Shall I Compare Thee?
Choral Songs on Shakespeare Texts
This unique celebration of texts by William Shakespeare, all set to music by world-class composers of our own time, includes the recorded premieres of seven works and several songs written especially for Chicago a cappella.
“[A] charming, beautifully sung collection….Chicago a cappella sings with clarity, well-balanced tone, and deep emotional involvement.”
—Washington Post
“pure intonation, beautiful blend and clear diction”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“ a unique, unstuffy, beautifully sung enterprise.”
—American Record Guide

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Track Listing
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Summer Sonnet
Kevin Olson
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Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Martha Sullivan
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Come Away, Death (from “Four Shakespeare Songs”)
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
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Lullaby (from Four Shakespeare Songs)
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
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Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (from Four Shakespeare Songs)
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
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Full Fathom Five (from Four Shakespeare Songs)
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
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It Was a Lover and his Lass (from Shakespeare Songs)
Matthew Harris
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Take, O Take Those Lips Away
Matthew Harris
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Who Is Sylvia?
Matthew Harris
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And Will A ‘Not Come Again?
Matthew Harris
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It Was a Lover and his Lass
John Rutter
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Shall I compare?
Nils Lindberg
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Madrigal (Take O Take Those Lips Away)
Håkan Parkman
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Sonnet 147 (My love is a fever)
Håkan Parkman
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Orpheus with his lute
György Orbán
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O Mistress Mine!
György Orbán
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To be, or not to be (from Four Ballads of Shakespeare)
Juhani Komulainen
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O weary night (from Four Ballads of Shakespeare)
Juhani Komulainen
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Three words (from Four Ballads of Shakespeare)
Juhani Komulainen
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Tomorrow and tomorrow (from Four Ballads of Shakespeare)
Juhani Komulainen
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Spring
Robert Applebaum
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Witches’ Blues
Robert Applebaum
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Sonnet 18: Shall I Compare thee to a summer’s day?
Robert Applebaum
Performers
Soprano
- Amy Conn
- Kathleen O’Brien Dietz
Mezzo-soprano
- Elizabeth Grizzell
- Susan Schober
Tenor
- Hoss Brock
- Trevor Mitchell
Bass
- Matt Greenberg
- Aaron Johnson
- Jonathan Miller
Additional Details
Cedille Records 90000 085
Running time: 63:00
Includes 32-page booklet with notes, texts and translations
Recorded at Northeastern Illinois University Recital Hall, Chicago