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Wilbye: Draw On Sweet Night / I Fagiolini
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Wilbye: Draw On Sweet Night / I Fagiolini

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Composer
Wilbye, John
Artist
I Fagiolini
Format
CD
Label
Coro
Released
Apr 01, 2022
Catalog #
COR16190
UPC
828021619021

About

Winner of a 2022 German Record Critics’ Award!

To welcome the spring, British ensemble I Fagiolini puts aside its beloved Monteverdi to uncover its own national heritage: the best of John Wilbye's classic Golden Age madrigals. Whilst his oeuvre may have been small (just 75 works that we know of and most just a couple of minutes long), time and again, in these exquisite cameos, Wilbye delivers what might be reckoned the ultimate madrigal experience. The plangent dissonance of ‘Draw on, sweet night’ and ‘Weep, weep, mine eyes’ perfectly evoke English melancholy, while ‘Sweet honey-sucking bees’ and ‘Adieu, sweet Amaryllis’ are such sheer pleasure to sing that many listeners will scrabble to unearth old scores. This album is, in a nutshell, 75 minutes of madrigalian bliss! Rediscover or enjoy anew this central part of English choral culture, strangely out of fashion for so long, sung by a group that has matured into the repertoire like a good wine.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 The Second Set of Madrigals: XXVIII. Draw on, sweet night 04:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XXVIII. Draw on, sweet night
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  2. 2 The First Set of English Madrigals: IV. Weep, O mine eyes 02:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: IV. Weep, O mine eyes
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  3. 3 The First Set of English Madrigals: XI. Adieu, sweet Amaryllis 02:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: XI. Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  4. 4 The Second Set of Madrigals: XVII. Sweet honey-sucking bees - Yet, sweet, take heed 04:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XVII. Sweet honey-sucking bees - Yet, sweet, take heed
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  5. 5 The First Set of English Madrigals: XXV. Thou art but young thou sayst 01:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: XXV. Thou art but young thou sayst
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  6. 6 The First Set of English Madrigals: XXIV. Cruel, behold my heavy ending 02:30
    Track
    6
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: XXIV. Cruel, behold my heavy ending
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  7. 7 The Second Set of Madrigals: VII. I live, and yet methinks - VIII. There is a jewel 04:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: VII. I live, and yet methinks - VIII. There is a jewel
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  8. 8 The Second Set of Madrigals: XIV. I love alas, yet am not loved 02:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XIV. I love alas, yet am not loved
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  9. 9 The Second Set of Madrigals: XIX. Oft have I vowed 02:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XIX. Oft have I vowed
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  10. 10 The Second Set of Madrigals: XX. Down in a valley - Hard destinies 05:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XX. Down in a valley - Hard destinies
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  11. 11 The First Set of English Madrigals: XXII. When shall my wretched life? 02:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: XXII. When shall my wretched life?
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  12. 12 The Second Set of Madrigals: VI. O what shall I do? 02:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: VI. O what shall I do?
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  13. 13 The Second Set of Madrigals: XII. Love not me for comely grace 02:24
    Track
    13
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XII. Love not me for comely grace
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  14. 14 The Second Set of Madrigals: XVI. Happy, O happy he 02:23
    Track
    14
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XVI. Happy, O happy he
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  15. 15 The Second Set of Madrigals: XXII. There where I saw her lovely beauty painted 03:38
    Track
    15
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XXII. There where I saw her lovely beauty painted
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  16. 16 The First Set of English Madrigals: XV. Lady, your words do spite me 01:49
    Track
    16
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: XV. Lady, your words do spite me
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  17. 17 The Second Set of Madrigals: XXV. O wretched man 02:41
    Track
    17
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XXV. O wretched man
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  18. 18 The First Set of English Madrigals: VI. Ye restless thoughts 01:47
    Track
    18
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: VI. Ye restless thoughts
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  19. 19 The First Set of English Madrigals: IX. Lady, when I behold 02:09
    Track
    19
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: IX. Lady, when I behold
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  20. 20 The First Set of English Madrigals: X. Thus saith my Cloris bright 01:31
    Track
    20
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: X. Thus saith my Cloris bright
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  21. 21 The Second Set of Madrigals: XXI. Weep, weep mine eyes 04:23
    Track
    21
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XXI. Weep, weep mine eyes
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  22. 22 The First Set of English Madrigals: XIX. Flora gave me fairest flowers 01:23
    Track
    22
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: XIX. Flora gave me fairest flowers
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  23. 23 The Second Set of Madrigals: XVIII. All pleasure is of this condition 02:33
    Track
    23
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XVIII. All pleasure is of this condition
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  24. 24 The First Set of English Madrigals: XXIII. Of joys and pleasing pains - My throat is sore 04:31
    Track
    24
    Title
    The First Set of English Madrigals: XXIII. Of joys and pleasing pains - My throat is sore
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth
  25. 25 The Second Set of Madrigals: XXVI. Where most my thoughts - Despiteful thus onto myself 05:59
    Track
    25
    Title
    The Second Set of Madrigals: XXVI. Where most my thoughts - Despiteful thus onto myself
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    John Wilbye
    Ensemble
    I Fagiolini
    Conductor
    Robert Hollingworth