专辑简介

William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon (1564-1616) and Elizabethan England (1558-1603) are featured in this song recital presented by soprano Christina Martos, baritone Carlos Archuleta and pianist Debra Ayers.

Familiar Shakespearean texts figure in works by Dominick Argento, Gerald Finzi, Erich von Korngold, Giuseppe Verdi and Otto Nicolai. Libby Larsen explores the dark side that precursored the Elizabethan era in her “Try Me Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII”. John Dowland, one of the most prominent composers of the era, lute songs are interwoven into the Larsen cycle.