Since you are interested in The Baroque Lute, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PURCELL / CLARKE / CHILCOT / ARNE / de FESCH / WELDON / LEVERIDGE / etc
The English Orpheus Vol. 50 - Orpheus with His Lute (Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne) Catherine Bott (soprano) Rachel Brown (flute) / The Parley of Instruments Peter Holman, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] "This is a tough challenge: 17 short songs, many by second-rank composers, entrusted to a single singer, leavened with an overture and a minor flute concerto...the result is a triumph…Shakespeare doesn't come better than this." ***** Five Stars BBC |
VICTORIA
Et Jesum: Motets for Solo Voice Carlos Mena (countertenor), Juan Carlos Rivera (lute, vihuela) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "A fresh and surprising look at one of the Renaissance's most distinguished figures" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2004 |
ANONYMOUS / BYRD / CUTTING / JOHNSON / MORLEY / etc
Shakespeare Songs Desmond Dupre-lute, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller-director [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] There can be no doubt that music played a considerable role in Shakespeare's plays, although very little of it has survived. |
Emily Van Evera, soprano / Christopher Morrongiello, lute
My Lady Rich (Music inspired and written for Lady Penelope Rich - Works by Bartlet, Byrd, Coprario, Dowland, Holborne) [ Avie / CD - released 24/Aug/2005 ] "The disc concludes with a very impressive and moving song cycle by John Coprario, an English composer who was strongly influenced by the Italian style. The cycle was subtitled 'For the death of the Right Honorable the Earle of Devonshire', and... |