Lindberg emphasizes the lute's contrasting role as a rhythmic and melodic
instrument, stylish and strikingly accurate in his divisions and poignant in his
solo contribution, Anthony Holborne's haunting pavan, The Countess
of Pembroke's Funerals. Peter Davies on flutes and recorder and Wendy Gillespie's
treble viol playing add to the musical accomplishment of this disc, and ensemble,
intonation and recorded sound are all of the highest calibre.
CD Review
The virtuoso scholars of the Dowland Consort play a program of 23
items on this release…Performances are uniformly magnificent - especially when
they feature the amazing Jakob Lindberg. The recording, which houses an excellent
booklet in English, French and German is superb. Audiophiles ahoy!
In Tune
Combining the sounds of six instruments to form an 'exquisite consort, wherein was the lute, bandora, bas-violl, citterne, treble-violl and flute' was a peculiarly English practice and it became one of the favourite forms of music-making during the Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods.