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Dowland, John : Firste Booke of SongesDowland, John : Third and Last Booke of SongesDowland, John : Second Booke of Songes or AyresDowland, John : Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58Dowland, John : Come AgainDowland, John : Lachrimae Pavan, for keyboard or lute (from "Lachrimae")Dowland, John : Work(s) Kemp's Jig / Mistress Winter's Jump / My Lady Hunsdon's PuffeDowland, John : Clear or cloudy sweet as Aprill showring, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)Dowland, John : O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)Dowland, John : The Lord Viscount Lisle, his Galliard, P 38Dowland, John : A Shepherd in a shade, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)Album Summary
Dowland, John : Firste Booke of SongesDowland, John : Third and Last Booke of SongesDowland, John : Second Booke of Songes or AyresDowland, John : Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58Dowland, John : Come AgainDowland, John : Lachrimae Pavan, for keyboard or lute (from "Lachrimae")Dowland, John : Work(s)Dowland, John : Clear or cloudy sweet as Aprill showring, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)Dowland, John : O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)Dowland, John : The Lord Viscount Lisle, his Galliard, P 38Dowland, John : A Shepherd in a shade, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)- Michael Slattery
- Sylvain Bergeron (Lute)
Notes & Reviews:
"To my loving countryman, Mr. John Forster the younger, merchant of Dublin, in Ireland." - In thus dedicating the song 'From Silent Night' in his collection A Pilgrim's Solace (1612), John Dowland reveals his possible Irish origins. Was Dowland, often considered the first great English composer, actually Irish? He may have belonged to an old Irish family, the O'Dolans, who settled in Dublin in the middle of the 16th century. Dowland is mainly known today for the expressiveness of his Ayres. In putting together this project, La Nef chosen to concentrate on the more light-hearted side of Dowland. Working closely with American tenor Michael Slattery, La Nef start to strip some of Dowland's Ayres of their complex, contrapuntal accompaniments, giving them a simple, Celtic flavor.
BBC Music Magazine, July 2012 ****
La Nef has pared down Dowland's complex accompaniments, aiming for a Celtic, folky feel. Dowland-lite it may be, but the recital is beautifully performed.
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (09/2010).
Reviews
Not My (Irish Breakfast) Cup of Tea
A charming idea, which perhaps should have remained just that. Not that the performances aren’t good or to be respected, it’s just that the Gaelicalification of Dowland doesn’t work terribly well. But of course these are matters of taste, and this record is not to mine.
Submitted on 03/08/12 by Due Fuss
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Works Details
Dowland, John : Firste Booke of Songes - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1597
Dowland, John : Firste Booke of Songes - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: by 1597
Dowland, John : Third and Last Booke of Songes - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1603
Dowland, John : Second Booke of Songes or Ayres - Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1600
Dowland, John : Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58 - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: by 1603
Dowland, John : Firste Booke of Songes - Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1597
Dowland, John : Come Again - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1597
Dowland, John : Firste Booke of Songes - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: by 1597
Dowland, John : Lachrimae Pavan, for keyboard or lute (from "Lachrimae") - Performer: Sylvain Bergeron (Lute)
- Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1612
Dowland, John : Third and Last Booke of Songes - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1603
Dowland, John : Third and Last Booke of Songes - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1603
Dowland, John : Work(s) :: Kemp's Jig / Mistress Winter's Jump / My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe - Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Dowland, John : Clear or cloudy sweet as Aprill showring, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs) - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1600
Dowland, John : O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs) - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1600
Dowland, John : The Lord Viscount Lisle, his Galliard, P 38 - Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1610
Dowland, John : A Shepherd in a shade, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs) - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: by 1600
Dowland, John : Firste Booke of Songes - Performer: Michael Slattery
- Ensemble: La Nef
- Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1597
