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Take All My Loves - 9 Shakespeare Sonnets

Rufus Wainwright

Take All My Loves - 9 Shakespeare Sonnets

The ninth album from the Canadian Baroque pop singer-songwriter features adaptations of Shakespeare's sonnets

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6.5

Label
Deutsche Grammophon
UK Release date
22/04/2016
US Release date
22/04/2016
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  1. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    A great addition to his musical catalogue, and a fine way to fall in love with Shakespeare all over again, to boot
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Reaffirms that the songwriter/composer is an arranger at home in many styles, with the ability to make this kind of sprawling, genre-surfing project unfold with elegance
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  3. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    If anyone can sell that complex, theatrical, beautiful depiction of humanity’s deepest emotions, it’s Wainwright
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  4. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    Serves as a showcase for Wainwright’s manifold talents as vocalist, composer and arranger and a loving homage to Shakespeare
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  5. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    There’s plenty to enjoy and it’s often fun to hear these iconic works in unfamiliar fashion
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  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    An audacious yet refined celebration of artistic vision
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  7. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Even during its more ludicrous moments it’s impossible to deny the beauty that often shines through
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  8. 6.0 |   Mojo

    If at times it's a little too much, that's entirely in character. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   The FT

    The Canadian’s adaptation of nine sonnets to music carries its own freewheeling charm
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  10. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Engaging and sumptuous
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  11. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    If nothing else, it proves his uncanny versatility as a musician
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  12. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    An uneasy marriage of classical and pop, on which the sonnets are often overwhelmed by Wainwright’s extravagantly theatrical arrangements
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Rufus Wainwright: Take All My Loves - 9 Shakespeare Sonnets

  • Download full album for just £8.49
  • 1. Sonnet 43 £0.99
  • 2. When Most I Wink (Sonnet 43) £0.99
  • 3. Take All My Loves (Sonnet 40) £0.99
  • 4. Sonnet 20 £0.99
  • 5. A Woman's Face (Sonnet 20) £0.99
  • 6. For Shame (Sonnet 10) £0.99
  • 7. Sonnet 10 £0.99
  • 8. Unperfect Actor (Sonnet 23) £0.99
  • 9. Sonnet 29 £0.99
  • 10. When In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes (Sonnet 29) £0.99
  • 11. Sonnet 129 £0.99
  • 12. Th'Expense Of Spirit In A Waste Of Shame (Sonnet 129) £0.99
  • 13. All dessen müd (Sonnet 66) £0.99
  • 14. A Woman's Face - Reprise (Sonnet 20) £0.99
  • 15. Sonnet 87 £0.99
  • 16. Farewell (Sonnet 87) £0.99
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