Heart's Solace

On this CD:

1. Komm, Jesu, komm, motet for chorus & continuo, BWV 229
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

Conducted by Andrew Parrott

2. Cantata No. 198, "Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl," BWV 198
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

Conducted by Andrew Parrott

3. Jesu, meine Freude, motet for chorus & continuo, BWV 227
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

Conducted by Andrew Parrott

Editorial Reviews
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Andrew Parrott's first disc for Sony isn't the most cheerful debut imaginable--two funeral motets and a cantata mourning the death of a Saxon princess. But it's all Bach, so the music, however solemn, is sublime. Parrott experiments with the one-singer-per-part approach he's used for most of his Bach recordings: one motet and the cantata's opening chorus are sung by soloists; the other motet and the cantata's chorales get two singers per part. The singing and playing in the Trauer-Ode cantata are marvelous, probably the best available; the motets are beautifully done as well, but there's little to choose between this performance and the equally good one by Cantus Cölln (also performed one-singer-per-part). In any case, this disc is certainly worth having--especially for the Trauer-Ode. --Matthew Westphal

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Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
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ASIN: B000004CYV
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

  1. First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
  2. First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
  3. First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
  4. First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  5. First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
  6. First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
  7. First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
  8. First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
  9. First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
  10. First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
  11. First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
  12. First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
  13. First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
  14. First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
  15. First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
  16. First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
  17. First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  18. First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
  19. First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
  20. First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
  21. First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

  1. Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
  2. Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
  3. Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
  4. Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
  5. Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
  6. Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
  7. Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
  8. Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
  9. Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
  10. Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
  11. Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
  12. Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
  13. Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
  14. Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
  15. Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
  16. Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
  17. Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
  18. Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
  19. Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
  20. Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
  21. Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
  22. Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

  1. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
  2. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
  3. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
  4. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
  5. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
  6. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
  7. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
  8. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
  9. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
  10. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
  11. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
  12. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
  13. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
  14. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
  15. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  16. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
  17. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
  18. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
  19. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
  20. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
  21. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
  6. A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
  7. A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
  8. A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
  9. A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
  10. A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
  11. A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
  12. A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
  13. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
  14. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
  15. A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
  16. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
  6. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
  7. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
  8. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
  9. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
  10. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
  11. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
  12. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
  13. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
  14. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
  15. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
  16. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
  17. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
  2. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
  3. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
  4. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
  5. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
  6. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
  7. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
  8. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
  9. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
  10. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
  11. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
  12. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
  13. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
  14. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
  15. Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
  16. Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
  17. Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
  18. Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
  19. Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
  20. Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
  21. Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
  22. Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
  23. Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
  24. Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
  25. Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
  26. Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
  27. Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
  28. Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

  1. Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
  2. Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
  3. Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
  4. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  5. Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
  6. Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
  7. Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
  8. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  9. Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
  10. A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
  11. Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
  12. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  13. Instrumental Music: Galliard
  14. Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
  15. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  16. Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
  17. Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
  18. Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
  19. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
  20. Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
  21. Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
  22. Instrumental Music: Comagain
  23. Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
  24. Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Preludium
  2. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: Can She Excuse
  4. Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
  5. Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
  6. Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
  7. Lute Music: Fantasia
  8. Lute Music: A Dream
  9. Lute Music: Almain
  10. Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
  11. Lute Music: Coranto
  12. Lute Music: Resolution
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
  14. Lute Music: Almain
  15. Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
  16. Lute Music: Fantasia
  17. Lute Music: Loth To Depart
  18. Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
  19. Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
  20. Lute Music: Pavan
  21. Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Aloe
  23. Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
  24. Lute Music: What If A Day
  25. Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
  27. Lute Music: Galliard
  28. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
  2. Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: [Jig]
  4. Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
  5. Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
  6. Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
  7. Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
  8. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  9. Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
  10. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  11. Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
  12. Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
  13. Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
  14. Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
  15. Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  16. Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
  17. Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
  18. Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
  19. Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
  20. Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
  21. Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
  23. Lute Music: Galliard
  24. Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
  27. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
  2. Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
  3. Lute Music: La mia Barbara
  4. Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
  5. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  6. Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
  7. Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
  8. Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
  10. Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
  11. Lute Music: Galliard
  12. Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
  14. Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
  15. Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
  16. Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
  17. Lute Music: Galliard
  18. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
  19. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
  20. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  21. Lute Music: Solus cum sola
  22. Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
  23. Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
  24. Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
  26. Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
  2. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  3. Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
  4. Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
  5. Lute Music: A Coy Toy
  6. Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
  7. Lute Music: [Almain]
  8. Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
  10. Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
  11. Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
  12. Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
  13. Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
  14. Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
  15. Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
  16. Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
  17. Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
  18. Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  19. Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
  20. Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
  21. Consort Music: Almain a 2
  22. Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
  23. Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
  24. Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
  25. Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
  26. Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
  27. Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

