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| Crystal Tears (+free dvd)John Dowland & his contemporaries
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Julian Behr (lute) Concerto di Viole There are few pleasures more delightful than musical melancholy, especially when it flows from the pen of the
finest Elizabethan poets and a composer whose name will be forever associated with that emotion: John
Dowland. His lute songs and consort songs form the backbone of Andreas Scholl's latest recital.
The countertenor has gathered his favourite partners around him in the service of this sublime vocal art,
elegantly distilling its fragile instants of grace.The songs are adroitly interspersed with instrumental pieces by
Dowland's contemporaries.
Bonus DVD NTSC: a performance of the song 'Venus' birds' and a documentary on the making of this
recording.Trailers available on harmoniamundi.com & Youtube.
Since it was founded in Basel in 1989, Concerto di Viole has played as a permanent ensemble. Its four
members all studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and each individual brings to it rich musical experience
with well-known international ensembles.They have recorded a number of CDs including German Baroque
cantatas with Andreas Scholl for harmonia mundi in 1998. “There is surely no voice more ethereal-sounding among contemporary falsettists than Scholl’s, and he lavishes a ravishingly beautiful sound on the Dowland “hits”: Go, crystal tears; Now, oh now, I needs must part; From silent night; Come, heavy sleep. The danger of monotony is averted with the interspersing of viol Fantasias by John Ward and Richard Mico, and of Dowland’s lute solos, Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens, The Lady Rich, Her Galliard and A Fancy, exquisitely played by Julian Behr. For fans of both Dowland and Scholl, this is a collector’s item.” Sunday Times, 29th June 2008 Disc of the Week | 
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Bennet: | All creatures now are merry-minded | Byrd: | Though Amaryllis dance in green | Farnaby: | Carters, now cast down | Gibbons, O: | Ah, dear heart The Silver Swan | Morley: | Hark! Alleluia Phyllis, I fain would die now | Ramsey: | Sleep, fleshy birth | Tomkins: | Woe is me that I am constrained When David Heard Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Then David mourned Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Woe is me that I am constrained Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Be strong and of a good courage Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 O sing unto the Lord a new song Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 O God, the proud are risen against me Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 | Vautor: | Cruel Madame | Weelkes: | Hark All Ye Lovely Saints | Wilbye: | Draw on, sweet night |
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (director) This unique album, the only recording by The Tallis Scholars of English Madrigals
and their first-ever digital recording, was made in the Great Hall at Deene Park,
Northamptonshire, on April 23rd, 24th and 25th, 1982 “Originally released on the Classics for Pleasure label, the issuing of this CD will mark the first
time these tracks have been commercially available for over 20 years. The twelve madrigals presented
here were deliberately chosen to show off the scope of the best English madrigal writing around the
year 1600. Do I regret not having done more of this repertoire in the intervening years? I would, if
there hadn’t been so much first-rate sacred music to explore.” Peter Phillips | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Flora gave me fairest flowers21 madrigals of the English Renaissance
Bennet: | Round about in a fair ring | Byrd: | Though Amaryllis dance in green The sweet and merry month of May Lullaby, my sweet little baby | East: | Quick, quick, away, dispatch! | Farmer: | A little pretty bonny lass | Gibbons, O: | Dainty fine bird The Silver Swan | Morley: | Now is the month of maying My bonny lass she smileth Fyre! Fyre | Ramsey: | Sleep, fleshy birth | Tomkins: | Too much I once lamented Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers! | Weelkes: | Hark, all ye lovely saints above Ha ha! This world doth pass Death hath deprived me | Wilbye: | Weep, weep, mine eyes Flora gave me fairest flowers Draw on, sweet night Adieu, sweet Amaryllis |
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