Coincidiendo con el 400 aniversario del fallecimiento de William Shakespeare, Rufus Wainwright le ha puesto música a algunos de sus sonetos y los ha grabado junto a un variado grupo de cantantes (Anna Prohaska, Florence Welch, Martha Wainwright, Fiora Cutler, Ben de Vries, Christopher Nell, Jürgen Holtz) y actores (Siân Phillips, Marius de Vries, Frally Hynes, Peter Eyre, Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher, William Shatner, Inge Keller) que los recitan. En la grabación también ha intervenido la BBC Symphony Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon publicará “Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets” el 22 de abril.
Listado de canciones de “Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets”:
1 Sonnet 43
Recitation: SIÂN PHILLIPS
2 When Most I Wink (Sonnet 43)
Vocals: ANNA PROHASKA
3 Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40)
Vocals: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
Recitation: MARIUS DE VRIES
4 Sonnet 20
Recitation: FRALLY HYNES
5 A Woman’s Face (Sonnet 20)
Vocals: ANNA PROHASKA
6 For Shame (Sonnet 10)
Vocals: ANNA PROHASKA
7 Sonnet 10
Recitation: PETER EYRE
8 Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23)
Recitation: HELENA BONHAM CARTER
Vocals: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT · MARTHA WAINWRIGHT · FIORA CUTLER
9 Sonnet 29
Recitation: CARRIE FISHER
10 When in Disgrace with Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Sonnet 29)
Vocals: FLORENCE WELCH
Backing Vocals: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT · BEN DE VRIES
11 Sonnet 129
Recitation: WILLIAM SHATNER
12 Th’Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129
Vocals: ANNA PROHASKA
13 All Dessen Müd (Sonnet 66)
Vocals: CHRISTOPHER NELL · JÜRGEN HOLTZ · RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
14 A Woman’s Face – Reprise (Sonnet 20)
Vocals: RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
15 Sonnet 87
Recitation: INGE KELLER
16 Farewell (Sonnet 87)
Vocals: ANNA PROHASKA
