Dowland: Third Book of Songs
- Dowland: The Third Booke of Songs (1603)
- The Consort of Musicke - Anthony Rooley
L'Oiseau Lyre 430 284
Contents:
- Fairwell, too fair (tenor, lute, bass viol)
- Time stands still (tenor, lute, bass viol)
- Behold a wonder here (tenor, lute, bass viol)
- Daphne was not so chaste (tenor, lute, bass viol)
- Me, me, and none but me (4 voices, lute)
- When Phoebus first did Daphne love (4 voices)
- Say, Love, if ever thou didst find (4 voices)
- Flow not so fast, ye fountains (soprano, viols, lute)
- What if I never speed? (tenor, bass viol, lute)
- Love stood amazed (tenor, lute, bass viol)
- Lend your ears to my sorrow (4 voices)
- By a fountain where I lay (4 voices)
- O what hath overwrought (4 voices)
- Farewell, unkind (soprano, lute)
- Weep you no more, sad fountains (soprano, lute)
- Fie on this feigning! (tenor, lute, bass viol)
- I must complain (tenor, lute, bass viol)
- It was a Time when silly bees (bass, lute, bass viol)
- The lowest trees have tops (soprano, lute)
- What poor astronomers they are (bass, lute, bass viol)
- Come when I call (soprano, 3 voices, lute, viols)
Performers: Emma Kirkby (soprano), John York Skinner (countertenor),
Martyn Hill (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Catherine Mackintosh
(treble viol), Polly Waterfield (tenor viol), Ian Gammie (tenor
viol), Trevor Jones (bass viol), and Anthony Rooley (lute)
Playing time: 72'
Original release date: 1977; re-released: 1991
This disc contains Dowland's complete Third book of songs,
performed by various combinations of the above performers. This
is definitely a classic, unsurpassed today.
The Consort of Musicke's other Dowland recordings, all classics:
- Dowland: First Booke of Songes (1597)
- The Consort of Musicke - Anthony Rooley
L'Oiseau Lyre 421 653
- Dowland: Second Booke of Songes (1600)
- The Consort of Musicke - Anthony Rooley
L'Oiseau Lyre 425 889
- Dowland: A Pilgrimes Solace (1612), etc.
- The Consort of Musicke - Anthony Rooley
L'Oiseau Lyre 436 188 (2 CDs)
The final item is Dowland's fourth and last book of songs, not
titled as such. Beyond this, there is now a budget reissue of all
of these volumes, plus Dowland's consort
& lute music:
- Dowland: Collected Works
- The Consort of Musicke - Anthony Rooley
L'Oiseau Lyre 452 563 (12 CDs)
Of course, in keeping with his position as the most-admired song
composer of the era, there are many recordings of Dowland's songs.
Some others:
- Dowland: Farewell Unkind
- Songs & dances
Boston Camerata - Joel Cohen
Erato 12704
- Dowland Songs - Volume I
- Flow my teares
Paul Agnew / Christopher Wilson
Metronome 1010
- Fortune My Foe
- Songs of John Dowland
Echos Muse
Koch International 3-7170
- Treasures from my minde
- Songs and instrumental pieces by John Dowland
Virelai
Virgin Veritas 45288
- The English Orpheus
- Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley
Virgin Veritas 59521
- Honey from the Hive
- Songs by John Dowland
Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley
Bis 1475 [SACD]
- Dowland: Ayres
- Gérard Lesne / Ensemble Orlando Gibbons
Astrée 8881
- Dowland: Come away, come sweet love
- Roberta Invernizzi / Accademia Strumentale Italiana - Alberto
Rasi
Stradivarius 33614
- Dowland: Songs and Lute Pieces
- Charles Daniels / David Miller
EMI Classics "Debut" 72266
- Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
- John Potter et al.
ECM "New" 1697
- Dowland: Lute Songs & Solos, Vol. I
- Alfred Deller / Robert Spencer
Harmonia Mundi 90244
- Dowland: Lute Songs
- Russell Oberlin / Joseph Iadone
Lyrichord 8011
- Dowland: Passionate Pavans & Galliards
- Julianne Baird / Marshall Coid / Jerry Willard / Elain
Comparone
Lyrichord 8046
- Songs of the Labyrinth
- Dowland: Lute Songs and Lute Solos
Sting / Edin Karamazov
Deutsche Grammophon 170 3139
Dowland's songs are contemporaneous with the introduction of
the madrigal into England, though they
belong generally to the class of lute songs (which is a rather
loose definition). Several skilled composers worked in these
forms.
Some other composers close to Dowland in style were Thomas
Campion (1567-1620), Robert Johnson (c.1582-1633), John Danyel
(1564-c.1626), and Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666). Dedicated
recordings:
- Campion: Ayres
- Drew Minter / Paul O'Dette
Harmonia Mundi USA 907023
- Shakespeare's Lutenist
- Theatre Music by Robert Johnson
Emma Kirkby / David Thomas / Anthony Rooley
Virgin Veritas 59321
- Danyel: Complete Songs and Lute Music
- Nigel Short, David Miller, et al.
Hyperion 66714
- Lanier: Hero & Leander
- Paul Agnew / Christopher Wilson
Metronome 1027
And some more general collections:
- English Folksongs & Lute Songs
- Scholl / Martin
Harmonia Mundi 901603
- Love Bade Me Welcome
- Songs Duets and Instrumental Music
Theatre of Early Music
Bis 1446
- The Sypres Curten of the Night
- Elizabethan & Jacobean Lute Songs
Michael Chance / Christopher Wilson
Chandos Chaconne 0538
- English Lute Songs
- Robin Blaze / Elizabeth Kenny
Hyperion 67126
- Dramatic Elements
- Elegies and lullabies by Dowland, Hume, Byrd, etc.
Alain Zaepffel / Eugène Ferre / Ensemble les Eléments
Adès 243722
- Dowland: Tears of the Muse
- Daniel Taylor / Les Voix Humaines / Andreas Martin
Atma 22151
- Flow my Tears
- Larmes Baroques
Jean-Loup Charvet / Les Passions de l'Âme
Astrée 8634
- Lie down, poor heart
- English lutesongs & folk ballads
Daniel Taylor / Sylvain Bergeron
Dorian 90287
- The Rags of Time
- 17th-c. English lute songs and dances
Paul Hillier / Nigel North
Harmonia Mundi USA 907257
- O Mistress Mine
- A Collection of English Lute Songs
Frederick Urrey / Ronn McFarlane
Dorian 90136
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