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Dowland: A Musicall Banquet / Zúñiga, Ensemble A Musicall Banquet
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Dowland: A Musicall Banquet / Zúñiga, Ensemble A Musicall Banquet

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Details

Composer
DOWLAND, ROBERT
Artist
Zuniga
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Mar 26, 2021
Catalog #
BRI96241
UPC
5028421962412

About

In 1610, the lutenist Robert Dowland, who had just turned 19, published two anthologies in quick succession that are today considered vital for our understanding of both the lute and Elizabethan vocal music. The first, A Varietie of Lute Lessons, which as the title suggests features lessons but also a long essay on European lute production, contains important information on lute performance, in part originating from his esteemed father, John Dowland. It is not far-fetched to imagine that Robert’s father also had a part to play in the second book, A Musicall Banquet – John had returned from the Danish court some time previously and is represented by several pieces in the anthology. Adhering to the culinary metaphor of the collection’s title, this Banquet comprises ‘recipes’ from different countries with different levels of technical difficulty, and is made up of ‘dishes’ already taste-tested so as not to poison ‘diners’, in other words, established pieces that were nonetheless as yet unknown to the English public. Robert opens his anthology with a large selection of English songs, taken from what was by that point a well-established repertoire: at the time Banquet was published, an impressive 24 books of songs had already been printed, beginning with John Dowland’s First Booke of Songes or Ayres, published in 1797. The next group of pieces in the collection belong to a genre that could be considered the most similar to the English song, the French air de cour, in the sense that the latter, at least in its most ancient form, influenced the development of the former. The air de cour for voice and lute was enjoying enormous success thanks to the scores Robert Ballard began publishing in 1608. The selection of Italian pieces is the most significant part of the collection.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 My heavy sprite opprest with sorrowes might 02:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    My heavy sprite opprest with sorrowes might
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Antony Holborne
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  2. 2 Go, my flock, go get you hence 02:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    Go, my flock, go get you hence
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  3. 3 Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie 02:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Pierre Guédron
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  4. 4 Recercada octava 01:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Recercada octava
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Diego Ortiz
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  5. 5 Passava amor su arco desarmado 02:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Passava amor su arco desarmado
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  6. 6 A Italian Ground 02:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    A Italian Ground
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  7. 7 Book of Songs, Book 4, "A Pilgrimes Solace": Lady if you so spite me 02:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    Book of Songs, Book 4, "A Pilgrimes Solace": Lady if you so spite me
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  8. 8 Se di farmi morire 02:58
    Track
    8
    Title
    Se di farmi morire
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Domenico Maria Megli
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  9. 9 Johnny Cock Thy Beaver 01:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    Johnny Cock Thy Beaver
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  10. 10 Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15 06:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    Lachrimae Pavan, P. 15
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  11. 11 Book of Songs, Book 4, "A Pilgrimes Solace": In darkness let me dwell 03:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    Book of Songs, Book 4, "A Pilgrimes Solace": In darkness let me dwell
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    John Dowland
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  12. 12 O bella più 02:14
    Track
    12
    Title
    O bella più
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  13. 13 Paul's Steeple 03:25
    Track
    13
    Title
    Paul's Steeple
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  14. 14 Amarilli, mia bella 03:30
    Track
    14
    Title
    Amarilli, mia bella
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Giulio Caccini
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  15. 15 Dovro dunque morire 02:23
    Track
    15
    Title
    Dovro dunque morire
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Giulio Caccini
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  16. 16 Recercada segunda 01:39
    Track
    16
    Title
    Recercada segunda
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Diego Ortiz
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet
  17. 17 Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amour 02:27
    Track
    17
    Title
    Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amour
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Baltazar Zúñiga
    Ensemble
    Ensemble a Musicall Banquet