Jacobean Lute Music / Jakob Lindberg

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Label
BIS
Release Date
January 28, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DOWLAND ROBINSON JOHNSON BA
    • PERFORMER
      Jakob Lindberg
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 28, 2014
    • UPC
      7318599920559
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2055
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. A Fancy

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    2. Merry Melancholy

      Composer: Thomas Robinson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    3. A Galliard

      Composer: Thomas Robinson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    4. Walking in a country town

      Composer: Thomas Robinson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    5. A Gigue

      Composer: Thomas Robinson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    6. Pavan No. 2 in F Minor

      Composer: Robert Johnson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    7. A Scottish Dance [17th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    8. Draw Near to Me and Love Me [17th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    9. Hence to me Molly Gray [17th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    10. A Scottish Tune [17th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    11. Scottish Hunts Up [17th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    12. Monsieur's Almain

      Composer: Daniel Bacheler

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    13. Fantasia

      Composer: Cuthbert Hely

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    14. Saraband

      Composer: Cuthbert Hely

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    15. Round Battle Galliard, P. 39

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    16. Prelude

      Composer: Daniel Bacheler

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    17. Une Jeune Fillette

      Composer: Daniel Bacheler

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    18. Courante in B-Flat Minor

      Composer: Daniel Bacheler

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    19. Courante [1]

      Composer: Jacques Gaultier

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    20. Cloches

      Composer: Jacques Gaultier

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    21. Courante [2]

      Composer: Jacques Gaultier

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    22. Pavan in D Major

      Composer: Daniel Bacheler

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    23. Prelude [17th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    24. John Come Kiss Me Now [17th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    25. Fantasia

      Composer: Robert Johnson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    26. The Spanish Pavin

      Composer: Thomas Robinson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    27. A Gigue

      Composer: Thomas Robinson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    28. A Toy

      Composer: Thomas Robinson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    29. Row well you Marriners

      Composer: Thomas Robinson

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    30. Sir John Langton's Pavan

      Composer: John Dowland

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg


This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

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The lute music from this period represents some of the best ever written for the instrument. Under Lindberg's fingers, and on his beloved Sixtus Rauwolf lute (c. 1590), even the relatively straightforward anonymous Scottish pieces included here are imbued with the same affecting lyricism he lavishes on the [other] works.

– Gramophone

***** (out of 5)
The sound of Jakob Lindberg's lute, made by Sixtus Rauwolf in the last decade of the 16th century, is unusually warm. A meticulously voiced recital that moves between court, theatre, and tavern. Lindberg conjures an age that was as perilous as it was rich in musical invention.

– BBC Music Magazine

JACOBEAN LUTE MUSIC • Jakob Lindberg (lt) • BIS 2055 (81:12)

Works by: DOWLAND, ROBINSON, R. JOHNSON, BACHELER, HELY, J. GAULTIER, ANONYMOUS

Jakob Lindberg here turns to familiar territory, and deals with it in exemplary, historically informed fashion. His phrasing is impeccable, and the articulation of multiple lines, always clear and balanced. Great reserves of color can be heard in the slower, longer works, such as the pavans by Robert Johnson and Danile Bacheler, while all the divisions in the many faster pieces are tossed off with deceptive ease, and on occasion, an appropriate dash of humor. Not the least of the disc’s charms is the program itself, cleverly varied by length, character, complexity, and textures over a succession of works.

In short, this is one of Lindberg’s most immediately accessible releases to date. I’ve heard him accused in the past of too great a sense of restraint, but never found this true, myself; and here there certainly is no room for that complaint. Without ever waxing sentimental, a rich vein of expressiveness should be obvious to all on this generously timed disc. Highly recommended.

FANFARE: Barry Brenesal