Johnson, John

Ostinato / Vincent Dumestre, La Poeme Harmonique

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2013-01-08

Works: Luis de Briçeño: Danza de la Hacha, for ensemble; Dime que te quexas, seguidilla for consort; Que tenga yo a mi mujer, pasacalle for consort; Españoleta, for ensemble; Ay amor loco, to...
Conductors: Dumestre, Vincent
Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

The Ostinato literally went through ages ... it's a musical process founded on the repetition of a rhythmic, or melodic, or harmonic formula. It's the...continue...

The Queenes Good Night - English Renaissance Music for Harp & Lute / Marie Nishiyama, harp; Rafael Bonavita, lute

1 CD / Christophorus / 2012-10-06

Works: Anonymous, English: Callinoe; Hey, Robin; Bergamasca; La Rossignol, for 2 lutes (from the Jane Pickering Lute Book); Thomas Robinson: Passamezzo Galliard, for lute; Plaine Song; Twenty waies; Queene'...
Performers: Nishiyama, Marie

The reign of Elizabeth Tudor (15581603) brought with it a period of splendor for England, within which the lute experienced its moment of glory. In...continue...

Two Lutes: Lute Duets from England's Golden Age by Johnson, Marchant, Pilkington, Danyel and Dowland

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2012-07-31

Works: English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Anonymous: Le rossignol; Almain; Anonymous, English: Drewie's Accordes, for 2 lutes; Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone, ballad; Callinoe; John Johnson: Tren...
Performers: McFarlane, Ronn [Lute]; Simms, William

Sono Luminus is proud to release Two Lutes: Lute Duets from England's Golden Age, a wonderful collection of enchanting music performed by lute virtuosos Ronn...continue...
Recording information: Ayrshire Farm, Upperville, VA (2011-05-18_2011-05-20&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...

Tears of Joy: English Lute Songs and Secular Music / Zefiro Torna

2 CD / EtCetera Records / 2012-02-14

Works: Anonymous, English: Shall I Weep or Shall I Sing?, song for voice & lute; Drewie's Accordes, for 2 lutes; La Rossignol, for 2 lutes (from the Jane Pickering Lute Book); My Lady Carey's Dompe (Royal, ...
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Ensemble: Zefiro Torna

Flemish ensemble Zefiro Torna was founded in 1996. Its allegorical name refers to the way in which the mythological god of the west wind, Zephyrus,...continue...
Recording information: VRT Studio Toots, Brussels, Belgium (09/2011)....continue...

The Original Jacket Collection: Julian Bream

10 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-10-04

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Aria with Variations, for guitar (music by Frescobaldi arranged by Segovia); Mateo Albéniz: Sonata for piano in D major, Op.13; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord i...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Maguire, Hugh; Malcolm, George; Pears, Peter, Sir; Weil, Terence; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Davis, Colin;
Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort

The Lviv Lute

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2011-06-28

Works: Georg Brack: Ich reu und klag; Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Pavana alla ferrarese, for lute; John Dowland: A Fancy; Suzanna Galliard, for lute, P 91; John Johnson: Passamezzo Pavan; Anonymous, Polish: Prauie...
Performers: Timofeyev, Oleg
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Ensemble: Sarmatica

Russian-American lutenist and musicologist Oleg Timofeyev is best known for his pioneering work in the discovery, interpretation, and authentic performance of the repertoire for the...continue...
Recording information: Studio Prostir, Kyiv Monastery of the Caves (01/2010-02/2010)....continue...

The Guitarist

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-05-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Lute no 4 in E major, BWV 1006a; Partita no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española, Op. 47; Cantos de España, Op. 232; Agustín Ba...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Kain, Timothy; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Rolla, János [Violin]; Tognetti, Richard; Frémaux, Louis; Groves, Charles, Sir

Music from a Tudor Court

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: John Dowland: My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; Robin, P 70; Thomas Robinson: Plaine Song; A Toy; Fantasy; Twenty waies; John Danyel: A Fancy, for 2 lutes; Francis Pilkington: Echo & Fancy; Anony...
Performers: Sayce, Lynda; Spring, Matthew

Delicate lute duets which conjure images of a courtly scene. This collection of Tudor music for two lutes includes works by the important and famous...continue...

