Seek & You Shall Find: More of the Best (1963-1981)

Track Listings
1. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
2. Get My Hands on Some Lovin'
3. No Good Without You
4. You've Been a Long Time Coming
5. When I Had Your Love
6. You're What's Happening (In the World Today)
7. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever [*]
8. It's a Bitter Pill to Swallow
9. Seek and You Shall Find
10. Gonna Keep on Tryin' Till I Win Your Love
11. Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got
12. I Wish It Would Rain [*]
13. Abraham, Martin and John [*]
14. Save the Children
15. You Sure Love to Ball
16. Ego Tripping Out
17. Praise [*]
18. Heavy Love Affair

Editorial Reviews
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An interesting grab bag of cuts from Marvin Gaye's 18-year career at Motown. His Latin-tinged first single ("Wherever I Lay My Hat," later covered by Paul Young), the smoldering "No Good Without You," and a cover of the Four Tops' "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" are among the highlights of the '60s sides cherry-picked here. And that his troubled later years produced their share of beauties is made clear by the sweet "Praise" and self-knowing "Ego Tripping Out." Hope and despair were felt more profoundly in Gaye's music than in that of most other singers, and this intriguing package doesn't let us forget that. --Rickey Wright

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Seek & You Shall Find: More of the Best (1963-1981)

Seek & You Shall Find: More of the Best (1963-1981)
A.I. - Artificial Intelligence: Original Motion Picture Score
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The music is masterfully composed with wit, majesty, and soul
  • Beautiful
  • John Williams does his best Minimalist Impersonation with Fine Results
  • Will one day be considered among the best he's written
  • Almost Impeccable
 A.I. - Artificial Intelligence: Original Motion Picture Score

Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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ASIN: B00005LLVS
Release Date: 2001-07-03

Tracks:

  1. The Mecha World
  2. Abandoned In the Woods
  3. Replicas
  4. Hide And Seek
  5. For Always
  6. Cybertronics
  7. The Moon Rising
  8. Stored Memories And Monica's Theme
  9. Where Dreams Are Born
  10. Rouge City
  11. The Search For The Blue Fairy
  12. The Reunion
  13. For Always (Duet)

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Packed with Big Ideas about the future of mankind and dispatched with a distant, often icy veneer, Steven Spielberg's Artificial Intelligence can scarcely camouflage its roots. It was begun by the late Stanley Kubrick in the mid-'80s; Spielberg collaborated briefly a decade later, bowed out, then inherited it upon Kubrick's death in '99. And while the late auteur's cold vision seems largely intact (if now infused with Spielberg's enduring Pinocchio fetish), it's safe to say that Kubrick's often challenging musical tastes would probably not have led him to composer John Williams's doorstep. Nonetheless, the acclaimed veteran again rises to the occasion, ably demonstrating that he's hardly been indifferent to 20-odd-years of minimalism and postmodernism and that, as always, the best film music is often a subtly crafted pastiche of sensibilities and styles. Setting the tone of the film's robotically enhanced not-so-distant future, "The Mecha World" crackles and glistens with Steve Reich's rhythmic urgency and John Adams's dense coloration, while "Abandoned in the Woods," "Hide and Seek," and "Rouge City" succeed by setting Williams's more traditional sense of melody against Phillip Glass's hypnotic arpeggios. There's also a sense that the composer has craftily evoked the ghost of Kubrick music past and 2001 in particular; "Replicas" and "Stored Memories" bring to mind Ligeti, while the mournful strings of "Cybertronics" seem a ghostly echo of Khachaturian's "Gayane Ballet Suite." David Foster's ballad "For Always" (in a solo rendition by Lara Fabian and a duet between Fabian and Josh Groban) seems twice-included strictly to enhance the album's radio allure. Completists should also note that Ministry's dark contribution to the film's Flesh Fair sequence, "What About Us?" is not included on this soundtrack, but is available on their Greatest Fits compilation. Arguably Williams's most musically adventurous score since his landmark Close Encounters, A.I. should take its place among the most distinctive of the composer's long and bounteous collaboration with Spielberg. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The music is masterfully composed with wit, majesty, and soul.......2006-06-19

A.I. means Artificial Intelligence. But there is nothing artificial about John Williams' organically emotional score and his 17th collaboration with Steven Spielberg. A.I. studies the unique fellowship between human and machine and John has woven a musical interface. John's score pierces the mystery of a robot (mecha) child's short existence. His name is David and he never had a birthday, but was engineered to give and revieve the love of the family he is placed in. The music underlines and then transports David on his jounrey of discovery from his inception to his tanscendence and John does this with wit, majesty, and soul. John's music is of our world and of theirs and finally of a world shared by both orga and mecha. And like so many of John's scores from Spielberg's movies, you really don't need the images to have the story told to you. He is the greatest musical storyteller of all time.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful .......2006-02-20

This is a wonderful score. It features Josh Groban, Lara Fabian, and of course the master... John Williams.

