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Dowland: Complete Lute Music

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: John Dowland: Lord Strang's March, P 65; Mrs White's Thing (Mrs White's Choice), almain for lute, P 50; Mrs Whittes Nothing, P 56; A Fancy (73); Mrs Nichol's Almain, for lute, P 52; A Fancy; Preludiu...
Performers: North, Nigel [Lute]; Silver, Bonnie [Producer]

Arguably the finest recordings of Dowland's much-loved lute music, Nigel North's Dowland Lute Edition has gained him a garland of critical accolades: 'A collector's item'...continue...
Personnel: Nigel North (lute)....continue...

In Darkness Let Me Dwell

1 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-09-23

Works: John Dowland: Forlorn Hope Fancy; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Earl of Essex, his Galliard, for lute, P 89; A Pilgrimes Solace; Lachrimae antiquae novae, for 5 viols/violins & lute (from "Lachrimae");...
Performers: Mields, Dorothee; Perl, Hille; Santana, Lee
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sirius Viols

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Mields's slight accent aside, the songs are a pleasure to listen to: the voice - full yet light and with just a hint of...continue...
Recording information: St. Georgskirche, Sengwarden, Germany (11/19/2007-11/21/2007)....continue...

Dowland - Songs of Tears, Dreams and Spirits

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Lady if you so spite me, for voice, lute & bass viol (A Musical Banquet); In darkness let mee dwell; Melancholy Galliard; Say love if ever thou d...
Performers: Linell, Dorothy; North, Nigel [Lute]; Richards, Steven

"My colleague David Vernier rightly praised Nigel North's unhurried, sensitively inflected John Dowland interpretations... North's scholarly, extremely readable annotations and Naxos' roomy yet detail...continue...

Dowland: The Collected Works / Rooley, Consort of Musicke

12 CD / Decca / 2007-03-13

Works: John Dowland: The Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres of Fowre Parts; The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres of 2, 4. and 5. parts; The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires; A Pilgrimes Solace, lute song; ...
Performers: Bailes, Anthony; Lindberg, Jakob; North, Nigel [Lute]; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]; Simpson, Glenda; Tilney, Colin; Wilson, Christopher [Lute]
Conductors: Rooley, Anthony
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

This acclaimed 12 CD box of Dowland's collected works features Anthony Rooley directing the Consort of Musicke and is a complete set of all of...continue...

Dowland: Lute Music Vol 2 / Nigel North

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: John Dowland: Lachrimae Pavan, for keyboard or lute (from "Lachrimae"); Galliard to Lachrimae, P 46; Pavan, for lute in G minor, P 16; Earl of Essex, his Galliard, for lute, P 89; Pavan, for lute in ...
Performers: North, Nigel [Lute]

"My colleague David Vernier rightly praised Nigel North's unhurried, sensitively inflected John Dowland interpretations on the Arcana label. Perhaps that review inspired the good folks...continue...

Dowland: A Dream / Hopkinson Smith

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-04-19

Works: John Dowland: The Frog Galliard, for lute, P 23; Dream, P 75; My Lady Hunsdon's Allemande, Dowland; La mia Barbara, pavan for lute, P 95; Lady Cliftons Spirit, P 45; Galliard (on a galliard by Daniel...
Performers: Smith, Hopkinson

"Wonderfully personalize accounts... Dowland's complete lute music fits on five CDs. There's no reason for Mr. Smith to stop here." - Allan Kozinn, The New...continue...

Un soir à la cour - Lute Songs & Lute Music / Wessel, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 1999-10-19

Works: Anonymous: Ma belle si ton ame; Gabriel Bataille: Qui veut chasser une migraine, air à boire for voice & lute; Ma bergère non légère; Antoine Boësset: Un Jour Amarill...
Performers: Wedemeier, Ulrich; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]

Lute Music of John Dowland / Ronn McFarlane

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1987-08-18

Works: John Dowland: Sir John Smith, his Almain, for lute, P 47; Captain Piper his Galiard, for 5 viols/violins & lute (from "Lachrimae"); My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; Melancholy Galliard; Pipers P...
Performers: McFarlane, Ronn [Lute]

Viva Italia! / Marshall Coid, The Queen's Chamber Band

1 CD / 4 Tay /

Works: John Dowland: King of Denmark, his Galliard, P 40; Pipers Pavan, P 8; Earl of Essex, his Galliard, for lute, P 89; Claudio Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali, volume 1; Dolci miei sospiri; O rosetta, che r...
Performers: Comparone, Elaine

Recording information: Town Hall, New York City, NY (12/1998)....continue...