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The Rose Consort of Viols ‘Precisely balanced, warm-sounding……… on splendid form’. (Gramophone) ‘Fretwork play together beautifully’ (Gramophone) | 
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| |  | English Part Songs & Lute SongsWorks by Purcell, Ravenscroft, Campion & Dowland
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| |  | Andreas Scholl - CountertenorA Portrait by Uli Aumüller and Hanne Kaisik
Andreas Scholl (countertenor) The film accompanies the internationally renowned countertenor Andreas Scholl
to recitals in Dresden, Schwetzingen and his home town, Kiedrich. In interviews
Andreas Scholl sheds light on his personal and artistic development.
In bonus parts of the DVD Andreas Scholl sings John Dowland’s “Lute Songs“ and Dietrich
Buxtehude’s “Jubilate Domino“. Directly after the recital, Scholl and his co-performers
discuss the works and their interpretation of them.
“What is the point of a recital, an opera, what is the purpose of music, presented to
an audience by performers, communicators? Of course, the purpose of music and
art in general, is to enlighten and inspire the human spirit. It is about stimulating –
and shaping – both our hearts and our minds.” These and other questions Andreas
Scholl wants to find out in this portrait. “Scholl‘s voice is pure and beautiful in sound, his taste exquisite, his pitch and diction immaculate. It is inadequate to compare Andreas Scholl to many other countertenors now working, even the fi nest of them. Instead one is put in mind of legendary past masters.” (Fanfare Magazine) |
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| |  | Julian Bream plays Dowland and Bach
Bach, J S: | Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne Prelude for Lute in C minor, BWV999 played in D minor Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV996: Sarabande Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV996: Bourrée Prelude from Lute Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV997 played in A minor Fugue from Lute Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV997 played in A minor Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV998 played in D major | Dowland: | The most sacred Queene Elizabeth her Galliard Lachrimae Antiquae Mrs Whittes Nothing, P56 Mrs. Vaux Jig A Fancy Orlando Sleepeth Fantasia P72 The King of Denmark, His Galliard Melancholy Galliard Lady Hunsdon's Puffe Semper Dowland Semper Dolens Almain Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral Forlorn Hope Fancy (Fantasie No. 2) Ayres for 4 voices Humour say what mak’st thou here Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) His golden locks Stay time awhile thy flying The lowest trees have tops Unquiet thoughts Praise blindness, eyes, for seeing is deceit My heart and tongue were twins |
Julian Bream (lute & guitar), Edith Steinbauer (treble viol), Beatrice Reichert (alto & tenor viol), Frieda Litschauer (tenor viol), Ernst Knava (bass viol) & Elizabeth Osborn (soprano) The Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde The set comprises Bream’s solo Dowland LP (1954) – which was his debüt solo recording, played on lute - and his solo Bach LP (1956), both originally recorded on the Westminster label and justly celebrated at the time. Here they are brought together with a wide selection of Dowland ayres, sung by The Golden Age Singers with Bream’s lute accompaniment. The CD booklet has a newly commissioned note by Tully Potter, a personal friend of Julian Bream, and includes reproductions of the original LP covers, LP labels and photos of the artists. “…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 Chaconne, the impression is ultimately of a meeting of equals.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 |
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| |  | Garden of Early Delights
Pamela Thorby (recorders) and Andrew Lawrence-King (harps and psaltery) Garden of Early Delights is a mixed bouquet of diverse, joyous, unusual and eloquent pieces from the Renaissance and
Early Baroque periods. Performed by Pamela Thorby on recorders and Andrew Lawrence-King on harps and psaltery,
these are two virtuosic musicians unsurpassed in their respective fields. “Pamela Thorby's tone is silvery, alert and her intonation is impeccable” BBC Music Magazine “Whether on soprano, alto or tenor recorder, Pamela Thorby's tone has a limpid clarity which gives a crisp filigree-like quality to even the most fast and furious figurations...This crystalline sound is equally successful in conveying the melancholy expressiveness of slower and less highly ornamented items such as Van Eyck's arrangement of Caccini's Amarilli.” The Telegraph, 5th July 2008 “Thorby's playing exhibits a vitality, exuberance and earthiness that reminds me of the great David Munrow.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***** “Recorded sound is nothing short of stunning, while the cover image of a hummingbird nicely encapsulates Thorby's lightness and agility as she darts from piece to piece to extract its nectar. This is Paradise indeed.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 |
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| |  | Baroque Voices 18 - Dowland: Ayres
Gérard Lesne (alto) Ensemble Orlando Gibbons These beautiful and melancholy “Ayres” by the English 16th century composer John Dowland may be seen as precursors of the songs of the Romantic period, two centuries later. They are performed here by the renowned combination of Gerard Lesne and the Ensemble Orlando Gibbons. |
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| Crystal Tears (+free dvd)John Dowland & his contemporaries
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Julian Behr (lute) Concerto di Viole There are few pleasures more delightful than musical melancholy, especially when it flows from the pen of the
finest Elizabethan poets and a composer whose name will be forever associated with that emotion: John
Dowland. His lute songs and consort songs form the backbone of Andreas Scholl's latest recital.
