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British Guitar Music - music by Dowland, Britten, Fripp, Whettam, Maxwell Davies / Alberto Mesirca, guitar

1 CD / Paladino Music / 2013-01-29

Works: John Dowland: Preludium, P 98; Benjamin Britten: Nocturnal after John Dowland, for guitar, Op. 70; Lennox Berkeley: Pièces (4) for guitar, Op. Posth.; Robert Fripp: Fracture; Graham Whettam: Ser...
Performers: Mesirca, Alberto; Rummel, Martin

This recording is entirely devoted to English music. A reason for that is my interest in the culture and musical world of that country and...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Accademico, Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso (2012-05-10&2012-05-20_2012-)....continue...

Blisseful Kisses: Songs and Lute music by John Dowland / Fortune's Musicke

1 CD / Musicaphon / 2013-01-07

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Second Booke of Songes; The Frog Galliard, for lute, P 23; Firste Booke of Songes; A Fancy (73); It was a time when silly bees could speak, for 4 voices & lute (Third Book o...
Performers: Peuker, Susanne
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fortune's Musicke

A morning after a romantic night of passion. Half-empty glasses on the table. A few rays of sunlight peek through the white curtains and gradually...continue...
Recording information: Kirche St. Nikolai Bremen-Mahndorf (08/17/2011-08/18/2011)....continue...

The Jacobean Lutenists

1 CD / dB Productions / 2012-03-27

Works: Anonymous, Scottish: A Scots Tune (The Rowallan Lute Book); Daniel Bacheler: La jeune fillette, for lute (no 41 from Selected Works for Lute); En me revenant, for lute (no 43 from Selected Works for ...

Karl Nyhlin is one of Sweden's foremost lutenists. His debut CD was highly praised in Swedish and international press, and this follow up album features...continue...
Recording information: Kampementet, Stockholm (07/2011)....continue...

A Day in the Country

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-02-28

Works: Guillermo Gomez: Plegaria, for guitar; Louis Valentine Johnson: Walking the Yuba River, for guitar; September Eleventh no 1, for guitar; A Day in the Country, for guitar (after a traditional melody);...
Performers: Johnson, Louis Valentine

Recording information: Dos Almas, Grass Valley, CA....continue...

Lunacy: Songs of Madness and the Moon: Dowland, Purcell, Howells, Burgon / Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor; Shizuko Noiri, lute

1 CD / Evil Penguin Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Herbert Howells: Full Moon; Henry Purcell: Don Quixote, Z 578; I'll sail upon the Dog Star; Thomas Campion: The sypres curten of the night is spread; Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Toccata for lute ...
Performers: Noiri, Shizuko; Zazzo, Lawrence

On his first Evil Penguin recording, Lawrence Zazzo explores the intimacy of the lute song in a remarkable program focusing on madness and midnight....continue...
Recording information: St. Martin's Church, Tourinnes-la Grosse, Belgium (07/2011)....continue...

Remembrance of Things Past

1 CD / Guild / 2010-09-14

Works: John Dowland: Preludium, P 98; Firste Booke of Songes; Second Booke of Songes; Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; Lachrimae or Se...
Performers: Bothe, Theresia; Croton, Peter; Ragin, Derek Lee

Theresia Bothe and Peter Croton have been performing together since 2003. They are joined on this recording of songs by John Dowland by counterenor Derek...continue...
Recording information: Basel City Studios, Switzerland (05/19/2009-05/21/2009)....continue...

Ravish'd With Sacred Extasies / Gillian Keith, soprano

1 CD / Coro / 2010-09-14

Works: Henry Purcell: A Morning Hymn (Thou wakeful shepherd), Z. 198; How long, great God, Z 189; Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196 "Blessed Virgin's Expostulation"; Lord, what is man?, Z 192; Sleep, Adam,...
Performers: David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Thomas, Elin Manahan

CORO continues its work with the rising stars of the early music world on this brand new recording by two of The Sixteen's principal members...continue...
Recording information: St John's Church, Loughton, Essex (11/2009)....continue...

