Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
This selection of English lute music stands out from the common run by virtue of a couple of features. First is the unusual lute played by Swedish performer Jakob Lindberg: made around 1590, and dated with dendrochronology techniques, it is "probably the oldest lute in playing condition with its original soundboard." Its gut strings do not produce the sweetest lute sound you've ever heard, but the sound has both character and variety. The second distinctive feature is the closely focused repertory, narrowed down to the Jacobean era at the beginning of the 17th century. The lute fits the concentrated, polyphonic quality of this music very well, and the recital as a whole, with the mood lightened only by some anonymous Scottish tunes that were brought in by the new king and his retinue, is unusually intimate and dense. The focus brings in some unusual composers, such as Thomas Robinson, Daniel Bacheler, and Cuthbert Hely, all of whom were formidable lutenists from the sound of it. For lute music this is a demanding hour-and-a-third of listening (somehow the BIS engineering team squeezed 81 minutes and 12 seconds of music onto a single CD), and Lindberg's energy and precision do not flag. Auditioned on a conventional stereo the recording was too close to Lindberg and contained too much extraneous noise; mileage may vary with other equipment.
© TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From £10.83/month
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Dowland, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
The Schoole of Musicke (Thomas Robinson)
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Robinson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Robinson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Robinson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Robinson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Johnson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Composer - Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Composer - Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Composer - Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Composer - Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Composer - Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacheler, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cuthbert Hely, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cuthbert Hely, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Dowland, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacheler, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacheler, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacheler, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacques Gaultier, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacques Gaultier, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jacques Gaultier, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Bacheler, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Composer - Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Anonymous, Composer - Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Johnson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Robinson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Robinson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Robinson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Robinson, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Mr. John Langton's Pavan, P. 14 (John Dowland)
Jakob Lindberg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Dowland, Composer
2014 BIS 2014 (P) BIS
Album review
This selection of English lute music stands out from the common run by virtue of a couple of features. First is the unusual lute played by Swedish performer Jakob Lindberg: made around 1590, and dated with dendrochronology techniques, it is "probably the oldest lute in playing condition with its original soundboard." Its gut strings do not produce the sweetest lute sound you've ever heard, but the sound has both character and variety. The second distinctive feature is the closely focused repertory, narrowed down to the Jacobean era at the beginning of the 17th century. The lute fits the concentrated, polyphonic quality of this music very well, and the recital as a whole, with the mood lightened only by some anonymous Scottish tunes that were brought in by the new king and his retinue, is unusually intimate and dense. The focus brings in some unusual composers, such as Thomas Robinson, Daniel Bacheler, and Cuthbert Hely, all of whom were formidable lutenists from the sound of it. For lute music this is a demanding hour-and-a-third of listening (somehow the BIS engineering team squeezed 81 minutes and 12 seconds of music onto a single CD), and Lindberg's energy and precision do not flag. Auditioned on a conventional stereo the recording was too close to Lindberg and contained too much extraneous noise; mileage may vary with other equipment.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 01:21:00
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jakob Lindberg
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
2014 BIS 2014 BIS
Distinctions:
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.