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Only three days ago I ordered Dowland's collected works

Posted by Bambi B (A) on July 18, 2009 at 17:17:58

In Reply to: Music for a summer's afternoon? posted by Bhasi on July 18, 2009 at 06:07:37:

Bhasi,

As it happens, I'm a big fan of the melancholic John Dowland. The lute songs, Lachrimae, lute solos- it's all wonderful. In the 80's I bought the Diana Poulton transcriptions of tablature to piano score and years ago I played a few pieces on the guitar. For a couple of years I've wanted the 12-CD set of his collected works with Anthony Rooley and co and decided to order it:

http://www.amazon.com/Dowland-Collected-Consort-Musicke-Rooley/dp/B000004CYV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247961476&sr=8-1

Knowing some of the individual performances on this set, my expectations are high that this will be enjoyable and there are a number of pieces I've never heard.

If you're a Dowland fan, you may like to listen to the contemplative keyboard pieces - "Lamentations" of John Jacob Froberger as well as the organ/harpsichord stylings of Jan Pieterzsoon Sweelinck.

Also, I found an astounding value at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Gustav-Leonhardt-Jubilee-Box-Set/dp/B00186JBT6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247962370&sr=1-1

- which is the Gustav Leonhardt "Jubilee Edition". A fantastic Sony Classics selection of the recordings of a great harpsichordist and the best part is 15 CD's for $19! I think this one is so good as to be really unavoidable by any fan of great harpsichord playing.

I have fond memories in 1975 of rushing from the Cambridge train station- I was just back from a month in Paris, to the Fizwilliam Museum and with my luggage in the seat beside me, listening to a programme of Frescobaldi amidst the Renaissance and Baroque art.

For good Summer listening, I particularly like contemplative composers such as the above, plus Chopin, Satie, and string quartets.


Cheers,

Bambi B

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