tracks

I. Unquiet Thoughts
II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
VII. Dear, If You Change
VIII. Burst Forth My Tears
IX. Go Crystal Tears
X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
XVI. Would My Conceit
XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
XVIII. His Golden Locks
XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads
I. I Saw My Lady Weep
II. Flow My Tears
III. Sorrow, Stay
IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
VI. Time's Eldest Son
VII. Then Sit Thee Down
VIII. When Others Sing Venite
IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
X. O Sweet Woods
XI. If Flood Of Tears
XII. Five Knacks For Ladies
XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
XVI. Woeful Heart
XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
XIX. Shall I Sue
XX. Toss Not My Soul
XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here
I. Farewell Too Fair
II. Time Stands Still
III. Behold A Wonder Here
IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
V. Me, Me And None But Me
VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
IX. What If I Never Speed?
X. Love Stood Amazed
XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
XIII. O What Hath Overwrought?
XIV. Farewell, Unkind!
XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
XVI. Fie On This Feigning
XVII. I Must Complain
XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
XXI. Come When I Call
I. Disdain Me Still
II. Sweet Stay Awhile
III. To Ask For All Thy Love
IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
V. Shall I Strive With Words To Move?
VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
VIII. Tell Me, True Love
IX. Go Nightly Cares
X. From Silent Night
XI. Lasso Vita Mia
XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
XIII. If That A Sinner's Sighs
XIV. Thou Mighty God
XV. When David's Life
XVI. When The Poor Cripple
XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
XIX. Up Merry Mates
XX. Welcome Black Night
XXI. Cease These False Sports
Lachrimae Pavan
Can Shee (Can She Excuse) [Fitzwilliam Virginal Book]
Paduana (La Mia Barbara)
The Frogge
Frog's Galliard [Cromwell Virginal Book]
Pavana And Galiarda
Paduana Lachrymae
Can She Excuse [Tisdale Virginal Book]
Pavion Solus Cum Sola [Drexel MS]
Dowland's Almayne [Bodleian MS]
Piper's Paven And Galliard
Pavana Lachrymae
I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
II. Domine Ne in Furore
III. Miserere Me Deus
IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
VI. De Profundis
VII. Domine Exaudi
Lachrimae Antiquae
Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
Lachrimae Gementes
Lachrimae Tristes
Lachrimae Coactae
Lachrimae Amantis
Lachrimae Verae
M. John Langton's Pavan
M. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
Sir John Souch His Galiard
Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
M. Giles Hobies Galiard
The King Of Denmark's Galiard
Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral
M. Henry Noel His Galiard
The Earl Of Essex Galiard
M. Buctons Galiard
M. George Whitehead His Almand
Captaine Digorie Piper His Galiard
M. Thomas Collier His Galiard
Mrs. Nichols Almand
Sorrow, Come
I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
An Heart That's Broken
All People That On Earth Do Dwell
Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
My Soul Praise The Lord
All People That On Earth Do Dwell
Behold And Have Regard
A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
Solus Cum Sola Pavan
Lachrimae
Galliard
Pipers Pavan
Lachrimae
Lady Rich Galliard
Earl Of Essex Galliard
If My Complaints
Lachrimae Doolande
Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
My Lord Chamberlayne His Galliard
Comagain (Come Again Sweet Love)
Pavan Lachrymae
Sorrow Stay
Preludium (Margaret Board Lute Book) [P98]
Lachrimae (Version By John Sturt)
Can She Excuse (Galliard) [P42]
Dr. Case's Pavan [P12]
Melancholy Galliard [P25]
Sir John Smith, His Almain [P47]
Fantasia (?Dowland) (Jane Pickering MS) [P71]
A Dream (Pavan) (?Dowland) [P75]
Almain (Margaret Board Lute Book) [P96]
The Queen's Galliard (Margaret Board Lute Book) [P97]
Coranto (Margaret Board Lute Book) [P100]
Resolution (Pavan) [P13]
Mrs. Vaux Galliard [P32]
Almain [P49]
Mr. Dowland's Midnight (Margaret Board Lute Book) [P99]
