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Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley

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The greatest songs ever?
A musical treasure-box
a beautiful journey into melancholy

Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
John Dowland , Anthony Rooley , Emma Kirkby , Christopher Wilson , The Consort of Musicke , Colin Tilney , Anthony Bailes , Jakob Lindberg , Nigel North , Glenda Simpson , Peter Holman , and John Donne
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Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol.1-5
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ASIN: B000004CYV
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

Tracks:

A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
Instrumental Music: Galliard
Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
Instrumental Music: Comagain
Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

Lute Music: Preludium
Lute Music: Lachrimae
Lute Music: Can She Excuse
Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
Lute Music: Fantasia
Lute Music: A Dream
Lute Music: Almain
Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
Lute Music: Coranto
Lute Music: Resolution
Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
Lute Music: Almain
Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
Lute Music: Fantasia
Lute Music: Loth To Depart
Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
Lute Music: Pavan
Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
Lute Music: Aloe
Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
Lute Music: What If A Day
Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
Lute Music: [Jig]
Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
Lute Music: La mia Barbara
Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
Lute Music: Lachrimae
Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
Lute Music: Galliard
Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
Lute Music: Solus cum sola
Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
Lute Music: A Coy Toy
Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
Lute Music: [Almain]
Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
Consort Music: Almain a 2
Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
Consort Music: Pavan a 4
A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

The greatest songs ever?.......2007-07-26

I heard 'clear or cloudy', from this recording, on the radio recently and had to purchase it. It is strange but it is the sort of song that makes life prior to listening to it different from life after. I find it sad that so many people haven't heard it. There are also many other wonderful works in this collection. Given you get twelve well recorded CDs with top quality performances, this has to be one of the bargains of the age.

Please buy it.

A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Tracks:

Antiphona Post Evangelium - In Dulci Jubilo
Versus Alleluiatici: Adorabo - Nova Schola Gregoriana
Ordo Virtutum: Procession - Oxford Camerata
Viderunt Omnes - Tonus Peregrinus
Fines Terre Salutare Dei Nostri Jubilate Deo Omnis Terra (Plainchant) - Tonus Peregrinus
Notum Fecit - Tonus Peregrinus
Dominus - Tonus Peregrinus
Salutare Suum Ante Conspectum Gentium Revelavit - Tonus Peregrinus
Justitiam Suam (Plainchant) - Tonus Peregrinus
Gaudete Christus Est Natus - Oxford Camerata
Cantiga De Santa Maria - Michael Posch
Exiit Diluculo - Unicorn Ensemble
Humils Forfaitz - Michael Posch
Adieu Ces Bons Vins De Lannoys - Michael Posch
Non Avra Ma'Pieta Questa Mia Donna - Michael Posch
Non Ara May Pieta Questa Mia Dona - Michael Posch
Veni Creator - Tonus Peregrinus
D'Ung Aultre Amer - Capilla Flamenca
Alleluya - Capilla Flamenca
El Grillo - Shirley Rumsey
El Grillo - Capilla Flamenca
Missa 'La Sol Fa Re Mi': Kyrie - Capilla Flamenca
Le Chant Des Oiseaux - The Scholars Of London
Passe & Medio/Den Iersten Gaillarde - Capilla Flamenca
Den III Ronde, Den VI Ronde-Les Quatre Branles - Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense
Gaillarde I, II, III - Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense

Tracks:

In Nomine - Rose Consort Of Viols
In Nomine No.20 - Rose Consort Of Viols
Spem In Alium - Oxford Camerata
Sanctus - Oxford Camerata
Du Fond De Ma Pensee - Christine Morel
The King Of Denmark's Galiard - Rose Consort Of Viols
Flow, My Tears - Dorothy Linell
Greiner Zancker - Ensemble Villanella
Stat ('Tsaat) Ein Meskin - Ensemble Villanella
Tiento - Shirley Rumsey
Tribulationem Et Dolorem - Oxford Camerata
Lagrime Di San Pietro: 'Il Magnanimo Pietro' - Bo Holten
Missa 'Susanne Un Jour': Kyrie - Oxford Camerata
Beau Le Crystal - The Scholars Of London
Missa 'O Magnum Mysterium': O Magnum Mysterium - Oxford Camerata
Missa 'Papae Marcelli': Kyrie - Oxford Camerata

