車の中で聴く英語CD 「Shakespeare's original pronunciation（BRITISH LIBRARY）」

2014/05/28 20:22

シェイクスピアのCD - シェイクスピアの時代の発音そのままの英語

僕が聴き始めた英語CD　Shakespeare's Original Pronunciation:
Speeches and Scenes Performed As Shakespeare would have heard them

Hear new meanings uncovered, new jokes revealed, poetic effect enhanced
How did Shakespeare sound to the audiences of his day? This disc offers listeners the chance to hear England’s greatest playwright performed by a company of actors using the pronunciation of his time. Under the guidance of Ben Crystal, actor and expert in original Shakespearian pronunciation in performance, the company performs some of Shakespeare’s best-known sonnets, and solo speeches and scenes from 18 of his play.

「ロミオとジュリエット」「ハムレット」「オセロ」などなど

「リア王」「マクベス」

シェイクスピアの時代の発音そのままの英語を車のCDで聴き始めました。
「ロミオとジュリエット」や「ヴェニスの商人」、
「夏の夜の夢」、「ジュリアス・シーザー」、
シェイクスピアの四大悲劇と呼ばれる
「ハムレット」「オセロ」「マクベス」「リア王」など
ウィリアム・シェイクスピアが書き上げた数々の戯曲の中から
いろいろな場面が収録されています。

もう、虜（とりこ）ですね！
古い英語なので、正直ほとんど聞き取れないんですが、
こんなにも美しい英語に接したのは初めてです。
このCD、去年の今頃買って 1年間寝かしておいたんですが
もっと早く聴けばよかったです（笑）

現代英語とはやや違う部分もありますが、
英語は英語ですし、何よりも聴いていて心地よいです。
発音が、リズムが、アクセントが、イントネーションが
すべて気持ちいいです。
聴いていてとっても楽しいです。
400年前の言葉とは思えません！
実に生き生きとしています。

▼English（英文）
I start to listen a certain CD in my car which includes English
pronunciation in Shakespeare's age. The CD consists of
various scenes in a lot of his plays such as Romeo and Juliet,
The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream and
Julius Caesar as well as Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King
Lear called his Four Great Tragedies.

Yes, I'm fascinated with them. I'm also a captive of his play.
As the English is old one, I can't almost understand it. However,
I feel this English is most beautiful, and then I have never heard
such gripping words. I regret that after I bought this CD, a year
has passed. I should listen to them more early!

This English is a little different from modern English, but as such
different isn't large, the CD makes me comfortable indeed. The
pronunciation, the Rhythm, the accent and the intonation are all
pleasant for us. I'm quite fun with listening to it.

I can't believe that these words are spoke from more than 400
years ago! Vivid and lively are these speeches.

（CD内リスト）
1. Sonnet 116 In modern English
2. Sonnet 116 In original pronunciation
3. Sonnet 18
4. Sonnet 71
5. Sonnet 154
6. A Midsummer Night’s Dream / 夏の夜の夢 (from Act 3)
7. As You Like It / お気に召すまま (from Act 2)
8. Hamlet / ハムレット (from Act 3)
9. Henry V / ヘンリー五世 (from Act 3)
10. Macbeth / マクベス (from Act 2)
11. Richard II / リチャード二世 (from Act 5)
12. The Winter’s Tale / 冬物語 (from Act 3)
13. As You Like It / お気に召すまま (from Act 2)
14. The Merchant of Venice / ヴェニスの商人 (from Act 4)
15. The Two Gentlemen of Verona / ヴェローナの二紳士 (from Act 4)
16. Richard III / リチャード三世 (from Act 4)
17. Richard III / リチャード三世 (from Act 1)
18. The Tempest / テンペスト (from Act 5)
19. Twelfth Night / 十二夜 (from Act 2)
20. The Comedy of Errors / 間違いの喜劇（間違いつづき） (from Act 3)
21. Romeo and Juliet / ロミオとジュリエット (from Act 2)
22. Much Ado about Nothing / 空騒ぎ (from Act 4)
23. Julius Caesar / ジュリアス・シーザー (from Act 3)
24. Twelfth Night / 十二夜 (from Act 3)
25. Hamlet / ハムレット (from Act 2)
26. Othello / オセロ (from Act 4)
27. King Lear / リア王 (from Act 1)
28. Macbeth / マクベス (from Act 2)