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Such sweet thunder, Duke Ellington ; [composed and orchestrated by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn]

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Such sweet thunder

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Recorded in New York, Aug. 7, 1956-May 3, 1957

Duke Ellington ; [composed and orchestrated by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn]

[Shakespeare plays which inspired each track in square brackets after titles.] Such sweet thunder [Othello, or Antony and Cleopatra; program notes p. 24] (3:22) -- Sonnet for Caesar [Julius Caesar] (2:59) -- Sonnet to Hank Cinq [Henry V] (1:20) -- Lady Mac [Macbeth] (3:39) -- Sonnet in search of a Moor [Othello] (2:23) -- The telecasters [Macbeth] (3:05) -- Up and down, up and down (I will lead them up and down) [Midsummer night's dream] (3:06) -- Sonnet for Sister Kate [Taming of the shrew] (2:22) -- The star-crossed lovers; A.K.A. Pretty girl [Romeo and Juliet] (4:01) -- Madness in great ones [Hamlet] (3:27) -- Half the fun; A.K.A. Lately [Antony and Cleopatra] (4:12) -- Circle of fourths (1:46) -- Bonus tracks, chiefly alternate takes: Star-crossed lovers (4:15) -- Circle of fourths (1:47) -- Suburban beauty (2:56) -- A flat minor (2:33) -- Café au lait (2:44) -- Half the fun (4:08) -- Suburban beauty (2:56) -- A flat minor (3:49) -- Café au lait (6:21) -- Pretty girl (8:54)

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