Album Summary
Performers
Fred Jacobs (Lute)
Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
Notes & Reviews:
Johannette Zomer and Fred Jacobs started recording a series of programs devoted to 17th Century monody for which their research has unveiled many hidden treasures. This recording brings beautiful miniatures, full of English melancholy and humor, including Purcell's famous Music for a while. Their previous recordings in this series - Splendore di Roma, Nuove Musiche and l'Esprit Galant - have received great international acclaim.
BBC Music Magazine
There's a brightness to the voice which pinpoints open-eyed wonder...That Zomer knows how to float a line and respond to its musical contours is never in doubt
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer, The Netherlands (12/2008).
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Johnson, Robert (II) : Have you seen but a white lily grow? - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Lute); Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
- Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1616
Johnson, Robert (II) : Woods, rocks and mountains - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Johnson, Robert (II) : With endless tears, for voice, lute & continuo - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Lute); Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
- Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Johnson, Robert (II) : Come hither you that love - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
- Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1660
Johnson, Robert (II) : Come heavy sleep, for treble voice and lute - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
- Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 16th Century
Johnson, Robert (II) : Almaine for lute (from Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book) - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
- Running Time: 1 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Johnson, Robert (II) : The Prince's Alman - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
- Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Lanier, Nicholas : Mark How the Blushful Morn, song - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Lanier, Nicholas : I wish no more, for voice & continuo - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
- Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Lanier, Nicholas : No More Shall Meads Be Decked with Flowers, song - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Johnson, Robert (II) : Almaine for lute (from Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book) - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Lawes, Henry : Amarillis, by a spring, for voice & theorbo - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Lawes, Henry : Amintor's Welladay - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
- Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Lawes, Henry : Sleep soft, you cold clay cinders, for voice & continuo - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
- Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Lawes, Henry : Chloris dead, lamented by Amintor, for voice & continuo - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Lute); Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
- Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Gautier, Jacques : Courante Son Adieu (from Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book) - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
- Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Gautier, Jacques : Volte, for lute - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Lawes, Henry : Ariadne's lament - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
- Running Time: 9 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Vocal
Gautier, Jacques : Courante Son Adieu (from Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book) - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Gautier, Jacques : Cloches Mr Gaultier, for lute - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Humfrey, Pelham : Cupid once, when weary grown, for voice & continuo - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Humfrey, Pelham : Oh! That I had but a fine man, for voice & continuo - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
- Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Humfrey, Pelham : O Love, if e'er thou'lt ease a heart, for voice & continuo - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
- Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Humfrey, Pelham : How severe is forgetful old age, for voice & continuo - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Purcell, Henry : If grief has any pow'r to kill, song, Z. 378 - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo)
- Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1685
Purcell, Henry : When first Amintas sued for a kiss, song, Z. 430 - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1687
Purcell, Henry : Music for a while - Performers: Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute); Johannette Zomer (Soprano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: circa 1692
Purcell, Henry : Farewell, all joys, song, Z. 368 - Performers: Johannette Zomer (Soprano); Fred Jacobs (Theorbo); Fred Jacobs (Lute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1685























