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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Anne Sophie von Otter - In My Element
| | I let the music speak No Wonder (arr. by Elvis Costello and Ensemble) I Want to Vanish (arr. by Elvis Costello and Ensemble) | Bizet: | L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen) Les tringles des sistres tintaient (from Carmen) | Brahms: | He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein! Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze | Chaminade: | Ah! si l'amour prenait Mignonne, à l'amour j'ai lié | Dowland: | In darkness let me dwell | Grieg: | Haugtussa, Op. 67 No. 8 'Ved Gjætle-Bekken' | Haas, P: | Seven Songs in a Folk Style, Op. 18 (unreleased) | Handel: | Qui d'amor from Ariodante The world, when day's career is run (Hercules) When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears (Hercules) | Mahler: | Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen | Monteverdi: | Adagiati, Poppea - Oblivion soave (L'incoronazione di Poppea) Disprezzata regina (L'incoronazione di Poppea) A Dio, Roma! (L'incoronazione di Poppea) | Mozart: | Parto! Parto, ma tu ben moi (from La Clemenza di Tito) Oh Dei, che smania è questa (La Clemenza di Tito) Ah, qual gelido orror; Il padre adorato (from Idomeneo) No, la morte io non pavento (Idomeno) Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (from Le nozze di Figaro) Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Voi che sapete | Offenbach: | Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffman) Portez armes Vous aimez le danger… Ah! que j’aime les militaires! | Purcell: | When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas | Schubert: | Im Abendrot, D799 Erlkönig, D328 | Schumann: | Süsser Freund Die Meerfee Op. 125 No. 1 | Strauss, R: | Ariadne auf Naxos: Composer's Aria: Sein wir wieder gut | Weill: | Buddy on the Nightshift My ship Surabaya Johnny (from Happy End) |
“Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants” (Opera News) | 
| DG - 4777077 (CD - 2 discs) £12.49 (£10.63 ex. VAT) |
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| |  | Britten & Dowland - Lute Songs
Mark Padmore (tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute) Mark Padmore is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest tenors working today, celebrated in the opera house, the concert hall and as a peerless recording artist. He is admired—among other things—for his ‘extraordinary diction and whispering chamber-like intimacy … [his] joy in conveying the emotional core of each situation’ (Gramophone) “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 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| Music For A While - Baroque Melodies
Dowland: | In darkness let me dwell Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Weepe you no more, sad fountaines What if I never speed? | Ferrari, B: | Amanti io vo se dire | Frescobaldi: | Se l'aura spira | Johnson, R: | Fantasia | Kapsberger: | La Capona Arpeggiata | Monteverdi: | Ecco di dolce raggi (Scherzi Musicali) Quel sguardo sdegnosetto - Madrigali, Canzonette e Scherzi musicali (Book X) Adagiati, Poppea - Oblivion soave (L'incoronazione di Poppea) | Purcell: | Saraband with Division, Z 654 Sweeter than roses Dear pretty youth Music for a while, Z583 There's not a swain (Rule a Wife and Have a Wife) An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 | Romano, G: | Dovrè dunque morire | Storace, B: | Ciaccone | Strozzi: | L'Eraclito amoroso 'Udite amanti' |
Anne Sofie Von Otter (Soprano), Jakob Lindberg (guitar & lute), Anders Ericson (theorbo) & Jory Vinikour (harpsichord & organ) "Poised, precise and beautifully characterised singing "
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Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor) Paragon Saxophone Quartet A tantalising fusion of ancient and modern, ‘Byrdland’ explores the world of the Renaissance song accompanied by
a modern-day saxophone quartet. All the songs on the disc were written by the great composers working in England in
the 16th and 17th centuries. Recent recordings by artists as diverse as Sting and Brian Asawa have partnered the
singer with the more traditional lute. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The John Dowland CollectionWith new booklet article, Dowland timeline, and sung texts in English
Dowland: | Lachrimae Antiquae If my complaints could passions move Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Come away, come, sweet love My Lady Hudson's Allmande A Piece without title The Shoemaker's Wife Come again, sweet love doth now invite Come heavy sleep Mr. Dowland's Midnight Sir John Smith, His Almain Semper Dowland Semper Dolens Lachrimae Gementes I saw my Lady weepe Flow my teares (Lacrimæ) Fine knacks for ladies Shall I sue? Lachrimae Tristes Me, me, and none but me Forlorn Hope Fancy (Fantasie No. 2) Weepe you no more, sad fountaines Lachrimae Coactae Go, nightly cares The Right Honourable Ferdinando The most sacred Queene Elizabeth her Galliard Tell me, true Love Lachrimae Amantis In darkness let me dwell A Fantasie My Lord Chamberlaine his Galliard Far from triumphing Court I shame at mine unworthiness Lachrimae Verae |
Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nigel Rogers, Andreas Scholl & Göran Söllsche The Consort of Musicke Whether gay or sad, simple or complex, John Dowland’s music has the power to move us four centuries after its composition. This wide-ranging anthology explores all aspects of the work of England’s greatest songwriter and lutenist, performed by leading exponents of his art today. | DG - 4776548 (CD - 2 discs) £12.49 (£10.63 ex. VAT) |
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| |  | The Best of Andreas Scholl
Scholl's voice rushes through the bloodstream' -The Times. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Faire, Sweet & CruellElizabethan Songs
Christina Högman (soprano), Jakob Lindberg (lute) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Dowland: Flow My Tears and other Lute Songs
Dorothy Linell (lute), Steven Rickards (counter-tenor) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | John Dowland: Lute Songs
Andrew Dalton (Countertenor), Yasunori Imamura (Lute) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Dowland - Lute Songs
Dowland: | Flow my teares (Lacrimæ) Galliard Lady Laiton's Almain Fortune my foe Frogg Galliard Weepe you no more, sad fountaines Me, me, and none but me What if I never speed? Lasso vita mia The Shoemaker's Wife Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Mistress White's Thing Round Battle Galliard Wilt thou unkind thus reave me? Come away, come, sweet love Sorrow, stay If that a sinner's sigh Mr. Dowland's Midnight Say love if ever thou didst find Lachrimae Pavan Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) If my complaints could passions move Katherine Darcy's Galliard Come again, sweet love doth now invite I saw my Lady weepe Orlando Sleepeth Tarleton's Riserrectione Sir John Smith, His Almain Mistress White's Nothing My Lord Chamberlaine his Galliard From silent night Flow not so fast, ye fountains My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home Mrs. Winter's Jump Melancholy Galliard Lady Hunsdon's Puffe Shall I sue? In darkness let me dwell The First Galliard Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Come heavy sleep Captain Digorie Pipers Galliard Go, nightly cares |
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Robert Spencer (lute) Alfred Deller’s Dowland has become part of our history. The most legendary of English countertenors distilled the very essence of the melancholy of the 17th century English song in general and of the composer of the Lachrimae in particular. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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