Ayres

Album by John Dowland & The Hilliard Ensemble

Ayres is a collection of lute songs by English composer John Dowland, published in 1597. The pieces pair melancholic vocal lines with intricate lute accompaniment in the late Renaissance English lute-song tradition, emphasising expressive text‑setting and modal harmonies and serving as a central example of Dowland's contribution to the development of English vocal music.
First released: 1989

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    From The First Booke of Songes (1597): Go Cristall teares
    3:29
  2. 2.
    From The First Booke of Songes (1597): Awake sweet love
    2:36
  3. 3.
    From The First Booke of Songes (1597): His goulden locks
    4:04
  4. 4.
    From The First Booke of Songes (1597): Now O now
    4:43
  5. 5.
    From The Second Booke of Songs (1600): A Sheperd in a shade
    2:48
  6. 6.
    From The Third and Last Booke of Songs (1603): What if I never speede
    2:58
  7. 7.
    Lamentatio Henrici Noel: I. The Lamentation of a sinner
    3:12
  8. 8.
    Lamentatio Henrici Noel: II. Domine ne in furore
    4:01
  9. 9.
    Lamentatio Henrici Noel: III. Miserere mei Deus
    1:54
  10. 10.
    Lamentatio Henrici Noel: IV. The humble sute of a sinner
    2:20
  11. 11.
    Lamentatio Henrici Noel: V. The Complaint of a sinner
    2:14
  12. 12.
    Lamentatio Henrici Noel: VI. De profundis
    1:20
  13. 13.
    Lamentatio Henrici Noel: VII. Domine exaudi
    2:22
  14. 14.
    From A Pilgrimes Solace (1612): Disdaine me still
    3:55
  15. 15.
    From A Pilgrimes Solace (1612): Tell me true Love
    4:55
  16. 16.
    From A Pilgrimes Solace (1612): Thou mightie God (The first Part)
    3:19
  17. 17.
    From A Pilgrimes Solace (1612): When Davids life (The second Part)
    2:30
  18. 18.
    From A Pilgrimes Solace (1612): When the poor Criple (The third Part)
    3:24
  19. 19.
    From A Pilgrimes Solace (1612): Welcome black night
    3:00
  20. 20.
    From A Pilgrimes Solace (1612): Cease these false sports
    2:53

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