan Ferry. But there's too much head-counting here and not enough production. Best heard late night, darkened room, single malt to hand. --Andrew Green

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The cream of RADA and Shakespeare's sonnets 17 Feb 2002
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The cream of RADA's acting talent conspire with some of the best that the world of music in the United Kingdom has to offer for a breathtaking rendition of the Shakespearian sonnets, and then some. With a half dozen pieces set to music by the likes of Annie Lenox and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, this was the inspiration of contemporary composer Michael Kamen (Die Hard, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, The Winter Guest) and his friend Alan Rickman. The disc comes in an exquisite small book, has 53 bands, including 47 of the sonnets read, taking about a minute each, by such accomplished Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts graduates as John Gielgud, Ralph Fiennes, Diana Rigg, Kenneth Branagh and Richard Attenborough. Highlights include Rickman's sultry and intimate rendition of "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun..." (nary a drop of sarcasm to be found) and a show-stopping musical version of "When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes..." by Rufus Wainwright, which places us all at risk of humming Shakespeare because of it! Profits benefit the training of current and future RADA trainees so as to ensure the future of such exquisite dramatic training.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this if you long to be read to! 4 Mar 2002
By Charis
Format:Audio CD
Most of the readings on this CD are wonderful ... very few clunkers. Standouts include: Joseph Fiennes' opening from the Tempest (put this on earphones and see if you don't get goosebumps); Alan Rickman's wonderfully deliberate reading of Sonnet 130 (another headphone must, if only to hear him say "goddess"); Juliet Stevenson's playful Sonnet 128; and Richard Johnson's amused rendition of Sonnet 138. Music pieces that are interspersed didn't do as much for me, but Annie Lennox's "Live with me" is lush and gorgeous.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning 8 Aug 2011
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Some of the greatest read the greatest. Can't go wrong. It doesn't. Would my performance be the same? No, that's why this is such a good disk. These are some of the high-wire bits of Shakespeare - the bits you REALLY have to understand to read - and getting that understanding can take years. If you love Shakespeare, if you want to understand Shakespeare, if you love love stuff, buy this and enjoy it. Fergus McClelland - Ex-Royal Shakespeare Company.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Shakespeare 13 Jan 2012
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When Love Speaks is a rare treat. It gathers first rate actors, actresses and singers to read Shakespeare's incredible sonnets -- beautiful, ironic, always memorable. We learn that most of them had to learn these poems as part of their training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. I enjoy listening to at least one every morning when I wake up or evening before going to bed. It sets the mind on the right track and it is highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars good learning tool 23 Oct 2011
By D L S
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I bought this to help me get used to Shakespeare sonnets and pick 3 for an assessment at uni and I found being able to listen to them really helpful. They are very well spoken and the actors show a huge variety in performance of sonnets which is helpful for thinking outside the box in performance of these sonnets. The only strange thing is there seem to have been 3 or so random song tracks whose relevance I am yet to understand.
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5.0 out of 5 stars When Love Speaks Audio CD 21 April 2011
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I have long wanted this particular CD and was so happy to have found it on Amazon. It is an amazing way to listen to some of the greatest words ever written by William Shakespeare and hearing them spoken by many of the very best of the British actors. Eight of the tracts are sung by well known singers and that gives another side to listening to Shakespeare. The words of William Shakespeare are brought to life with these amazing actors, as I find, nothing sounds as brilliant as Shakespeare spoken by the English tongue. To hear Sir John Gielgud speak the Bard's words is a privilege, as how many can say they have even seen him perform Shakespeare on stage. And when Alan Rickman speaks, well...GOOSEBUMPS. A brilliant CD.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the all time great CDs 13 July 2009
By Miranda
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I've never before bought more than one copy of a CD. I am now on no 8, as I love it so much I have to give it and lend it those who dont yet have it! This is truely astonishing, and proceeds go to the worthy cause of RADA to keep inteligent and beautiful interpretations of Shakespeare alive. Face it, have you sat down and read them all? And how better to study, and return to, and repeat favourites or those you havn't quite understood. It's what CD was invented for! The musical interludes are inspired, the readings, glorious (on the whole, a few surprisingly miss the mark) but the opening whisper and John Geilgud's now unfashionable but undenyably velvet, letting the music of the words intoxicate whie the meaning is distilled through effortlessness. A total contrast to almost all others each with a personal slant, each with enough to make you think and re-think. Keb Mo's reggae version is impossible to hear sitting down, though, so beware! Congratulations to Alan Rickman and all.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Take on Shakespeare's Sonnets 10 Oct 2008
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With the exception of Joseph Fiennes, this compilation of some of Shakespeare's sonnets has been collated and read by RADA alumni, and it shows. Perfect diction and emotional reading makes this a wonderful treat for any Shakespeare admirer and anyone who enjoys beautiful poetry.

For me, the musical numbers aren't really that interesting (Annie Lennox's song excluded), and actually make for an annoying break in the flow, so I'm afraid I could only give this a four out of five. If you don't mind skipping tracks or setting up a personalised playlist/programme, this is not an issue, of course.
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