in Early Music Today (Sep, 2017)
The senior American lutenist Hopkinson Smith selects 23 pieces from the Golden Age of English lute music around 1600 for his latest disc. Six are by John Johnson, the Elizabethan court lutenist whom Dowland hoped in vain to replace. Four of these are pavans, whose slow, threefold repeated eight-bar phrases, Smith moulds into sturdy, ornate arches. The Delight Pavan is paired with its quick three-time Galliard, in the standard slow/quick dance combination of the court. Smith’s touch mimics the gaiety and lightness of the choreography. He plays a 1974 eight- course lute by Joel van Lennep, tuned down a tone. 12 of the items are by Anthony Holborne, including a second …
Mad Dog – Hopkinson Smith
Byrd: Pavana Bray
Dowland: The Shoemaker’s Wife; Mr Dowland’s Midnight; Prelude for lute
Holborne: As it fell on a holie Eve; Heigh ho holiday; Fantasia; Pavan; Galliard To The Pavan Before; Mad Dog; My selfe; Passion; Mr Holborn’s Last Will and Testament; Muy linda; The Fairie-round; Fare Thee Well
Huwet: Fantasie
Johnson, J: Johnsons’s Jewel (Galliard); A Paven to delight; The Galliard to delighte; Ward’s Repose; Day’s End Pavan; Carmans whistle
Hopkinson Smith
20,90€
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