I would definately say this is one of his best. It reminds me of some of the other Spielberg collaboration scores. Mainly, Empire of the Sun, and War of the Worlds. Lots of the score is wonderful emotional underscoring. It's very complex, and full of interesting scales and keys. Of course, there is plenty of gorgeous thematic material to make the score complete. Honestly, I have never heard a bad John Williams score. Come to think of it, I've never heard one that was less than brilliant and amazing. Really, give this a listen.

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4 out of 5 stars John Williams does his best Minimalist Impersonation with Fine Results.......2006-02-05

If you're at all familiar with various work by John Williams, then you might be surprised at his soundtrack for the Spielberg movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Here Williams seems to shy away from his usual heroic, orchestral canvasses and focuses more on repetitive, rhythmic music with a much more subdued feel to it. Some people might be reminded of minimalist composer Phillip Glass but it's not always Glass that Williams emulates here, it's another major figure in the minimalist music movement, John Adams. Even if Williams emulates others at times, it's still pure John Williams throughout.

Of course Williams, just like Steven Spielberg, can't help but pour on the schmaltz once in a while. The main theme of the film is the one used for the song " For Always ". When this music is played by piano and orchestra it's quite beautiful. When the soprano Barbara Bonney sings it with wordless vocals, it's very evocative of the mood in the film. HOWEVER, I have no idea what John Williams was thinking when he basically turns this beautiful, simple theme into a corny pop song. Oh wait, I know exactly what he was thinking, he was trying to generate a pop hit! Ugh. When Lara Fabian sings " For Always " on track 5, you grind your teeth and barely make it through. When on track 13, Lara Fabian is joined by Josh Groban for a duet version of the same song, it becomes intolerable schmaltz at it's worst.

So yes, there is much satisfying work here by everyone's most lovable film composer John Williams, just don't listen to tracks 5 and 13 so your musical sensibilities won't be irreparably damaged!

The last word from me, A.I., terrific soundtrack that rivals Williams' best, sayonara!

5 out of 5 stars Will one day be considered among the best he's written.......2005-12-29

This score is a masterpiece. Although many critics found Steven Spielberg's film to be uneven, I feel that the score perfectly gives it heart. The score helps to understand what the film is all about -- a boy's love for his "mother."

This score by John Williams will one day be considered among the best he's written. Highly underrated, yet greatly poignant.

I agree with other reviewers who have warned that this is not in the Star Wars / Indiana Jones vein. If you're looking for big, bombastic symphonic music, look elsewhere. This is very sentimental, but beautifully done music. It demonstrates John Williams' talent for matching the music to the film's intention. As his resume' demonstrates, John Williams can write music for just about every film, including a misunderstood "Spielberg/Kubrick" collaboration.

"The Reunion" (final track) is one of the best tracks of orchestra/piano music ever written. The lullaby-like song is the same melody as was used in "For Always," and it is achingly beautiful.

Appropriately, this final track is played in the film while David being (finally) reunited with his "mother."

