Shakespeare: Greatest Hits - Lute works from the Elizabethan Age (Dowland, Farnaby, Gervaise, Mudarra, etc) (2 CD Set)

John Dowland (Composer), Giles Farnaby (Composer), Alonso Mudarra (Composer), Marin Marais (Composer), Jonathan Adams (Performer), Richard Jones (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Jonathan Adams, Richard Jones
• Composer: John Dowland, Giles Farnaby, Alonso Mudarra, Marin Marais
• Audio CD (June 8, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Intersound Records
• ASIN: B00000J83S
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,934 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Prelude

2. Bianco fiore (from Le gratie d'amore)

3. Danza, for lute or guitar (transcription of anonymous work from 16th ce

4. Gagliarda

5. Canzone

6. Salterello, instrumental dance

7. Galliard, for lute in F minor, P 82 (possibly spurious)

8. Allemande

9. Alman for lute

10. Pavanes for guitar

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Unspecified excerpt

2. It was a lover and his lass, song for voice with lute & bass viol

3. Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene, carol (English)

4. Greensleeves, folk song

5. The King's Dance

6. Gaillarde de la Guerre

7. My Lady Carey's Dompe (Royal, App. 58)

8. New Sa-Hoo for brass ensemble

9. Pavanne et Gaillarde D'Angleterre

10. Lavolta, for keyboard No. 2 in G minor, MB 91

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant and relaxing, August 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Shakespeare: Greatest Hits - Lute works from the Elizabethan Age (Dowland, Farnaby, Gervaise, Mudarra, etc) (2 CD Set) (Audio CD)

I heard this at a local mega-bookstore. It is pleasing enough that I actually heard it and was listening to it. Definitely background or relaxation music, but also good enough to listen to. The woodwinds on some of the pieces are very lyrical. Good medieval/Elizabethan type music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars exquisite, June 10, 2009

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This review is from: Shakespeare: Greatest Hits - Lute works from the Elizabethan Age (Dowland, Farnaby, Gervaise, Mudarra, etc) (2 CD Set) (Audio CD)

As with Shakespeare's literature, you must like the music of his time. If you are a newcomer to these toones, seat your self one afternoon in your studio, reading or painting or just vegetating. Play this CD and Let the musical notes take you where they will. Picture yourself at the Elizabethan courts, eat, dance and be merry. don't expect anything. just listen and enjoy.
My humble opinion is that mankind, with all its arrogance and imperfections have created one single most PERFECT thing.... Music !