Theatro - Play Music! [CD]

Shakespeare's illustrious prose is inextricably linked with the music that was performed in his plays. The Bard frequently directed his characters to burst into song, cannily catering to the vast audiences who flocked to the Globe Theatre, expecting to enjoy the popular melodies of the day that were interwoven throughout the narrative. English novelist and biographer Peter Ackroyd remarked, "It can be argued that Shakespeare was the first dramatist to make song an integral part of the drama and can thus be seen as the begetter of the musical theatre."Play, Music! features music from such memorable plays as All's Well that Ends Well, As You Like It, Hamlet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night and more, penned by prominent 16th-century tunesmiths including John Dowland, King Henry VIII, Richard Tarleton and Shakespeare himself.International ensemble THEATRO, founded and directed by GRAMMYr Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Brian Kay, creates memorable theatrical experiences that transport modern audiences to bygone eras and places, illuminating the stories of the past with immersive and authentic ambience.

Anon: For I the ballad (All's Well That Ends Well)

King Henry VIII: Ah Robin (Twelfth Night)

Anon: Woodycock

Dowland: My lord chamberlain, his galliard

Tarleton: Please one and please all / Tarleton's Jig (Twelfth Night)

King Henry VIII: Pastime with good company (Henry VIII)

King Henry VIII: Green grow'th the holly (Henry VIII)

Anon: Lady Carey's dance

Anon: I cannot come ev'ry day to woo (Taming of the Shrew)

Dowland: The King of Denmark's galliard (Hamlet)

Anon: Bonny sweet Robin (Hamlet)

Anon: Why let the strucken deer go weep (Hamlet)

Anon: And will he not come again / Go from my window (Hamlet)

Dowland: Tarleton's riserrectione (Hamlet)

Anon: Lighte of love (Two Gentlemen of Verona)

Anon: Sigh no more ladies / Lilliburleo (Much Ado About Nothing)

Playford: Jig divided twelve ways

Anon: Blow, blow thou winter wind / Goddesses (As You Like It)

Anon: Chi passa (Two Noble Kinsmen)

Anon: Orsino's request (Twelfth Night)

Anon: Come away, death (Twelfth Night)

Anon: O mistress mine (Twelfth Night)

Anon: If music be the food of love (Twelfth Night)

Dowland: Fortune, my foe (Merry Wives of Windsor)

Anon: Where should this music be? / La rossignol (The Tempest)

Anne Boleyn: O death, rock me asleep (Henry IV)

Dowland: My lord Willoughby's welcome home (As You Like It)

Anon: Walsingham (Hamlet)

Dowland: Pardon goddess of the night / Rest awhile, you cruel cares (Much Ado About Nothing)

Dowland: Mrs. White's nothing

Anon: Willow song (Othello)

Anon: Wedding is great Juno's crown / Lord Strang's march (As You Like It)

Anon: You spotted snakes / Robin goodfellow (Midsummer Night's Dream)

• Genre: Electronic, Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 822252278729
• Release Date: July 18, 2025

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