034571280073

Dowland: The Art Of Melancholy - Songs By John Dowland

Iestyn Davies, Thomas Dunford

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA68007

Release Date:  01 April 2014

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571280073

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    Of all English songwriters, John Dowland has enjoyed the most powerful afterlife, his voice unmistakably present in any version of his songs. The preeminent marriage of music and poetry, the nuanced shades of wit and melancholy and the extraordinary writing for both lute and voice all combine to proclaim Dowland as the father of English song.
    Countertenor Iestyn Davies has gained international fame through his operatic performances (including lead roles at the Metropolitan Opera of New York and English National Opera) and recordings (including his Gramophone-Award-winning recording of Arias for Guadagni). Hearing him in this intimate musical setting is a revelation—as is the playing of the young lutenist Thomas Dunford.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. <b>Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears</b> [3'08]
      • 2. <b>Come again, sweet love doth now invite</b> [4'16]
      • 3. <b>Go, crystal tears</b> [3'19]
      • 4. <b>Mrs Winters Jump</b> <i>lute solo</i> [0'48]
      • 5. <b>I saw my lady weep</b> [5'43]
      • 6. <b>Flow, my tears, fall from your springs</b> [4'45]
      • 7. <b>Can she excuse my wrongs? </b> [2'23]
      • 8. <b>Behold a wonder here</b> [3'04]
      • 9. <b>Semper Dowland semper dolens</b> <i>lute solo</i> [7'02]
      • 10. <b>In darkness let me dwell</b> [3'52]
      • 11. <b>Time stands still</b> [4'05]
      • 12. <b>All ye whom Love or Fortune hath betrayed</b> [4'29]
      • 13. <b>Say, Love, if ever thou didst find</b> [2'01]
      • 14. <b>Lachrimae</b> <i>lute solo</i> [5'37]
      • 15. Come away, come sweet love</b> [2'05]
      • 16. <b>Shall I strive with words to move? </b> [2'01]
      • 17. <b>Burst forth, my tears</b> [4'54]
      • 18. <b>Fortune my Foe</b> <i>lute solo</i> [2'47]
      • 19. <b>Come, heavy Sleep</b> [3'55]
      • 20. <b>Now, oh now I needs must part The Frog Galliard</b> [6'19]