Love Songs in Shakespeare's Time

Love Songs in Shakespeare's Time
Medieval & Renaissance Music - "The Gold Collection"
Various artists
Fine Classics 4420-2

Contents:

    John Dowland
  1. Away with these selfe loving lads
  2. Sweet stay awhile
  3. In this trembling shadow
  4. Come again, sweet love, for voice and lute
  5. Can she excuse my wrongs?

    6. John Dowland: Third Book of Songs
  6. Flow not so fast, ye fountains

    7. John Dowland
  7. Now o now I needs must part
  8. What if I never speed?

    9. John Dowland: No. 5 from The Third and Last Booke of Songes or Aires, 1603
  9. Me, me, and none but me

    10. John Dowland: No. 1 from The Second Booke of Songes or Ayres, 1600
  10. I saw my lady weepe

    11. John Dowland
  11. Weep you No more sad fountains

    12. John Dowland: No. 19 from The Second Booke of Songes or Ayres, 1600
  12. Shall I sue

    13. John Dowland
  13. Say Love if ever thou didst find

    14. John Dowland: No. 8 from A Pilgrimes Solace, 1612
  14. Tell me, true Love

    15. John Dowland
  15. When Phoebus first did Daphne love
  16. Flow, my tears
  17. Medley: Far from triumphing court/Lady if you so spite me/In darkness let me dwell
  18. Thinkst thou then by thy fayning
  19. Where Sin Sore Wounding
  20. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  21. Fine knacks for ladies

Performers:
[1]-[3], [7]-[9], [13]-[15], [18]-[21] The Saltire Singers [Patricia Clark (soprano), Jean Allister (contralto), Edgar Fleet (tenor), Frederick Westcott (bass)], Desmond Dupre (lute)
[4]-[6], [10]-[12], [16]-[17] Joseph Iadone (lute), Russell Oberlin (counter-tenor)

Playing time: 76' 04"

Recording place and date:
See excerpts, rel.: 2000

Excerpts (from original release):
[1]-[3], [7]-[9], [13]-[15], [18]-[21] Lyrichord LLST 7153 [LP] John Dowland - Music of Love and Friendship
[4]-[6], [10]-[12], [16]-[17] Expériences Anonymes EA-0034 [LP, mono] John Dowland - Lute Songs

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Pierre-F. Roberge