Fantasia [P1]
Loth To Depart (Ballad Setting) [P69]
The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard [P41]
The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard [P42a]
Pavan [P18]
John Dowland's Galliard [P21]
Aloe (Ballad Setting) [P68]
The Lady Clifton's Spirit (Galliard) [P45]
What If A Day (Ballad Setting) (?Dowland) [P79]
Mr Giles Hobie's Galliard [P29]
Come Away (Song Arrangement) [P60]
Galliard [P27]
Fancy (Fantasia) [P6]
Lachrimae (Basic Version) (Pavan) [P15]
Galliard To [P46]
[Jig] (?Dowland) (Euing Lute MS) [P78]
Galliard On 'Walsingham' [P31]
Complaint (Ballad Setting) [P63]
Mignarda (Galliard) [P35]
Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan) [P9]
The Frog Galliard [P23a]
A Fancy (Fantasia) (?Dowland) (Euing Lute MS) [P72]
Fancy (Fantasia) [P5]
Pipers Pavan [P8]
Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard [P19]
Lady Layton's Almain [P48a]
Dowland's Galliard [P20]
Dowland's First Galliard [P22]
Tarleton's Jig (?Dowland) [P81]
Walsingham (Ballad Setting) [P67]
Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting) [P66a]
Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae') [P16]
Mrs. Langton's Galliard [P33]
Mrs. Clifton's Almain [P53]
Galliard (?Dowland) (Euing Lute MS) [P76]
Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain) [P54]
Galliard [P24]
Go From My Window (Ballad Setting) [P64]
Fancy (Fantasia) (?Dowland) [P73]
Pavana Johan Douland (?Dowland) (Schele Lute MS) [P94]
Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus Sine Sola) [P11]
La Mia Barbara (?Dowland) (Schele Lute MS) [P95]
Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
Lachrimae (Version By Francis Cozens)
Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia) [P3]
Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme) (Fantasia) [P4]
The King Of Denmark, His Galliard [P40]
Mrs. Vaux's Jig [P57]
Mrs. Nichol's Almain [P52]
Galliard [P30]
Lord Strang's March [P65]
Mrs. Winter's Jump (Coranto) [P55]
Can She Excuse (Galliard) (Version By Cozens) [P89]
The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy (Ballad Setting) [P58]
Mrs. Norrish's Delight (?Dowland) (Archbishop Marsh's MS) [P77]
Galliard [P35]
Mrs. White's Thing (Almain) [P50]
Mrs. White's Nothing [P56]
The Frog Galliard (Anon. Version) [P90]
Solus Cum Sola (Pavan) [P10]
The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard [P38]
Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting) [P61]
Robin (Ballad Setting) [P70]
A Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler) [P28]
Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia) [P2]
The Lady Russels's Pavan [P17]
Fancy (Fantasia) [P7]
Sir John Langton's Pavan [P14a]
Earl Of Derby, His Galliard [P44a]
A Coy Toy (?Dowland) (Mynshall Lute Book) [P80]
Fortune My Foe (Ballad Setting) [P62]
[Almain] [P51]
Mr Knight's Galliard [P36]
Sir John Souch His Galliard [P26]
Tarletone's Riserrectione [P59]
The Lady Rich, Her Galliard [P43a]
Lachrimae Pavan
Can She Excuse Galliard
Captain Piper's Pavan & Galliard
The Frog Galliard
Round Battell Galliard
Fortune My Foe
Dowland's First Galliard
Katherine Darcie's Galliard
Tarleton's Jigge
Almain À 2
Mistress Nicols Alman À 2
Susanna Fair (Galliard)
Mistress Nichols Alman À 5
Mr John Langton Pavan And Galliard
La Mia Barbara Pavan And Galliard
Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan And Galliard
Mistress Nichols Alman
Volta À 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
Were Every Thought An Eye
Lady If You So Spite Me
Pavan À 4
I. My Heavy Sprite
II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change
III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping
IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence
V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be?
VI. To Plead My Faith
VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade
VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
IX. Lady, If You Spite Me
X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
XI. Si Le Parler Et Le Silence
XII. Ce Penser Qui Sans Fin Tirannise Ma Vie
XIII. Vous Que Le Bonheur Rappelle
XIV. Passava Amor Su Arco Desarmado
XV. Sta Notte Mi Sognava
XVI. Vuestros Ojos Tienen D'Amor
XVII. Se Di Farmi Morire?
XVIII. Dovrò Dunque Morire?
XIX. Amarilli Mia Bella
XX. O Bella Piu

