COMPOSERS: Dowland
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi
WORKS: Works for Lute
PERFORMER: Paul O’Dette (lute, orpharion)
CATALOGUE NO: HMD 947160 Reissue (1995)
Paul O’Dette is one of the most charismatic lutenists of our generation, and in this recording he affectingly captures the full emotional range of Dowland’s style. Refined elegance, free improvisation, dark melancholy – all are given voice in this attractive selection of works. Kate Bolton
Dowland: Works for Lute
Paul O’Dette is one of the most charismatic lutenists of our generation, and in this recording he affectingly captures the full emotional range of Dowland’s style. Refined elegance, free improvisation, dark melancholy – all are given voice in this attractive selection of works. Kate Bolton
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:34 pm