Browse: Dowland - Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597)

These works have sometimes been handled as trifles or decorative miniatures, but Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani treats them as profoundly expressive and introspective works. Here... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Zuljan’s eclectic background as a guitarist, oud player and lutenist, combined with musical tastes that range from medieval to jazz, makes him highly responsive to the varied hues of Dowland’s... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…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 More…

There’s nothing didactic about Jonas Nordberg’s Dowland – nor does he wallow in the melancholy often associated with the English Renaissance master. Instead, the Swedish lutenist draws us into... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2015 More…

The intimacy of the lute song suits Kirkby's musical personality perfectly, giving her the freedom to embellish the melodic line and colour the text with subtle nuances. Anthony Rooley proves... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Even in the sometimes twisting inner voices, she makes each and every note, chord, and phrase stand out so that we have a fine sense of the complexity of these arrangements. Clarity and a fine... — Fanfare, Mar/Apr 2023 More…