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William Shakespeare Sonnets
Producer Matthew Crawford’s epic project consists of all the Shakespeare sonnets, each read by a New Zealander, first broadcast in 2009.
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Sonnet No 35: No more be grieved at that which thou hast done
Read by John Callen.
Music details - Dowland: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 34: Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day?
Read by Elric Hooper. Music details- Dowland: Lachrimae (alternative version) (Naxos 8.557862) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 33: Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Read by Jennifer Ward-Lealand. Music details- Dowland: Coranto (Channel Classics CCS SA 21204) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 32: If thou survive my well contented day
Read by Paul Barrett. Music details- Dowland: Orlando Sleepeth (Naxos 8.557586) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 31:Thy bosom is endeared with all hearts
Read by Read by Max Cryer. Music details-John Johnson: The Delight Pavan (Naxos 8.550776) Audio
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Sonnet No 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
Read by Noelle McCarthy.Music details - Dowland: Untitled (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 29: When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
Read by Elizabeth Hawthorne Music details- Dowland: Fancy (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 28: How can I then return in happy plight
Read by Geraldine Brophy (RNZ) Music details - Anthony Holborne: The Countess of Pembroke's Funeral (Virgin VC 7 91216) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 27: Weary with toil, I haste to my bed
Read by Warwick Broadhead (RNZ) Music details - Hume: The Second part (AliaVox AV 9837) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 26: Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
Read by Eva Radich (RNZ) Music details-J Johnson: Goodnight (Naxos 8.550776) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 25: Let those who are in favour with their stars
Read by Tainui Tukiwaho (RNZ) Music details- J Johnson: Johnson's Jewel (Naxos 8.550776) Read more Audio
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Sonnet No 24: Mine eye hath played the painter
Read by Frank Whitten Music details-Dowland: Dr Case's Pavan (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
William Shakespeare Sonnets
Image: Lotus Carroll
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Shakespeare words. Calamity Meg (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Book cover design by Mary Jane Gorton for William Shakespeare Sonnets: A selection illustrated by Mary Jane Gorton. Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press. c1970. PR2848.A2 P47 1970. Flickr/Crossett Library
