Dowland The First Booke of Songes

Rogers Covey-Crump, Jakob Lindberg - John Dowland: The First Booke of Songes or Ayres (1990)

Rogers Covey-Crump, Jakob Lindberg - John Dowland: The First Booke of Songes or Ayres (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 358 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 182 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Renaissance, Vocal | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-430 | Time: 01:15:37

John Dowland (1563–1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" (the basis of Benjamin Britten's 1963 composition for solo guitar, Nocturnal after John Dowland), "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and with the 20th century's early music revival, has been a continuing source of repertoire for lutenists and classical guitarists. Dowland published his The First Booke of Songes or Ayres in London in 1597. It was one of the most influential and important musical publications of the history of the lute. This collection of lute-songs was set out in a way that allows performance by a soloist with lute accompaniment or various combinations of singers and instrumentalists.
Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke - John Dowland: First Booke of Songes (1989)

Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke - John Dowland: First Booke of Songes (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 319 Mb | Total time: 76:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: L'Oiseau-Lyre | # 421 653-2 | Recorded: 1976

The songs of John Dowland are sparkling highlights, not only of Renaissance music, but of Western music in general. His ‘First Booke of Songes’ contains some particularly bright gems.
John Dowland - First Booke of Songes or Ayres - Grace Davidson, David Miller (2018) {Signum Records SIGCD553}

John Dowland - First Booke of Songes or Ayres - Grace Davidson, David Miller (2018) {Signum Records SIGCD553}
FLAC (tracks) - 16bit/44.1kHz - Digital Download (qobuz.com) -> 358 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 178 Mb
Full Artwork (jpg+pdf) -> 20 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2018 Signum Records | SIGCD553
Classical / Renaissance / Vocals / Lute

Following her debut release of Baroque works by Vivaldi and Handel earlier this year, Grace Davidson returns to disc on Signum with an intimate disc of Dowland’s first book of lute songs, accompanied by David Miller. Blending melancholy with wit in his writing for both lute and voice, John Dowland’s songs have continued to enchant audiences and singers for nearly 400 years. The ‘First Booke’ includes some of Dowland’s less well-known works, and was recorded in the sensitive acoustic of Ascot Priory in Berkshire, UK.
Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes (1990)

Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 275 Mb | Total time: 70:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: L'Oiseau-Lyre | # 425 889-2 | Recorded: 1976

In 1597 John Dowland (1563-1626) published his first collection of music, The First Book of Songs or Airs of Four Parts with Tableture for the Lute. A groundbreaking work in several respects, not least in that it was the first published collection of English lute songs, it success was immediate, and was reprinted several times. His Second Book of Songs or Airs (1600) shows the increasingly solo nature of the lute-song, as Dowland left the first eight songs as lute solos.
Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke - John Dowland: Third Booke of Songes (1991)

Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke - John Dowland: Third Booke of Songes (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 72:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: L'Oiseau-Lyre | # 430 284-2 | Recorded: 1977

The superbly consistent quality of the Third Book of songs by John Dowland suggests that the earlier issues, First Book and Second Book also recorded by Anthony Rooley and the Consort of Musicke, were no mere flashes in the pan, but set the tone for the whole series.
The Hilliard Ensemble, The Musicians of Swanne Alley, London Baroque & Emma Kirkby - The Sound of Shakespeare (2016)

The Hilliard Ensemble, The Musicians of Swanne Alley, London Baroque & Emma Kirkby - The Sound of Shakespeare (2016)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 935 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 479 Mb | 03:29:11
Classical, Vocal | Label: Warner Classics, Erato Records

The Golden Age of Music & Theatre: The times of William Shakespeare (1564–1616) offered much more than great theatre. Those were years when music flourished, a time of saucy street ballads, of melancholy lute-songs and madrigals. Great artists of the early music scene convey us into this seemingly distant world and bring it to life…
Karolina Errera & Lilit Grigoryan - Songs of Rain (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Karolina Errera & Lilit Grigoryan - Songs of Rain (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 65:14 minutes | 1,06 GB
Classical | Label: Genuin, Official Digital Download

A cloudy sky and raindrops beating on the window: this itself is practically music, and for centuries, the sound of rain from the clouds has inspired not only painters but also poets and composers. On her debut GENUIN release, violist Karolina Errera and her piano partner Lilit Grigoryan present a selection of highly emotional music from John Dowland to Benjamin Britten. The prizewinner of numerous international competitions has placed a wide range of original works and arrangements on the program of this album – moving works that are best suited by both the warm sound of viola and piano, as well as the playing culture of the two interpreters!

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Karolina Errera & Lilit Grigoryan - Songs of Rain (2022)

Karolina Errera & Lilit Grigoryan - Songs of Rain (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 239 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 152 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:05:14
Classical | Label: Genuin

A cloudy sky and raindrops beating on the window: this itself is practically music, and for centuries, the sound of rain from the clouds has inspired not only painters but also poets and composers. On her debut GENUIN release, violist Karolina Errera and her piano partner Lilit Grigoryan present a selection of highly emotional music from John Dowland to Benjamin Britten. The prizewinner of numerous international competitions has placed a wide range of original works and arrangements on the program of this album – moving works that are best suited by both the warm sound of viola and piano, as well as the playing culture of the two interpreters!
Hopkinson Smith, Mariana Flores - Dowland: Whose Heavenly Touch (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Hopkinson Smith, Mariana Flores - Dowland: Whose Heavenly Touch (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 56:34 minutes | 963 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

This recording, devoted to Dowland, seems to open a door onto a secret garden, one tended and cultivated by two artists already well known for opera and song recitals that distil the chamber music principle into its most intimate essence of expressive sound: soprano Mariana Flores and lutenist Hopkinson Smith.
Hopkinson Smith & Mariana Flores - Dowland: Whose Heavenly Touch (2019)

Hopkinson Smith & Mariana Flores - Dowland: Whose Heavenly Touch (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 208 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 130 Mb | 00:56:42
Classical, Vocal | Label: Naïve

This recording, devoted to Dowland, seems to open a door onto a secret garden, one tended and cultivated by two artists already well known for opera and song recitals that distil the chamber music principle into its most intimate essence of expressive sound: soprano Mariana Flores and lutenist Hopkinson Smith. Here they give us a Dowland programme straight from the heart, drawing on five of the composer’s volumes of ‘Songs or Ayres’ printed in London between 1597 and 1612, laying bare Dowland’s ecstatic and tortured soul as it oscillates between all the different states of melancholy love.