- Record Label: DG Deutsche Grammophon
- Release Date: Apr 22, 2016
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MagnetJun 1, 2016Whether in the flesh or behind-the-scenes, each work is all Wainwright. [No. 131, p.61]
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UncutApr 27, 2016What sounds showy on paper is, in reality, a respectful, atmospheric tribute to the Bard. [Jun 2016, p.82]
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Apr 21, 2016All in all, a difficult task accomplished with no shortfall of style and invention.
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Apr 20, 2016Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets 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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Apr 20, 2016This recording is 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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Apr 20, 2016It’s hard to imagine how someone whose last album was an opera could out-do themselves, but Rufus Wainwright has achieved just that with Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets, to be released via Deutsche Gramophon on April 22, 400 years after William Shakespeare’s death.
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May 23, 2016Wainwright keeps things varied enough to be interesting but concise enough to avoid boredom or overload.
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May 3, 2016The mix of genres and presentation doesn’t always segue as well as they might, and strangely given that mix, it could do with being a little more radical at times. That said there’s plenty to enjoy and it’s often fun to hear these iconic works in unfamiliar fashion.
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MojoApr 27, 2016It's a grand gesture of a record, though, and if at times it's a little too much, that's entirely in character. [Jun 2016, p.94]
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Apr 25, 2016If this is really where his heart now lies, it’s hard not to feel a tinge of sadness when you hear his honeyed vocals on A Woman’s Face, a reworking of a track from 2010 that recalls the swooning, symphonic pop of old.
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Apr 22, 2016Save for the playfully tempestuous “Th’Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame (Sonnet 129),” they’re serviceable and, like the spoken-word reprises by the likes of William Shatner and Siân Phillips, take few risks.
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Apr 20, 2016Even during its more ludicrous moments, though, it’s impossible to deny the beauty that often shines through.
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Apr 21, 2016Take All My Loves is an uneasy marriage of classical and pop, on which the sonnets are often overwhelmed by Wainwright’s extravagantly theatrical arrangements.
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