Dowland Lute Works
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Composer or Director: John Dowland
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Arcana
Magazine Review Date: 3/1997
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 72
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: A36
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Preludium |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Captaine Digorie his Galiard, P19 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Frog Galliard, P23 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Melancholy Galliard, P25 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Mignarda (Mignarde), P34 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: The Battle Galliard (The King of Denmarke his Galliard), P40 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: K. Darcyes Galliard, P41 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Can she excuse, P42 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Galliard to Lachrimae, P46 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Settings of Ballads and Other Popular Tunes, Movement: Fortune my foe, P62 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Settings of Ballads and Other Popular Tunes, Movement: Go from my Window, P64 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Settings of Ballads and Other Popular Tunes, Movement: Lord Willoughby (Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home), P66 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Settings of Ballads and Other Popular Tunes, Movement: Walsingham, P67 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Settings of Ballads and Other Popular Tunes, Movement: Robin (Sweet Robin, Jolly Robin etc), P70 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Jigs, Corantos, Toys, etc, Movement: The Shomakers Wife a Toy, P58 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Jigs, Corantos, Toys, etc, Movement: Mistris Winters Jumpe, P55 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Jigs, Corantos, Toys, etc, Movement: Mrs Vauxes Gigge, P57 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Pavans, Movement: Piper's Pavan, P8 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Pavans, Movement: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens, P9 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Pavans, Movement: Lachrimae, P15 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Fantasies and Other Contrapuntal Pieces, Movement: Fantasie, P1 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Fantasies and Other Contrapuntal Pieces, Movement: Forlorne Hope Fancye, P2 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Almains, Movement: Sir John Smith his Almain, P47 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
| Almains, Movement: My Lady Hunsdons Allmande (Puffe), P54 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Nigel North, Lute |
Author: John Duarte
The disc contains 24 items, but of the 42 in Robert Dowland’s anthology of 1610 Dowland contributed only seven, not all of which are included here. If this disappoints anyone who might expect a direct connection between the album’s title, “Lute Lessons” and that of Robert Dowland’s book, there is more than ample compensation in the marvellous quality of playing on this disc, and in the appearance of “Volume 1” on the cover, suggesting that it may herald yet another integral set of Dowland’s lute works. If this should be the case we should have a clear market-leader in the field.
The present disc quite simply contains the best performances of Dowland I have had the pleasure of hearing. Whilst North’s fingers are always ready to dance to Dowland’s more joyous tunes, they sometimes take a little longer to allow the more contemplative music plenty of breathing space, as in Semper Dowland and Forlorne Hope Fancye, delivered with the utmost eloquence. His readiness to embellish is unequalled in quantity, quality and the smoothness with which it blends into the lines. Nor does anyone put rubato to more telling use.
In hisMusick’s monument (1674) Thomas Mace describes the “sting” – vibrato – as an ornament, and though there is no evidence that the resource was used in earlier times, North’s application of it is so effective that it makes it hard to believe that it was not; added to his consistently beautiful basic tone, it is a potent aid to expressiveness. Only if you just can’t stand the music itself, or the lute, is there any aesthetic excuse for being without this disc.'
The present disc quite simply contains the best performances of Dowland I have had the pleasure of hearing. Whilst North’s fingers are always ready to dance to Dowland’s more joyous tunes, they sometimes take a little longer to allow the more contemplative music plenty of breathing space, as in Semper Dowland and Forlorne Hope Fancye, delivered with the utmost eloquence. His readiness to embellish is unequalled in quantity, quality and the smoothness with which it blends into the lines. Nor does anyone put rubato to more telling use.
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Dowland Lute Works
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