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The title Flow my tears, taken from John Dowland's quintessential melancholy song of the Elizabethan era, leads one to expect a collection of Renaissance lute songs that's like so many others out there. In fact, British countertenor Iestyn Davies, a somewhat underrated figure in an era of flashy countertenor stars, delivers a program that's well above average, recorded live at London's Wigmore Hall in 2013 and impressively free of extraneous noise made by either the performers or the audience. Start with American composer Nico Muhly's rather unlikely Old Bones, which mixes news accounts of the discovery of the bones of Richard III with bits of poetry praising the man thought to have killed him, and fits the whole thing into a reasonable replica of the form of the longer lute songs. It has no right to work as well as it does -- Richard III was nowhere near Dowland and John Danyel chronologically -- but you are unlikely to find another contemporary composition in any style or genre that gets the sustained applause this one does. Davies varies his program with unusual music like the pungent short pieces by Danyel and the instrumental airs by Tobias Hume, and he articulates all the texts clearly and revels in their expression. A superior Renaissance song release.
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Robert Johnson, Composer - Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Robert Johnson, Composer - Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Robert Johnson, Composer - Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
John Dowland, Composer - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
John Dowland, Composer - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - John Danyel, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - John Danyel, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - John Danyel, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - John Danyel, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - John Danyel, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - John Danyel, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - John Danyel, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Thomas Campion, Composer - Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Nico Muhly, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Tobias Hume, Composer
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Tobias Hume, Composer
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Jonathan Manson, MainArtist - Tobias Hume, Composer
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
John Dowland, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
John Dowland, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
John Dowland, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
John Dowland, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
John Dowland, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Iestyn Davies, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Thomas Campion, Composer - Iestyn Davies, MainArtist - Thomas Dunford, MainArtist
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
Albumbeschreibung
The title Flow my tears, taken from John Dowland's quintessential melancholy song of the Elizabethan era, leads one to expect a collection of Renaissance lute songs that's like so many others out there. In fact, British countertenor Iestyn Davies, a somewhat underrated figure in an era of flashy countertenor stars, delivers a program that's well above average, recorded live at London's Wigmore Hall in 2013 and impressively free of extraneous noise made by either the performers or the audience. Start with American composer Nico Muhly's rather unlikely Old Bones, which mixes news accounts of the discovery of the bones of Richard III with bits of poetry praising the man thought to have killed him, and fits the whole thing into a reasonable replica of the form of the longer lute songs. It has no right to work as well as it does -- Richard III was nowhere near Dowland and John Danyel chronologically -- but you are unlikely to find another contemporary composition in any style or genre that gets the sustained applause this one does. Davies varies his program with unusual music like the pungent short pieces by Danyel and the instrumental airs by Tobias Hume, and he articulates all the texts clearly and revels in their expression. A superior Renaissance song release.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:26
- Main artists: Iestyn Davies Thomas Dunford Jonathan Manson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Wigmore Hall Live
- Genre: Klassiek Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus)
(C) 2015 Wigmore Hall Live (P) 2015 The Wigmore Hall Trust
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