Customer Reviews:

another winner from Naxos.......2007-02-21

This is another winning compilation from Naxos. My only comment is to provide a heads-up regarding the track list in the booklet. CD 1 puts the Leonin "Viderunt Omnes" on six tracks, while the booklet leaves room for only one. Thus, add five to booklet tracks five through 21 for CD1 to get them to match. (I.e., where the booklet says tracks 15 and 16 are two versions of Josquin's "El Grillo," your CD player will show them to be tracks 20 and 21.) With luck this will be corrected in later printings.

Also, I would have liked the booklet to include the words, but perhaps that is an inducement to get particular CDs from Naxos.

As for the music itself--breadth of selection, musicianship, sound quality, all are excellent. A great collection!

awesome value -- 5+ stars.......2006-07-15

I'm really enthusiastic about these CDs and booklet. I've had it for a few weeks now, in which I've explored Medieval and Renaissance music much more deeply than this little book and CD set. Yet I'm very glad I started with these.

The selection of composers gives an excellent, broad sweep across several centuries.

But the booklet contains one of the most informative essays I've found about early music, and I've spent a few dozen dollars buying books. If the booklet were separated from the CDs, it alone would be worth more than $10.

In short, if you're interested in exploring early music, this really is one of the best places to start; the best place that I know of. I'm sure, at any rate, that you can't beat the value.

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Impeccable singing - stylistically and technically
A must-have CD for an outstanding price

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St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244/39: Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott
Time Stands Still
Come Again
Flow My Tears
I Saw My Lady Weep
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So Ceas'd The Rival Crew (An Ode On the Death Of Mr. Henry Purcell)
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There's been a good deal of fanfare heralding the re-emergence of a vocal species once considered endangered--namely, the countertenor. This portrait recital of one creamy-voiced exponent, Daniel Taylor, comprises the highlights of four previous recordings and shows to great advantage the various aspects of his remarkable voice. Bravely, Taylor begins the album with one of the greater challenges in the countertenor repertoire, "Erbarme dich," from Bach's St. Matthew Passion. His bravery pays off: this is a beautifully modulated account of a suffering soul crying out for comfort. He can hit a note with icy purity and warm it through with a careful vibrato, never letting the effect seem like a trick. His voice is not as full-on luscious as that of David Daniels, nor quite as melting as that of Andreas Scholl, but Taylor does have an intelligent approach to the drama of the music and a warm precision all his own. The Purcell selection (from On the Muse's Isle) and the Dowland songs (from Tears of the Muse) are exquisite; Taylor's delicately breathless account of "Come againe" only makes this naughty song all the more teasing. There is one disappointment--"Saget, saget" from Bach's Easter Oratorio--which is rushed and careless. But it's a blip on an otherwise beautiful album. --Warwick Thompson

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Impeccable singing - stylistically and technically.......2002-07-19

Although I mostly agree with the above reviewers, I do have a different opinion about Easter Oratorio, BWV 249/8. The speed of this aria may be on the fast side, but Dan is neither careless nor too rush. One should have a close look at the text itself as this is NOT a rhetorical dacapo aria from the Baroque opera. The text starts with the following phrase: "Saget, saget mir geschwinde" (Tell, tell me quickly). Then it continue to ask where one can find Jesus and declare his/her desire to be embraced by Him. It is appropriate to be in a slight haste to convey the urgent nature of the ardent desire.

As for "full-on luscious" nonsense, all I can say is Baroque repertoire is NOT a Wagnerian opera. Highly romanticized singing style has no place here. The phrasing, diction, voice colour (Stimmfaerbungand), and vibrato should be carefully chosen so that one can clearly communicate the composers' intention and message. If one wants to adhere to the musicological correctness, there should not be much vibrato for music before ~1800.

There is no week point in this sampler CD. It is impeccable all way through - stylistically and technically. If one wants to proceed from here, Dan's complete discography is available on the net. Just run a search with a keyword "daniel+taylor+discography" with Google.

