Author(s): Bradstreet, Anne
Conductor(s): Rahbari, Alexander
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

1How Do I Love Thee? (Browning)02:51
Not Applicable, na
2The Song of Solomon: '...let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; ...'03:18
3A Birthday (Rossetti)03:27
4Romeo and Juliet: Act II Scene 2: O Romeo, Romeo! / Act III Scene 2: Gallop apace... (Shakespeare)04:06
Puccini, Giacomo
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
5Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte03:16
Not Applicable, na
6Attributed letter from Marianna Alcoforado to the Marquis of Chamilly and St Leger02:15
7Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay02:29
Bradstreet, Anne - Author
8To My Dear and Loving Husband (Bradstreet)01:27
9We Two (Kuan Tao-Sheng)01:32
Not Applicable, na
10Letter from Julie-Jeanne-Eleonore de l'Espinasse to the Comte de Guibert01:16
11Psychology: 'Just for a moment both of them stood silent in that leaping light (Mansfield)02:27
12Letter from Katherine Mansfield to John Middleton Murray01:42
13Letter from Heloise to Abelard02:18
14Wuthering Heights:'My love for Heathcliffe resembles the eternal rocks beneath...' (Emily Bronte)03:39
Puccini, Giacomo
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
15La Bohème, Act I: Si, mi chiamano Mimi05:21
16Meeting (Rossetti)02:49
Not Applicable, na
17Letter from Claire Clairmont to Lord Byron02:48
18If Thou Must Love Me (Browning)01:33
19Jane Eyre: 'I had not intended to love him...' (Charlotte Bronte)04:16
20Letter from George Sand to Pietro Pagello04:31
21Night and Day: 'They brought themselves by these means...' (Woolf)05:58
22Song 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
23Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel di, vedremo04:35
24Conviction IV (Stevie Smith)00:20
Not Applicable, na
25Letter from Clara Wieck to Robert Schumann03:24
26Ulysses: '...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