4 out of 5 stars Almost Impeccable.......2004-04-26

John Williams continues in the fine tradition of his previous work. This sondtrack is finely balanced, with delicate medleys, haunting themes, and some lullaby pieces that are almost enough to make one weep. Contrary to many of his previous works (Star Wars, Superman, et al,) Mr. Williams avoided writing loud, brassy fanfares that would have deeply conflicted with the dark, pensive nature of this film.
Several tracks stand out in this masterpiece. The twin versions of "For Always," one featuring Lara Fabian and the other featuring Josh Groban in a duet with Ms. Fabian are wonderfully pure. In solo form, Lara's voice is wonderfully smooth and has a subtle almost untrained quality that lends a genuineness to her singing. In the duet, Mr. Groban's silky smooth baritone perfectly offsets Lara's clear soprano. The penultimate song, titled "The Reunion" is a stunning, gorgeous lullaby of a piece that features a plaintive, almost childish piano theme. The simplicity is subtlely complex as the theme winds through an entire emotional range, from triumphant happiness to simple joy to black despair, and finally back into an almost heartbreaking lullaby.
Mr. Williams has displayed a wide variety of musical styles in this soundtrack. For fans of his that are desiring a "Star Wars" fanfare and overpowering orchestral pieces, this soundtrack is not for you. I personally prefer this collection to most of his other works.
Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set)
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    ASIN: B00062FLI8
    Release Date: 2004-11-30
    Purcell: Songs & Airs / Argenta, North, Boothby, Nicholson, Toll
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Nice Collection
    • PERFECT!
    • Great singing and excellent value for money
    • More than two hours of beautiful 17th century 'ayres'
    		 Purcell: Songs & Airs / Argenta, North, Boothby, Nicholson, Toll
    Henry Purcell , Nancy Argenta , and Nigel North
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    ASIN: B000059LOH
    Release Date: 2001-06-05

    Tracks:

    1. O Solitude - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
    2. Ah! How Sweet It Is To Love - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
    3. Not All My Torments - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson
    4. Stripp'd Of Their Green - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
    5. Tell Me, Some Pitying Angel - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
    6. If Music Be The Food Of Love - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
    7. Hark! Hark! The Echoing Air - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
    8. The Fatal Hour Comes On Apace - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
    9. Incassum, Lesbia - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Paul Nicholson
    10. Sweeter Than Roses - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
    11. Cupid, The Slyest Rogue Alive - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
    12. From Silent Shades - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
    13. Dear Pretty Youth - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
    14. From Rosy Bow'rs - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
    15. Now That The Sun Hath Veil'd His Light - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson
    16. Beneath A Poplar's Shadow - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby
    17. I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly - Nancy Argenta/Paul Nicholson
    18. Let Us Dance - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/Richard Boothby/Paul Nicholson
    19. Fairest Isle - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
    20. O Solitude - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby

    Tracks:

    1. Nymphs And Shepherds - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    2. Amidst The Shades And Cool Refreshing Streams - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
    3. Love In Their Little Veins Inspires - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott/Richard Boothby/Nigel North
    4. Fly Swift, Ye Hours - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    5. They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    6. The Plaint: O Let Me Weep - Nancy Argenta/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    7. In The Black, Dismal Dungeon Of Despair - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
    8. See, Even Night Herself Is Here - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones
    9. Why Should Men Quarrel? - Nancy Argenta/Rachel Becket/Marion Scott/Richard Boothby/John Toll
    10. Seek Not To Know - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Sophia McKenna/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    11. Retir'd From Mortals' Sight - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
    12. To Arms, Heoric Prince - Nancy Argenta/Mark Bennett/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    13. O Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    14. Halcyon Days - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Pauline Nobes/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    15. Bid The Virtues - Nancy Argenta/Paul Goodwin/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    16. Lord, What Is Man? (A Divine Hymn) - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    17. Music For A While - Nancy Argenta/John Toll
    18. If Music Be The Food Of Love (1st Setting) - Nancy Argenta/Richard Boothby/John Toll
    19. Sawney Is A Bonny Lad (A Scotch Song) - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North
    20. When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Richard Boothby/Nigel North/John Toll
    21. Ah! Cruel, Bloody Fate - Nancy Argenta/Nigel North/John Toll
    22. Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid In Earth - Nancy Argenta/Nicholas Robinson/Fiona Huggett/Trevor Jones/Richard Boothby/Nigel North

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Nice Collection.......2007-03-05

    I have many collections of Purcell's Music. This collection stands up to them at half the price. Solid buy.

    5 out of 5 stars PERFECT!.......2006-10-26

    There is only a word with which I can describe this set of discs: perfect!
    The only flaw there is, is not related to the singing or playing: no text enclosed.

    5 out of 5 stars Great singing and excellent value for money.......2004-09-19

    This is probably one of the best anthologies of Purcell songs around, and not just because it's two-for-one pricing means it contains twice as much music (CD1:74'24" & CD2: 77'41")! Nancy Argenta has an irrepressible sense of style and crystal clear diction. But unlike Emma Kirby, whose vocal purity can become tiresome, these renditions radiate warmth. She is also, I have found, more consistently involving than any one of the singers in Hyperion's three disc survey of Complete Secular Songs (recently reissued as a single set). One marvels at how she judiciously balances restraint and emotional forthrightness. The accompaniments (archlute, viola da gamba, harpsichord, and organ) are well judged and blend with the voice, all helped by an excellently defined recording acoustic. This is an absolute winner at any price!

