Dowland: What if I never speed?

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The Voice of Peter Pears

The Voice of Peter Pears


Berkeley, L:

How Love Came In

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Bridge:

Love went a-riding

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Britten:

The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35

Benjamin Britten (piano)

The Plough Boy

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Campion:

Shall I come, sweet love, to thee?

Julian Bream (guitar)

Copland:

Long Time Ago

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Simple Gifts (from Old American Songs, Set I)

Benjamin Britten (piano)

I Bought me a Cat

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Dowland:

I saw my Lady weepe

Julian Bream (guitar)

What if I never speed?

Julian Bream (guitar)

Ford, T:

Faire, sweet, cruell

Julian Bream (guitar)

Grainger:

Six Dukes Went a-Fishin'

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Ireland:

I Have Twelve Oxen

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Moeran:

In youth is pleasure

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Morley:

It was a lover and his lass

Julian Bream (guitar)

Rosseter:

What then is love but mourning?

Julian Bream (guitar)

Schubert:

Im Frühling, D882

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Auf der Bruck, D853

Benjamin Britten (piano)

An die Laute D905

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Die Taubenpost, D965A (D957 No. 14)

Benjamin Britten (piano)

Warlock:

Yarmouth Fair

Benjamin Britten (piano)


Peter Pears (tenor)

Regis - RRC1393

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$7.25

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Danielle de Niese: The Beauty of Baroque

Danielle de Niese: The Beauty of Baroque


Bach, J S:

Cantata BWV202 'Weichet Nur, betrübte Schatten' (Wedding Cantata)

Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV208

Dowland:

Come again, sweet love doth now invite

What if I never speed?

Handel:

Ombra mai fu (from Serse)

Samson: Let the bright seraphim

Acis and Galatea: Heart, the seat of soft delight

Arr. Mozart. Performed in English

Io t'abbraccio (from Rodelinda)

with Andreas Scholl (countertenor)

The Triumph of Time and Truth: Guardian angels

Monteverdi:

Pur ti miro (I gaze upon you) from L'Incoronazione di Poppea

with Andreas Scholl (countertenor)

Quel sguardo sdegnosetto

Pergolesi:

Stabat mater: Opening duet

with Andreas Scholl (countertenor)

Purcell:

When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas)


Since her early success in Glyndebourne’s now famous production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Danielle de Niese has become most closely associated with the music of the Baroque. The New York Times commented: “A voice seductive enough to woo gods as well as mortals”.

With her third solo album, Danielle de Niese embodies the Beauty of the Baroque with an album of arias from the English, German, and Italian traditions, accompanied by the leading European Baroque orchestra, The English Concert, under Harry Bicket. Many popular arias feature, including Handel’s, ‘Ombra mai fu’, and highlights from JS Bach’s Cantatas are contrasted with much loved solo songs by Purcell and Dowland.

Decca’s star countertenor Andreas Scholl joins Danielle de Niese for duets including the ravishing duet “Pur ti miro” from Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea.

“It's an intriguing and enjoyable programme...The English Concert provides suitable support throughout, from solo theorbo on Dowland's "What if I never speed?" to the trio of harpsichord, theorbo and viola da gamba with her delightful duet with counter-tenor Andreas Scholl” The Independent, 10th June 2011 ****

“This is a charming recital that shows this popular soprano at her best...she has plenty of vivacity and fresh-toned sweetness. Guardian Angels, from Handel’s “The Triumph of Time and Truth”, is a highlight: a little-known but beautiful aria, sung here with poise and allure.” The Telegraph, 7th July 2011 ****

“she keeps things light on this disc, and for the greater part only shows off her many splendid advantages. Indeed, her flirtatious performance of the famous lute-song Come again can rank as one of the most captivating on disc. The duets with Scholl are a delight too. De Niese's sheer joy in singing leaps off the CD and her emotional immediacy is hard to resist.” Classic FM Magazine, August 2011 ****

“In Dowland's Come again, sweet love doth now invite and What if I never speed?, she sounds like a sexier Emma Kirkby...The English Concert under its Music Director Harry Bicket provides the stylish orchestral and instrumental backing...You really hear the personality behind the voice - the 'Beauty of the Baroque' is, without question, a real artist.” International Record Review, July/August 2011

Decca - 4782260

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Dowland - Lute Songs

Dowland - Lute Songs


Campion:

Fair, if you expect admiring

I care not for these ladies

It fell on a summer's day

The cypress curtain of the night

Danyel:

Eyes, look no more

Like as the Lute Delights

What delight can they enjoy

Dowland:

Come again, sweet love doth now invite

Go Crystal tears

Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597)

Awake, sweet love

Sorrow, stay

Shall I sue?

Fine knacks for ladies

Prelude for lute

Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15

lute solo

What if I never speed?

Me, me, and none but me

Flow not so fast, ye fountains

When Phoebus first did Daphne love

Lady, if you so spite me

Shall I strive with wordes to move?

