Words for You

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1Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 (King James version)
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Geoffrey Palmer (British comedic actor)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Strings in B-flat major, RV 583 “in due cori”: II. Andante
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Strings in B-flat major, RV 583 “in due cori”
partial recording of:
The Bible (English catch-all version)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
translated version of:
Βιβλία (Bible, The Christian Bible, no particular version or translation)
[attributed to King Solomon] read by Geoffrey Palmer1:29
2Sonnet 18
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Joanna Lumley
partial recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1798)
dedicated to:
Karl Alois, Fürst Lichnowsky
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 5), Works of Ludwig van Beethoven by opus number (number: op. 13) and Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 16)
recording of:
Sonnet nº 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
writer:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
William Shakespeare read by Joanna Lumley1:13
3Home Thoughts, From Abroad
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Geoffrey Palmer (British comedic actor)
recording of:
Home Thoughts From Abroad
writer:
Robert Browning (English poet and playwright)
partial recording of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“ (Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1893-01-10 until 1893-05-24)
premiered at:
Second Concert in the Fifty Second Season (1893-12-16) (on 1893-12-16)
premiered at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1893-12-16)
part of:
Works of Antonín Dvořák by opus number (number: op. 95) and Antonín Dvořák: Thematický katalog (Antonín Dvořák: Thematic Catalogue, Burghauser [B.]) (number: B. 178)
Robert Browning read by Geoffrey Palmer1:30
4Friendship
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Alison Steadman (British actress)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”: II. Adagio un poco mosso
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1809)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”
recording of:
Friendship
writer:
Elizabeth Jennings (poet)
Elizabeth Jennings read by Alison Steadman1:11
5A Red, Red Rose
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Brian Cox (British Actor)
recording of:
A Red, Red Rose
writer:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist)
recording of:
Colonel Robertson
writer:
Frankie Hepburn (Production music composer) and Austin Ince (engineer)
Robert Burns read by Brian Cox0:53
6I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Honor Blackman (British actress)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (1888 version, most often performed)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
recording of:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils)
writer:
William Wordsworth (poet)
William Wordsworth read by Honor Blackman1:49
7On the Balcony
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Anthony Head
recording of:
On the Balcony
writer:
D. H. Lawrence
partial recording of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34: No. 2. The Last Spring, for strings)
orchestrator and composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
orchestration of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (for piano)
part of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34 (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34, for strings)
D. H. Lawrence read by Anthony Stewart Head1:46
8Business Girls
producer:
Tris Penna
piano:
Mathew Cocker
spoken vocals:
Joanna Lumley
recording of:
Business Girls
writer:
John Betjeman
partial recording of:
Deuxième Gymnopédie : Lent et triste (Gymnopédie no. 2)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (in 1888)
part of:
Gymnopédies
John Betjeman read by Joanna Lumley1:36
9To Autumn
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Ben Whishaw (British Actor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor: III. Andante
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor
recording of:
To Autumn
writer:
John Keats (English Romantic poet)
John Keats read by Ben Whishaw2:10
10Sonnets from the Portuguese
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Lindsay Duncan (British actress)
partial recording of:
Sonnets from the Portuguese (collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
writer:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (from 1845 until 1846)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 50 in D major, K. 141a: III. Presto, K. 161/163
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 163)
part of:
Symphony no. 50 in D major, K. 141a
Elizabeth Barrett Browning read by Lindsay Duncan1:33
11If
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Martin Shaw (actor)
recording of:
If
writer:
Rudyard Kipling
partial recording of:
La forza del destino: Sinfonia
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
La forza del destino
Rudyard Kipling read by Martin Shaw2:08
12Do Not Stand at My Grave
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Miriam Margolyes
recording of:
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
lyricist:
Mary Elizabeth Frye (in 1932)
composer:
Shruthi Rajasekar
partial recording of:
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33 (standard Fitzenhagen version)
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1877-11-30)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1877)
revised by:
Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (German cellist and composer)
dedicated to:
Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (German cellist and composer)
part of:
Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 33)
version of:
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33 (original Tchaikovsky version)
Mary Frye read by Miriam Margolyes1:16
13Diary of a Church Mouse
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Martin Shaw (actor)
recording of:
Diary Of A Church Mouse
writer:
John Betjeman
partial recording of:
Sleepers Awake
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
is based on:
Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": I. Coro "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
John Betjeman read by Martin Shaw3:20
14Come Walk With Me
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Samantha Morton (British Actress)
partial recording of:
2 Waltzes, op. 54, B. 105: No. 1: Moderato in A major (for strings, arr. of waltz no. 1)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1879-12-01 until 1880-01-17)
strings arranger:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1879-12-09 until 1880-03)
arrangement of:
Waltzes, op. 54, B. 101: no. 1: Moderato in A major
part of:
Waltzes, op. 54, B. 105 (for string quartet +double bass ad lib)
recording of:
Come Walk With Me
writer:
Emily Brontë (British author)
Emily Brontë read by Samantha Morton1:38
15The Lady of Shalott
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Brian Cox (British Actor)
recording of:
The Great Glen
writer:
Dan Smith (The Great Glen cowriter) and Stephen Darrell Smith (The Great Glen cowriter)
recording of:
The Lady of Shalott
writer:
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Lord Alfred Tennyson read by Brian Cox6:41
16One Flesh
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Honor Blackman (British actress)
partial recording of:
Adelita (mazurka)
composer:
Francisco Tárrega (Spanish composer and guitarist)
recording of:
One Flesh
writer:
Elizabeth Jennings (poet)
Elizabeth Jennings read by Honor Blackman1:50
17He Wishes for Cloth of Heaven
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Lennie James (British Actor)
recording of:
Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
writer:
William Butler Yeats
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in D minor, Part II: VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1893 until 1896)
premiered at:
[concert] (1897)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in D minor
W.B. Yeats read by Lennie James0:44
18Sonnet 116
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Lennie James (British Actor)
recording of:
Sonnet 116
writer:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in D minor, Part II: VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1893 until 1896)
premiered at:
[concert] (1897)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in D minor
William Shakespeare read by Lennie James1:14
19Stop All the Clocks
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Lindsay Duncan (British actress)
recording of:
Funeral Blues (poem)
writer:
W. H. Auden (in 1938)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major “Titan”: III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1884 until 1888)
quotes music from:
Frère Jacques
part of:
Symphony no. 1 in D major “Titan”
W. H. Auden read by Lindsay Duncan1:47
20Adlestrop
producer:
Tris Penna
violin:
Janine Jansen (Dutch violinist and violist)
spoken vocals:
Geoffrey Palmer (British comedic actor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
recording of:
Adlestrop
writer:
Edward Thomas (poet)
partial recording of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and orchestra)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1914)
premiered at:
[concert] (1921-06-14)
premiered at:
Queen’s Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1921-06-14)
arrangement of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and piano)
Edward Thomas read by Geoffrey Palmer1:21
21When We Two Parted
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Brian Cox (British Actor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer) (from 1888-05 until 1888-08)
part of:
Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64
recording of:
When We Two Parted
writer:
George Gordon Byron (English poet, known as Lord Byron)
Lord Byron read by Brian Cox1:27
22Dulce Et Decorum Est
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Ben Whishaw (British Actor)
recording of:
Dulce et decorum est
writer:
Wilfred Owen
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: II. Allegretto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1811 until 1812)
part of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92
Wilfred Owen read by Ben Whishaw2:33
23Silver
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Miriam Margolyes
recording of:
Silver
writer:
Walter de la Mare
Walter de la Mare read by Miriam Margolyes1:18
24She Walks in Beauty
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Martin Shaw (actor)
partial recording of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Henrik Ibsen (in 1867)
arranger:
György Vukán
part of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23
recording of:
She Walks in Beauty
writer:
George Gordon Byron (English poet, known as Lord Byron)
Lord Byron read by Martin Shaw1:11
25Rock Me to Sleep
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Alison Steadman (British actress)
recording of:
Rock Me To Sleep
writer:
Elizabeth Akers Allen (poet)
partial recording of:
Rosamunde, D. 797
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1823)
librettist:
Helmina von Chézy
premiered at:
Theater an der Wien in Mariahilf, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1823-12-20)
Elizabeth Akers Allen read by Alison Steadman2:44
26Remember
producer:
Tris Penna
spoken vocals:
Anthony Head
recording of:
Remember
writer:
Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti read by Anthony Stewart Head1:13
27Last Post
producer:
Tris Penna
piano:
Mathew Cocker
spoken vocals:
Samantha Morton (British Actress)
recording of:
Last Post
writer:
Carol Ann Duffy
partial recording of:
Troisième Gymnopédie : Lent et grave (Gymnopédie no. 3)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (in 1888)
part of:
Gymnopédies
Carol Ann Duffy read by Samantha Morton2:22

Credits

Release

engineer:Jonathan Allen (engineer)
mastering:Andrew Walter (engineer)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:First Rule Records (in 2009)
licensed to:Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
JMS Studios in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Strongroom Studios in Shoreditch, Hackney, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Umbrella Media Studios in Chatsworth, California, United States
mixed at and mastered at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7125461 [info]
ASIN:UK: B002RKXXLO [info]