I haven't heard annytrhing recently. His voice
went fairly young, after which he had a distinguished teaching career.
The New York Promusica Monteverdi album, with the
second Zefiro Torna (book 7?) is a treasure--that
madrigal in particular may even be more beautiful than spring itself.
Mark
At 02:06 PM 3/25/2007, you wrote:
>Martin, you are a man after my own heart.
>
>My music teacher was taught by Boulanger. Which
>felt a bit like being in the apostolic succession.
>
>By the way, anyone know what happened to Russell
>Oberlin? He just sorta disappeared.
>
>joanna
>
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>This is indeed my preferred interpretation of Dowland, which I have on
>an old Turnabout LP - one reason why I am not abandoning my turntable.
>It is a major priority for CD reissue - it was issued by some French
>label & has since become a rarity. I agree about Cuénod, the great quasi
>unknown of 20th century vocal interpretation - I have him singing
>Schubert & Fauré as well as those Monteverdi recordings with Boulanger.
>Miraculously, he seems to be still alive at 104. Then there are Deller,
>Russell Oberlin and Pears - not much else to my taste. Unfortunately you
>may be right about the uninitiated - I offered a selection of Dowland
>recordings to the acquaintance who made my copy of the Sting product,
>and she said that her need for the music had been assuaged i.e. it meant
>nothing to her.
>Shall I sue, shall I seeke for grace...
>mj
>Mark Weiss wrote:
>
>>If it can be found, Songs and dances of John
>>Dowland (1973), with the incomparable Hughes
>>Cuénod, Joel Cohen, and Christiane Jacottet is
>>pretty wonderful. Anything Cuénod did is wonderful.
>>
>>
>>At 11:39 AM 3/23/2007, you wrote:
>>
>>>I've seen him play the lute while singing the
>>>songs on three occasions on television.
>>>
>>>I doubt the album was number one on the
>>>untabulated charts of people who actually
>>>listen to classical music. I also doubt that
>>>his sad renditions will inspire a whole lot of
>>>the uninitiated to seek out better performances.
>>>
>>>But Dowland will probably survive. Hell,
>>>Chopin and Tchaikowsky managed to survive Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley.
>>>
>>>At 11:07 AM 3/23/2007, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well, Mark, on the CD at least it's a genuine
>>>>lutenist playing on nearly all the tracks,
>>>>Sting mainly keeps to "singing" in a dry
>>>>untrained voice with a strange pop
>>>>articulation & accent that does the music no
>>>>favours at all. Funny to think it went to No
>>>>1 in the "classical charts" & quite high in
>>>>the pop charts. "Dowland should sue" - was
>>>>that an allusive pun? (cf. Songs Bk.II, No.19)
>>>>mj
>>>>Mark Weiss wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On the other hand, Sting has discovered John
>>>>>Dowland, heaven help us. Dowland should sue,
>>>>>but so should every lutanist who actually knows how to play the instrument.
>>>>>
>>>>>Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>A
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>The art of being civilized is the art of
>>>>learning to read between the lies. - Kenneth Rexroth
>
>--
>
>The art of being civilized is the art of
>learning to read between the lies. - Kenneth Rexroth
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