notes

12-CD set in a box, with 122-page perfect-bound booklet. A compilation of recordings original released on L'Oiseau-Lyre LPs in the 1970s: First Booke Of Songes 1597, Second Booke Of Songs 1600, Third Booke Of Songs 1603, A Pilgrimes Solace 1612, Keyboard Transcriptions, Lachrimae 1604, Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations 1597, Psalmes & Sacred Songs, A Miscellany, Complete Lute Music, Consort Music and A Musicall Banquet 1610.

Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre
℗ 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
© 1997 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
Recording location: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, 1976–77
Cover miniature by Nicholas Hilliard reproduced by courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Publisher: Stainer & Bell Ltd (A Musicall Banquet 1610)
CD is made in Germany
Printed in Germany. Made in Germany

CDs 8 to 11: The numbering [P] is that adopted by Diana Poulton in [i]The Collected Lute Music of John Dowland[/i] (1974).

credits

Art Direction – Lucy Gowans
Bandura [Bandora] – Jakob Lindberg (tracks: 6-1 to 7-10, 7-12 to 7-14, 11-12 to 11-20)
Bass Vocals – David Thomas (9) (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-9, 1-11, 1-12, 1-14, 1-18, 1-20, 2-1, 2-2, 2-6 to 2-10, 2-13, 2-15, 2-16, 2-18, 2-20, 3-5 to 3-7, 3-11 to 3-13, 3-21 to 4-2, 4-4 to 4-8, 4-14 to 5-5, 6-1 to 7-10, 12-6 to 12-25)
Cittern – Julian Creme, (tracks: 6-1 to 7-10, 11-12 to 11-20)
Compiled By [Works Collected By] – Robert Dowland (tracks: 12-6 to 12-25)
Composed By – John Dowland (tracks: 1-1 to 12-5, 12-13 to 12-15)
Countertenor Vocals – John York Skinner (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-9, 1-11, 1-12, 1-14, 1-18, 1-20, 2-7 to 2-10, 2-13, 2-16, 2-18, 2-20, 3-5 to 3-7, 3-11 to 3-13, 3-21, 4-4 to 4-8, 4-14 to 5-5, 6-1 to 7-10, 7-24, 12-6 to 12-25)
Directed By – Anthony Rooley
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Iain Churches (tracks: 1-1 to 2-20,), Martin Haskell (tracks: 3-1 to 5-17, 7-11 to 7-24, 12-6 to 12-25)
Ensemble – The Consort Of Musicke (tracks: 1-1 to 5-5, 6-1 to 7-24, 11-12 to 12-25)
Flute – Bernard Thomas (2) (tracks: 6-1 to 7-10, 11-12 to 11-15)
Harpsichord [Italian Harpsichord] – Colin Tilney (tracks: 5-6 to 5-17)
Liner Notes [Commentary] – Anthony Rooley
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Decca (2)
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Decca (2), Theo Schmitt
Liner Notes [Italian Translation] – Claudio Maria Perselli, Decca (2)
Liner Notes [Set] – Peter Holman
Lute – Anthony Rooley (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10, 2-1 to 2-20, 3-1 to 3-5, 3-8 to 3-10, 3-13 to 4-13, 5-1 to 7-10, 7-19 to 7-21, 11-12 to 11-20, 12-6 to 12-25), Christopher Wilson (2) (tracks: 7-19 to 7-21), Jakob Lindberg (tracks: 7-19), Julian Creme,