    5 out of 5 stars More than two hours of beautiful 17th century 'ayres'.......2001-08-02

    Two CDs, totaling more than 150 minutes of sparsely-arranged (never more than 3-5 instruments at a time), sweetly-sung, 350 year old 'ayres' (a typically English form of secular music). Nancy Argenta's soprano voice is lovely, silvery indeed as her name implies. The instruments are a discreet but friendly accompaniment to her solo voice. Perhaps the instruments are a little too discreet -- there are times when I wish they were a touch more prominent. But that is a very, very minor complaint. A beautiful collection, and quite well worth the money.
    Elgar: Sacred Choral Music
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    • Very Good!
    		 Elgar: Sacred Choral Music

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    ASIN: B000260QMY
    Release Date: 2004-07-20

    Tracks:

    1. Give Unto The Lord
    2. Ave Verum Corpus
    3. Ave Maria Gratia Plena
    4. Ave Maris Stella
    5. O Hearken Though
    6. Te Deum Laudamus
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    8. O Salutaris Hostia
    9. Great IS The Lord
    10. The Spirit Of The Lord Is Apon Me
    11. Go, Song Of Mine
    12. Seek Him That Maketh The Seven Stars
    13. Light Of The World

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Very Good!.......2004-11-07

    This is an awesome cd of Elgars choral music. I reccomend it along with Howells Requiem under the Naxos label. This is an awesome choir and awesome music!
    What Then Is Love, An Elizabethan Songbook
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • What then is taste?
    • Why no listing of the songs?
    • Lacks that extra drop of refinement
    		 What Then Is Love, An Elizabethan Songbook

    Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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    ASIN: B00000IWRF
    Release Date: 1999-05-18

    Tracks:

    1. I - Sing A Song Of Joy: Sing A Song Of Joy
    2. I - Sing A Song Of Joy: Eliza Is the Fairest Queen
    3. I - Sing A Song Of Joy: The Honeysuckle
    4. II - What Then Is Love?: What Then Is Love Sings Coridon
    5. II - What Then Is Love?: What Then Is Love But Mourning
    6. II - What Then Is Love?: What Thing Is Love?
    7. III - Sorrow, Come: Galliard 'Shall I Strive'
    8. III - Sorrow, Come: I Sigh, As Sure to Wear the Fruit
    9. III - Sorrow, Come: Sorrow, Come
    10. IV - Shall I Sue?: Heigh-Ho Holiday
    11. IV - Shall I Sue?: Shall I Sue
    12. IV - Shall I Sue?: Breake Now My Heart And Dye
    13. IV - Shall I Sue?: Woo Her And Win Her
    14. V - Witty Wanton: The Peaceful Western Wind
    15. V - Witty Wanton: Sweet Philomel
    16. V - Witty Wanton: I Care Not For These Ladies
    17. V - Witty Wanton: Courante On 'I Care Not For These Ladies'
    18. V - Witty Wanton: A Pretty Duck There Was
    19. V - Witty Wanton: Witty Wanton
    20. VI - Faine Would I Wed: Faine Would I Wed
    21. VI - Faine Would I Wed: Mother, I Will Have A Husband
    22. VI - Faine Would I Wed: Now Hath Flora Robb'd Her Bow'rs
    23. VII - Sing We And Chant It: Move Now With Measured Sound
    24. VII - Sing We And Chant It: Rest, Sweet Nymphs
    25. VII - Sing We And Chant It: Sing We And Chant It

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars What then is taste?.......2000-04-10

    The very reason I purchased this CD was the fact that it used reconstructed Elizabethan accents; attempts at accuracy are always preferable to bowing to popular misconceptions (like in Shakespeare in Love--ack). I found this recording both aesthetically pleasing and intellectually stimulating--one can clearly see through this recording the branch-off point between the modern British and American accents, something which had always mystified me before.

