The First Booke of Songs (1597)

Album by John Dowland & My Lord Chamberlain's Consort

The First Booke of Songs (1597) is a collection of lute songs by English composer John Dowland. Combining modal, expressive melodies with intimate lute accompaniment characteristic of the Elizabethan lute-song, the book exemplifies the genre and, as Dowland's first published songbook, helped establish the solo voice-and-lute repertory in late 16th-century England.

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  1. 1.
    The First Booke of Songs: Rest awhile, you cruel cares
    3:08
  2. 2.
    The First Booke of Songs: Would my conceit
    1:33
  3. 3.
    The First Booke of Songs: Burst forth, my tears
    5:11
  4. 4.
    The First Booke of Songs: Come heavy sleep
    3:49
  5. 5.
    The First Booke of Songs: If my complaints could passions move
    2:38
  6. 6.
    The First Booke of Songs: My thoughts are wing'd with hopes
    2:58
  7. 7.
    The First Booke of Songs: Who ever thinks or hopes of love
    2:15
  8. 8.
    The First Booke of Songs: Come again; Sweet love doth now invite
    5:24
  9. 9.
    The First Booke of Songs: Go crystal tears
    3:15
  10. 10.
    The First Booke of Songs: Can she excuse my wrongs?
    1:38
  11. 11.
    The First Booke of Songs: His golden locks
    3:50
  12. 12.
    The First Booke of Songs: Dear, if you change
    3:04
  13. 13.
    The First Booke of Songs: Now, O now, I needs must part
    4:45
  14. 14.
    The First Booke of Songs: Sleep, wayward thoughts
    2:54
  15. 15.
    The First Booke of Songs: All ye, whom love or fortune
    4:05
  16. 16.
    The First Booke of Songs: Wilt thou, unkind, thus reave me?
    3:03
  17. 17.
    My Lord Chamberlain his Galliard
    2:08
  18. 18.
    The First Booke of Songs: Awake, sweet love, thou art return'd
    2:52
  19. 19.
    The First Booke of Songs: Thinkst thou then by thy feigning
    2:03
  20. 20.
    The First Booke of Songs: Unquiet thoughts
    4:20
  21. 21.
    The "Frog" Galliard
    2:06
  22. 22.
    The First Booke of Songs: Away with these self-loving lads
    2:23
  23. 23.
    The First Booke of Songs: Come away, come sweet love
    2:29

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