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Dorian Sono Luminus' Blame Not My Lute is subtitled "Elizabethan Lute Music and Poetry" and features the talents of lutenist Ronn McFarlane in collaboration with the host of NPR's Millennium of Music program Robert Aubry Davis. These two native Washingtonians and longtime friends have presented Blame Not My Lute as a performance throughout the United States over the course of many a year. It examines the sense of counterpoint between the cadences of Elizabethan verse and the English lute music of the time and in this sense Blame Not My Lute is certainly successful in drawing a meaningful correlation between the two. As a CD, however, it comes off more like an audio book or spoken word project rather than a musical recital.
As with any radio voice, whether it is Corey Flintoff or Howard Stern, whether you want to listen or not is a matter of taste. Davis' gamut of Elizabethan delivery ranges from Falstaffian joviality to moon-eyed sentimentality, and if listeners are already well disposed toward Millennium of Music then they are equipped with a frame of reference; others might find the readings hokey and arch. McFarlane's lute, as always, is crisp, resonant, and conveyed with flair, and some additional actors read a scene from Thomas Heywood's play A Woman Killed with Kindness as a way to provide some vocal variety. Perhaps noting the limited potential audience, and application, of Blame Not My Lute, Dorian Sono Luminus has packaged it as economically as it can, yet manages to include a nicely illustrated 16-page booklet with small, but still legible text. One must be careful in removing the booklet from its pocket; the sheer act of pinching the pocket open enough to withdraw the booklet was sufficient to damage the front cover in the review copy, and you might want to extract the text with a pair of plastic tweezers instead. As to Blame Not My Lute itself, some may well take this in as an evening's entertainment, enjoyed once and then tucked away like a book; others, however, might think the choice of title for this Dorian Sono Luminus release a little too aptly chosen.
© TiVo
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Bonny sweet boy (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
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Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, P. 54 (John Dowland)
John Dowland, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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William Shakespeare , Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
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Kemp's Jig (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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Packington's Pound (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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Ronn McFarlane, Artist - Thomas Heywood, Composer - Martin Goldsmith, Artist - Emily Townley, Artist - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
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Lachrimae, P. 15 (John Dowland)
John Dowland, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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William Shakespeare , Composer - Martin Goldsmith, Artist - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
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Mrs. Winter's Jump, P. 55 (John Dowland)
John Dowland, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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Ronn McFarlane, Artist - Samuel Daniel, Composer - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
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Thomas Campion, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
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My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home, P. 66 (John Dowland)
John Dowland, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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Robert Herrick, Composer - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
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Pavana in F Major, No. 1, "Bray" (arr. F. Cutting) (Francis Cutting)
William BYRD, Composer - Francis Cutting, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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Ronn McFarlane, Artist - Richard Barnfield, Composer - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist - Thomas d'Urfey, Composer - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2011 Sono Luminus (P) 2011 Sono Luminus
William Shakespeare , Composer - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2011 Sono Luminus (P) 2011 Sono Luminus
Fantasia No. 7 in D Minor (John Dowland)
John Dowland, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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John Davies, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2011 Sono Luminus (P) 2011 Sono Luminus
A Varietie of Lute Lessons (John Dowland)
John Dowland, Composer - Ronn McFarlane, Artist, MainArtist
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Ronn McFarlane, Artist - Thomas Wyatt, Composer - Robert Aubry Davis, Artist, MainArtist
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Album review
Dorian Sono Luminus' Blame Not My Lute is subtitled "Elizabethan Lute Music and Poetry" and features the talents of lutenist Ronn McFarlane in collaboration with the host of NPR's Millennium of Music program Robert Aubry Davis. These two native Washingtonians and longtime friends have presented Blame Not My Lute as a performance throughout the United States over the course of many a year. It examines the sense of counterpoint between the cadences of Elizabethan verse and the English lute music of the time and in this sense Blame Not My Lute is certainly successful in drawing a meaningful correlation between the two. As a CD, however, it comes off more like an audio book or spoken word project rather than a musical recital.
As with any radio voice, whether it is Corey Flintoff or Howard Stern, whether you want to listen or not is a matter of taste. Davis' gamut of Elizabethan delivery ranges from Falstaffian joviality to moon-eyed sentimentality, and if listeners are already well disposed toward Millennium of Music then they are equipped with a frame of reference; others might find the readings hokey and arch. McFarlane's lute, as always, is crisp, resonant, and conveyed with flair, and some additional actors read a scene from Thomas Heywood's play A Woman Killed with Kindness as a way to provide some vocal variety. Perhaps noting the limited potential audience, and application, of Blame Not My Lute, Dorian Sono Luminus has packaged it as economically as it can, yet manages to include a nicely illustrated 16-page booklet with small, but still legible text. One must be careful in removing the booklet from its pocket; the sheer act of pinching the pocket open enough to withdraw the booklet was sufficient to damage the front cover in the review copy, and you might want to extract the text with a pair of plastic tweezers instead. As to Blame Not My Lute itself, some may well take this in as an evening's entertainment, enjoyed once and then tucked away like a book; others, however, might think the choice of title for this Dorian Sono Luminus release a little too aptly chosen.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ronn McFarlane Robert Aubry Davis Martin Goldsmith Emily Townley
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sono Luminus
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2011 Sono Luminus (P) 2011 Sono Luminus
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