JOHN DOWLAND : Lute Music 3 • Pavans, Galliards And Almains (Nigel North) (2007) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The pre-eminent lutenist of his day, John Dowland was an almost exact contemporary of William Shakespeare. This third volume of Dowland’s Lute Music (Volumes 1 and 2 are available on Naxos 8.557586 and 8.557862) explores the three principal dances of the time, Pavans, Galliards and Almains. Of particular note are the strikingly unusual Galliard on a Galliard of Bachelar, which takes the opening four bars of an original dance by Dowland’s contemporary Daniel Bachelar and then branches off into its own world of great variety and fantasy, and the beautiful and serious “Pavana Doulant”, a work written from the very heart of the composer known as the ‘English Orpheus’. NAXOS
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JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626)

1    Pavan "Solus Cum Sola"    4:40
2    Melancholy Galliard    2:37
3    Sir John Smith, His Almain    2:37
4    The Lady Russell's Pavan    4:55
5    Lady Rich, Her Galliard    1:55
6    The Lady Laiton's Almain    1:22
7    Pavan "Solus Sine Sola"    5:47
8    Mr Knight's Galliard    1:52
9    Mrs Clifton's Almain    1:25
10    Dr Case's Pavan    4:18
11    Sir Robert Sidney, His Galliard    2:39
12    Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain    2:10
13    "Pavan Doulant" (Pub. Mylius, Frankfurt 1622)    3:26
14    The Earl Of Derby, His Galliard    2:30
15    Almain, P.51    2:37
16    Pavan "La Mia Barbara"    5:50
17    The Battle Galliard    2:50
18    Almain, P.49    1:24
19    "Pavana Johan Douland" (Schele Ms.)    7:00
20    Galliard On A Galliard Of Bachelar    2:50
21    Almain (Margaret Board Lute Ms.)    1:37

Lute – Nigel North