Features 18 never before collected love poems written by the famed journalist, Lincoln biographer, statesman, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the nation’s much-loved “Poet of the People”. The poems are read here with passion, grace, and power by Tim Wheater, and each is accompanied by a musical work especially composed by the brilliantly romantic composer Michael Hoppé. Also features 6 achingly beautiful interludes also composed by Hoppé.

Track Listing

1. Introductions to Whatever Gardens << LISTEN! >>
2. The Great Hunt << LISTEN! >>
3. Mag
4. Interlude: Lover’s Lament << LISTEN! >>
5. Monotone
6. Joy
7. Dreams in the Dusk
8. Interlude: Beloved
9. Under the Harvest Moon
10. Home Thoughts
11. Dream Girl
12. Interlude: Lachrymosa
13. The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring
14. Tawny
15. The First Kiss Came with Flame
16. Interlude: The Unforgetting Heart
17. She Held Herself a Deep Pool for Him
18. Careless Hearts
19. Valley Song
20. Interlude: Grace
21. Offering and Rebuff
22. An Old Woman
23. Explanation of Love
24. Interlude: Jude’s Theme

Includes the greatest authors in the canon of love — Ovid, Shakespeare, Tennyson, Shelly, Wordsworth, Byron and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Complete text for all the poems in a deluxe 30+ illustrated page booklet plus a bonus video featuring the photographs of legendary portraitist E.O. Hoppé.

Showcasing York’s passionate and powerful readings and Hoppé’s lush and romantic music, How Do I Love Thee? is a unique tribute to the inspiring powers of passion and romance....

Track Listing

1. Intro: Romance for Violin
2. How Do I Love Thee? << LISTEN! >> - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
3. She Walks In Beauty - Lord Byron
4. Sonnet 18 << LISTEN! >> - Wlliam Shakespeare
5. Interlude: Quiet Storms
6. If Thou Must Love Me - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
7. Remember - Christina Rossetti
8. Renouncement - Alice Meynell
9. Interlude: Avalon
10. Absence - Percy Bysshe Shelley
11. The Apache Wedding Prayer - Anon
12. A White Rose - John Boyle O'Reilly
13. Interlude: Waltz for Raphael
14. To My Dear and Loving Husband - Anne Bradstreet
15. Sudden Light - Dante Gabriel Rossetti
16. Helen of Troy - Christopher Marlowe
17. Interlude: Pieces of Moon
18. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
19. A Sonnet of the Moon - Charles Best
20. She Lay All Naked - Anon
21. Interlude: Sandcastles
22. In Summerís Heat - Ovid translated by Christopher Marlowe
23. Autumn Redemption - George William Daly
24. To Celia - Ben Jonson
25. Interlude: October
26. It Is A Beauteous Evening - William Wordsworth
27. Jenny Kissed Me - Leigh Hunt
28. Desire - Samuel taylor Coleridge
29. The Song of Solomon << LISTEN! >> - From the Holy Bible
30. Outro: Romance for Violin and Keyboards
Bonus Video Renouncement (5:10)