A must-have CD for an outstanding price.......2001-08-04

I first read about Daniel Taylor on the SchollSociety messageboards and Amazon.com and I was intrigued. A Canadian countertenor with a voice comparable to Andreas Scholl's? ...I couldn't resist. I took it along on a three-hour bus ride to Tadoussac, Québec.

As the mournful opening strains of Erbarme Dich commenced, the haunting, sweeping violins and viol carried me along the winding roads through the mountains. The sky was overcast, and as I heard Taylor's voice for the first time the sun came out. I was in Heaven; beautiful vistas of mountains on one side, jagged cliffs plunging into the St. Laurent on the other and Daniel Taylor's voice in my ears. Erbarme Dich is deep, passionate, and so achingly beautiful. I am an avid lover of Bach but it was the first time I had heard anything from St. Matthew's Passion. I was more familiar with many of the other Dowland songs: Time Stands Still, Come Again, Flow My Tears, and I Saw My Lady Weep, all of which are present on Andreas Scholl's "English Folksongs and Lute Songs."

Tracks:

O Mio Babbino Caro
Bailero
Malurous Qu'o Uno Fenno
Porgi, Amor
Ch'io Mi Scordi Di Te?... - Mitsuko Uchida
Nehmt Meinen Dank, K 383
Ruhe Sanft, Mein Holdes Leben
Beim Schlafengehen
Ave Maria
Pie Jesu
Panis Angelicus
Mariettas Lied
Nuns' Chorus - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
With One Look
The Most Wonderful Birthday Of All
Hine E Hine

Tracks:

Schnell Fusse, Rascher Mut... Es Lebe Sarastro, Sarastro Lebe - Olaf Bar
Virgins Are Like The Fair Flow'r
Cease Your Funning
Rejoice Greatly
Blute Nur, Du Liebes
Bist Du Bei Mir, BWV 508
Aria
Ihr Habt Nun Traurigkeit
Vissi D'Arte
Oh, Saro La Piu Bella!... Tu, Tu, Amore? - Jose Carreras
Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'epouvante
Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici
Follie! Delirio Vano E Questo!... Sempre Libera
Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
The Folks Who Live On The Hill
Art Is Calling Me

Customer Reviews:

Elegant is as elegant does!.......2004-04-24

This the review that I wrote for OperaOnline.us: There is only one word to describe this compilation of varied works by soprano Kiri Te Kinawa: Elegant! From the cover to the selection of songs inside, to the way each selection contributes to and results in a perfect blend of orchestra and singer, nothing is out of place. I usually prefer CDs that are thematic and carry a mood throughout, and this offering by DECCA, bless them, will not disappoint those who share my sensitivity to mood. It doesn't hurt either that Kinawa's voice radiates control and smoothness that sweeps one up in defiance of gravity to a place somewhere betyween awe and gratitude, but that is exactly what occurs here. You listen to the melodic expressiveness of Beim Schlafengehen with the Wiener Philharmoniker and think it can't get any better, and then find it followed by Ave Maria with the Utah Symphony, followed by Pie Jesu with the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, and it does get better. The chorals are pretty impressive as well, as in Nuns' Chorus and Climb Every Mountain. Consistently Kinawa's voice soothes and never presses even close to the edges of shrill. She is a soprano with depth and a cultured delivery that wraps every note in any range with the delicacy of a mother's loving embrace. It just doesn't get any better than this. Give this CD to someone you love, they'll appreciate it, with this one caveat: the second of the two disks is less moody and a little uneven in mood. Hold the second disc back.

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30 Tenors

Manufacturer: Opera D'oro
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00006CTFI
Release Date: 2002-08-06

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Art Is Calling for Me

Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Classical | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000I7KQ
Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

: O Mio Babbino Caro - Giacomo Puccini
Songs of the Auvergne: Baro - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Songs of the Auvergne: Malurous Qu'o Uno Fenno - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Nozze Di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), Opera: Porgi Amor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ch'io Mi Scordi Di Te . . . Non Temer, Amato Bene, - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nehmt Meinen Dank, Ihr Holden Gr, Aria for Sop - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Za: Ruhe Sanft, Mein Holdes Leben - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Work(s): Works~Beim Schlafengehen - Richard Strauss
Ave Maria (After Bach) - Charles Gounod
Requiem: Piesu - Gabriel Faur
Panis Angelicus - Cr Franck
Die Tote Stadt: Marietta's Lied - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Casanova: Nuns' Chorus - Johann Strauss II
Sound of Music: Climb Ev'ry Mountain - Richard Rodgers
Sunset Boulevard, Musical: With One Look - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Most Wonderful Birthday of All - Carl Davis
Hine E Hine - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Tracks:

