Viola da gamba > Dowland, John

The Troubador & the Nun - Hildegard von Bingen, Dowland, etc / Tubb, et al

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Giraut de Bornelh: Reis glorios, monophonic alba; Hildegard von Bingen: Ave generosa; O clarissima mater, response; O viridissima virga; Beatriz de Dia: A chantar m'er de so qu'en no volria, song; An...
Performers: Fields, Michael; Hatcher, David; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]

Dowland: Lachrimae / Stene, Lislevand, Norsk Barokkorkester

1 Super Audio CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-06-30

Works: John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Booke of Songes; A Pilgrimes Solace; Fortune, P 62; Firste Booke of Songes; In darkness let mee dwell
Performers: Johnson, Andreas; Lislevand, Rolf; Stene, Randi
Conductors: Lislevand, Rolf
Ensemble: Norwegian Baroque Orchestra

Mercurial Love - Dowland, Purcell / Jama Jandrokovic, Charles Weaver, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Preludium, P 98; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Firste Booke of Songes; A Fancy; Second Booke of Songes; Can she excuse, P 42; Henry Purcell: A New Ground for Harpsichord i...
Performers: Jandrokovic, JAma; Stober, Carlene; Vinikour, Jory; Weaver, Charles

England in the 17th century boasted not only a musically sophisticated aristocracy but also a middle-class who were well acquainted with both poetry and music....continue...

The Elfin Knight / Joel Frederiksen, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: English Traditional: Whittingham Fair, folk song ("The Elfin Knight"); Greensleeves, folk song; Go from My Window, folk song; Fortune My Foe; Scarborough Fair; Anonymous, English: Walsingham; Lord Da...
Performers: Evans, Timothy Leigh; Frederiksen, Joel; Marincic, Domen; Schwannberger, Sven; Weigl, Helmut
Conductors: Frederiksen, Joel
Ensemble: Ensemble Phoenix Munich

A basso with exceptional timbre, Frederiksen has done his homework and is now able to revive a whole host of folk ballads that are at...continue...

Musickes Sweetest Joyes / Jacobs, Linden, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2004-10-12

Works: Christopher Simpson: Prelude in D (The Division-Viol, 1665); Divisions for viola da gamba & continuo in D; Prelude [in E] (The Dicision-Viol, 1665); Division on a Ground in E minor, for viola da gamb...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Kooij, Peter; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]; van der Velden, Mieneke; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

The gentle melancholy which underlies the sound of the viola da gamba made it the instrument par excellence in 17th century England. Sadness was the...continue...

Dowland - Tears of the Muse / Taylor, Martin, Voix Humaines

1 CD / Atma / 1998-05-01

Works: John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Can she excuse, P 42; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Second Booke of Songes; Come Again; Go from my window, P 64; Tobias Hume...
Performers: Dowland, John; Les Voix Humaines; Little, Margaret; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Napper, Susan; Taylor, Daniel; Taylor, Daniel [Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Personnel: Daniel Taylor (alto, countertenor)....continue...

Watkins Ale - Music of the English Renaissance

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1987-10-24

Works: Jean D'Estrée: Buffens; Anonymous: Nutmigs and Ginger; Grimstock; Pavane Quadro and Galliard; Singer's Jig; Howell's Delight; Unto the Prophet Jonas I Read; Watkins ale; John Johnson: Green ga...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Bass, Howard; Cudek, Mark; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Morgan, Anne Marie; Norman, Chris; Wiggins, Webb
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

The Baltimore Consort - "a group of highly skilled instrumentalists and singers who perform with an absorbing sense of style and involvement" (CD Review/UK) -...continue...