Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets

Classical · 2016 · 16 tracks · 54m

Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets

Rufus Wainwright

April 22, 2016 · Deutsche Grammophon

A grand, intellectual romance that balances the weight of history with modern emotional vulnerability.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks · 54m

01

Sonnet 43

1:12

02

When Most I Wink (Sonnet 43)

4:55

03

Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40)

6:26

04

Sonnet 20

0:51

05

A Woman’s Face (Sonnet 20)

3:49

06

For Shame (Sonnet 10)

3:12

07

Sonnet 10

0:58

08

Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23)

5:45

09

Sonnet 29

1:01

10

When in Disgrace With Fortune and Men’s Eyes (Sonnet 29)

3:08

11

Sonnet 129

1:03

12

Th’Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129)

2:48

13

All dessen müd (Sonnet 66)

8:22

14

A Woman’s Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20)

3:10

15

Sonnet 87

1:17

16

Farewell (Sonnet 87)

6:27

Moments Worth Listening For

The transition from Helena Bonham Carter's intimate recitation into Rufus's soaring melodic expansion on Sonnet 43.

The jarring, industrial-tinged percussion and aggressive vocal delivery from Florence Welch on the title track.

The haunting German-language interpretation of Sonnet 66 that stretches into an eight-minute epic of existential exhaustion.

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