Die Zauberfl Schnelle FRascher Mut...Es Lebe Sarastro, ... - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Beggar's Opera: Virgins Are Like the Fair Flow'r - John Gay
Beggar's Opera: Cease Your Funning - John Gay
Messiah: Rejoice Greatly - George Frideric Handel
St. Matthew Passion: Blute Nur, Du Liebes Herz - Johann Sebastian Bach
Bist du Bei Mir (Attr. G.H. St), BWV508 - Johann Sebastian Bach
Bachianas Brasileiras No.5: Aria - Heitor Villa-Lobos
German Requiem: Ihr Habt Nun Traurigkeit - Johannes Brahms
Tosca, Opera: Vissi d'Arte - Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut, Opera: Oh, Sar Pila! ...Tu, Tu, Amore? - Giacomo Puccini
Carmen: Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'ouvante - Georges Bizet
Traviata: Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici - Giuseppe Verdi
Traviata: Follie! Delirio Vano Questo! ...Sempre Libera - Giuseppe Verdi
My Fair Lady: Wouldn't It Be Loverly? - Frederick Loewe
Folks Who Live on the Hill - Jerome Kern
Enchantress: Art Is Calling for Me - Victor Herbert

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Le Flow
A GOOD DEMO OF FRENCH HIP-HOP
Good Introduction to French Hip-Hop

Le Flow
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Ultra Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
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Le Flow: The Definitive French Hip Hop Compilation

ASIN: B00004TKS4
Release Date: 2000-06-13

Tracks:

La Saga - Iam
Mission - Prodige Namor
Le Show - Nutter
Ma Benz - Supreme NTM
Makeda (DJ Spinna And Ticklah Mix) - Les Nubians
All N My Grill - Missy Elliot
Ndekete You - Bideew Bou Bess
Old School Love - Def Bond
L'Homme Qui Ne Valait Pas Dix Centimes - Doc Gyneco
Undaground Connexion - Supernatural & Rockin' Squat (Assassin)
Jam - Alliance Ethnik
Red-emption - Big Red
Nautilus: Black December - Oxmo Puccino & Passi
Darkness - Saia Supa Crew
Shaolin, 6 Chaudron - Arsenik & Rza

Customer Reviews:

Le Flow.......2001-07-03

These are phat beats that you won't hear anywhere else. The french underground is comming up. With guests on the album like Common, Rahzel from the Roots, RZA as Bobby Digital, and MC Supernatural you get some of the best from the states and France. If you like any type of underground hip hop this is a must for you. Plus it just sounds cool.

A GOOD DEMO OF FRENCH HIP-HOP.......2001-01-03

This album may be a good introduction to French Hip-Hop but it's far from representing the huge scene over there. What I really like about this compilation is the collabo between american and french rappers. You have RZA with Arsenik, Rockin'Squat (from Assassin) with Supernatural, you also have Common and Alliance Ethnik, and the best collabo of it all, IAM and Sunz of Man. Of course you shoud not stop at this album because the french scene is the second largest hip-hop scene after USA. So there are plenty to hear like IAM, NTM, MC Solaar, Bisso na Bisso, Sages Poetes, Assassin, Arsenik, 113, KDD, Oxmo, etc...

Note: there's a track on this album that is not French but it's by a group from Senegal called Bideew Bou Bess and it's produced by Wyclef; it's interesting to hear Rap in Wolof(a West-African language). And I discovered other MCs from Africa as well. Feel free to contact me for info exchange on Worldwide Hip-Hop.

Good Introduction to French Hip-Hop.......2000-09-19

Before this CD the only French Hip-Hop I'd really come across had been MC Solaar. His music is much smoother and funkier than most American Hip-Hop (Check him out ALREADY! Then come back and listen to these samples). Although many of the collaborators on this cd are American, it conveys the spirit of French Hip-Hop well. This is not a bungling nor a new effort; it's a movement in and of itself. Groove to it.

