Roberto Gini, Il Concerto delle Viole - John Dowland (1563-1626):Lachrimae & Consort Music (1604) (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: I. Lachrimae Antiquae
02. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: II. Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
03. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: III. Lachrimae Gementes
04. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: IV. Lachrimae Tristes
05. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: V. Lachrimae Coactae
06. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: VI. Lachrimae Amantis
07. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: VII. Lachrimae Verae
08. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: VIII. Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
09. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: IX. Sir Henry Umpton’s Funeral
10. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: X. Mr. John Langton’s Pavan
11. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XI. The King Of Denmark’s Galliard
12. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XII. The Earl Of Essex Galliard
13. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XIII. Sir John Souch His Galliard
14. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XIV. Mr. Henry Noel His Galliard
15. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XV. Mr. Giles Hobies Galliard
16. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XVI. Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galliard
17. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XVII. Mr. Thomas Collier His Galliard (with 2 Trebles)
18. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XVIII. Captain Digorie Piper His Galliard
19. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XIX. Mr. Bucton’s Galliard
20. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XX. Mistress Nichols Almand
21. Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: XXI. Mr. George Whitehead His Almand

The collection entitled Lachrimæ or Seaven Teares by John Dowland contains the traditional sequence of Pavans and other pieces in dance metre, although it differs from similar publications by his contemporaries in so far as the first seven Pavans (Lachrimæ) can be considered as "programme music". In these Seaven Teares the meticulous thematic combination of intervals and the expressive repetition of the themes conjure up the figures of Melancholia, according to the well-known rules of musical rhetoric of the time. They thus produce a compact, gripping harmony, which creates a surprising melodic impact, even though the word Lachrima leads us to interpret it as a synonym of interiority and tearful sobbing.

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