Utwory na płycie:

• Amarillis by a spring
• I'll tell you how the rose

Amarillis, by a spring
I'll tell you how the did first grow red
In Celia's face a question did arise
Dear, turn away thine eyes so bright
Come, Cloris, hie we to thy bow'r
Silde soft, ye silver floods
Sweet lady and sole mistress of my love
A willow garland
Sabrina Fair
How cool and temp'rate I am grown
Sweet death come visit my sick heart
Hither we come into this world of woe
I burn, and cruel you
Did I once say that thou wert fair?
Hence, vain intruder, haste away
Sorrow, in vain why dost thou seek to tempt
Keep on your vail and hide your eye
Oh, let me still and silent lie
I rise and grieve
Unto the soundless vaults of hell below
Pale ink, thou art not black enough of hue
My wand'ring thoughts have travelled 'round

The early English Baroque composers Henry Lawes (1595-1662) and John Wilson (1595-1674) were friends and colleagues in Oxford; both were members of King's Musick and employed at the Chapel Royal, where they worked in the immediate vicinity of King Charles I. Under the atmospheric title 'How the rose did first grow red' songs by Lawes and lute works by Wilson are presented here.

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Recorded in Evangelische Kirche Grenzach (Germany), October 2016. Preludes for the lute by John Wilson (1595-1674).