Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke - Henry Lawes: Sitting by the Streams (1988)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 255 Mb | Total time: 58:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | CDA66135 | Recorded: 1984
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 255 Mb | Total time: 58:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | CDA66135 | Recorded: 1984
Rarely have I read a sleeve-note that pleads so vehemently in support of the music it introduces as does the one for this collection of works by Henry Lawes. ''I wish this record well,'' writes Anthony rooley, ''for Harry's [Henry's] sake, so that our un-sung genius of song may occupy his rightful place in the halls of Fame, and the late 20th century adopt the same conclusions as his own time''. Certainly you may find it surprising that a composer whose music was praised by such towering contemporaries as Charles I, Milton and Locke should have been neglected so universally by today's champions of early music—surprising, that is, until you hear the music itself.
