Drop not, Mine Eyes

Purcell, Henry;
Dowland, John;
Lully, Jean-Baptiste;
Visée, Robert de;
Campion, Thomas;
Ford, Thomas;
Danyel, John

Chance, Alexander;
Carr, Toby

CKD 711

Named Gramophone’s One to Watch and winner of the 2022 International Handel Singing Competition, Alexander Chance makes his recording debut on Linn. Drop not, mine eyes is a recital of English lute songs that soaks up the zeitgeist of the past couple of years to create a programme full of melancholic works by Dowland, Campion, Danyel, Purcell and others. If the ever-popular Dowland was readily prone to sadness, as exemplified by the pair I saw my lady weep and Flow, my tears, or indeed In darkness let me dwell, the polymath Thomas Campion favoured a more sober style, as shown in I care not for these ladies. Thomas Ford displays his more profane side here with Fair, sweet, cruel and What then is love. When it comes to melancholy, John Danyel’s Grief, keep within and Drop not, mine eyes are every bit as good as Dowland. The programme closes with Purcell, the other English Orpheus. Toby Carr provides sympathetic accompaniment on lute and theorbo.

YB: https://youtu.be/Ld3Fbj0nCC4

YB: https://youtu.be/gIe4dczTA3g

Works:

•Campion: I care not for these ladies
•Campion: Never weather-beaten sail
•Campion: The cypress curtain of the night
•Danyel: He whose desires are still abroad
•Danyel: Pavan
•Dowland: In darkness let me dwell
•Dowland: Mignarda
•Purcell: An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193
•Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406
•Visée: Prélude

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Linn

04-05-2023

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