JOHN DOWLAND (1563–1626)

Lute Music Vol. 4

 

Queen Elizabeth, her Galliard    

The Queen’s Galliard, P. 97    

Dowland’s First Galliard    

John Dowland’s Galliard, P. 21    

Complaint, P. 60    

The Frog Galliard    

Aloe    

Galliard on Walsingham    

Walsingham    

Coranto    

Galliard, P. 27    

Come again, sweet love, P. 60    (new version by Nigel North)    

Sir John Souch’s Galliard    

Go from my window    

Galliard: Awake sweet love, P. 24    

Galliard: Awake sweet love (new version by Nigel North) What if a day    

Galliard, P. 35  

Lord Willoughby’s welcome home    

Galliard: Can she excuse    

Robin    

Fortune my foe    

Loth to depart    

Galliard, P. 20    

The King of Denmark’s Galliard

 

Nigel North (Lute)

 

Nigel North’s Dowland Lute Edition has gained him a garland of critical accolades:

 

 “A collector’s item” The Times on Vol 1, 8.557586

 

 “A remarkable performance of wonderful music” American Record Guide on Vol 2, 8.557862

 

“North’s sweet-toned playing is both unfailingly musical and highly imaginative” Gramophone on Vol 3, 8.570449, “Nigel North’s Dowland cycle sets a new benchmark” 5 STARS, BBC Music Magazine.

 

On this fourth and final volume, North presents a selection of dances and songs by the composer celebrated as the ‘English Orpheus’.

 

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