Composer(s): Dowland, John
Arranger(s): North, Nigel
Artist(s): North, Nigel
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Instrumental
Period: Contemporary; Renaissance
Catalogue No: 8.570284
Barcode: 0747313028474
Release Date: 03/2009

DOWLAND, J.: Lute Music, Vol. 4 (North) - The Queen's Galliard

Nigel North’s Dowland Lute Edition has gained him a garland of critical accolades: “A collector’s item” (The Times on Vol 1, 8.557586), “a remarkable performance of wonderful music” (American Record Guide on Vol 2, 8.557862), “North’s sweet-toned playing is both unfailingly musical and highly imaginative” (Gramophone on Vol 3, 8.570449), “Nigel North’s Dowland cycle sets a new benchmark” (5 STARS, BBC Music Magazine). On this fourth and final volume, North presents a selection of dances and songs by the composer celebrated as the ‘English Orpheus’.

Tracklist

Dowland, John
North, Nigel (lute)
1 The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, her Galliard, P. 41 01:22
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
2 The Queen's Galliard, P. 97 01:44
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
3 Galliard in G Minor, P. 22, "Dowland's First Galliard" 02:13
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
4 Galliard in G Minor, P. 21, "John Dowland's Galliard" 01:16
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
5 Complaint, P. 63, "Fortune my foe" 01:22
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
6 The Frog Galliard, P. 23 02:02
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
7 Aloe, P. 68 03:15
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
8 Galliard in G Minor, P. 31, "Galliard on Walsingham" 02:04
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
9 Walsingham, P. 67 04:50
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
10 Coranto, P. 100 01:48
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
11 Galliard in F Minor, P. 27 01:55
North, Nigel (lute)
Dowland, John
North, Nigel - Arranger
North, Nigel (lute)
12 Come away, P. 60 (arr. of Come again, Sweet love doth now invite, new version by N. North) 02:25
North, Nigel (lute)
Dowland, John
North, Nigel (lute)
13 Sir John Souch's Galliard, P. 26 01:42
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
14 Go from my window, P. 64 04:04
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
15 Galliard in D Major, P. 24, "Awake sweet love, thou art returned" 01:21
North, Nigel (lute)
Dowland, John
North, Nigel - Arranger
North, Nigel (lute)
16 Galliard in D Major, P. 24, "Awake sweet love, thou art returned" (new version by N. North) 02:38
North, Nigel (lute)
Dowland, John
North, Nigel (lute)
17 What if a day, P. 79 01:43
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
18 Galliard in C Minor, P. 35 01:49
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
19 My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home, P. 66 01:30
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
20 Can she excuse, P. 42 01:53
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
21 Robin, P. 70 03:42
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
22 Fortune my foe, P. 62 02:33
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
23 Loth to depart, P. 69 06:26
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
24 Dowland's Galliard, P. 20 01:36
North, Nigel (lute)
North, Nigel (lute)
25 The Most High and Mighty Christianus the Fourth, King of Denmark, His Galliard, P. 40 03:05
North, Nigel (lute)

Total Playing Time: 01:00:18