Merry Melancholy: English Lute

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2010-06-29

Works: Anonymous: Almain; Passamezzo Pavan "Passymeasures-pavin"; Thomas Robinson: Goe from my window, for lute; A Gigue (29); Spanish Pavan for lute; Anonymous, English: Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home; Ric...
Performers: Held, Joachim

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

John Dowland: The Complete Solo Lute Music [SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: John Dowland: Queene Elizabeth, her Galliard, P 41; Can she excuse (The Right Honourable Robert, Earl of Essex, his Galliard), galliard for lute, P 42; The Right Honorable Lady Cliftons Spirit, for l...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

Dowland: Clear Or Cloudy - Lute Songs

1 CD / Musica Ficta / 2010-01-02

Works: John Dowland: A Pilgrimes Solace; Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Come Again; Mrs. Winters Jump, for lute, P 55; Can she excuse, P 42; Second Booke of Songes; Mr D...
Performers: Mignaco, Valeria [Soprano]

At the end of the 15th century, the Italians developed a way of rendering polyphony on the lute, plucking with the fingers instead of with...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Remy de Franc-Waret (Belgique) (05/13/2008-05/16/2008)....continue...

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...

Dowland: Ayres / Gérard Lesne, Ensemble Orlando Gibbons

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: John Dowland: Can she excuse, P 42; If that a sinner's sighs be angel's food, sacred song for 4 voices & lute (A Pilgrimes Solace); A Pilgrimes Solace; Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Firste ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble

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...

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...

Awake, Sweet Love... / James Bowman, Miller, King's Consort

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-08-14

Works: John Dowland: Can she excuse, P 42; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Farewell; Second Booke of Songes; Queene Elizabeth, her Galliard, P 41; A Pilgrimes Solace; Firste Booke of Songes; Preludium, P 98; Fa...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]
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Ensemble: King's Consort

'Restores a dimension of beauty that is often sacrificed in present day performances ... Happy the family that spent its leisure hours with this music,...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...

Masters of the Lute / Matthew Wadsworth

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2006-11-14

Works: John Dowland: Preludium, P 98; Forlorn Hope Fancy; Lachrimae Pavan, P 15; Galliard to Lachrimae, P 46; My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; Earl of Essex, his Galliard, P 42a; Francis Cutting: Divis...
Performers: Wadsworth, Matthew

"Sitting pretty at the top of the classical charts as we go to press, one wonders how many new lute fans Sting's John Dowland album...continue...

Dowland: Lute Music Vol 1 / Nigel North

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

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]

The pre-eminent lutenist of his day, John Dowland was an almost exact contemporary of William Shakespeare. This first volume of his complete lute music, which...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: Ayres / Gérard Lesne, Ensemble Orlando Gibbons

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-05-01

Works: John Dowland: Can she excuse, P 42; If that a sinner's sighs be angel's food, sacred song for 4 voices & lute (A Pilgrimes Solace); A Pilgrimes Solace; Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Firste ...
Performers: Heringman, Jacob [Lute]
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Ensemble: Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble

"Lesne is a smart and naturally stylish singer, with an emotionally communicative tone. The Ensemble Orlando Gibbons provides a variety of alluring accompaniments for Dowland's...continue...

Semper Dowland / José Miguel Moreno, Eligio Quinteiro

2 CD / Glossa / 2003-04-05

Works: John Dowland: Winters Jomps, P 55; Shoemaker's Wife, a Toy, P 58; Frogg Galliard, P 23A; Mr John Langton's Pavan, P 14; Mr John Langton's Galliard, P 33; Go from my window, P 64; Sir John Smith, his ...
Performers: Moreno, Jose Miguel; Quinteiro, Eligio

"Who can resist the lively tunes of John Dowland, the quintessential Renaissance lutenist and composer? This release has no vocals, so it can be considered...continue...

Récítal de luth - Dowland, Shazar, Weiss, etc / Haim Shazar

1 CD / Gallo / 2000-03-01

Works: Anonymous: Padoana romanisca; Albert de Rippe: Je suis déshéritée; Anthony Holborne: Pavane; Galliard; John Dowland: Preludium, P 98; Lachrimae Pavan, P 15; Sir John Smith, his Almaine...
Performers: Shazar, Haim

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]