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Daniels: Lute Songs / Charles Daniels, Nigel North

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-09-25

Works: Alfonso Ferrabosco: Come My Celia, Let Us Prove, for voice & lute; Like Hermit poor (Ayres, 1609); So, so, leave off this last lamenting kisse (from Ayres 1609); Thomas Campion: Fire, fire, fire, fir...
Performers: Daniels, Charles; North, Nigel [Lute]

English tenor Charles Daniels' selection of lute songs for this recording is proof that there were many Renaissance composers besides Dowland who could combine words...continue...

Heavenly Love, Earthly Joy / Bream, Pears

1 CD / RCA Records / 2007-01-16

Works: Thomas Morley: Absence, hear thou my protestation, song for voice with lute & bass viol; First Booke of Ayres; Who is it that this darke night, song for voice with lute & bass viol; Philip Rosseter: ...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Pears, Peter, Sir

"This reissue of two concert performances--from London's Wigmore Hall in 1963 and Conway Hall in 1969--makes delightful and frequently very compelling listening, given the superlative...continue...