Dowland

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Label
First Hand Records
Release Date
June 7, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DOWLAND, JOHN
    • PERFORMER
      Michael Butten
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 07, 2019
    • UPC
      5060216349084
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FHR84
    • LABEL
      First Hand Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Preludium [Margaret Board Lute Book]

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    2. A Fancy

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    3. Lord Strange's March, P. 65

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    4. Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    5. The Frog Galliard, P. 23

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    6. A Fantasie, P. 1

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    7. Sir John Smith, his Almain, P. 47

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    8. Book of Songs, Book 1: Can she excuse my wrongs, P. 42

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    9. Forlorn Hope, P. 2

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    10. The Right Honourable the Lady Clifton's Spirit, P. 45

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    11. Mrs. White's Thing, P. 50

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    12. Mrs. White's Nothing, P. 56

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    13. A Fancy, "Tremolo"

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    14. Loth to depart, P. 69

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    15. Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, P. 54

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    16. Mrs. Winter's Jump, P. 55

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    17. A Fancy

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    18. The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, her Galliard, P. 41

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    19. The Shoemaker's Wife, a Toy, P. 58

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten

    20. 7 Fantasies, P. 4-3: Farewell, P. 3

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Michael Butten


John Dowland (1563–1626) is recognized as the greatest English composer of lute music and songs. Michael Butten presents a collection of the composer’s most popular and beautiful songs arranged for the classical guitar. A whole album of Dowland performed on classical guitar is rare, usually heard on the lute, so FHR are pleased to be able to present this release. In this recording, Butten plays with a very beautiful sound, incredible colors, lovely melodic phrasing and immaculate control of tone, which draws you right in. This is a spellbinding album, wonderfully recorded. Born in Berkshire, Michael Butten studied at Junior Academy, where he twice won the Lower Strings Prize, before being awarded a scholarship at the Academy to continue his studies with Michael Lewin. In his first year he won the Julian Bream Prize, adjudicated by Julian Bream, and, shortly afterwards, gained the Nervi/Bodrato Prize as the youngest semi-finalist at the Michele Pittaluga Guitar Competition in Alessandria. On completing his BMus degree with first class honours, he received from the Academy one of the Regency Awards for Notable Achievement and in June 2014, as a postgraduate with a scholarship from Help Musicians UK, he became the first guitarist ever to win the R.A.M. Club Prize. He was the 1st prize winner at the 2016 Ivor Mairants Guitar Award, and is a Yeoman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians. Upon leaving the Academy in 2016 he also won the David Russell Prize.