  1. Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
  2. Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
  3. Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
  4. Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
  5. Consort Music: Pavan a 4
  6. A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
  7. A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
  8. A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
  9. A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
  10. A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
  11. A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
  12. A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
  13. A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
  14. A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
  15. A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  16. A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
  17. A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
  18. A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
  19. A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
  20. A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
  21. A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
  22. A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
  23. A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
  24. A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
  25. A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

5 out of 5 stars a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare, discovered that meditating on a sad theme is, at the same time, a way of discovering a special beauty that we tend to avoid (maybe because of the "tragic" heritage of the Romantics). So, in the end, meditating on sadness is an uplifting experience! This box set is a journey into melancholy that includes songs, chamber music, pieces for lute, some rare sacred music and -as a highlight- Dowland's beautiful collection of seven pieces for viola which he called "Lachrimae" (Tears).
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ASIN: B0000014DL
Release Date: 2000-10-05

Tracks:

  1. Lute Songs: Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  2. Lute Songs: Flow My Tears
  3. Lute Songs: Lady, If You So Spite Me
  4. Lute Songs: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  5. Lute Songs: Melancholy Galliard
  6. Lute Songs: Say Love If Ever Thou Did'st Find
  7. Lute Songs: His Golden Locks
  8. Lute Songs: Greensleeves Divisions
  9. Lute Songs: If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  10. Lute Songs: Time Stands Still
  11. Lute Songs: Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
  12. Lute Songs: Fortune My Foe
  13. Lute Songs: I Saw My Lady Weep
  14. Lute Songs: Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me?
  15. Lute Songs: Stay Time Awhile Thy Flying
  16. Lute Songs: Bonny Sweet Robin
  17. Lute Songs: Me, Me, And None But Me
  18. Lute Songs: Sorrow, Stay
  19. Lute Songs: Fine Knacks For Ladies
  20. Lute Songs: Kemp's Jig
  21. Lute Songs: Callino
  22. Lute Songs: When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
  23. Lute Songs: Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning?
  24. Lute Songs: Galliards by Mary, Queen of Scots
  25. Lute Songs: Now, O Now I Needs Must Part
  26. Lute Songs: Come, Heavy Sleep

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars exellent.......1999-02-03

Rickards beautiful, pure voice comes out so well in this cd. along with the wonderful sounds of the lute. I highly recommend this cd
Dowland: Lute Songs
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • a voice teacher and early music fan
  • A marvelous interpretation!
 Dowland: Lute Songs

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ASIN: B0000AOVOL
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-10-29

John Dowland is valued today as the first English composer of solo songs, mostly because no one in England has exceeded his output; he may have been equalled by Purcell. However, his distinctive blend of poem, melody and harmony remains unsurpassed. In addition, by underplaying the role of the voice, the listener's attention is directed to the poem. This de-emphasis of the voice was favoured by Elizabethans who relished the new-minted language of Shakepeare's contemporaries. Dowland has his brighter side, but his music is preponderantly melancholy. "Lachrimae" became his signature tune. The accompanying group 'The Consort of Six' was a peculiarly English invention of the 1580's. Six different instruments-treble and bass viols, flute, lute, cittern and bandora; it was in fact the first orchestra. The titles of the instrumental pieces give us some idea of the wide range of society in which Dowland moved; very "upper class". John Dowland was typical of composers of that time in that he earned his living by playing, and he was very much sought after by both amateurs and professionals. Alfred Deller, the most legendary of countertenors issued the very essence of melancholy of the 17th century English songs. One has to mention that he was a primary influence in the development of the countertenor voice and as such was a performer who traveled all over the world showing to all that this voice was to be looked upon and accepted as an authentic and singular entity in itself, to which I totally agree. Therefore, he paved the way for an entire generation of singers such as James Bowman, Michael Chance, David Daniels, Gerard Lesne and Phillipe Jarousky to name only a few. This recording is a landmark in music; the singing is skilled; the accompaniment superb and the song selection significant.

