Merry Melancholy: English Lute

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Album Summary

Performer

• Joachim Held (Lute)

Composers

• John Johnson (Composer) (15th Century - fl. 1579-1594)
• Thomas Robinson (Composer) (circa 1560 - circa 1610)
• John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
• Philip Rosseter (circa 1567-1568 - 1623)
• Anonymous, English
• Francis Cutting (circa 1550 - 1596)
• Anonymous
• Richard Allison (16th cent. Compos) (15th Century - 16th Century)

Notes & Reviews:

The concept of "melancholy" held a special place in English art of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Rather than being considered depressive mental condition, it was seen as a deeply poetic element of soaring ecstasy with the power to inspire even bigger, even better deeds. It is no surprise that the subject of "melancholy" came to characterize much of the English music for lute, and the inspiration for much complex and colorful music. Joyful dances, contrapuntal fantasies, and pavanes which luxuriate in chromaticism are all to be found here. Only the most beautiful, haunting works were chosen for this recording.

This is the first CD of a series that will feature the complete oeuvre for solo piano by Robert Schumann. So far there is no truly complete recording of Schumann's complete piano oeuvre, although a few presume to bear this title. Florian Uhlig's interpretations are based on the new critical edition of Schumann's piano works, and will result in recordings of many pieces that have never-before-been-available on LP or CD. Florian Uhlig is one of the most distinguished young pianists. German music critic Joachim Kaiser wrote of Uhligh's recent Beethoven "Variations" CD: "His playing is characterized by wit and spirituality and deep involvement with each piece's structure. His interpretations can compete with the best available."

Gramophone Magazine
Held's interpretations are steady but subtly phrased, sparingly ornamented and never indulge in extremes of tempo or rubato. With this recording Held offers us fresh insights into the soundscape of private music-making in the late Elizabethan era.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009).

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Works Details

Anonymous : Almain

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Robinson, Thomas : Goe from my window, for lute

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Robinson, Thomas : A Gigue (29)

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Anonymous, English : Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Robinson, Thomas : Spanish Pavan for lute

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Allison, Richard : Fantasia for lute

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Anonymous : Passamezzo Pavan "Passymeasures-pavin"

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Allison, Richard : Passymeasures Galliard, for lute

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Dowland, John : Preludium, P 98

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Dowland, John : Queene Elizabeth, her Galliard (The Queen's Galliard), for lute, P 97

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1626

Dowland, John : The Right Honorable Lady Cliftons Spirit, for lute, P 45

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1610

Dowland, John : Lachrimae

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1626

Dowland, John : The Frog Galliard, for lute, P 23

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Dowland, John : Forlorn Hope Fancy

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Cutting, Francis : Galliard to Mrs Anne Markham's Pavan

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Cutting, Francis : Galliard for lute

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Cutting, Francis : Walsingham for lute

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Cutting, Francis : Packington's Pound

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Cutting, Francis : Alman

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Johnson, John : Delight Pavan for lute

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Johnson, John : Galliard to Delight for lute

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Johnson, John : Galliard

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Rosseter, Philip : Galliard no 3 of the Countess of Sussex, for lute

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Rosseter, Philip : A Fantasia, for lute (Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book, 37)

• Performer: Joachim Held (Lute)
• Notes: Erlöserkirche Vahrendorf (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance