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Shall I Compare Thee? Choral Songs on Shakespeare Texts.(Sound recording review)
Shall I Compare Thee ? Choral Songs on Shakespeare Texts. Chicago a capella. Cedille CDR 900000 085.
If the success of an album depends on the number of times one throws it into the player, then "Shall I Compare?" must be my record of the year. This disc features one-of-a-kind songs based on Shakespearean texts, immaculate a capella singing, and an equally immaculate recording. The results are hard to resist.
The Chicago a capella ensemble consists of nine voices: four women (two sopranos and two mezzos) and five men (two tenors, two baritones, and a bass). They sing like nineteen voices. Such is the case with a good a capella choir, and coincidentally I had also just listened to an album by the all-male Chanticleer group that I usually like so much. But i had found Chanticleer's latest effort a bit tedious and the recording more resonant that I cared for. Not so here. The music "Shall I Compare Thee?" is continuously fascinating, and the recording (by Cedille Records engineer Bill Maylone, whose work I have complimented before) could hardly be bettered.
All of the songs are rooted in the words of Shakespeare, either from the plays or sonnets, and they are unique in that the music was all written by contemporary composers. Of the nine composers, eight of them are still alive (and I assume well and thriving). ...
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