W. A. MOZART : Requiem (Philippe Herreweghe) (2000) APE (image+ .cue), lossless

Tracklist & Credits :

JOHN DOWLAND : Tell Me True Love (Joel Frederiksen) (2016) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Songs full melancholy, and songs of love's joys and pains, composed by the "Orpheus of England", John Dowland, have lost none of their inmediacy and poignancy since the Renaissance. Joel Frederiksen accompanies his deep, expressive bass voice on the lute, and is aided by an expert ensemble of viols and lutes, to shape this exquisite program of vocal and instrumental works.

JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626)

1    The Lowest Trees Have Tops
2    The Woods So Wild/Can She Excuse My Wrongs
3    Deare, If You Change
4    Tarleton's Riserrectione
5    Sleep Wayward Thoughts
6    All Ye Who Love Or Fortune Hath Betrayed
7    Away With These Self Loving Lads
8    Flow My Teares
9    My Lord Chamberlain His Gallaird
10    Fine Knacks For Ladies
11    When Phoebus First
12    Say Love If Ever Thou Didst Find
13    A Fancy
14    Lady If You So Spite Me
15    In Darkness Let Me Dwell
16    If That A Sinner's Singhs
17    From Silent Night
18    Praeludium
19    The Frog Gaillard (Arr. For 3 Lutes)
20    Shall I Strive With Words To Move
21    Tell Me True Love

Bass Vocals, Lute – Joel Frederiksen
Ensemble - Ensemble Phoenix Munich

JOHN DOWLAND - Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1 (Paul O'Dette) (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626)

1    [A Piece Without Title]    2:32
2    Pavana 6:52
Composed By – Johann Daniel Mylius
3    Mr Knights Galliard    1:38
4    My Lord Willobies Wellcome Home    1:15
5    The Frogg Galliard    3:28
6    [A Fancy]    2:18
7    My Ladie Riches Galyerd    1:36
8    The Lady Laitons Almone    1:19
9    A Dream [Lady Leighton's Paven]    5:06
10    Galliard    1:35
11    Orlando Sleepeth    1:24
12    [What If A Day]    1:28
13    Mrs Winters Jumpp    0:48
14    Galliard    1:41
15    M. Giles Hobies Galiard    1:44
16    Dr Cases Pauen    4:53
17    Mellancoly Galliard    2:20
18    [Galliard]    1:47
19    Mistris Whittes Thinge    0:58
20    Go From My Windowe    3:33
21    [Almain]    1:11
22    Mrs Whites Nothing    0:57
23    [Pavan]    5:23
24    [Galliard]    1:47
25    Farwell    5:38

Lute – Paul O'Dette

JOHN DOWLAND - Complete Lute Works, Vol. 2 (Paul O'Dette) (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626)

1    My Lady Hunnsdons Puffe    1:23
2    Solus Cum Sola    4:25
3    Suzanna Galliard    1:47
4    Sir John Smith His Almain    2:26
5    Sweet Robyne    3:51
6    Dowlands First Galliard    1:39
7    Mayster Pypers Pavyn    5:08
8    Captain Digorie Piper His Galliard    2:17
9    Mounsieur's Almaine    5:21
10    As I Went To Walsingham    1:43
11    Mrs Brigide Fleetwoods Paven Alias Solus Sine Sola 5:32
12    Dowlands Galliard    1:21
13    Farwell (An "In Nomine")    3:30
14    Aloe    2:37
15    Capitain Candishe His Galyard    1:02
16    Can She Excuse    1:33
17    Mrs Vaux Galiarde    2:20
18    A Coye Joye    0:55
19    Mrs Vauxes Gigge    1:03
20    Sir Henry Guilforde His Almaine    1:52
21    Mignarda    3:23
22    Lachrimae    5:18
23    Sir John Souch His Galliard    1:34
24    Fantasia    3:49

Lute [Orpharion], Lute – Paul O'Dette

JOHN DOWLAND - Complete Lute Works, Vol. 3 (Paul O'Dette) (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626)

