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Love Is Strange, Works for Lute Consort (Alpha Collection)

1/1/2005, 22 Tracks, 1:00:57

Featuring

  • Vincent Dumestre
  • Benjamin Perrot
  • Pierre Hantaï
  • Massimo Moscardo
  • Éric Bellocq
  • Le Poème Harmonique
  • John Johnson
  • Benjamin Cosyn
  • Anthony Holborne
  • Anonymous
  • Robert Parsons
  • Thomas Robinson
  • John Bull
  • Anonymous (Traditional)
  • John Dowland
  • John Danyel
  • Thomas Morley
  • Orlando Gibbons
  • Giovanni Coperario

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Interpretation

In 17th-century lute consort practice, it was common for all parts to improvise freely, only occasionally meeting on consonances, as evidenced by Jean-Baptiste Besard's collection.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The lute reached its peak under the reigns of Elizabeth I and the Stuart kings, with composers like Dowland, Johnson, Holborne, Robinson, and Danyel.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Much of the lute consort repertoire was improvised, making it difficult to fully convey in written form.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in January 2005 at the Chapelle de l'Hôpital Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours in Paris, France.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Vincent Dumestre, the director of Le Poème Harmonique, aimed to recreate the collective practice of plucked string instrument players from the 17th century.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The album features a double virginal, a Flemish instrument known as 'mother and child,' where a smaller 'child' instrument can be placed on top of the larger 'mother' instrument to sound together.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Many pieces on this album come from masques, which were typically English court entertainments from the early 17th century, often based on mythological or allegorical themes.

Source: Booklet

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