Browse: Dowland - Semper Dowland Semper Dolens

…Bream's genius transcends all. Whether it's in the astonishing intensity of Dowland's Melancholy Galliard and Forlorn Hope Fancy or in the finely proportioned sense of pace and drama in Bach's... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 More…

There’s nothing didactic about Jonas Nordberg’s Dowland – nor does he wallow in the melancholy often associated with the English Renaissance master. Instead, the Swedish lutenist draws us into... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The publication is performed complete and is wonderful listening, with expressive playing and superbly vibrant, rich sound. The balance of the inner parts and the lute is very satisfying, and... — Early Music Review, December 2013 More…

All the playing here is on an international level: beautifully balanced, marvellously flexible in phrasing and tempo, with much well-judged space in the phrasing. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 More…

This is deluxe casting, allowing combinations from unaccompanied lute songs to an a cappella duet, and lute solos to five-part madrigals...Taylor - with one of the loveliest countertenor voices... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 More…

far from wearying the listener with a surfeit of sorrow, this is a very successful recital. It demonstrates nicely the other perception of Dowland's contemporaries that, paradoxically, sad music... — International Record Review, December 2012 More…