PURCELL-DOWLAND: English Lute songs (2CD)

CD1 JOHN DOWLAND (1563 - 1626) THE FIRST BOOKE OF SONGES 1. Unquiet thoughts 4:06 2. Who ever thinks or hopes of love 2:37 3. My thoughts are wing´d with hopes 2:59 4. If my complaints could passions move 3:18 5. Can she excuse my wrongs? 2:34 6. Now, o now, I needs must part 4:00 7. Dear, if you change 3:24 8. Burst forth my tears 5:29 9. Go crystal tears 2:50 10. Think´st thou then by thy feigning? 1:37 11. Come away, come sweet love 2:26 12. Rest awhile you cruel cares 3:15 13. Sleep, wayward thoughts 2:54 14. All ye, whom Love or Fortune hath betray´d 4:32 15. Wilt thou, unkind, thus reave me? 3:56 16. Would my conceit 5:35 17. Come again, sweet love doth now invite 4:25 18. His golden locks 4:00 19. Awake, sweet love 2:28 20. Come, heavy sleep 4:32 21. Away with these self loving lads2:37 Total: 74:32 Rufus Müller, tenor Christopher Wilson, lute Recording 1993 Toddington Church, Gloucestershire, UK

CD2 HENRY PURCELL (1659 - 1695) SONGS 1. Crown the Altar 2:20 2. Strike the Viol 2:29 3. If music be the food of love 2:10 4. In the black dismal dungeon of despair 4:14 5. Music for a while 4:05 6. Since from my dear Astrea`s sight 3:12 7. Thrice happy 2:43 8. By beautious softness 2:29 9. Here the Deities approve 3:06 10. O Solitude 5:38 11. Sweeter than Roses 3:27 12. Tis Natures Voice 4:09 13. The Queen`s Epicedium 8:27 14. One charming night 2:45 15. An Evening Hymn 4:35 Total: 55:57 Michael Chance, counter-tenor Nigel North, archlute/theorbo Richard Boothby, viola da gamba Maggie Cole, harpsichord Recording 1993 Toddington Church, Gloucestershire, UK Producer and engineer John Taylor