Catherine Bott; Peter Holman: The Parley of Instruments - Orpheus with his lute - Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne

This fiftieth release in Hyperion�s glorious �English Orpheus� series takes us on a Shakespearean Odyssey through Titus Andronicus, Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, Much Ado about Nothing, Henry VIII, Cymbeline, Love�s Labour�s Lost, A Midsummer Night�s Dream and The Tempest. Pride of place, of course, goes to Thomas Arne�s immortal settings, but the disc additionally explores some remarkable songs by his predecessors and contemporaries.