Lute [Solo] – Anthony Bailes (tracks: 8-1 to 8-17), Anthony Rooley (tracks: 10-2 to 10-20), Christopher Wilson (2) (tracks: 10-21 to 11-11), Jakob Lindberg (tracks: 8-18 to 9-9), Nigel North (tracks: 9-10 to 10-1)
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Glenda Simpson (tracks: 7-2)
Organ – Alan Wilson (3) (tracks: 6-1 to 7-10, 11-23, 12-1 to 12-5)
Painting [Booklet/Box Cover] – Nicholas Hilliard
Producer – Peter Wadland
Recorder – Bernard Thomas (2) (tracks: 11-16 to 11-22)
Recorder [Tenor Recorder] – Baldrick Deerenberg (tracks: 7-20)
Soprano Vocals – Emma Kirkby (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-7 to 1-9, 1-11, 1-12, 1-14 to 1-16, 1-20, 2-1, 2-2, 2-7 to 2-10, 2-12, 2-15, 2-16, 2-18 to 2-20, 3-5 to 3-8, 3-11 to 3-15, 3-19, 3-21, 4-4 to 4-8, 4-10, 4-12, 4-14 to 5-5, 6-1 to 7-10, 12-6 to 12-25)
Soprano Vocals [Soprano II] – Glenda Simpson (tracks: 5-4, 5-5)
Tenor Vocals – Martyn Hill (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 1-8 to 1-10, 1-13, 1-14, 1-16, 1-17, 1-19, 2-3 to 2-5, 2-7 to 2-11, 2-13, 2-14, 2-16 to 2-18, 2-20, 3-1 to 3-7, 3-9 to 3-13, 3-16, 3-17, 3-21, 4-3 to 4-8, 4-11, 4-14 to 5-5, 6-1 to 7-10, 12-6 to 12-25)
Transcription By – Peter Stroud (4) (tracks: 12-6 to 12-25)
Viol [Alto] – Roderick Skeaping (tracks: 7-11, 7-21)
Viol [Bass] – Jane Ryan (tracks: 7-11, 11-23 to 12-5), Trevor Jones (4) (tracks: 1-3 to 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-13, 1-16 to 1-21, 2-3 to 2-6, 2-8, 2-11, 2,12, 2-14, 2-15, 2-17, 2-19, 2-20, 3-1 to 3-4, 3-9, 3-10, 3-16 to 3-18, 3-20, 4-1 to 4-3, 4-8 to 4-10, 5-5, 6-1 to 7-11, 7-21, 11-12 to 11-15, 11-21, 11-22, 11-24, 12-6 to 12-25)
Viol [Lyra] – Ian Gammie (tracks: 7-15 to 7-18)
Viol [Tenor] – Ian Gammie (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-15, 1-16, 1-19, 2-12, 2-20, 3-8, 3-21, 4-12, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1 to 7-11, 7-21, 11-23 to 11-27), Polly Waterfield (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-15, 1-16, 1-19, 2-12, 2-14, 2-20, 3-8, 3-21, 5-1, 6-1 to 7-11, 7-21), Trevor Jones (4) (tracks: 11-23, 11-25 to 11-27)
Viol [Treble] – Catherine Mackintosh (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-15, 1-16, 1-19, 2-12, 2-14, 2-20, 3-8, 3-21, 4-9 to 4-12, 5-1, 5-2, 6-1 to 7-10, 11-12 to 11-15, 11-23 to 11-27), Polly Waterfield (tracks: 11-23 to 11-27)
Viola – Trevor Jones (4) (tracks: 12-1 to 12-5)
Violin – Catherine Mackintosh (tracks: 11-16 to 11-22, 12-1 to 12-5), Polly Waterfield (tracks: 12-1 to 12-5)
Virginal – Alan Wilson (3) (tracks: 11-21, 11-22, 12-1 to 12-5)

companies

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Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
Recorded At – Decca Studios
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