JOHN DOWLAND (1563–1626)
Pavans, Galliards and Almains
Lute Music 3
Pavan “Solus cum sola”
Melancholy Galliard
Sir John Smith, his Almain
The Lady Russell’s Pavan
Lady Rich, her Galliard
The Lady Laiton’s Almain
Pavan “Solus sine sola”
Mr Knight’s Galliard
Mrs Clifton’s Almain
Dr Case’s Pavan
Sir Robert Sidney, his Galliard
Sir Henry Guilforde, his Almain
“Pavana Doulant”(pub. Mylius, Frankfurt 1622)
The Earl of Derby, his Galliard
Almain, P. 51
Pavan “La mia Barbara”
The Battle Galliard
Almain, P. 49
“Pavana Johan Douland” (Schele ms.)
Galliard on a Galliard of Bachelar
Almain (Margaret Board Lute ms.)
Nigel North
The pre-eminent lutenist of his day, John Dowland was an almost exact contemporary of William Shakespeare.
This third volume of Dowland’s Lute Music explores the three principal dances of the time, Pavans, Galliards and Almains. Of particular note are the strikingly unusual Galliard on a Galliard of Bachelar, which takes the opening four bars of an original dance by Dowland’s contemporary Daniel Bachelar and then branches off into its own world of great variety and fantasy. The beautiful and serious “Pavana Doulant”, is written from the very heart of the composer known as the ‘English Orpheus’.
Nigel North is once again the soloist on this, the penultimate issue of a four-CD series.
Naxos 8570449