Dowland was the most celebrated lutenist-composer of his age, and the one who turned sorrow into a discipline.
The thirteen pieces gathered here span his whole career — the early Solus cum sola, the emblematic Flow my teares, the virtuosic Sir John Smith's Almain, the late and desolate In darknesse let mee dwell — drawn from the four printed Bookes of Songs or Ayres and from the Margaret Board and Matthew Holmes lute manuscripts.
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RELEASE SCHEDULE
August 16, 2026 — EP 1
September 16, 2026 — EP 2
October 16, 2026 — Full Album Release
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I saw my lady weepe
the music of John Dowland
APL98360
UPC 732262898360
Album time: 41:57
Album Release: October 16, 2026
In darknesse let mee dwell (3:44)
The Right Honourable Robert, Earle of Essex, His Galliard (1:52)
Flow my teares (4:11)
Mr. Dowland's Midnight (1:44)
Sorrow, sorrow, stay* (3:21)
Preludium (1:22)
I saw my Lady weepe* (4:52)
Lady Clifton's Spirit (1:55)
Sir John Smith's Almain (2:34)
Time stands still (4:13)
Lachrimae (5:11)
Come away, come sweet love (2:08)
Solus cum sola (4:27)
* with Stephanie Noori, viola da gamba
Recorded 27–29 July 2025, Foellinger Great Hall, The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Producer: Geoffrey Silver.
Engineer: Kevin Bourassa.
Editor and Mixing Engineer: Alexander Brusencev
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