William Shakespeare Sonnets

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Producer Matthew Crawford’s epic project consists of all the Shakespeare sonnets, each read by a New Zealander, first broadcast in 2009.

Sonnet No 59: If there is nothing new, but that which is

27 Sep 2014

Read by Ilona Rodgers. Music details: John Johnson: The Flat Pavan (Naxos 8.550776) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 58: That God forbid, that made me first your slave

26 Sep 2014

by Frank Whitten. Music details: Dowland: Mignarda (Henry Noel's Galliard) (Naxos 8.557862) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 57: Being your slave what should I do but tend

25 Sep 2014

Read by Tainui Tukiwaho. Music details: Dowland: Mrs Clifton's Almain (Naxos 8.570449) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 56: Sweet love renew thy force, be it not said

24 Sep 2014

Geraldine Brophy. Music details: Dowland: Tarleton's Riserrectione (Glossa GCD 920 109) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 55: Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

23 Sep 2014

Read by Max Cryer. Music details: Anonymous: Prelude (Virgin Classics VC 7 91216) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 54: On how much more doth beauty beauteous

22 Sep 2014

Read by Helen Medlyn. Music details: Tobias Hume: My hope is decayed (AliaVox AV 9837) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 53: What is your substance, whereof are you made

21 Sep 2014

Read by Elizabeth McRae. Music details: Dowland: Lady Rich, her Galliard (Naxos 8.570449 ) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 52: So am I as the rich whose blessed key

20 Sep 2014

Read by Michael Hurst. Music details: Dowland: Langton's Galliard (Naxos 8.557862) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 51: Thus can my love excuse the slow offence

19 Sep 2014

Shakespeare's 44th sonnet is the first of two which use the idea of the four elements - in this case, earth and water. Read by John Callen. Music details: John Johnson: Dump (Naxos 8.550776) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 50: How heavy do I journey on my way

18 Sep 2014

The first of another linked pair of sonnets. Here Shakespeare introduces the image of a horse, carrying its bearer away from the loved one. Read by Hewitt Humphrey. Music details: Tobias Hume… Read more Audio
Sonnet No 49: Against that time, if ever that time came

17 Sep 2014

Read Charles Pierard. Music details: Dowland: Sir John Langton's Pavan (Naxos 8.557862) Read more Audio
Sonnet No 48: How careful was I when I took my way

16 Sep 2014

Read by Jennifer Ward-Leyland. Music details: Dowland: Sir Henry Guilforde, his Almain (Naxos 8.570449). Read more Audio

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William Shakespeare Sonnets

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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

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Sonnet No 59: If there is nothing new, but that which is

Sonnet No 58: That God forbid, that made me first your slave

Sonnet No 57: Being your slave what should I do but tend

Sonnet No 56: Sweet love renew thy force, be it not said

Sonnet No 55: Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

Sonnet No 54: On how much more doth beauty beauteous

Sonnet No 53: What is your substance, whereof are you made

Sonnet No 52: So am I as the rich whose blessed key

Sonnet No 51: Thus can my love excuse the slow offence

Sonnet No 50: How heavy do I journey on my way

Sonnet No 49: Against that time, if ever that time came

Sonnet No 48: How careful was I when I took my way

William Shakespeare Sonnets

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