    Musically, this recording is full of little-known gems of the English Renaissance. This is a sample of what's on it, for Kenneth Melia: Sing a song of joy; Eliza is the fairest Queen; What then is love but mourning; Shall I sue; Heigh-ho holiday; I care not for these ladies; Mother, I will have a husband; Rest, sweet nymphs (a beautiful rendition with soaring harmonies on the chorus); and Sing we and chant it. Kenneth, if you still want a more complete list, just e-mail me (mitsuo@uclink4.berkeley.edu). But I insist that if you buy it now, without knowing all the songs, you will not be disappointed. They are subdued and genteel, with that hint of playfulness which one could say characterized the court under Elizabeth I. The vocalists are excellent, never succumbing to the operatic vocal style so popular with renditions of this repertoire, and, I think, the least authentic. Once again, Anne Azema charms with her supple, almost serpentine stylizations, and you also get a wealth of other talented vocalists who speak the Elizabethan tongue with convincing fluency. The instrumentalists play with passion and a feline subtlety that will catch you and never let go.

    1 out of 5 stars Why no listing of the songs?.......1999-12-04

    I'll admit, right away, that I haven't heard the music on this CD. What I want to comment about is the fact that it is impossible to FIND OUT WHAT MUSIC IS ACTUALLY ON IT! I thought Amazon would have the list of songs, because I couldn't find out what they were at the local music shop. I already have a good number of Boston Camerata CD's and I wanted to find out what was on this one before I purchased it. The local store even has a software program which normally allows customers to find out what's contained on a CD if it isn't on the cover. The only listing for this CD was "songs." This isn't the first time that a Boston Camerata CD has not had the musical selections listed on the outside. Why not ALWAYS have a listing of the music on the cover? Even if it's in small font it would still be worth it. So, as of yet I haven't purchased it. How does one find out what's on it? K.Melia

    4 out of 5 stars Lacks that extra drop of refinement.......1999-05-23

    This is a hard one to call. Brought up as I was on the ultra-modulated renditions of this and like material on Vanguard LPs by Alfred Deller and his consort, I find this Erato effort lacks that extra drop of refinement that is needed for the courtly music of the Elizabethan period. (The street and theater music might be another story, but beside the point here.) I know it is Anglophilic bias working here, but I found (for example) tenor William Hite's East Coast accent distracting. The women have accents that, while not all that appropriate, at least do not jar. It is of course true that Elizabethan English was closer to what Ringo Starr sounded like than Laurence Oliver. Play the track that contains "I care not for these ladies," which is indeed sung with a regional accent and you will see what I mean. However, in general "an Elizabetan Songbook" should sound at least what we accept today as British-sounding, if you follow. This said, I cannot fault the vocalizing or the playing. But I will still return to my Vanguard sets before playing this again. Still--who can dispute taste?
    Dowland: Lute Songs
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      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0000022B5
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      Tracks:

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      Hide and Seek
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        The Eighteenth Day of May
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            Dowland: Lute Songs
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • a voice teacher and early music fan
            • A marvelous interpretation!
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            5 out of 5 stars a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-10-29

            John Dowland is valued today as the first English composer of solo songs, mostly because no one in England has exceeded his output; he may have been equalled by Purcell. However, his distinctive blend of poem, melody and harmony remains unsurpassed. In addition, by underplaying the role of the voice, the listener's attention is directed to the poem. This de-emphasis of the voice was favoured by Elizabethans who relished the new-minted language of Shakepeare's contemporaries. Dowland has his brighter side, but his music is preponderantly melancholy. "Lachrimae" became his signature tune. The accompanying group 'The Consort of Six' was a peculiarly English invention of the 1580's. Six different instruments-treble and bass viols, flute, lute, cittern and bandora; it was in fact the first orchestra. The titles of the instrumental pieces give us some idea of the wide range of society in which Dowland moved; very "upper class". John Dowland was typical of composers of that time in that he earned his living by playing, and he was very much sought after by both amateurs and professionals. Alfred Deller, the most legendary of countertenors issued the very essence of melancholy of the 17th century English songs. One has to mention that he was a primary influence in the development of the countertenor voice and as such was a performer who traveled all over the world showing to all that this voice was to be looked upon and accepted as an authentic and singular entity in itself, to which I totally agree. Therefore, he paved the way for an entire generation of singers such as James Bowman, Michael Chance, David Daniels, Gerard Lesne and Phillipe Jarousky to name only a few. This recording is a landmark in music; the singing is skilled; the accompaniment superb and the song selection significant.

            5 out of 5 stars A marvelous interpretation!.......2005-07-05

            This is a superb CD set. Deller is amazing and the Lute Songs have deep feelings, that send us to immemorial ages... If you love old sacred music you must have this Set.

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