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SONGS OF PASSION

British love songs by Lea Desandre and Thomas Dunford The British are known for their black humour, but not so much for their passion. Yet with their album Songs of Passion, mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and lutenist Thomas Dunford dedicate themselves precisely to this rarely acknowledged aspect. There is, after all, John Dowland, who made a furore at the court of Elizabeth I with his enchanting songs. Dowland's melancholic lute songs are now combined on the new album of the old music dream team with the versatile pieces of Henry Purcell. Purcell was born about 100 years after Dowland and is by far the most famous Baroque composer of the island. Six pieces from his opera Dido and Aeneas appear on the album Songs of Passion, including Dido's moving lament When I am laid in earth. Songs of Passion is the fourth album that Lea Desandre (winner of the Prix de la Critique 2024 and Opus Klassik 2022) has released with Thomas Dunford on Erato. It thematically connects to Eternal Heaven and Idylle, with which the duo explored love and passion in works by Händel and French composers. As before, Dunford's Ensemble Jupiter is among the collaborators, as well as four renowned guest singers: alto Jess Dandy, tenor Laurence Kilsby, baritone Huw Montague Rendall and bass Alex Rosen.

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Tracklist

01 Dowland: First Book of Songs or Ayres: No. 1, Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite 04:22
02 Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: No. 10, Semper Dowland, semper dolens, P. 9 05:27
03 Dowland: First Book of Songs or Ayres: No. 9, Go Crystal Tears 03:13
04 Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: No. 12, The King of Denmark's Galliard, P. 40 02:36
05 Dowland: First Book of Songs or Ayres: No. 5, Can She Excuse My Wrongs? 02:07
06 Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: No. 2, Lachrimae antiquae 04:26
07 Dowland: A Dream, P. 75 04:59
08 Dowland: Second Book of Songs or Ayres: No. 3, Sorrow, Stay 03:11
09 Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: No. 14, The Earl of Essex Galliard, P. 42 01:11
10 Dowland: Second Book of Songs or Ayres: No. 2, Flow My Tears 04:40
11 Dowland: Frog Galliard, P. 23 01:57
12 Dowland: First Book of Songs or Ayres: No. 6, Now, o Now, I Needs Must Part 04:08
13 Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: If Love's a Sweet Passion 04:50
14 Purcell: Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323: V. Strike the Viol 03:55
15 Purcell: O Solitude, My Sweetest Choice, Z. 406 05:24
16 Purcell: An Evening Hymn on a Ground, Z. 193 04:13
17 Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Chaconne 02:24
18 Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: O Let Me Weep, For Ever Weep 07:50
19 Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Now the Night Is Chased Away 02:01
20 Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture 02:17
21 Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Ah Belinda! 04:04
22 Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Echo Dances of Furies 00:48
23 Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Thanks to These Lonesome Vales 03:23
24 Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: The Witches's Dance 01:47
25 Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda 01:03
26 Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: When I Am Laid in Earth 03:46
27 Take Me Back to You 03:33