Musique and Sweet Poetrie : Songs and Lute Solos from Europe c1600 | BIS BISSACD1505

Musique and Sweet Poetrie : Songs and Lute Solos from Europe c1600

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BISSACD1505

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 29th January 2007

Contents

Works

Robert Johnson
Almain; Full fathom five thy father lies; Pavan

Thomas Morley
Thirsis and Milla; Come sorrow, come

Gregory Huwet
Fantasia

John Dowland
Shall I sue, shall I seek for grace?; Go crystal tears; Shall I strive with words to move?

Giovanni Kapsberger
Toccata

Georg Schimmelpfennig
Dolce tempo passato

Heinrich Schutz
Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten

Michelangelo Galilei
Toccata; Corrente; Volta

Sigismondo d’India
Quella vermiglia rosa; Da l’onde del mio pianto

Robert Ballard
Entrée de luth; Branles de village

Pierre Guedron
Cessez, mortels, de soupirer

Jean-Baptiste Boesset
Que Philis a l’esprit léger

Etienne Moulinie
Paisible et ténébreuse nuit

Wojciech (albertus) Dlugoraj
Fantasia

John Danyel
He whose desires are still abroad; Dost thou withdraw thy grace?; Why canst thou not, as others do?

Artists

Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Jakob Lindberg (lute)

Works

Robert Johnson
Almain; Full fathom five thy father lies; Pavan

Thomas Morley
Thirsis and Milla; Come sorrow, come

Gregory Huwet
Fantasia

John Dowland
Shall I sue, shall I seek for grace?; Go crystal tears; Shall I strive with words to move?

Giovanni Kapsberger
Toccata

Georg Schimmelpfennig
Dolce tempo passato

Heinrich Schutz
Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten

Michelangelo Galilei
Toccata; Corrente; Volta

Sigismondo d’India
Quella vermiglia rosa; Da l’onde del mio pianto

Robert Ballard
Entrée de luth; Branles de village

Pierre Guedron
Cessez, mortels, de soupirer

Jean-Baptiste Boesset
Que Philis a l’esprit léger

Etienne Moulinie
Paisible et ténébreuse nuit

Wojciech (albertus) Dlugoraj
Fantasia

John Danyel
He whose desires are still abroad; Dost thou withdraw thy grace?; Why canst thou not, as others do?

Artists

Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Jakob Lindberg (lute)

About

A unique lute, built by Sixtus Rauwolf in Augsburg around 1590, was the starting point for this very special recital, which incorporates lute songs and solos by composers from different parts of Europe around 1600. Presenting a wealth of forms and national styles - from French airs de cour to Elizabethan pavans and examples of early Italian monody - the disc is a fascinating survey of the musical life of the time. However, in the hands of these interpreters it becomes much more than that: Emma Kirkby and Jakob Lindberg, playing his historic lute, bring this music to life with incomparable immediacy. 
 
Some of the names represented on this disc are familiar to all: John Dowland, with three songs, and Heinrich Schütz, with one of his Kleine geistliche Konzerte, a setting of Psalm 70. Others, like Schimmelpfennig or the Antwerp-born lutenist Gregory Huwet, are far less known to the general public. But all of them created musical jewels, which Emma Kirkby and Jakob Lindberg - collaborators of long standing - have gathered together into a glittering diadem encircling a large part of Europe at the dawn of the 17th century. 
 
Praise for their previous disc (BISCD1415): “[Kirkby] sings with the utmost confidence, with a subtle freedom that interacts with the brilliant accompaniment. She really is at the top of her form here...” Early Music Review
 
Please note: The music on this Hybrid Super Audio CD can be played back in Stereo (CD and SACD) as well as in 5.0 Surround sound (SACD).

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