The countertenor has gathered his favourite partners around him in the service of this sublime vocal art,
elegantly distilling its fragile instants of grace.The songs are adroitly interspersed with instrumental pieces by
Dowland's contemporaries.
Bonus DVD NTSC: a performance of the song 'Venus' birds' and a documentary on the making of this
recording.Trailers available on harmoniamundi.com & Youtube.
Since it was founded in Basel in 1989, Concerto di Viole has played as a permanent ensemble. Its four
members all studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and each individual brings to it rich musical experience
with well-known international ensembles.They have recorded a number of CDs including German Baroque
cantatas with Andreas Scholl for harmonia mundi in 1998. “There is surely no voice more ethereal-sounding among contemporary falsettists than Scholl’s, and he lavishes a ravishingly beautiful sound on the Dowland “hits”: Go, crystal tears; Now, oh now, I needs must part; From silent night; Come, heavy sleep. The danger of monotony is averted with the interspersing of viol Fantasias by John Ward and Richard Mico, and of Dowland’s lute solos, Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens, The Lady Rich, Her Galliard and A Fancy, exquisitely played by Julian Behr. For fans of both Dowland and Scholl, this is a collector’s item.” Sunday Times, 29th June 2008 Disc of the Week “Since this is a collection dominated by John Dowland's consort songs, sobs and melancholy lie at its heart. But with Scholl's alto brand of counter-tenor floating the lines, polishing the vowels so beautifully, the sorrow never quite feels real. Occasionally he's too loud and hooty, and more than once monotonous. But Venus Birds is irresistible, he dies very nicely in Oh Death, Rock Me to Sleep, and he is always surrounded by succulent sounds from the lutenist Julian Behr. Even with the whistling and instrumental tracks, the variety of mood and texture remains limited - but who goes to Dowland to frolic?” The Times, 7th June 2008 *** “The exquisite melancholy pervading the disc, and its companion DVD, is the perfect balm to beguile you through a wistful summer evening” The Observer, 25th May 2008 “There is some magical singing here, and Scholl is supported by instrumental playing of rare subtlety and real finesse.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 **** “Scholl's technique is unimpeachable, his tone polished beyond doubt…” Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 |
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| |  | Anne Sophie von Otter - In My Element
| | I let the music speak No Wonder (arr. by Elvis Costello and Ensemble) I Want to Vanish (arr. by Elvis Costello and Ensemble) | Bizet: | L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen) Les tringles des sistres tintaient (from Carmen) | Brahms: | He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein! Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze | Chaminade: | Ah! si l'amour prenait Mignonne, à l'amour j'ai lié | Dowland: | In darkness let me dwell | Grieg: | Haugtussa, Op. 67 No. 8 'Ved Gjætle-Bekken' | Haas, P: | Seven Songs in a Folk Style, Op. 18 (unreleased) | Handel: | Qui d'amor from Ariodante The world, when day's career is run (Hercules) When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears (Hercules) | Mahler: | Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen | Monteverdi: | Adagiati, Poppea - Oblivion soave (L'incoronazione di Poppea) Disprezzata regina (L'incoronazione di Poppea) A Dio, Roma! (L'incoronazione di Poppea) | Mozart: | Parto! Parto, ma tu ben moi (from La Clemenza di Tito) Oh Dei, che smania è questa (La Clemenza di Tito) Ah, qual gelido orror; Il padre adorato (from Idomeneo) No, la morte io non pavento (Idomeno) Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (from Le nozze di Figaro) Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Voi che sapete | Offenbach: | Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffman) Portez armes Vous aimez le danger… Ah! que j’aime les militaires! | Purcell: | When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas | Schubert: | Im Abendrot, D799 Erlkönig, D328 | Schumann: | Süsser Freund Die Meerfee Op. 125 No. 1 | Strauss, R: | Ariadne auf Naxos: Composer's Aria: Sein wir wieder gut | Weill: | Buddy on the Nightshift My ship Surabaya Johnny (from Happy End) |
“Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants” (Opera News) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Shakespeare's EnglandeMusic of his Plays & People
anon.: | O, mistress mine Greensleeves Kemp's jigg (for lute) Willow song Love, love, nothing but love Heartease | Byrd: | Fantasia a 5 | Campion: | It fell on a summer's day | Dowland: | Tarleton's Riserrectione | Farnaby: | Jog On | Gibbons, O: | Fantazia | Johnson, R: | Where the bee sucks Full fathom five Care-charming sleep | Lawes, W: | Almain & ayre Pavane | Lupo, T: | Ayre in C | Morley: | It was a lover and his lass | Nicholson, R: | No more, good herdsman | Wigthorpe: | I am not I, of such belief | Wilbye: | Ne reminiscaris |
James Griffett (tenor), Brian Wright (lute) English Consort of Viols, Nicholas McGegan | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The King's Singers Collection
Andrew Swait (treble) The King's Singers & Concordia 5 CD's for price of 2. (CD's also available separately - Gesualdo SIGCD048, Six SIGCD056, 1605 Treason & Dischord SIGCD061, Spem in Alium SIGCD071 & Landscape & Time SIGCD090) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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