5 out of 5 stars A marvelous interpretation!.......2005-07-05

This is a superb CD set. Deller is amazing and the Lute Songs have deep feelings, that send us to immemorial ages... If you love old sacred music you must have this Set.
Dowland: Ayres & Lute Lessons
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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  • Fine collection of songs, well performed
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 Dowland: Ayres & Lute Lessons

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ASIN: B000027O2W
Release Date: 1992-12-16

Tracks:

  1. Unquiet Thoughts
  2. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Or Loves
  3. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
  4. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  5. Can She Excuse My Wrongs?
  6. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
  7. Dear, If You Change
  8. Burst Forth, My Tears
  9. Go Crystal Tears
  10. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning?
  11. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
  12. Rest Awhile You Cruel Cares
  13. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
  14. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune
  15. Wilt Thou, Unkind, Thus Reave Me?
  16. Would My Conceit
  17. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  18. His Golden Locks
  19. Awake, Sweet Love, Thou Art Return'd
  20. Come, Heavy Sleep
  21. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fine Art.......2003-12-03

I only have to briefly comment that the works of John Dowland are simply wonderful. This work is dressed with the rich, enjoyable and fine interpretation provided by The Deller Consort. I have it and recommend to everyone who appreciates lute music !

5 out of 5 stars Fine collection of songs, well performed.......2002-08-07

First of all, this is an offset to the other "review" which is actually the rantings and ravings of a lunatic who thought she was posting a letter to some company where one might buy a perambulator.
Anyway, this CD has a sweet collection of Dowland songs, recorded in 1982. Paul Elliott and Mark Deller and Rosemary Hardy are all in fine voice.

PLEASE NOTE: The initial listing of recorded tracks is incorrect, the secondary listing is correct, beginning with track 1. "What if i never speed?"

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    6. Nocturne in E Flat, Op.9 No.2
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    Heart's Solace
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Not just a pretty album cover
    • Overall, a beautiful performace.
    		 Heart's Solace

    Manufacturer: Sony
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    ASIN: B0000062CX
    Release Date: 1998-04-14

    Tracks:

    1. Motette a8: Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 229: Komm, Jesu, komm
    2. Motette a8: Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 229: Drauf schliess' ich mich
    3. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Prima: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl
    4. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Prima: Dein Sachsen, dein besturztes Meissen
    5. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Prima: Verstummt, verstummt
    6. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Prima: Der Glocken bebendes Geton
    7. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Prima: Wie starb die Heldin so vergnugt
    8. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Prima: Ihr Leben
    9. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Prima: An dir, du Furbild grosser Frauen
    10. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Secunda: Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus
    11. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Secunda: Was Wunder ist's?
    12. Trauer-Ode: Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl, BWV 198: Pars Secunda: Doch, Konigin! du stirbest nicht
    13. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Jesu, meine Freude
    14. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Es ist nun nichts Verdammliches
    15. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Unter deinem Schirmen
    16. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Denn das Gesetz des Geistes
    17. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Trotz dem alten Drachen
    18. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Ihr aber seid nicht fleischlich
    19. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Weg mit allen Schatzen
    20. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: So aber Christus in euch ist
    21. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Gute Nacht, o Wesen
    22. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: So nun der Geist
    23. Motette a 5: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227: Weicht, ihr Trauergeister

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    Andrew Parrott's first disc for Sony isn't the most cheerful debut imaginable--two funeral motets and a cantata mourning the death of a Saxon princess. But it's all Bach, so the music, however solemn, is sublime. Parrott experiments with the one-singer-per-part approach he's used for most of his Bach recordings: one motet and the cantata's opening chorus are sung by soloists; the other motet and the cantata's chorales get two singers per part. The singing and playing in the Trauer-Ode cantata are marvelous, probably the best available; the motets are beautifully done as well, but there's little to choose between this performance and the equally good one by Cantus Cölln (also performed one-singer-per-part). In any case, this disc is certainly worth having--especially for the Trauer-Ode. --Matthew Westphal

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Not just a pretty album cover.......2003-03-07

    This record is an abolute must for those even remotely interested in Bach's works. Andrew Parrott has released many records using the One Voice Per Part theory, put forth by Joshua Rifkin. This one, by far has to be one of the better ones of his Bach releases.

