Comprising of five instrumental tracks, eleven tracks with vocals and seven extracts from Dowland's aforementioned letter to Sir Robert Cecil interspersed between the music, newcomers to Dowland's music will be pleased to learn that although his lyrics may have often been despondent and sad, on the evidence of the pieces on this album his music was often not. It is almost hard to believe that the Elizabethan "King of Pain" who wrote 'Flow my tears' and 'In darkness let me dwell' (which must be one of the darkest and most dissonant songs ever written) was the same person who wrote the beautiful melody of 'Come again' and demonstrated the pop sensibilities displayed in 'The lowest trees have tops'
Comprising of five instrumental tracks, eleven tracks with vocals and seven extracts from Dowland's aforementioned letter to Sir Robert Cecil interspersed between the music, newcomers to Dowland's music will be pleased to learn that although his lyrics may have often been despondent and sad, on the evidence of the pieces on this album his music was often not. It is almost hard to believe that the Elizabethan "King of Pain" who wrote 'Flow my tears' and 'In darkness let me dwell' (which must be one of the darkest and most dissonant songs ever written) was the same person who wrote the beautiful melody of 'Come again' and demonstrated the pop sensibilities displayed in 'The lowest trees have tops'
[sting.com]