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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.... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2013, Top recommendation - Dowland Songs
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Special offer. The Art of Melancholy
Songs by John Dowland
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Dunford (lute)
Sophistication and refinement inform every note of Iestyn Davies's recital...this recording proves that the age of monochrome Dowland is over. — More…
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Crystal Tears (+free dvd)
RecommendedJohn Dowland & his contemporaries
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Julian Behr (lute)
Concerto di Viole
There is some magical singing here, and Scholl is supported by instrumental playing of rare subtlety and real finesse. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th May 2008
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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Special offer. A Painted Tale
Nicholas Phan (tenor), Michael Leopold (lute), Ann-Marie Morgan (viola da gamba)
here's a disc disc to remember come all those end-of-year round-ups... There's a directness to Phan's delivery, a clarity to his diction that has previously found its home in Britten's text-driven... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee - Early Music
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Martin Jones is a superb advocate for this rich kaleidoscope. His playing is delightfully exuberant and he is able to reach both the thunderous heights of power demanded by the Tchaikovsky concerto... — More…
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Grainger: Rambles & Reflections
Grainger's transcriptions of works by other composers
Piers Lane (piano)
Grainger's eclectic idiosyncratic piano transcriptions, despatched with light-fingered clarity. Strauss swoons, Stephen Foster's all of a tingle. Excellent notes, too. — More…
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Isle of Dowland
Anna Zander (soprano), Maria Lindal (baroque violin), Keren Bruce Westerlund (viola da gamba), Kark Nyhlin (lute)
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