Wilbye / I Fagiolini- Draw On Sweet Night (CD)
To welcome the spring, British ensemble I Fagiolini puts aside it's beloved Monteverdi to uncover it's own national heritage: the best of John Wilbye's classic Golden Age madrigals. Whilst his oeuvre may have been small (just 75 works that we know of and most just a couple of minutes long), time and again, in these exquisite cameos, Wilbye delivers what might be reckoned the ultimate madrigal experience. The plangent dissonance of 'Draw on, sweet night' and 'Weep, weep, mine eyes' perfectly evoke English melancholy, while 'Sweet honey-sucking bees' and 'Adieu, sweet Amaryllis' are such sheer pleasure to sing that many listeners will scrabble to unearth old scores. This album is, in a nutshell, 75 minutes of madrigalian bliss! Rediscover or enjoy anew this central part of English choral culture, strangely out of fashion for so long, sung by a group that has matured into the repertoire like a good wine.
Tracklist:
- Draw On, Sweet Night
- Weep, O Mine Eyes
- Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis
- Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees / Yet, Sweet, Take Heed
- Thou Art But Young
- Cruel, Behold My Heavy Ending
- I Live, And Yet Methinks / There Is A Jewel
- I Love, Alas, Yet Am Not Loved
- Oft Have I Vowed
- Down In A Valley / Hard Destinies
- When Shall My Wretched Life
- O What Shall I Do?
- Love Not Me For Comely Grace
- Happy, O Happy He
- There Where I Saw
- Lady, Your Words Do Spite Me
- O Wretched Man
- Ye Restless Thoughts
- Lady, When I Behold
- Thus Saith My Cloris Bright
- Weep, Weep, Mine Eyes
- Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers
- All Pleasure Is Of This Condition
- Of Joys And Pleasing Pains / My Throat Is Sore
- Where Most My Thoughts / Despiteful Thus
To welcome the spring, British ensemble I Fagiolini puts aside it's beloved Monteverdi to uncover it's own national heritage: the best of John Wilbye's classic Golden Age madrigals. Whilst his oeuvre may have been small (just 75 works that we know of and most just a couple of minutes long), time and again, in these exquisite cameos, Wilbye delivers what might be reckoned the ultimate madrigal experience. The plangent dissonance of 'Draw on, sweet night' and 'Weep, weep, mine eyes' perfectly evoke English melancholy, while 'Sweet honey-sucking bees' and 'Adieu, sweet Amaryllis' are such sheer pleasure to sing that many listeners will scrabble to unearth old scores. This album is, in a nutshell, 75 minutes of madrigalian bliss! Rediscover or enjoy anew this central part of English choral culture, strangely out of fashion for so long, sung by a group that has matured into the repertoire like a good wine.
Tracklist:
- Draw On, Sweet Night
- Weep, O Mine Eyes
- Adieu, Sweet Amaryllis
- Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees / Yet, Sweet, Take Heed
- Thou Art But Young
- Cruel, Behold My Heavy Ending
- I Live, And Yet Methinks / There Is A Jewel
- I Love, Alas, Yet Am Not Loved
- Oft Have I Vowed
- Down In A Valley / Hard Destinies
- When Shall My Wretched Life
- O What Shall I Do?
- Love Not Me For Comely Grace
- Happy, O Happy He
- There Where I Saw
- Lady, Your Words Do Spite Me
- O Wretched Man
- Ye Restless Thoughts
- Lady, When I Behold
- Thus Saith My Cloris Bright
- Weep, Weep, Mine Eyes
- Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers
- All Pleasure Is Of This Condition
- Of Joys And Pleasing Pains / My Throat Is Sore
- Where Most My Thoughts / Despiteful Thus