Mister Dowland's Midnight
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DOWLAND
Mister Dowland's Midnight
Christoph Denoth (guitar)
[ Signum Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 3 June 2014
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Swiss guitarist Christoph Denoth explores the enchanting lute music of John Dowland, in collection of his own arrangements made from Dowland's original handwritten scores.
Christoph Denoth writes on the appeal of Dowland:
"Dowland, the melancholic poet of the silvery sound of the lute, is free of any instrumental limitation that might have affected his compositions. The melodic and, at the same time, contrapuntal and harmonic approach of his music is both wonderful and unique. Its expression is one of noble sadness, melancholy, and tears, but the beauty is genuine and always caught my attention and appealed to my heart."
"The Swiss-born guitarist assembles an anthology of well-loved Dowland 'pops'. His attentive colouring and expressive interventions seduce but sometimes distract." (BBC Music)
"Denoth is superbly placed to exploit the cantabile and colouristic properties of his instrument. And if, like others before him, he is perhaps too ready to take John Dowland's melancholia at face value...it's this credulousness which gives his arrangements and their performances so much of their beauty and power." (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Mrs Winter's Jump
Lady Rich, her Galliard
Lord Strang's March
A Fancy
Queen Elizabeth, her Galliard
Preludium
Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15
Frog Galliard
My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
A Coy Joy
Melancholy Galliard
Tarleton's Riserrectione
What If A Day
Fortune
Lady Hunsdon's Puffe
Captain Digorie Pipers Galliard
The King of Denmark, His Galliard
Orlando Sleepeth
Round Battle Galliard
Sir John Smith, His Almain
The Shoemaker's Wife
Mrs Nichols' Almain
Mrs White's Nothing, P. 56
Awake, sweet love
Mr Dowland's Midnight