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: The Complete Keyboard Works

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BEHOLD the Majesty and Brilliance of J.P. Sweelinck

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: The Complete Keyboard Works

Manufacturer: NM Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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Scarlatti: The Keyboard Sonatas
Jean Renoir Collection (3-Disc Collector's Edition)

ASIN: B000065618
Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

Fantasia C3 (54) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Leo Van Doeselaar
Psalm 23 (62) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Leo Van Doeselaar
Toccata D3 (58) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Leo Van Doeselaar
Christe Qui Lux Es Et Dies (34) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Leo Van Doeselaar
Toccata G3 (69) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Leo Van Doeselaar
De Tien Geboden Gods (41a) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Leo Van Doeselaar
Fantasia G1 (11) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Leo Van Doeselaar
Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (33) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Leo Van Doeselaar
Praeludium Pedaliter (76) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Vater Unser Im Himmelrich (78/79) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Allein Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (84) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Capriccio A1 (75) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Malle Sijmen (70) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Toccata F1 (83) (On the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Pieterskerk, Leiden NL) - Peter Van Dijk

Tracks:

Toccata G1/a (23a) (On The Van Covelens Organ in St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, NL) - Bernard Winsemius
O God Die Onse Vader Bist (61) (On The Van Covelens Organ in St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, NL) - Bernard Winsemius
Fantasia A2 (57) (On The Van Covelens Organ in St. Laurenskerk, Alkmaar, NL) - Bernard Winsemius
Erbarm Dich Mein, O Herre Gott (36) (On The Schonat Organ in Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, NL) - Bernard Winsemius
Fantasia D1/1 (3a) (On The Schonat Organ in Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, NL) - Bernard Winsemius
Wij Geloven In Eenen God Alleen (43) (On The Schonat Organ in Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, NL) - Bernard Winsemius

Tracks:

Toccata C1/a (18a) (On the Severijn Organ In St. Martinuskerk, Cuijk, NL) - Freddy Eichelberger
Fantasia D4 (6) (On the Severijn Organ In St. Martinuskerk, Cuijk, NL) - Freddy Eichelberger
Fantasia A1 (14) (On the Severijn Organ In St. Martinuskerk, Cuijk, NL) - Freddy Eichelberger
Puer Nobis Nascitur (42) (On the Severijn Organ In St. Martinuskerk, Cuijk, NL) - Freddy Eichelberger
Fantasia D3 (5) (On the Severijn Organ In St. Martinuskerk, Cuijk, NL) - Freddy Eichelberger
Toccata G4 (59) (On the Severijn Organ In St. Martinuskerk, Cuijk, NL) - Freddy Eichelberger
Fantasia F1 (7) (On Hermans Organ In Prioria Dello Spirito Santo Pistoia, Italy) - Liuwe Tamminga
Fantasia D5 (67) (On Hermans Organ In Prioria Dello Spirito Santo Pistoia, Italy) - Liuwe Tamminga
Ricercare D3 (74) (On Hermans Organ In Prioria Dello Spirito Santo Pistoia, Italy) - Liuwe Tamminga
Pavana Lachrymae (51) (On Hermans Organ In Prioria Dello Spirito Santo Pistoia, Italy) - Liuwe Tamminga
Toccata D1 (21) (On Hermans Organ In Prioria Dello Spirito Santo Pistoia, Italy) - Liuwe Tamminga
Fantasia G1 (9) (On Hermans Organ In Prioria Dello Spirito Santo Pistoia, Italy) - Liuwe Tamminga

Tracks:

