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Special offer. Julian Bream plays Dowland and Bach

Edith Steinbauer (treble viol), Beatrice Reichert (alto viol), Frieda Litschauer (tenor viol), Ernst Knava (bass viol), Julian Bream (lute/guitar)

The Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde

Julian Bream plays Dowland and Bach

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…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

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Special offer. Julian Bream plays Dowland and Bach

Edith Steinbauer (treble viol), Beatrice Reichert (alto viol), Frieda Litschauer (tenor viol), Ernst Knava (bass viol), Julian Bream (lute/guitar)

The Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde

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…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

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The set comprises Bream’s solo Dowland LP (1954) – which was his debüt solo recording, played on lute - and his solo Bach LP (1956), both originally recorded on the Westminster label and justly celebrated at the time. Here they are brought together with a wide selection of Dowland ayres, sung by The Golden Age Singers with Bream’s lute accompaniment. The CD booklet has a newly commissioned note by Tully Potter, a personal friend of Julian Bream, and includes reproductions of the original LP covers, LP labels and photos of the artists.

Contents and tracklist

Dowland: Lute Music - England
Work length39:06
Queen Elizabeth's Galliard
Track length1:33
Lachrimae Antiquae Pavan
Track length2:58
Mrs. White's Nothinge
Track length1:05
Mrs. Vaux's Gigge
Track length1:08
Farewell (A Fancy)
Track length6:14
Orlando sleepeth
Track length2:04
Fantasia
Track length5:05
King of Denmark's Galliard
Track length1:14
Melancholy Galliard
Track length3:49
My Ladye Hunsdon's Puffe
Track length1:50
Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens
Track length3:37
Almain (An Unnamed Piece)
Track length1:32
Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral
Track length3:04
Forlorne Hope Fancy
Track length3:53
Dowland: Second Booke of Songes, 1600
Work length1:42
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1954
  • Recording Venue: Westminster's London Studios
11. If floods of tears
Track length1:42
Dowland: First Booke of Songes (1597)
Work length8:47
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1954
  • Recording Venue: Westminster's London Studios
13. Sleep wayward thoughts
Track length2:35
19. Awake, sweet love
Track length2:57
7. Dear, if you change
Track length3:15
Dowland: Third Booke of Songes, 1603
Work length1:44
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1954
  • Recording Venue: Westminster's London Studios
13. O what hath overwrought
Track length1:44
Dowland: A Pilgrim's Solace (1612)
Work length3:15
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
5. Shall I strive with words to move
Track length3:15
Dowland: Third Booke of Songes, 1603
Work length3:31
  • Julian Bream (lute), Edith Steinbauer (trebleviol), Beatrice Reichert (altoviol), Frieda Litschauer (tenorviol), Ernst Knava (bassviol), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
8. Flow not so fast, ye fountains
Track length3:31
Dowland: First Booke of Songes (1597)
Work length1:35
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
21. Away with these self-loving lads
Track length1:35
Dowland: Third Booke of Songes, 1603
Work length2:02
  • Julian Bream (lute), Edith Steinbauer (trebleviol), Beatrice Reichert (altoviol), Frieda Litschauer (tenorviol), Ernst Knava (bassviol), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), Elizabeth Osborn (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
21. Come when I call
Track length2:02
Dowland: First Booke of Songes (1597)
Work length10:38
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
12. Rest awhile you cruel cares
Track length3:52
4. If my complaints could passions move
Track length4:39
8. Burst forth my tears
Track length2:07
Dowland: Second Booke of Songes, 1600
Work length2:32
  • Julian Bream (lute), Edith Steinbauer (trebleviol), Beatrice Reichert (altoviol), Frieda Litschauer (tenorviol), Ernst Knava (bassviol), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
22. Humor say what mak'st thou here
Track length2:32
Dowland: First Booke of Songes (1597)
Work length7:30
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
5. Can she excuse my wrongs
Track length4:15
18. His golden locks
Track length3:15
Dowland: A Pilgrim's Solace (1612)
Work length2:15
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
7. Stay, Time, awhile thy flying
Track length2:15
Dowland: Third Booke of Songes, 1603
Work length2:24
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
19. The lowest trees have tops
Track length2:24
Dowland: First Booke of Songes (1597)
Work length3:26
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
1. Unquiet thoughts
Track length3:26
Dowland: Second Booke of Songes, 1600
Work length2:21
  • Julian Bream (lute), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
9. Praise blindness eyes
Track length2:21
Dowland: A Pilgrim's Solace (1612)
Work length2:08
  • Julian Bream (lute), Beatrice Reichert (altoviol), Frieda Litschauer (tenorviol), Ernst Knava (bassviol), Margaret Field-Hyde (director), Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano), John Whitworth (countertenor), Rene Soames (tenor), Gordon Clinton (baritone)
  • Golden Age Singers
  • Recorded: 1956-05
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)
18. My heart and tongue were twins
Track length2:08
Excerpt,Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
Work length15:41
5. Chaconne
Track length15:41
Bach, J S: Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999
Work length1:42
Excerpt,Bach, J S: Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV996
Work length5:50
4. Sarabande
Track length4:16
5. Bourrée
Track length1:34
Bach, J S: Partita for Lute in C minor, BWV 997 - Played in A minor
Work length9:28
1. Prelude
Track length2:51
2. Fugue
Track length6:37
Bach, J S: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV998
Work length13:25
1. Prelude
Track length2:36
2. Fugue - attacca:
Track length6:51
3. Allegro
Track length3:58

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    October 2008
    Re-issue of the Month

October 2008

…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 Chaconne, the impression is ultimately of a meeting of equals.
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