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John Bartlet, Thomas Campion, John Danyel
What Then Is Love, An Elizabethan Songbook
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
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

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All Artists: John Bartlet, Thomas Campion, John Danyel, John Dowland, Thomas Ford, Antony Holborne, Edward [Composer] Johnson, Robert (ii) Johnson, Robert [Composer] Jones, Joel Cohen
Title: What Then Is Love, An Elizabethan Songbook
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: 5/18/1999
Album Type: Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Holiday & Wedding, Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 639842341721

CD Reviews

What then is taste?

gaios33 | Berkeley, CA | 04/10/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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."