Tears Of The Muses - Elizabethan Lute Music

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-03-29

Works: Anonymous, English: Bergamasca; Watkin's Ale, song; Knoles Galliard, for lute; John Johnson: Passamezzo Pavan; Johnson's Jewel, galliard for lute; Johnson's grounde; Robert Johnson: Almains (2), for ...
Performers: Buhl-Mortensen, Kristian

Nymphidia: The Court Of Faerie

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2011-01-25

Works: John Bennet: Elves' Dance; Michael Drayton: Nymphidia, song; Thomas Ravenscroft: Yonder Comes a Courteous Knight, for voice(s) & ensemble; John Playford: Scotch Cap (The English Dancing Master, 1651)...
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Ensemble: Pantagruel

Pantagruel presents a delightful blend of Old English Tunes, Broadside Ballads, Aires and Dances from Elizabethan and Jacobean England.Anna Maria Wierød's pure and expressive voice...continue...
Recording information: St. Marienkirche, Colnrade, Germany (07/2010)....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...

The Queen - Music for Elizabeth 1 / Toronto Consort

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 2009-05-19

Works: Thomas Tomkins: See, See the Shepheards' Queene for 5 voices (madrigal); John Dowland: Can she excuse, P 42; Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58; Firste Booke of Songes; Anonymous, English: Brave ...
Performers: Deboer, Michele; Fallis, David; Hill, Katherine; Jenkins, Paul; Melville, Alison; Pepper, John; Pudwell, Laura; Terry McKenna [Lute/Guitar]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Toronto Consort

With their usual charm and passion, the Toronto Consort recreates musical life at the court of Elizabeth I. Many of these songs were written for...continue...
Includes time stands still (dowland) / lady frances sidneys by various composers....continue...

Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book / Jacob Heringman

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Anonymous, Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book: [A Toy], for lute (33); A Toye, for lute (38); A Toye, for lute (69); A Toye, for lute (30); A Toye, for lute [Up Tails All] (72); Drawe neare me and lowe me (...
Performers: Heringman, Jacob [Lute]

Journey to the New World - Duarte, Niles, etc / Sharon Isbin, Joan Baez, Mark O'Connor

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Anonymous, English: Drewie's Accordes, for 2 lutes; La Rossignol, for 2 lutes (from the Jane Pickering Lute Book); John Dowland: My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; John Johnson: Greensleeves for c...
Performers: Baez, Joan; Isbin, Sharon; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]

Personnel: Sharon Isbin (guitar); Joan Baez (vocals).

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, CA; SUNY Purchase College Concert Hall, Purchase, NY.

When the word "crossover" is ...continue...

Forlorn Hope Fancy

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-12-23

Works: John Dowland: My Lady Hunsdon's Allemande, Dowland; A Fancy (73); Fortune My Foe, song arranged for lute, P 62; The Right Honourable Ferdinando Earl of Derby, his Galliard, for lute; Forlorn Hope Fan...
Performers: Hodgson, Rosemary

Time stands still in this album of delicate, intricate beauty from lute virtuoso rosemary hodgson. Elegant renaissance airs and dances come to life, evoking a...continue...

Julian Bream Edition Vol 1 -Golden Age of English Lute Music

1 CD / RCA Import / 2008-07-01

Works: Robert Johnson: Two Almaines; Carman's Whistle; John Johnson: Fantasia, for lute; Francis Cutting: Walsingham for lute; Alman; Divisions on "Greensleeves"; John Dowland: Mr Henry Noell his Galliard (...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]

Gut, Wind and Wire / The Baltimore Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2006-07-05

Works: John Playford: Scotch Cap (The English Dancing Master, 1651); The English Dancing Master; Jon come kisse me now (Musick's Delight on the Cithren, 1666); Pierre Phalèse: Gaillarde d'escosse (pu...
Performers: George, Edwin; Simms, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

Fascinated by the broad range of timbral possibilities, Renaissance musicians developed a wide variety of instrumental colors, ranging from the 'vocal imitation' of the bowed...continue...

Night Birds - Contemporary Guitar Music / Danish Guitar Duo

1 CD / Point Classics / 2005-04-15

Works: John Johnson: Twilight, for guitar duet; Wayne Siegel: Canons (3) for 2 guitars; Svend Hvindtfelt Nielsen: Barcarolle, for guitar; Pierre Dorge: Free Pieces (3) for 2 Guitars
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Ensemble: Den Danske Guitarduo

Early Music - J. Johnson: Lute Music / C. Wilson, S. Rumsey

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: John Johnson: Delight Pavan for lute; Galliard to Delight for lute; Carman's Whistle, for lute; Short Almain for 2 lutes; Work(s); Rogero, for 2 lutes; Pavan, for lute; Piece without title (Galliard)...
Performers: Rumsey, Shirley; Wilson, Christopher [Lute]

"These performances by Christopher Wilson are in every respect equal to the technical demands and complexities of the compositions. Though the booklet doesn't mention this,...continue...