Tell me, true Love

Semper Dowland Semper Dolens

lute solo

Lady Laiton's Almain

lute solo

Captain Candish’s Galliard

lute solo

Rosseter:

Sweet come again

Whether men do laugh


James Bowman (countertenor) & Robert Spencer (lute)

“In most respects this makes an ideal introduction to Dowland's art since it includes many of his most popular songs. Moreover they are sung with wonderful artistry by James Bowman, whose countertenor timbre is ravishing, and who brings sensitivity and intelligence to each song.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition

Alto - ALC1048

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Britten & Dowland - Lute Songs

Britten & Dowland - Lute Songs


Britten:

Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70

guitar solo by Craig Ogden

Dowland:

Unquiet thoughts

Say love if ever thou didst find

Sorrow, stay

Away with these self-loving lads

Fantasia No. 7 from A Varietie of Lute Lessons

Come away, come, sweet love

Sleep, wayward thoughts

Come heavy sleep

Flow my teares (Lacrimæ)

I must complain

If my complaints could passions move

Captain Digorie Pipers Galliard

What if I never speed?

To ask for all thy love

Now, O now, I needs must part

In darkness let me dwell


Mark Padmore (tenor) & Elizabeth Kenny (lute)

“Padmore provides context by singing Dowland's original song before Craig Ogden steals in, alert to the Nocturnal's every nuance, and with a palette of colours both caressing and disquieting. Completing the frame, 'Flow my Tears' is beautifully inflected, though finer still is 'In Darkness let me Dwell' where in the final bars Padmore's enrapt engagement seems to conjure up the very chill of death.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 ****

“Mark Padmore again shows why he is one of today's finest tenors. The quicker songs, like "Away with these self-loving lads", gain in clarity from a semi-declamatory approach, while the slower are eerily viol-like.” Gramophone Magazine, Janurary 2008

“A simply brilliant disc. I can’t praise it enough. A bronze Liz Kenny should be on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square, in my opinion” Early Music Today

“Since Emma Kirkby’s first recording in the late-1970s, we have known what to expect from Dowland’s lute songs. Some fine discs have followed, but not until Mark Padmore and Elizabeth Kenny’s new release has there been one as radical in its potential impact on our understanding of the music. With tonal purity intact, voice and lute add subtle decoration, rhythmic fluidity, drama and rich poetic sensibility to these songs” The Independent on Sunday

“... extraordinary diction and whispering chamber-like intimacy … [Mark Padmore] joy in conveying the emotional core of each situation” Gramophone Magazine

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Hyperion - CDA67648

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$16.75

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English Song

English Song


anon.:

Miserere, my Maker

Berkeley, L:

How Love Came In

Bridge:

Go Not, Happy Day

Love went a-riding

Britten:

Let the florid music praise! (from On this Island)

Butterworth, G:

Is My Team Ploughing?

Campion:

Come let us sound with melody

Fair, if you expect admiring

Shall I come, sweet love, to thee?

Dowland:

I saw my Lady weepe

Awake, sweet love

Fine knacks for ladies

Sorrow, stay

If my complaints could passions move

What if I never speed?

Ford, T:

Faire, sweet, cruell

Come Phyllis come

Holst:

Persephone (No. 1 from 12 Songs Op. 48)

Ireland:

I Have Twelve Oxen

Moeran:

In youth is pleasure

Morley:

It was a lover and his lass

O mistress mine

Thirsis and Milla

I saw my lady weeping

What if my mistress now

Oldham, A:

Chinese Lyrics (3)

Pilkington:

Rest sweet Nimphs

Rosseter:

When Laura smiles

What then is love but mourning?

Sweet come again

What is a day?

Warlock:

Yarmouth Fair


Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (lute) & Benjamin Britten (piano)

Peter Pears’ voice was undoubtedly one of the finest and most distinctive of the twentieth century and here he collaborates with Julian Bream and Benjamin Britten in performances of English song. Repertoire includes works by Ford, Morley, Rosseter, Dowland, Pilkington, Campion, Bridge, Butterworth, Ireland, Moeran, Warlock, Holst, Berkeley, Oldham and Britten.

Heritage - HTGCD224

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John Dowland: Lute Songs

John Dowland: Lute Songs


Dowland:

Sweet stay awhile

Tell me, true Love

Captaine Pipers Pavin

In darkness let me dwell

The King of Denmark, His Galliard

Mrs Vaux's Jig, P. 57

Mrs White's Nothing, P. 56

Go Crystal tears

Come away, come, sweet love

Come again, sweet love doth now invite

I saw my Lady weepe

Fine knacks for ladies

A Shepherd in a Shade

Daphne was not so chaste

What if I never speed?

Weepe you no more, sad fountaines


Andrew Dalton (Countertenor), Yasunori Imamura (Lute)

Etcetera - KTC1030

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$17.00

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Dowland: In darkness let me dwell

Dowland: In darkness let me dwell


Dowland:

In darkness let me dwell

Lady, if you so spite me

What if I never speed?

Lend your eares to my sorrow good people

I must complain

Behold a wonder here

Weepe you no more, sad fountaines

When Phoebus first did Daphne love

Flow not so fast, ye fountains

Time stands still

Say love if ever thou didst find

When the poore Criple (A Pilgrimes Solace)

When David's life by Saul (A Pilgrimes Solace)

Shall I strive with wordes to move?

Love those beames that breede

Stay time awhile thy flying

Thou mighty God


Paul Agnew (tenor), Christopher Wilson (lute)

Metronome - METCD1011

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$18.50

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