1    The Most High And Mightie Christianus 2:49
2    Sir John Langton His Pavin 5:58
3    Mr. Langtons Galliard 2:35
4    A Fancy    4:17
5    A Pavan    5:21
6    The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard    1:06
7    Mrs Cliftons Allmaine    1:12
8    The Right Honourable The Lady Cliftons Spirit    1:38
9    Tarletones Riserrectione 3:22
10    Tarletons Willy    1:29
11    Fortune My Foe    2:22
12    The Queenes Galliard    1:31
13    Wallsingham    4:48
14    A Galliard (On Walsingham) 1:49
15    Dowlands Adew For Master Oliver Cromwell 5:26
16    The Right Honourable Ferdinando Earle Of Darby 2:29
17    Lord Strangs March 1:35
18    Mistresse Nichols Almand 1:23
19    Forlone Hope Fancye 3:48
20    Mr. Dowlands Midnight 1:43
21    Semper Dowland Semper Dolens 7:23

Lute – Paul O'Dette

JOHN DOWLAND - Complete Lute Works, Vol. 4 (Paul O'Dette) (1997) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626)

1     Preludium, for lute, P 98 1:17
2    Fantasia, for lute in G minor, P 6 2:53
3    Lachrimae, for lute, P 15 5:23
4     Galliard to Lachrimae, for lute, P 46 (A Pilgrimes Solace) 2:30
5     Fantasia, for lute in G minor, P 71 (possibly spurious) 5:41
6     Almain, for lute, P 96 1:27
7     Pavana (Pavana Johan Douland), for lute in C minor, P 94 7:12
8     Can she excuse, galliard for lute, P 42 1:45     
9     Galliard, for lute in C minor, P 28 3:16
10     My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home, for lute, P 66 1:23
11     The Shoemaker's Wife, a Toy, for lute, P 58 1:08
12     The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Lisle, for lute, P 38  2:51     
13    Coranto, for lute, P 100 2:03
14     Galliard, for lute in F minor, P 82 (possibly spurious) 1:54
15     The Lady Russell's Pavan, for lute, P 17 5:03
16     Galliard, for lute (arr. of P24 by Fr. Cutting), P 92 1:47
17     The Frog Galliard, for lute, P 23 2:04
18     Come away, song arranged for lute, P 60 1:49
19     La mia Barbara, pavan for lute, P 95 5:57
20     Loth to depart, song arranged for lute, P 69 6:20

Lute – Paul O'Dette

JOHN DOWLAND - Complete Lute Works, Vol. 5 (Paul O'Dette) (1997) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626)

1    [A Fancy] (P 73)    3:20
2    Pavana Dowlandi Angli    5:20
3    Doulands rounde battell galyarde (P 39)    1:32
4    Pavin (Paul O'Dette, Laute - 1996)    5:32
5    The Erle of Darbies Galiard (P 44)    2:29
6    Mistris Norrishis Delight (P 77)    1:43
7    [A Jig] (P 78)    2:17
8    The Earl of Essex Galliard [II] (P 89)    1:35
9    Galliard (P 76)    1:38
10    Une Jeune Fillette (P 93)    5:18
11    Gagliarda (P 103)    1:50
12    Pavana Lachrimae    6:02
13    Squires Galliard    1:48
14    [A Fancy] (P 72)    5:50
15    Hasellwoods Galliard (P 84)    1:35
16    Sir Thomas Monson, his Pavin    6:04
17    Sir Thomas Monson, his Galliard    2:08
18    Almande    2:24
19    Sir Henry Umptons Funerall    5:49
20    Captayne Pipers Galliard (P 88)    2:50
21    A fantasie (P 1)    4:24

Lute – Paul O'Dette

ANDREAS STOLL - Crystal Tears (Concerto di Viole • Julian Behr) (2008) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    John Dowland–    Go Crystal Tears 6:29
2    John Ward–    Fantasia No.4 3:30
3    John Dowland–    Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part 4:32
4    John Dowland–    Go Nighthly Cares 4:02
5    John Ward–    Fantasia No.3 2:55
6    John Dowland–    Sorrow, Come ! 3:59
7    John Dowland–    Semper Dowland Semper Dolens 3:31
8    John Dowland–    The Lady Rich Her Galliard 2:03
9    Robert Johnson–    Have You Seen The Bright Lily Grow ? 2:51
10    William Byrd–    Though Amaryllis Dance In Green    3:43
11    John Bennet–    Venus' Birds Whose Mournful Tunes 3:35
12    Robert Johnson–    Full Fathom Five 2:10
13    Robert Johnson–    Care-Charming Sleep 3:38
14    Patrick Mando–    Like As The Day    4:03
15    John Dowland–    A Fancy    3:29
16    John Dowland–    Time Stands Still 4:39
17    Alfonso Ferrabosco–    Four-Note Pavan    4:49
18    John Dowland–    From Silent Night 4:06
19    Anominous–    O Death, Rock Me Asleep    2:57
20    Richard Mico–    Fantasia No.13    3:18
21    John Dowland–    Come, Heavy Sleep 5:02

