Dowland Complete Lute Works, Volume 2
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Composer or Director: John Dowland
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 8/1996
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 67
Catalogue Number: HMU90 7161
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Almains, Movement: Sir John Smith his Almain, P47 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Almains, Movement: My Lady Hunsdons Allmande (Puffe), P54 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Pavans, Movement: Piper's Pavan, P8 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Pavans, Movement: Solus cum sola, P10 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Pavans, Movement: Mrs Brigide Fleetwoods Pauen, 'Solus sine sola', P11 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Pavans, Movement: Lachrimae, P15 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Pavans, Movement: Pavan, P18 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Settings of Ballads and Other Popular Tunes, Movement: The George Aloe, P68 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Settings of Ballads and Other Popular Tunes, Movement: Robin (Sweet Robin, Jolly Robin etc), P70 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Captaine Digorie his Galiard, P19 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Dowlands Galliard, P20 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: John Dowlands Galliard (Capitain Candishe his Galyard), P21 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Dowlands First Galliard, P22 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Sir John Souch his Galiard, P26 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Mrs Vaux Galliarde, P32 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Mignarda (Mignarde), P34 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Galliards, Movement: Can she excuse, P42 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Fantasies and Other Contrapuntal Pieces, Movement: Fantasie, P1 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Fantasies and Other Contrapuntal Pieces, Movement: Farwell (on the 'In Nomine' theme), P4 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Jigs, Corantos, Toys, etc, Movement: Mrs Vauxes Gigge, P57 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Jigs, Corantos, Toys, etc, Movement: A Coye Joye, P80 |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Sir Henry Guilforde his Almain |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| As I went to Walsingham |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Monsieur's Almaine |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
| Suzanna Galliard |
John Dowland, Composer
John Dowland, Composer Paul O'Dette, Lute |
Author: John Duarte
A lot of what I said regarding O’Dette’s first volume (Harmonia Mundi, 11/95) applies equally to his second. Much depends on choice among variant sources, and the acceptance of works of dubious ascription, as it did in Diana Poulton’s The Collected Lute Music of John Dowland (Faber: 1974). Thus O’Dette chooses the longer version of Walsingham (which may be by Huwet) whilst Lindberg (on a four-disc set) plays safe with that of P31, modestly decorating the repeats. Both add embellished repeats to Sir John Souch his Galliard but O’Dette’s faster tempo would call for a very athletic dancer. O’Dette opts for Suzanna Galliard (P91) but Lindberg chooses the longer version, Lord Viscount Lisle’s Galliard (P38). In the case of P21 the difference in title bespeaks one of source. Both agree to differ with Poulton in accepting Sir Henry Guilforde’s Almaine as Dowland’s work. Time was when O’Dette was known as ‘the fastest lute in the West’ but, though his facility remains unmatched, he now relishes appropriately slow tempos, sometimes markedly slower than those of Lindberg – as in Farwell (In Nomine); that his performances are superb virtually goes without saying.
Robert Spencer’s annotation is excellent, as always, but the printed running order is a disaster; I can advise you only to be guided by what the music is, not by what the booklet declares it to be. The track times are in correct order but the titles are not – the product of careless production. Lest one might think that a new piece has been unearthed, A Coye Toye is misprinted asA coy joye. Fortunately, the recording engineers have done their work irreproachably. I return full-circle to my review of Vol. 1 and the debate as to what constitutes Dowland’s ‘complete’ lute oeuvre which in many instances involves several versions of the same piece, and of course the question of which are actually Dowland’s work. I repeat my recommendation that you acquire both Lindberg’s and O’Dette’s collections; even then you won’t have quite everything, but they will provide enough for the proverbial feast.'
Robert Spencer’s annotation is excellent, as always, but the printed running order is a disaster; I can advise you only to be guided by what the music is, not by what the booklet declares it to be. The track times are in correct order but the titles are not – the product of careless production. Lest one might think that a new piece has been unearthed, A Coye Toye is misprinted as
Dowland Complete Lute Works, Volume 2
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