Brush Up Your Shakespeare With Peggy Reynolds.
1: The Taming of the Shrew
Music inspired by Shakespeare's comedy, including a neglected opera by Wolf-Ferrari named after the character of Sly, the tipsy tinker who watches as the play's story of husbands and wives is told by a group of strolling players. Cole Porter Brush Up Your
Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate)
Robert Nichols and David Garrison (singers), London Sinfonietta, conductor John McGlinn
Wolf-Ferrari Un Oso in Musoliera (Sly) Francesco Merli (tenor) with unnamed orchestra
Henry Bishop Should He Upbraid Conchita Supervia (soprano), Ivor Newton (piano)
Goetz Die Kraft Versagt (The Taming of the Shrew, Act 4) Christel Goltz
(soprano), Bavarian State Orchestra, conductor Robert Heger
Wagenaar Overture: The Taming of the Shrew
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly Producer Piers Burton-Page