Seaven Teares: Music of John Dowland

King's Noyse, Paul O'Dette - Seaven Teares: Music of John Dowland

Seaven Teares: Music of John Dowland
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Artist: King's Noyse, Paul O'Dette
Orchestra: John Dowland
Performer: David Douglass
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2002-04-09
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
  1. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Mistresse Nichols Almand
  2. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: M. George Whitehead his Almand
  3. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Mr. John Langtons Pavan
  4. Come, heavy sleep, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs)
  5. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: M. Giles Hobies Galiard
  6. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: M. Nicholas Gryffith his Galiard
  7. Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears, for 2 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)
  8. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: M Bucton's Galiard
  9. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: M. Henry Noel his Galiard
  10. Go crystal tears, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs)
  11. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: The Earl of Essex Galiard
  12. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Captaine Digorie Piper his Galiard
  13. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: The King of Denmarks Galiard
  14. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Semper Dowland semper dolens
  15. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Sir John Souch his Galiard
  16. I saw my lady weep, for 2 voices & lute (Second Book of Song)
  17. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Lachrimae Antiquae
  18. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
  19. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Lachrimae Gementes
  20. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Lachrimae Tristes
  21. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Lachrimae Coactae
  22. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Lachrimae Amantis
  23. Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, for 5 viols/violins & lute: Lachrimae Verae
  24. Flow, my tears, fall from your springs, for 2 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)

Music reviews of Seaven Teares: Music of John Dowland

Music Review: 7 Teares - Beautiful Dreamlike - Great recording
Rating: 5 Stars

Prefering classical music that is this side of brooding but not miserable I find the Lacrimae cycle (seven teares) to be among John Dowland's greatest and certainly among the best early music available. The consort contains great harmonies self reference and a masterful working of false resolutions and constant dissonance that makes listening a compelling experience. Each one of the Lacrimae pavans flows beautifully into the next although they can be played seperately as well. The timbre of the music is brooding but is not melancholly and actually is more uplifting than one might think. Interestingly the pavan was actually a dance form that was either at its height or decline at the time Dowland was composing. The dance is supposed to be one of sadness which to us might sound strange or even morbid but to the early modern mind music and dance was a part of everything from the sacred to the secular and did not always mean an expression of joy. As an aside I totally agree with this idea and turning on the radio and hearing songs that only seem to revolve around the joy of new love we could use a little of this diversity. The pavan deid out by the time of the baroque era and Dowland's music pull together elements from the pavan with "proto-baroque" elements making a very complex sound. Altogether this is among the most complex early music making other favorites like David Schutz and even William Lawes seem rather ordinary.

the Kings Noyse were kind enough to jam-pack this cd with 15 additional tracks from Dowland's first and second songbooks making this a sort of "best of" album that runs for 75 minutes. These song with titles that signify them as commisioned dances (gailards almands and pavans mostly)fit in nicely with the Lacrimae cycle and are almost as good as any of the seven teares.

Altogether sounding great using period styled instruments modeled after those of Charles X's consort the Kings Noyse execution is top notch.

you are looking for a copy of Dowland's Lacrimae this is the one to get: it is relatively affordable and is among the finest recordings. The tri-lingual liner notes too are great and shed ample light on Dowland, the Lacrimae and the King's Noyse approach to this ancient and beatiful music. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

- Ted Murena
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