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Dowland: Melancholy; Britten: Nocturnal - Guitar Music / Boëls
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Dowland: Melancholy; Britten: Nocturnal - Guitar Music / Boëls

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Details

Composer
Benjamin Britten, John Dowland
Artist
Pascal Boels
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Oct 27, 2023
Catalog #
BRI97013
UPC
5028421970134

About

Pavans and galliards by the Elizabethan master of melancholy, complemented by a new recording of Benjamin Britten’s magnificent Nocturnal inspired by both Dowland’s music and by the playing of Julian Bream. After the success of ‘The Golden Age of the Guitar in Europe’ (2CD, 96157), Brilliant Classics releases a second album by the French guitarist Pascal Boëls, a unique collection of music by 17th and 20th-century English masters. In a booklet introduction, the guitarist explains how he sees Dowland as ‘a universal genius, eternal wanderer who – already! – knew how to rub shoulders with all facets of the human soul.’ Pascal Boëls plays a personal selection of Dowland’s piece originally written for solo lute, pieces which embody a spirit of introversion such as the ‘Forlorn Hope’ Fancy and the ‘Lachrymae’ Pavan which became famous across Europe, much imitated and adapted by other composers of the day.

Lightening the mood are also the kind of courtly dances and romances which delighted the composer’s aristocratic patrons such as the Earl of Essex and King Christian of Denmark. The English guitarist Julian Bream played Dowland’s pieces on the guitar from an early stage of his career, and made a best-selling album of them for RCA. It was this antique palette of gentle, musing expression that inspired Benjamin Britten to write a Nocturnal for guitar which builds as a sequence of eight variations towards (rather than away from) the Dowland song on which they are based. The resulting work, according to Bream, was the greatest solo work ever written for guitar, exploring a slippage between wakeful and dream states with a subtle ambiguity between major and minor harmonies and a language that bridges the divide between the 17th and 20th centuries.

Tracklist 27 tracks

  1. 1 Fantasia in G major, P. 1 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 04:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fantasia in G major, P. 1 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  2. 2 The Most High and Mighty Christianus the Fourth, King of Denmark, his Galliard, P. 40 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 02:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Most High and Mighty Christianus the Fourth, King of Denmark, his Galliard, P. 40 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  3. 3 Melancholy Galliard, P. 25 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 02:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    Melancholy Galliard, P. 25 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  4. 4 Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, P. 54 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 01:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, P. 54 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  5. 5 Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard, P. 19 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 02:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard, P. 19 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  6. 6 Forlorn Hope, P. 2 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 03:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Forlorn Hope, P. 2 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  7. 7 The Right Honourable the Lady Clifton's Spirit, P. 45 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 03:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Right Honourable the Lady Clifton's Spirit, P. 45 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  8. 8 The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, her Galliard, P. 41 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 01:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, her Galliard, P. 41 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  9. 9 Fantasia in G Minor, P. 6 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 02:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    Fantasia in G Minor, P. 6 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  10. 10 The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard, P. 38 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 01:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard, P. 38 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  11. 11 Tarleton's Resurrection, P. 59 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 01:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Tarleton's Resurrection, P. 59 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  12. 12 Galliard in G minor, P. 22, "Dowland's First Galliard" (arr. for 10-string guitar) 01:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    Galliard in G minor, P. 22, "Dowland's First Galliard" (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  13. 13 Fantasia in G Major, P. 73, "Tremolo" (arr. for 10-string guitar) 03:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    Fantasia in G Major, P. 73, "Tremolo" (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  14. 14 Fortune my foe, P. 62 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 02:12
    Track
    14
    Title
    Fortune my foe, P. 62 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  15. 15 My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home, P. 66 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 01:02
    Track
    15
    Title
    My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home, P. 66 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  16. 16 Mignarda, P. 34 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 03:35
    Track
    16
    Title
    Mignarda, P. 34 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  17. 17 Fantasia in D minor, P. 5 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 02:26
    Track
    17
    Title
    Fantasia in D minor, P. 5 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  18. 18 Mr. Dowland's Midnight, P. 99 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 01:21
    Track
    18
    Title
    Mr. Dowland's Midnight, P. 99 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  19. 19 Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15 (arr. for 10-string guitar) 06:21
    Track
    19
    Title
    Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15 (arr. for 10-string guitar)
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  20. 20 I. Musingly 02:48
    Track
    20
    Title
    I. Musingly
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  21. 21 II. Very agitated 01:02
    Track
    21
    Title
    II. Very agitated
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  22. 22 III. Restless 01:32
    Track
    22
    Title
    III. Restless
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  23. 23 IV. Uneasy 01:23
    Track
    23
    Title
    IV. Uneasy
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  24. 24 V. March-like 01:31
    Track
    24
    Title
    V. March-like
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  25. 25 VI. Dreaming 02:22
    Track
    25
    Title
    VI. Dreaming
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  26. 26 VII. Gently rocking 01:26
    Track
    26
    Title
    VII. Gently rocking
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls
  27. 27 VIII. Passacaglia 08:01
    Track
    27
    Title
    VIII. Passacaglia
    Duration
    08:01
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    Pascal Boëls