Songs featuring Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine, sister Martha Wainwright and soprano Anna Prohaska!
Readings by Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher and William Shatner!
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright presents Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets, a collection of his own compositions to beloved sonnets by the most performed playwright in the world, William Shakespeare. Wainwright is joined on this album by Florence Welch (Florence + the Machine), teams up with his sister, Martha Wainwright, and has enlisted soprano Anna Prohaska for a number of tracks.
Collaborating with Marius De Vries (who produced the Want albums more than a decade ago), Wainwright enlisted an assortment of singers and actors to perform these 16 tracks, many of which pair rich orchestral pieces with dramatic readings by the likes of Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher and even William Shatner.
Backed in spots by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rufus Wainwright and his many guests pile on the gravitas while still transforming and illuminating Shakespeare's material with playful and provocative spirits.
Features:
• 180 Gram Heavy Weight Vinyl Pressing
• Double Vinyl
• Gatefold Jacket
• Limited Time Download Card
• Made In Germany
Musicians:
Chris Chaney, bass (A3, B1/3, C2)
Ralph Graessler, bass (C1)
Joel Shearer, guitar (B1/3)
Dom Bouffard, guitar (B1, C1)
Nicholai Baxter, acoustic guitar (B3)
Marius de Vries, keyboard (A3, B1/3, C2), ROLI seaboard, (A3)
Hans-Jorn Brandenburg, piano (C1)
Gary Novak, drums (B1/3)
Stefan Rager, drums (C1)
BBC Orchestra (A2/5/6, B5, C4)
Jayce Ogren, conductor
Berlin String Section: (A3, B1, C1/2)
Hoon Sun Chae, cello
Ilzoo Park, violin
Sophiemarie Yeoungchie Won, violin
Uhjin Choi, viola
Vocals:
Rufus Wainwright (A3, B1/3, C1/2)
Martha Wainwright (B1)
Florence Welch (B3)
Anna Prohaska (A2/5, B5, C4)
Fiora Cutler (B1)
Ben de Vries (B3)
Christopher Nell (C1)
Jurgen Holtz (C1)
Readings:
Helena Bonham Carter (B1)
Carrie Fisher (B2)
William Shatner (B4)
Sian Phillips (A1)
Marius de Vries (A3)
Frally Hynes (A4)
Peter Eyre (A7)
Inge Keller (C3)
Selections:
Side A:
1. Sonnet 43
2. When Most I Wink (Sonnet 43)
3. Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40)
4. Sonnet 20
5. A Woman's Face (Sonnet 20)
6. For Shame (Sonnet 10)
7. Sonnet 10
Side B:
1. Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23)
2. Sonnet 29
3. When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes (Sonnet 29)
4. Sonnet 129
5. Th'Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame (Sonnet 129)
Side C:
1. All Dessen Mud (Sonnet 66)
2. A Woman's Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20)
3. Sonnet 87
4. Farewell (Sonnet 87)
Side D:
Blank Side
