The great Scottish-American actress and voice teacher Kristin Linklater dedicated her life to the poet Shakespeare. For the first time on CD, she tells of the joys and sorrows of love with a selection of 23 sonnets, detailing the turbulence of youth, the shame of betrayal, the wisdom of maturity. The flute joins the song in the middle of the concert of passions: The exiled Korean composer Isang Yun (1917-1995) contemplates the drama of life from the East. His Chinese Images masterfully played by Martin Gonschorek and the epic song of Sori unite Eastern tradition with Western modernity. This atmosphere gives way to turmoil and tranquility with music and language side by side - it is as if the composer suddenly began to speak and the poet burst into song.

Tracklist:

Intro
Sonnet 73, "That Time Of Year Thou Mayst In Me Behold"
Chinesische Bilder: I. Der Besucher Der Idylle
Sonnet 65, "Since Brass, Nor Stone, Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea"
Sonnet 18, "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?"
Sonnet 91, "Some Glory In Their Birth, Some In Their Skill"
Chinesische Bilder: II. Der Eremit Am Wasser
Sonnet 27, "Weary With Toil, I Haste Me To My Bed"
Sonnet 44, "If The Dull Substance Of My Flesh Were Thought"
Sonnet 61, "Is It Thy Will, Thy Image Should Keep Open"
Sonnet 87, "Farewell, Thou Art Too Dear For My Possessing"
Chinesische Bilder: IV. Die Hirtenflote
Sonnet 144, "Two Loves I Have Of Comfort And Despair"
Sonnet 90, "Then Hate Me When Thou Wilt; If Ever, Now"
Sonnet 152, "In Loving Thee Thou Know'st I Am Foresworn"
Sonnet 94, "They That Have Power To Hurt, And Will Do None"
Sonnet 147, "My Love Is As A Fever Longing Still"
Sonnet 129, "The Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame"
Chinesische Bilder: III. Der Affenspieler
Sonnet 119, "What Potions Have I Drunk Of Siren Tears"
Sonnet 110, "Alas! 'tis True, I Have Gone Here And There"
Sonnet 30, "When To The Sessions Of Sweet Silent Thought"
Sonnet 15, "When I Consider Every Thing That Grows"
Sonnet 56, "Sweet Love, Renew Thy Force; Be It Not Said"
Sonnet 29, "When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes"
Sonnet 33, "Full Many A Glorious Morning Have I Seen"
Sonnet 60, "Like As The Waves Make Towards The Pebbled Shore"
Sonnet 116, "Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds"
Sori

UPC: 4260226585354
Label: Music Agents Red Lab
Release Date: 8.28.12
Format: CD

Martin Gonschorek - Shakespeare Looking East: Selection of Sonnets (CD)