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Track Listings
| 1. My heavy sprite, oppress'd with sorrow's might | |||
| 2. Lady, if you so spite me | |||
| 3. In darkness let me dwell | |||
| 4. O dear life, when shall it be? - Andreas Scholl, Edin Karamazov, Christophe Coin | |||
| 5. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie - Andreas Scholl, Marcus Märkl | |||
| 6. Si le parler et la silence | |||
| 7. Change thy mind since she doth change - Andreas Scholl, Christophe Coin | |||
| 8. Go, my flock, go get you hence | |||
| 9. Se de farmi morire? - Andreas Scholl, Marcus Märkl | |||
| 10. Amarilli mia bella | |||
| 11. Passava Amor su arco desarmado - Marcus Märkl, Andreas Scholl, Edin Karamazov | |||
| 12. Far from triumphing court - Andreas Scholl, Edin Karamazov, Christophe Coin | |||
| 13. Sir Robert Sidney His Galliard - Edin Karamazov | |||
| 14. In a grove most rich of shade | |||
| 15. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle | |||
| 16. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amour - Andreas Scholl, Edin Karamazov, Christophe Coin | |||
| 17. Sta notte mi sognava - Andreas Scholl, Marcus Märkl | |||
| 18. To plead my faith | |||
| 19. O Eyes, leave off your weeping | |||
| 20. Dovrò dunque morire? - Andreas Scholl, Marcus Märkl | |||
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Although, as a composer, Robert Dowland was no match for John Dowland, his father, he did a service to posterity in collating two musical anthologies, Varietie of Lute-Lessons, and A Musicall Banquet recorded here. This vignette of contemporary taste includes music from France, Italy and Spain as well as England.
Scholl sets himself a tough challenge, a single voice presenting 20 brief songs relieved by a lute solo halfway through. Though he never loses the cuttingly fine focus and impeccable tuning which has become so deservedly familiar, he generates a wide range of tone and passion. At one extreme are the Deller-ish portamenti and sorrow-laden vowels of two opening English songs. By the third, Dowland pere's 'In darkness let me dwell', the bitterly cold opening develops into impressively 'hellish jarring sounds' - a huge emotional range, if at times taken to extremes: Caccini's 'Amarilli' varies wildly in pace. The instrumentalists, especially Karamazov, also grasp the tenor of words passionately in expressive partnership with Scholl, while the variety of plucked strings and some attractive chordal continuo from bass viol extend the range of textures and timbres.
Enjoyable, often inspired, though not eclipsing The Consort of Musicke's recording all of 23 years ago.
Performance ****
Sound ****
© BBC Music Magazine 2001