Musique and Sweet Poetrie [Hybrid SACD] [Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import]

Robert [2] [Composer] Johnson (Composer), Thomas Morley (Composer), Gregorio Huet (Composer), John Dowland (Composer), Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (Composer), Georg Schimmelpfennig (Composer), Heinrich Schutz (Composer), Michelangelo Galilei (Composer), Sigismondo d'India (Composer), Robert [1] [Composer] Ballard (Composer), Pierre Guedron (Composer), Jean Baptiste Boesset (Composer), Etienne Moulinie (Composer), Wojciech Dlugoraj (Composer), John Danyel (Composer), Emma Kirkby (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Emma Kirkby
• Composer: Robert [2] [Composer] Johnson, Thomas Morley, Gregorio Huet, John Dowland, Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger, et al.
• Audio CD (January 30, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import
• Label: Bis
• ASIN: B000M4REYO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,142 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Alman (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)

2. Full Fathom Five, for voice & lute

3. Thirsis and Milla, song in 2 sections for voice with lute & bass viol

4. Come sorrow, come, song for voice with lute & bass viol

5. Fantasia for lute (from the Varietie of lute lessons)

6. Shall I sue, shall I seek for grace?, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs)

7. Go crystal tears, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs)

8. Toccata Arpeggiata for lute (from Book 1 of D'Intravolatura di Lauto)

9. Dolce tempo passato, song

10. Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten, for soprano & continuo, SWV 282 (Op. 8/1)

11. Toccata-Corrente-Volta: Toccata

12. Toccata-Corrente-Volta: Corrente

13. Toccata-Corrente-Volta: Volta

14. Quella Vermiglia Rosa for voice solo

15. Da L'Onde del Mio Pianto for voice solo

16. Première entrée de luth

17. Cessés Mortels de Soupirer

18. Que Philis a l'esprit léger

19. Paisible et ténébreuse nuit (récitative))

20. Branles de Village

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Performed and Recorded, September 5, 2009

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J. Poss "Jeff3948" (Pahrump, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Musique and Sweet Poetrie [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

This SACD is one of the most beautifully performed and recorded SACD I have purchased. Jacob Lindberg performs on a ravishing 10-course Sixtus Rauwolf lute c. 1590 with its original soundboard intact. Jakob Lindberg and Emma Kirkby have selected some of the most beautiful and moving lute songs available, interspersed with lute solos. Jakob has even included 3 gorgeous lute solos by Michelangelo Galilei the youngest brother of Galileo Galilei, the great astronomer. The BIS engineers have captured it exquisitely with just the right amount of reverberation from the recording venue, the Lanna Church in Sweden. Emma Kirkby still sounds ravishing. Jakob includes one of the most interesting lute compositions I've ever heard, Robert Ballard's "Entree de luth", which sounds almost like one of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies! For anyone how even likes the lute or lute songs remotely this SACD is a must have. This review is of the multi-channel SACD layer of this Hybrid SACD.

5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite, June 11, 2010

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S. Jacobson (Portland OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Musique and Sweet Poetrie [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

I heard these two in concert last year and was looking for a recording that would recreate the purity and nuance of that performance. This is it. These two are as good as it gets in this repertoire. A varied song recital interspersed with solo lute pieces, in a crystal-clear recording with moderate ambiance. Even without SACD, this is a beautiful recording.