    The thick reverberation is thanks to the performance venue. This release was recorded in St. Jude's in Hampstead Gardens, London. The massive church sound is quite possibly a more accurate representation of what one might have heard in the Leipzig churches that Bach was responsible for music-wise. For me, the reverberation compliments the religious air of Bach's vocal works- especially the motets, two of which are recorded here, accompanying the Funeral-Ode, BWV 198.

    With this record (which has a theme of death and the afterlife) Parrot prooves that such a small ensemble (which Bach would have likely used) can succesfully narrate the deepest human emotions just as well as, if not better than, a larger choir.

    The voices are all excellent. They sparingly use vibrato, faithful to baroque performance practice. In the motet, "Komm, Jesu, Komm," we also have the opportunity to hear Panito Iconomou, no longer a boy-alto from the Tolzer Knabenchor, but a mature-sounding and burly bass. Adult female altos and sopranos are used, but their boyish sounding voices make this recording more believable and uniform.

    The orchestra is polished and balances well with the voices. Many people realize that the One Voice Per Part approach balances much better with an orchestra. Thanks to the minimal forces, each voice, each line, and therefore more of Bach's intentions, are meticulously heard.

    This is clearly a must-have recording.

    4 out of 5 stars Overall, a beautiful performace........2000-06-15

    Bach is definetly one of my favorite composers, and I especially like his melancholy works. These are some of the most beautiful and sad pieces I've heard from Bach. All 3 are equally good, but the uncontrolled reverb in the recording never ceases to irritate me. 5 stars for the performance, 4 for the thick reverb.
    Solace
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Amazing
    • Wonderful music
    • Wistfully beautiful
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    Jack Rinke
    Manufacturer: Key-Ring Music, Inc.
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    ASIN: B000063W3Z
    Release Date: 2001-09-01

    Tracks:

    1. Time After Time
    2. Solace
    3. The Star That Fell Across My Heart
    4. The Promise
    5. The Gift Wrapped In Love
    6. Song Without Words
    7. Ballade
    8. To See you Again
    9. Intermezzo
    10. Silent Heart

    Album Description

    Original beautiful solo piano music. Rich in melody and texture, full of style and heart. Passionate performances trapped in time.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Amazing.......2006-12-02

    Jack Rinke is probably the most ridiculously, handsomely talented individual I have ever had the pleasure to see perform. His songs have great depth and his passion for making great music infuses every second of this CD.

    5 out of 5 stars Wonderful music.......2003-12-21

    I have never enjoyed piano music more. Jack Rinke has a gift that should be shared with everyone you know.

    5 out of 5 stars Wistfully beautiful.......2002-03-25

    When I popped in this CD I was expecting the usual syrupy piano music. What I got was an incredible mix of compositions. From the wistful yearning beauty in "Time after Time" and "To See You Again" to the depth of emotions laid bare in "The Star that Fell Across my Heart" and "Silent Heart". Not to mention the amazing "Solace". Whether you want a romantic evening, quiet time with a cup of tea, or even just a good cry this CD is what you're looking for.
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      Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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      Release Date: 1993-03-09
      Dowland: Airs & Partsongs
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Deller forever!
      		 Dowland: Airs & Partsongs

      Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00000HZTX
      Release Date: 1999-01-26

      Tracks:

      1. First Book Of Airs: Wilt Thou, Unkind, Thus Reave Me?
      2. First Book Of Airs: Awake, Sweet Love
      3. A Musical Banquet: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
      4. Third Book Of Airs: Me, Me, And None But Me!
      5. A Polgrim's Solace: Go, Nightly Cares
      6. First Book Of Airs: If My Complaints Could Passions Move
      7. First Book Of Airs: Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
      8. Third Book Of Airs: Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
      9. First Book Of Airs: Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
      10. Second Book Of Airs: Sorrow, Stay
      11. Variety Of Lute Lessons: Queen Elizabeth's Galliard
      12. If That A Sinner's Sigh
      13. Second Book Of Airs: Fine Knacks For Ladies
      14. Second Book Of Airs: Flow, My Tears
      15. First Book Of Airs: Can She Excuse My Wrongs?

