Since you are interested in Bach on the Lute, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
HANDEL
12 Concerti Grossi Opus 6 The Avison Ensemble / Pavlo Beznosiuk [ Linn Records SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Beznosiuk is an excellent judge of textures and tempi, and his leadership of the concertino group…is authoritative and nuanced"(Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Baroque Instrumental) |
MUSICAL BANQUET
Musical Banquet Monika Mauch (soprano) Nigel North (lute) [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] Music for voice and lute, from the songbook compiled by Robert Dowland (1591-1641), son of the great English lutenist-composer. Selections include music by John Dowland, Guillaume Tessier, Daniel Batchelar, Giulio Caccini, Pierre Guédron and more.... |
Nigel North (Lute)
Go From My Window: English Renaissance Ballad Tunes for the Lute by John Dowland and his contemporaries [ Linn SACD / SACD - released 11/Nov/2003 ] "Superb playing and programming - North confirms his place among the lute greats" (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue) - - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in multi-channel stereo sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Lute Music, Vol. 1 Nigel North (lute) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "The recording in St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario is quite spacious but doesn't at all dull the sound. It's very pleasurable listening. An auspicious start." (MusicWeb August 2006) |
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Lute Music, Vol. 2 Nigel North (lute) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "North's scholarly, extremely readable annotations and Naxos' roomy yet detailed engineering can only sweeten this disc's appeal. Highly recommended" 9/9 CLASSICSTODAY.COM |
VIVALDI / TELEMANN
Oboe Sonatas Paul Goodwin (baroque oboe) Nigel North (lute) with John Toll [ Harmonia Mundi 1 + 1 / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] "His playing is bold and bright with solid, versatile technique and fluid phrasing, and his interpolations are detailed and intelligent while losing nothing in spontaneity." - Gramophone |
Paul Hillier-voice; Nigel North-lute, theorbo, guitar
The Rags of Time-17th-c. English lute songs and dances [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine(Aug 02) |
Paul O'Dette (lutes & guitar) Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Nigel North (lute) John Holloway (violin)
Ancient Airs and Dances [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] Gramophone Critics' Choice |
HEINRICH IGNAZ BIBER
Violin Sonatas Romanesca: Andrew Manze (violin) / Nigel North (lute & theorbo) / John Toll (harpsichord & organ) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "This is masterful playing...The range of expression is indeed a constant joy. Amongst the finest baroque chamber music to have appeared in recent years." - Gramophone Magazine |
Romanesca: Andrew Manze, violin / Nigel North, theorbo / John Toll, organ
Uccellini - Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Mar/2005 ] "Some of the most uninhibited baroque playing around. Any disc released by Romanesca is a 'must'". - Classic CD |