The Juliet Letters

by Elvis Costello & Brodsky Quartet

The Juliet Letters cover art

Departing radically from rock instrumentation, the prolific songwriter collaborated with the renowned classical string quartet for this ambitious song cycle. Inspired by the phenomenon of letters addressed to Shakespeare's Juliet Capulet, the resulting classical-crossover album features Costello singing complex, original chamber music without any traditional rhythm section.

Genres

  • Chamber Music
  • String Quartet
  • Art Song

Tracklist

  1. Introduction
  2. Deliver Us
  3. For Other Eyes
  4. Who Do You Think You Are?
  5. I Almost Had A Weakness
  6. Why?
  7. Dear Sweet Filthy World
  8. Jacksons, Monk And Rowe
  9. I Thought I'd Write To Juliet
  10. Last Post
  11. The First To Leave
  12. Taking My Life In Your Hands
  13. The Birds Will Still Be Singing
  14. Swine (End Credits)