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Author(s): Bradstreet, Anne
Composer(s): Not Applicable, na; Puccini, Giacomo
Lyricist(s): Giacosa, Giuseppe; Illica, Luigi
Conductor(s): Rahbari, Alexander
Artist(s): Gauci, Miriam; Paton, Laura
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classic Fiction; Literature; Opera; Plays - Shakespeare; Poetry; Sacred Texts
Period: Baroque; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.553620
Barcode: 0730099462020
Release Date: 02/1996
A Lover's Gift / From Her To Him
‘I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach’
Certain feelings are very difficult to put into words – especially love, desire and affection. You need never be tongue-tied again, with this sensual and romantic collection. Let the words of such eloquent lovers as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Katherine Mansfield, Shakespeare’s Juliet, and the music of Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Puccini and Elgar, inspire you to tell your man exactly how you feel…
Tracklist
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1 | How Do I Love Thee? (Browning) | 02:51 |
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2 | The Song of Solomon: '...let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; ...' | 03:18 |
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3 | A Birthday (Rossetti) | 03:27 |
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4 | Romeo and Juliet: Act II Scene 2: O Romeo, Romeo! / Act III Scene 2: Gallop apace... (Shakespeare) | 04:06 |
Puccini, Giacomo
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
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5 | Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte | 03:16 |
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6 | Attributed letter from Marianna Alcoforado to the Marquis of Chamilly and St Leger | 02:15 |
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7 | Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay | 02:29 |
Bradstreet, Anne - Author
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8 | To My Dear and Loving Husband (Bradstreet) | 01:27 |
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9 | We Two (Kuan Tao-Sheng) | 01:32 |
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10 | Letter from Julie-Jeanne-Eleonore de l'Espinasse to the Comte de Guibert | 01:16 |
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11 | Psychology: 'Just for a moment both of them stood silent in that leaping light (Mansfield) | 02:27 |
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12 | Letter from Katherine Mansfield to John Middleton Murray | 01:42 |
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13 | Letter from Heloise to Abelard | 02:18 |
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14 | Wuthering Heights:'My love for Heathcliffe resembles the eternal rocks beneath...' (Emily Bronte) | 03:39 |
Puccini, Giacomo
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
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15 | La Bohème, Act I: Si, mi chiamano Mimi | 05:21 |
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16 | Meeting (Rossetti) | 02:49 |
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17 | Letter from Claire Clairmont to Lord Byron | 02:48 |
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18 | If Thou Must Love Me (Browning) | 01:33 |
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19 | Jane Eyre: 'I had not intended to love him...' (Charlotte Bronte) | 04:16 |
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20 | Letter from George Sand to Pietro Pagello | 04:31 |
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21 | Night and Day: 'They brought themselves by these means...' (Woolf) | 05:58 |
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22 | Song of the Geishas: At Kataushike the river water/ Runs gently, and the plum blossom/ bursts out laughing... | 00:29 |
Puccini, Giacomo
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
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23 | Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel di, vedremo | 04:35 |
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24 | Conviction IV (Stevie Smith) | 00:20 |
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25 | Letter from Clara Wieck to Robert Schumann | 03:24 |
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26 | Ulysses: '...and then I asked him with my eyes and then he asked me would I yes...' (Joyce) | 04:39 |
Total Playing Time: 01:16:46