Anatomy of Melancholy

The Anatomy of Melancholy

Ensemble Daedalus - Roberto Festa
Accent 98128

Reissued in double CD Accent 30128.

Contents:

1. Dowland: Lachrimae antiquae
2. Dowland: Lachrimae antiquae novae
3. Dowland: Lachrimae gementes
4. Dowland: Lachrimae tristes
5. Dowland: Lachrimae coactae
6. Dowland: Lachrimae amantis
7. Dowland: Lachrimae verae
8. Trabaci: Consonanze stravaganti
9. Trabaci: Gagliarda quinta Cromatica à cinque, detta la Trabacina
10. Frescobaldi: Capriccio IX di durezze
11. Giovanni Salvatore (c.1610-c.1675): Durezze e ligature
12. Soriano Romano (c.1610): Il soprano scherza col cromatico
13. Cazzati: Alemana detta la Ghisilardi
14. Cazzati: Giga detta la Bargellina

Performers: Markus Tapio (viol), Sylvia Abramowicz (viol), Sophie Watillon (viol), Brigitte Gasser (viol), Renée Stock (viol, violone), Hugh Sandilands (lute, chitarrone)

Playing time: 60'

Recording date: April 1998 (Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud)

The present program includes Dowland's famous consort settings together with Italian works in similar idioms. The liner notes also discuss the idea of melancholy in the era, an idea with which Dowland is strongly associated.

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