The Queen's Goodnight - Dowland, etc / Charivari Agréable

1 CD / Signum UK / 2002-08-29

Works: John Johnson: A Dump; New Hunt; John Dowland: Solus cum sola, P 10; Queene Elizabeth, her Galliard, P 41; Anonymous: Robin is to the greenwood gone; Artheres Dump; Scottish Huntsuppe; Edward Johnson:...
Performers: Heinrich, Susanne; Ng, Kah-Ming; Sayce, Lynda
Conductors:
Ensemble: Charivari Agréable

"There's much to admire here, and nothing to admonish. It's just a finely organized, well-performed program that captures the spirit and character of instrumental music...continue...

Shakespeare's Music / Baird, McFarlane, Urrey, et al

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2000-03-08

Works: William Byrd: My Lord of Oxenford's Mask (From Thomas Morley's "The First Booke of Consort Lessons"); Anonymous, English: Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone, ballad; Kemp's Gigue; Lavolto; Fortune my foe...

This irresistible mid-priced collection provides an eighty-minute overview of some of the remarkable music mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries....continue...

Elizabethan Songs and Consort Music - Byrd, Mundy, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-01-01

Works: William Mundy: Fantasia; Richard Farrant: Ah, Alas, You Salt Sea Gods ("Panthea's Lament"); O Jove, from stately throne; Robert Parsons: A Songe of Mr. R. Parsons; Pour Down, You Pow'rs Divine for vo...
Performers: King, Catherine
Conductors:
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols

"Here is as fine as representative of music for this period and genreas you will find anywhere...The Rose Consort should be familiar by now to...continue...

Elizabeth's Music / Baltimore Consort, et al

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1999-02-04

Works: Anonymous, English: The Queen's Treble; O Mistresse Mine; William Byrd: My Lord of Oxenford's Mask (From Thomas Morley's "The First Booke of Consort Lessons"); Work(s); Matthew Holmes: Robin is to th...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; McFarlane, Ronn [Lute]; Tilney, Colin; Urrey, Frederick
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort; Toronto Consort

This wide-ranging collection of dances and ballads from the time of Queen Elizabeth I features some of Dorian's best-loved artists. The daughter of music-loving Henry...continue...

Nouvelle Musique pour Saxophone & Piano / Duo Dilemme

1 CD / Doron / 1998-09-28

Works: Maurizio Guerandi: Towards, for saxophone & piano; Manuel Angulo: Bisonante; John Johnson: Distances Within Me, for saxophone & piano; Michael Nyman: Shaping the Curve, for saxophone & piano; Carolin...
Performers: Dilemme, Duo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Dilemme

Recording information: Studio Musicon, Pollegio (01/08/1998-01/10/1998)....continue...

Dowland, Johnson: Music for 2 Lutes / Lindberg, O'Dette

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-22

Works: Anonymous, English: Drewie's Accordes, for 2 lutes; Anonymous: A Mery Moode, for 2 lutes; Le rossignol; Alfonso Ferrabosco: Spanish Pavan; John Dowland: My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; My Lord ...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob; O'Dette, Paul

The Ladyes Delight

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1994-02-15

Works: Richard Reade: A Jigge ye Firste; John Johnson: Chi Passa, for 2 lutes; Thomas Ravenscroft: Yonder Comes a Courteous Knight, for voice(s) & ensemble; Anonymous: Ladyes Delight; Jumpe at my Cozen; How...
Performers: Consort, Baltimore; Cudek, Mark [Cittern]; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn [Lute]; Norman, Chris; Simms, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

Personnel: Mark Cudek (cittern, viol); Mary Anne Ballard (rebec, viol); Larry Lipkis (viol, recorder).

Baltimore Consort is well-known for their skillful renditions of Renaissance music, and ...continue...

Together Again / Julian Bream, John Williams

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-05-25

Works: Ferdinando Carulli: Serenade for 2 guitars in A major, Op. 96/1; Enriqué Granados: Danse espagnole, Op. 37/5; Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de Espagna, Op. 232; Iberia Suite, Book 1; Mauro Giuliani...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Williams, John [Guitar]

Tunes from the Attic / The Baltimore Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1993-03-16

Works: Thomas Morley: Joyne hands; Anonymous: You Lasses and Lads; Pavane and Galliarde; Come Love Let's Walk; The Irish Ho-Hoane; The Irishe Dumpe; Joy to the person of my love; Samuel Akeroyde: Jenny, My ...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Cudek, Mark; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Norman, Chris
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

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...