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This World's Globe

Celebrating Shakespeare

with the musicians and actors of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London

This World's Globe
There could hardly be a better aural souvenir of a visit to the Globe, but the set also stands up on its own as a superbly-performed compilation of Elizabethan and Jacobean music, with a varied,...

BBC Music Magazine, July 20064 out of 5 stars

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This World's Globe

Celebrating Shakespeare

with the musicians and actors of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London

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There could hardly be a better aural souvenir of a visit to the Globe, but the set also stands up on its own as a superbly-performed compilation of Elizabethan and Jacobean music, with a varied,...

BBC Music Magazine, July 20064 out of 5 stars

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Celebrating Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre brought to life by the actors and musicians of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London, with words and music recreating the unique Globe experience. Actors Liam Brennan, Tom Burke, John McEnery and Mark Rylance are featured in their performances as Romeo, Orsino, John of Gaunt and King Richard II.

Also featuring material from Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing with introductions in the original pronounciation of Shakespeare's time, all music played on period instruments plus the special treat of excerpts of live performances on the Globe stage.

  • Release date: 3rd Apr 2006
  • Label: Signum
  • Catalogue number: SIGCD077
  • Length: 2 hours 21 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Prologues & Inductions
Work length6:06
  • The Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Company, London
La Montagnura (Gasparo Zanetti arr. Lyons)
Track length3:34
"Speak Gentlemen, What Shall We Do Today?" (Various texts 1599-1626)
Track length1:48
Fanfare (Arr. Lyons after Cesare Bendinelli)
Track length0:44
Act One
Work length9:25
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Hackney (Clement Woodcock)
Track length1:59
"If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On" & "The Funerals" & "Enough, No More" (Orsino in Twelfth Night I.1)
Track length4:35
Chromatic Galiard (Thomas Simpson)
Track length1:36
"Is She That Marchants Wife?" (West 1608)
Track length0:28
King Richard's Flourish (Arr. Lyons after Cesare Bendinelli)
Track length0:31
"When He Doth Hold Conference Upon The Stage" (Cocke 1615)
Track length0:16
Act Two
Work length16:23
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"England, Bound In The Triumphant Seas" & Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone (John of Gaunt in Richard II, II.1; anon. arr. Lyons)
Track length1:42
Galliard 12 (Holborne)
Track length2:10
Torch Pavan (Passe Et Medio / La Venissienne) (Susato / Gervaise c.1550 arr. Lyons)
Track length2:18
"But Soft! What Light" & Romeo In Love (Lull Me Beyond Thee) (Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, II.2; Playford 1651 arr. Lyons)
Track length3:29
Piva (Joan Amrosio Dalza c.1508 arr. Lyons)
Track length2:10
"Sit In A Full Theater, And You Will Thinke" (Anon, poss. Webster 1615)
Track length0:38
"When Let But Falstaffe Come" (Digges 1623)
Track length0:16
"Give Me Some Music" & My Earl Of Essex's Galliard (Orsino in Twelfth Night II.4; Dowland)
Track length3:40
Act Three
Work length13:12
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New-Yeeres Gift (Holborne)
Track length1:14
Don Pedro's Mask (Paduana Del Re) (Anon, Italy 16c)
Track length1:21
Hero's Music (Sonata Duodecima S. La Bergamasca) (Salamone Rossi 1642)
Track length2:05
"A Play Is Like A Sinke In A Towne" (Crosse 1603)
Track length0:31
Fortune My Foe (Anon arr. Lyons)
Track length1:17
"For Within The Hollow Crown" (King Richard in Richard II, III.2)
Track length1:06
Patiencia (Holborne)
Track length2:21
Drums, Flourish, Colours (Arr. Lyons after Cesare Bendinelli)
Track length0:26
"We Are Amazed" (King Richard in Richard II, III.2)
Track length1:34
Muy Linda (Holborne)
Track length1:17
Act Four
Work length4:40
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"The Quick Eares Of" (Jonson 1609)
Track length0:14
Hey, Robin (William Cornish)
Track length1:20
Heart's-Ease (Anon arr. Takeuchi)
Track length3:06
Entr'Acte: The God Of Love (Gentil Madonna) (Anon Italy 16c)
Work length0:58
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Act Five
Work length11:50
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Pardon Goddess (Adoramus Te Senor) (Francisco de la Torre arr. Lyons)
Track length1:29
"Oft Have I Seene Him, Leap Into The Grave" (Funeral Elegy for Richard Baubage 1619)
Track length0:30
Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie (Arr. Lyons after Thoinot Arbeau)
