Mignarda – The Delight of Solitariness: The Lute Songs of John Dowland (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:16 minutes | 1002 MB | Genre: Classical
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One of the few professional lute song duos in the United States, Mignarda’s fresh and engaging approach to historical music has set a new standard for interpretation, authenticity and musicianship. Based in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, they have produced seventeen critically-acclaimed CDs and a series of editions of historical music for voice and lute.Reviewers have described their music as “radiant”, “bewitching”. and “laden with elegance”. The Lute Society (UK) has called Rota Fortuna “essential listening”, and Au pres de vous their “lute disk of the year”. Divine Amarillis, their recording of French music from the early 17th century, was selected from a pool of 42,000 recordings for the award of first place for Best Album in the 2009 Just Plain Folks awards. Their recordings have been featured on the internationally syndicated “Millennium of Music”, hosted by Robert Aubry Davis, and several have also been selected as Choice CDs by Cleveland, Ohio’s mainstream classical radio station WCLV. All are included among CDBaby’s top 40 best-selling classical CDs. Mignarda was featured in a one-hour live concert produced by Binghamton, NY PBS affiliate WSKG TV, which has been aired frequently and is available from PBS.org on DVD
Lutenist Ron Andrico has been a professional performer of historical music and music in theatre for more than 30 years, discovering the lute while completing a degree in composition. He promptly divested himself of all modern musical trappings and set about researching the context and subtleties of early music. His research has led to publication of a growing series of important music editions and scholarly articles that have to do with identifying, elucidating and performing the sources of 16th century lute music. In addition to his 13 editions of historical music for voice and lute, Andrico has edited and published the original lute solos of virtuoso lutenist Ronn McFarlane. His publications also include an exhaustive errata list for the complete works for lute by John Johnson (Editions Orphee) in conjunction with noted Harvard musicologist, John Ward; several articles identifying new concordances published by the Lute Society (UK) and by the Lute Society of America, for which he served as a director from 2000-2002. He is the author of the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts.
Tracklist:
1-01. Mignarda – Disdain Me Still, That I May Ever Love (03:20)
1-02. Mignarda – Me, Me And None But Me (03:03)
1-03. Mignarda – Shall I Strive With Words To Move? (02:37)
1-04. Mignarda – Mignarda (02:51)
1-05. Mignarda – Sweet Stay A While (03:27)
1-06. Mignarda – Stay Time A While Thy Flying (02:29)
1-07. Mignarda – Solus Cum Sola (04:58)
1-08. Mignarda – Would My Conceit That First Enforced My Woe (03:24)
1-09. Mignarda – The Lowest Trees Have Tops (01:55)
1-10. Mignarda – Mistress Stewart’s Thing (02:12)
1-11. Mignarda – Toss Not My Soul (02:48)
1-12. Mignarda – Rest A While You Cruel Cares (03:10)
1-13. Mignarda – Praeludium (01:14)
1-14. Mignarda – Go Crystal Tears (02:56)
1-15. Mignarda – Lachrimae (05:24)
1-16. Mignarda – O Sweet Woods The Delight Of Solitariness (05:24)
1-17. Mignarda – Clear Or Cloudy Sweet As April Showering (02:59)