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Deller forever!.......1999-09-27

      The Deller Consort has long been a favorite among lovers of Medieval, Renaissance, and Restoration vocal music, and when it comes to Elizabethan music, no name is more prominent than that of John Dowland, whose "Airs & Partsongs" are now available under the title of Awake Sweet Love [bold] on Vanguard Classics OVC 8112. Here are superlative renditions of 15 tracks of Dowland's vocal output (with a galliard thrown in: you saw two of them danced in the recent film "Elizabeth") sung by the Deller Consort and Alfred Deller himself as soloist. This is not the bawdy, backstreet songs featured on some other recordings but the heightened "art" songs demanded by the court and by the noble houses of the time. The very titles say it all" "Wilt though, unkind, thus leave m?" "In darkness let me dwell," "Flow my tears," and so on. Beautiful as music, fascinating as a look into the past.
      Earth, Water, Air & Fire - A New Look At John Dowland And Friends / Rooley, Consort Of Musicke
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • oh, that human voice.
      		 Earth, Water, Air & Fire - A New Look At John Dowland And Friends / Rooley, Consort Of Musicke
      The Consort of Musicke , and Anthony Rooley
      Manufacturer: Gaudeamus
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      ASIN: B00000I99Y
      Release Date: 1999-03-23

      Tracks:

      1. Come Again
      2. Las, Je M'y Plains
      3. Would My Conceits
      4. O Let Me Live For True Love
      5. Deep Lamenting
      6. Leave Now Mine Eyes
      7. Cease Sorrows Now
      8. Weep No More, Thou Sorry Boy
      9. Shall I Strive
      10. Woeful Heart
      11. Sleep Wayward Thoughts
      12. Break, Distracted Heart
      13. Toss Not My Soul
      14. From Silent Night
      15. Go Nightly Cares
      16. Sorrow Stay
      17. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
      18. Thou Mighty God

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      Although Henry Purcell usually is cited as the greatest master of English text-setting, such judgments ignore the genius of John Dowland, whose music not only is totally accordant with its texts, but whose melodies are invariably memorable and eminently singable. This recording offers a variety of vocal works, most for mixed voices, accompanied by Anthony Rooley's well-tuned and tastefully realized lute figures. Of the program's 18 songs, 11 are by Dowland; the rest are by several contemporaries--Morley, Tomkins, and Weelkes--who both encouraged and were influenced by Dowland's unique musical persona, a remarkable combination of "distraught melancholy" and flawless melodic and harmonic instincts. Familiar and beloved tunes are here, including "Come again!" and "Sleep wayward thoughts." But just as compelling are Tomkins's "Weep no more, thou sorry boy" and Claudin de Sermisy's "Las, je m'y plains." The four voices--some of England's finest early-music singers--are so distinct that rather than a carefully blended ensemble, we hear each individual voice clearly defined. It's an interesting effect that works well and adds immeasurably to the color and mood of the music. --David Vernier

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars oh, that human voice........2007-04-03

      four voices: evelyn tubb - soprano, lucy ballard - alto, andrew king - tenor, and simon grant - bass. for those of you who think that the human voice is about as pretty a musical instrument that's ever been invented, this is a disc for you. divine stuff. director, anthony rooley adds some nice lute, too. don't miss it.

      Music Track:

      1. Heroes & Heroines
      2. Ira Malaniuk singt Arien und Lieder
      3. Italian Tradition at La Scala 1
      4. John Foulds: Le Cabaret; April-England; Pasquinade; Etc.
      5. Join in the Dancing
      6. Komponisten in Niedersachsen Vol. 1
      7. Kurt Schwertsik: For Christa
      8. Le Nozze di Figaro Highlights
      9. Lifestyles: Music for Reading
      10. Lifestyles: Music for Spring Cleaning

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