Track length0:51
"I Have Been Studying How I May Compare" (King Richard in Richard II, V.5)
Track length1:06
On The Cold Ground (Arr. Lyons after Playford)
Track length3:17
"That Hand Shall Burn" (King Richard in Richard II, V.5)
Track length0:30
Mille Regretz (Tilman Susato)
Track length1:08
Battle Jig (Pavane De La Bataille) (Arr. Lyons after Susato)
Track length2:59
Epilogue: "The World's A Theatre" (Francis Quarles 1630)
Work length0:45
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Vecchie Letrose (Adrian Willaert Venice 1545)
Work length1:33
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Lavolto (Arr. McGowan after Morley)
Work length2:31
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Sharpe Pavan (Ferrabosco II)
Work length2:53
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Bobbing Joan (Playford)
Work length1:12
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Almayne (Holborne)
Work length1:01
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Paules Steeple (Anon)
Work length2:08
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Bonny Sweet Robin (McGowan)
Work length2:08
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Ballo Francese & Schiarazula Marazula (Giorgio Mainerio 1578 arr. Lyons)
Work length2:11
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Ungerische und auch Bauern Danntz / Ein feines Täntzlein (Arr. McGowan after Augsburg / Linz)
Work length2:08
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A Pollish Vilanell (Tobias Hume)
Work length1:57
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Fandango (After Santiago de Murcia)
Work length1:10
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Bransle de la torche (Michael Praetorius 1612)
Work length1:28
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Ladie lie neer mee / Bobbing Joe / Stingo (After Weymss Lute Book; Playford; Playford)
Work length2:33
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Chorea Polonica No. 4 / Alia Hungarica Chorea No. 32 (Arr. McGowan after Vietorius Codex)
Work length3:22
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The Cushion Dance (Arr. McGowan after Playford)
Work length2:44
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Mariana's Song / Take, O Take Those Lips Away (Arr. van Kampen / McGowan after Vietorius Codex)
Work length2:44
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Jota-Tarantella (After Santiago de Murcia)
Work length1:49
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Tant que vivray (After Claudin de Sermisy)
Work length2:13
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Lachrimae Pavin (Arr. Morley after Dowland)
Work length4:24
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The Batchelars Delight (Richard Allison)
Work length3:39
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Loves Farewell (Tobias Hume)
Work length1:56
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My Lord Of Oxenfords Maske (Arr. Morley after Byrd)
Work length2:55
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Vilian de Spagna (Hieronymus Kapsberger c.1640)
Work length3:02
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Lavolto (Morley)
Work length2:04
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Galliard 24 (Holborne)
Work length1:38
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Pavan Dolorosa (Peter Philips)
Work length3:23
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Galliard Dolorosa (Philips)
Work length2:00
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El tu tu (Anon 16c arr. Lyons)
Work length1:34
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Mount On Horseback / The Scot's March (After Rogers's Virginals Book)
Work length1:29
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Lachrymae Pavaen (Johann Schop after Dowland)
Work length3:54
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Mount On Horseback / Prince Rupert's March (After Rogers's Virginals Book)
Work length1:27
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Heaven & Earth (Anon)
Work length2:10
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"St. George For England" & The Battle Of Boroughbridge (King Edward in Edward II, III.3; arr. McGowan after Byrd)
Work length1:35
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In The Midst Of Life We Are In Death (After Merbecke)
Work length1:17
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"So, Bring Us Peace" & Final Jig & Playout (The Duke in Measure for Measure, V.1)
Work length2:04
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Awards and reviews

July 2006

There could hardly be a better aural souvenir of a visit to the Globe, but the set also stands up on its own as a superbly-performed compilation of Elizabethan and Jacobean music, with a varied, well-chosen selection of enchanting pieces…
4 out of 5 stars
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