2002 compilation album of interpretations of Shakespeare's sonnets
When Love Speaks
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released
23 April 2002
Label
EMI Classics
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When Love Speaks is a compilation album that features interpretations of William Shakespeare's sonnets – some spoken, some set to music – and excerpts from his plays by famous actors and musicians, released under EMI Classics in April 2002.[1][2][3] The original idea came from Joy Gelardi (now Joy Beresford Frye) who proposed the album as a fund raiser for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. When that plan fell through, Joy and Michael Kamen, together with Alan Rickman, co-produced it in support of RADA. Alan chose the title, which alludes to a speech in Love's Labour's Lost – "And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods make heaven drowsy with the harmony."[4] – which is, however, not on the album.
Alan Rickman proposed the idea for a benefit album for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art – where most of the featured actors on this album had studied[1] – and together with Richard Attenborough and Michael Kamen backed it and recruited artists to participate. The launch took place at The Old Vic.[5]
^ abcHeather Phares. When Love Speaks at AllMusic
^"Rufus Wainwright Discography – When Love Speaks". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 1 February 2009.[dead link]
^Koenig, Rhoda (11 February 2002). "First Night: Bard's chart-topping potential unleashed after 400 years; When Love Speaks; The Old Vic, London". The Independent. p. 5. Retrieved 9 July 2018 – via InfoTrac Newsstand.
^Love's Labor's Lost 4.3/338–339, Folger Shakespeare Library
^Jury, Louise (9 February 2002). "Rada stars coming out at night to benefit next generation of actors". The Independent. p. 5.
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