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Dowland - Away with these self-loving lads
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Britten & Dowland - Lute Songs
RecommendedMark Padmore (tenor) & Elizabeth Kenny (lute), guitar solo by Craig Ogden
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.... —
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Building a Library, January 2013, Top recommendation - Dowland Songs
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Dowland in Dublin
Michael Slattery (tenor), Sylvain Bergeron & Seán Dagher (direction & arrangements)
La Nef
La Nef has pared down Dowland's complex accompaniments, aiming for a Celtic, folky feel. Dowland-lite it may be, but the recital is beautifully performed. —
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The atmosphere is intimate and confiding; the music presented simply with minimal ornament. Occasionally the long lines of the slower songs can bring a certain smoothing-out of the text, but... —
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Tell Me True Love
Joel Frederiksen (bass vocal), Ziv Braha (lute), Domen Marincic (viola da gamba), Ensemble Phoenix Munich, Ryosuke Sakamoto (lute), Joel Frederiksen (lute), Alexandra Polin (viola da gamba)
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Special offer. Elizabethan lute songs & Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary
James Bowman, Robert Spencer, Dennis Nesbitt, Oliver Brookes, Norma Burrowes, Charles Brett & Robert Lloyd
The Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow
Pleasant 1970s accounts, though James Bowman’s countertenor voice has been overshadowed by recent, more flexible, rivals, and the perky but sedate speeds of the Birthday Odes now seem cautious. —
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Dowland: Tunes of Sad Despaire
Dominique Visse (countertenor)
Fretwork, Renaud Delaigue & Eric Bellocq
In the final analysis, though in many ways infuriating, this is a brilliant and inspiring Dowland recital that cannot easily be ignored. —
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