Toccata C3 (20) (On The Ebert Organ, Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria) - Reinhard Jaud
Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen Gemein (38) (On The Ebert Organ, Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria) - Reinhard Jaud
Toccata G4 (28) (On The Ebert Organ, Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria) - Reinhard Jaud
Fantasia C5 (66) (On The Ebert Organ, Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria) - Reinhard Jaud
Toccata D2 (22) (On The Ebert Organ, Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria) - Reinhard Jaud
Ballo Del Granduca (80) (On The Ebert Organ, Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria) - Reinhard Jaud
Toccata C3 (20) (On The Scherer Organ, St. Stephanskirche, Tangermunde, Germany) - Stef Tuinstra
Psalm 140 (41) (On The Scherer Organ, St. Stephanskirche, Tangermunde, Germany) - Stef Tuinstra
Ricercare D1 (72) (On The Scherer Organ, St. Stephanskirche, Tangermunde, Germany) - Stef Tuinstra
Fantasia F3 (8) (On The Scherer Organ, St. Stephanskirche, Tangermunde, Germany) - Stef Tuinstra
Ich Ruf Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ (37) (On The Scherer Organ, St. Stephanskirche, Tangermunde, Germany) - Stef Tuinstra
Fantasia C1 (1) (On The Scherer Organ, St. Stephanskirche, Tangermunde, Germany) - Stef Tuinstra

Tracks:

Toccata A3 (31) (On The Bader Organ, St. Walburgskerk, Zutphen, NL) - Bert Matter
Allein Gott In Der Hoh Sei Ehr (32) (On The Bader Organ, St. Walburgskerk, Zutphen, NL) - Bert Matter
Fantasia A3 (15) (On The Bader Organ, St. Walburgskerk, Zutphen, NL) - Bert Matter
Fantasia G3 (13) (On The Bader Organ, St. Walburgskerk, Zutphen, NL) - Bert Matter
Psalm 116 (40) (On The Bader Organ, St. Walburgskerk, Zutphen, NL) - Bert Matter
Fantasia G2 (12) (On The Bader Organ, St. Walburgskerk, Zutphen, NL) - Bert Matter
Ricercare A1 (17) (On The Bader Organ, St. Walburgskerk, Zutphen, NL) - Bert Matter
(On the Schnitger Organ, St. Ludgerikirche, Norden, Germany) - Vincent Van Laar
Fantasia G2 (10) (On the Schnitger Organ, St. Ludgerikirche, Norden, Germany) - Vincent Van Laar
Da Pacem Domine In Diebus Nostris (35) (On the Schnitger Organ, St. Ludgerikirche, Norden, Germany) - Vincent Van Laar

Tracks:

Ricercare D2 (73) (On The Grotian Organ, Kreuzkirche, Pilsum, Germany) - Vincent Van Laar
Psalm 60 (63) (On The Grotian Organ, Kreuzkirche, Pilsum, Germany) - Vincent Van Laar
Toccata A1 (29) (On The Grotian Organ, Kreuzkirche, Pilsum, Germany) - Vincent Van Laar
Psalm 36 (39) (On The Grotian Organ, Kreuzkirche, Pilsum, Germany) - Vincent Van Laar
Wir Glauben All An Einen Gott, Variation 1 (43/1) (On The Kiespenning Organ, Grote Kerk, Wijk Bij Duurstede, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Fantasia D4/A (6a) (On The Kiespenning Organ, Grote Kerk, Wijk Bij Duurstede, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Toccata C3/A (20a) (On The Kiespenning Organ, Grote Kerk, Wijk Bij Duurstede, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Jesus Christus, Unser Heiland (60) (On The Kiespenning Organ, Grote Kerk, Wijk Bij Duurstede, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Vater Unser Im Himmelrich (76) (On The Meijnerts Organ, Hervormde Kerk, Blessum, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Es Spricht Der Unweisen Mund Wohl (85) (On The Meijnerts Organ, Hervormde Kerk, Blessum, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Pavana Hispanica (50a) (On The Meijnerts Organ, Hervormde Kerk, Blessum, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Toccata A3/A (31a) (On The Meijnerts Organ, Hervormde Kerk, Blessum, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Fantasia G3 (68) (On the Goltfus Organ, Hervormde Kerk, Sassenheim, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Psalm 5 (Lute Composition) (On the Goltfus Organ, Hervormde Kerk, Sassenheim, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Psalm 24 (86) (On the Goltfus Organ, Hervormde Kerk, Sassenheim, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Wo Gott Der Herr Nicht Bei Uns H (89) (On the Goltfus Organ, Hervormde Kerk, Sassenheim, NL) - Peter Van Dijk
Fantasia F2 (55) (On the Goltfus Organ, Hervormde Kerk, Sassenheim, NL) - Peter Van Dijk

