Dowland: Crystal Tears (with bonus DVD)
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JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Crystal Tears (with bonus DVD)
Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Julian Behr (lute)
[ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD/DVD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 June 2008
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"If you somehow haven't yet heard Andreas Scholl, don't hesitate to begin here; without doubt the rest of his recordings will soon find their way into your library. Scholl's existing fans will need no encouragement! Highly recommended."
(ClassicsToday 10/10 June 2008)
"As impressive as he is in such repertoire as the virtuoso arias of Vivaldi and Handel, it's in these lute and consort songs (and elsewhere in folksongs) that Andreas Scholl reveals the full depth and range of his voice and artistry. Scholl receives excellent accompaniment from the viol consort Concerto di Viole and from lutenist Julian Behr, who also treat us to several instrumental selections among the generous program's 21 tracks and nearly 80 minutes of music. If you somehow haven't yet heard Andreas Scholl, don't hesitate to begin here; without doubt the rest of his recordings will soon find their way into your library. Scholl's existing fans will need no encouragement! Highly recommended."
(ClassicsToday 10/10 June 2008)
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: a performance of the Song 'Venus' birds' and a 'beyond the microphones' documentary on the making of this recording.
Tracks:
1 Go crystal tears John Dowland 6'29
2 Fantasia no.4 John Ward 3'30
3 Now, O now, I needs must part John Dowland 4'32
4 Go nightly cares John Dowland 4"'02
5 Fantasia no.3 John Ward 2'55
6 Sorrow, come! John Dowland 3'59
7 Semper Dowland semper dolens John Dowland 3'31
8 The Lady Rich her galliard John Dowland 2'03
9 Have you seen the bright lily grow? Robert Johnson 2'51
10 Though Amaryllis dance in green William Byrd 3'43
11 Venus' birds whose mournful tunes John Benet 3'35
12 Full fathom five Robert Johnson 2'10
13 Care-charming sleep Robert Johnson 3'38
14 Like as the day Patrick Mando 4'03
15 A Fancy John Dowland 3'29
16 Time stands still John Dowland 4'39
17 Four-note pavan Alfonso Ferrabosco II 4'49
18 From silent night John Dowland 4'06
19 O Death, rock me asleep Anonymous 2'57
20 Fantasia no.13 Richard Mico 3'18
21 Come, heavy sleep John Dowland 5'02