Countertenor Vocals – Andreas Scholl (pistas: 1, 3, 4, 6, 9-14, 16-19, 21)
Ensemble – Concerto Di Viole (pistas: 2, 5, 7, 8, 15, 20)
Lute – Julian Behr (pistas: 1, 3, 4, 6-14, 16-19, 21)

LUTOSLAWSKI : Concerto for Orchestra • BRAHMS : Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 (Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra · Miguel Harth Bedoya) SACD (2016) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
Concerto For Orchestra    

Orchestra –  Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Miguel Harth Bedoya

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet In G Minor Op.25 (43:27)
Orchestrated By – Arnold Schoenberg, 1937

JOHN DOWLAND : Lachrimae Or Seven Teares (1962) lp / FLAC (tracks), lossless

ARVO PÄRT - Creator Spiritus [2012]

 The selections on this album of music by Estonian "holy minimalist" Arvo Pärt come from different phases of his career. One, the Solfeggio, dates from 1963, before Pärt abandoned serialism for his minimalist experiments; it was revised and simplified a good deal in 2008, however. The centerpiece (and finale), the Stabat Mater, was composed in 1985, and several of the shorter pieces date from the 2000s. The repertoire is divided between sacred choral pieces and short secular pieces of various kinds, all culminating in the giant, hypnotic, and virtually symmetrical Stabat Mater. Conductor Paul Hillier, who despite the profusion of new recordings of Pärt is still tough to beat, structures the program so as to use various ensembles: his own small group Theatre of Voices (also including an organ), the larger Ars Nova Copenhagen, and the NYYD Quartet. This tunes the ear to the subtle contrasts that are essential to Pärt's often almost static later music, and the whole therefore gathers in intensity as it proceeds. There aren't really any examples of Pärt's tintinnabulation (bell-like) texture, bringing home the degree to which he has purified and simplified his music even as he, like Western minimalists, has readmitted some aspects of functional harmony. The sacred a cappella pieces emerge as a kind of timeless chant, akin to but quite different from traditional forms of Orthodox chant, and the starkly simple secular pieces function as interludes. Sample the unique setting of the English-language traditional ballad My Heart's in the Highlands (track 6), where the vocal part consists only of a single note. The cumulative effect is powerful indeed, and the musicians are backed up by superb engineering from Harmonia Mundi. If you are interested in the development of Pärt's music over time, you could hardly do better than this release.  by James Manheim  

Arvo Pärt [1935 - ] Creator Spiritus

 [Ars Nova Copenhagen-Theatre of Voices-Paul Hillier] 

Harmonia Mundi 2012 / CBR320 / scan

O Púbis da Rosa

Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin (Version for Piano Duet) / Arnold Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie No. 1 Op. 9 (Version for Piano Duet) [Kocsis-Hauser] Harmonia Mundi 1903021 / 1991 / FLAC

This poorly listed item is the harmonia mundi release, recorded in 1989 and first released with a purple background cover in 1991. What brilliance it contains! The Miraculous Mandarin is rarely played in this form for piano duet, but it sounds fantastically vivid. The story is maximally unpleasant, but somehow in ballet this seems to matter less than in opera, the stylisation actually allows for a wider range of expression that doesn't alienate the audience. To hear it on the piano makes it seem further still from the action, although you do feel a narrative drive. The notes give the plot in Bartok's own succinct summary. Much of the music is savage - as untrammelled as anything Bartok wrote - but it is superbly exciting. The Kammersinfonie Op. 9 by Schoenberg transposes the fierceness to the sense of musical development, based on a series of rising fourths and being in a constant state of flux and transformation. It falls somewhere between Strauss and Bartok - a profusion of notes, wonderfully sprung between intellectual thought and Romantic emotion. Zoltan Kocsis and Adrienne Hauser make a totally inspired duo, and the recording is admirably clear and immediate. The cover painting by Alexei von Jawlensky prepares one for the expressionistic onslaught of the Bartok and the hallucinogenic emotions of both works.

Béla Bartók [1881-1945]

The Miraculous Mandarin (Version for Piano Duet)

Arnold Schoenberg [1974-1951]

Kammersymphonie No. 1 Op. 9 (Version for Piano Duet)

Zoltán Kocsis, Piano

Adrienne Hauser, Piano

Harmonia Mundi 1903021 

O Púbis da Rosa