Tracks:

Toccata G1/A (23a) (On The Replica Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord By Sebastian Nunez) - Pieter Dirksen
Onder Een Linde Groen (49a) (On The Replica Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord By Sebastian Nunez) - Pieter Dirksen
Fantasia D2 (27) (On The Replica Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord By Sebastian Nunez) - Pieter Dirksen
Toccata G3 (27) (On The Replica Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord By Sebastian Nunez) - Pieter Dirksen
Fantasia G4 (56) (On The Replica Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord By Sebastian Nunez) - Pieter Dirksen
Toccata G2 (26) (On The Replica Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord By Sebastian Nunez) - Pieter Dirksen
Engelse Fortuin (45) (On The Replica Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord By Sebastian Nunez) - Pieter Dirksen
Fantasia C4 (71) (On The Replica Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord By Sebastian Nunez) - Pieter Dirksen
Vluchtige Nimph (65) (On The Replica Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord By Sebastian Nunez) - Pieter Dirksen
Almande Gratie (64) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Bob Van Asperen
Toccata D2 (22) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Bob Van Asperen
Fantasia G3 (13) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Bob Van Asperen
Fantasia C2 (2) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Bob Van Asperen
Pavana Hispanica (50) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Bob Van Asperen
Toccata A3 (31) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Bob Van Asperen
Fantasia D1 (3) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Bob Van Asperen

Tracks:

Wie Scheuchtet Der Morgenstern (88) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen) - Menno van Delft
Pavana Philippi (52) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Menno van Delft
Poolse Almande (53) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Menno van Delft
Fantasia C1 (1) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Menno van Delft
Toccata G1 (23) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Menno van Delft
Passamezzo Moderno (82) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Menno van Delft
Toccata A2 (30) (On the Replica Andreas Ruckers Harpsichord By Herwil Van Gelder) - Siebe Henstra
Mein Junges Leben Hat Ein End (48) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Siebe Henstra
Est-Ce Mars (46) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Siebe Henstra
Puer Nobis Nascitur (42) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Siebe Henstra
Toccata A1 (29) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Siebe Henstra
Fantasia F1 (7) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Siebe Henstra

Tracks:

Ich Voer Al Over Rijn (47) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Glen Wilson
Pavana Lachrymae (51) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Glen Wilson
Fantasia G1 (9) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Glen Wilson
Toccata C2 (19) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Glen Wilson
Onder Een Linde Groen (49) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Glen Wilson
Toccata G1 (25) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Glen Wilson
Toccata G2 (24) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Pieter-Jan Belder
Fantasia G1 (11) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Pieter-Jan Belder
Almande Chapelle (44) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Pieter-Jan Belder
Toccata C1 (18) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Pieter-Jan Belder
Ricercare A1 (17) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Pieter-Jan Belder
Psalm 140 (41) (On The Johannes Ruckers Harpsichord, Graf Landsberg-Velen, Germany) - Pieter-Jan Belder

Customer Reviews:

BEHOLD the Majesty and Brilliance of J.P. Sweelinck.......2006-07-11

After hearing Glenn Gould superbly interpret one of Sweelinck's fantasias on the piano I instantly had to get more Sweelinck. This Fantasy which introduced me to the Master must be one of the most magical and monumental Fantasias ever written. It is perhaps one of the most perfect examples of past medieval sounds, renaissance textures, combined with novel contrapuntal writing. In fact it perfectly looks foward to J.S Bach. I have made it a musical quest to discover and interpret some of Sweelinck's works on the modern piano. I enjoy much music, but Sweelinck, Bach, Bruckner, are the Composers I have dedicated most of my musical energies toward. I happily look foward to a lifetime of enjoyment, study and appreciation of the lives and works of these Masters.

As for the box set it excells in many respects, and the performers with the many euphonious sounding organs play suberbly throughout (this is highly virtuostic keyboard music). The sound quality is in no way lacking and the liner notes are highly informative and thorough.

If you are a lover of the Greatest in Musical Art then this collection will not disappoint.