Songs From The Labyrinth

Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Songs From The Labyrinth Sting's Songs from the Labyrinth is an album of 17th century music originally composed by John Dowland and performed on the lute, an ancient acoustic guitar. After being given a lute nearly two years ago as a gift, Sting became fascinated and immersed himself with the instrument and the history of lute music. Reminded of his almost 25-year long enthrallment with the works of John Dowland, an Elizabethan composer who wrote songs for the lute, Sting has recorded a new album of vocal and lute music. All songs were composed by Dowland in the 17th century, but have been given new life in these fresh new recordings. Sting not only sings all the songs (accompanied by leading lutenist Edin Karamasov, who appears on two Andreas Scholl albums), but also plays lute on two instrumental duets with Edin and reads short extracts from a fascinating autobiographical letter by Dowland. In addition, Sting has written a brilliant account of the album's genesis, along with notes on the individual tracks, which serves as the CD booklet. Review It's the same old story: Established, middle aged rock star gets a lute as a present and he's suddenly turning out an album composed of nothing but the lovely sixteenth century tunes of John Dowland what's more, on a classical label! Songs From The Labyrinth is definitely more of a case of 'show me the lute'... While Mr Sumner may be stretching the point when he says "He was really the first singer/songwriter we know of, so a lot of us owe our living to this man," it is true that Dowland's work has plenty of modern fans. His most famous song, 'Flow My Tears' was the inspiration for Phillip K Dick's novel Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, while Elvis Costello has also recorded his works. If it's true that this album will probably not wholly please either Sting fans or those of Early Music, it's also true that music this good is almost impossible to ruin. The problems arise with Sting's very, well...Stingness. His voice, a marvellously expressive pop tool, is so unmistakeable that its compressed modernity invariably jars with the spacious, warm lute playing of Bosnian, Edin Karamazov. No matter how well he annunciates (and how many Tudor mansions he lives in), he's too recognisable to really take on the mantle of court minstrel. Still, this is far from a failed experiment. His love and understanding of Dowland's work is obvious (though the jury's still out on the rather mannered readings of Dowland's letters between tracks). In the end, if this album introduces a whole new audience to one of the greatest musicians of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras it can only be counted as a good thing. --Chris Jones This link will take you offin a new window Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help! Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you. Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Copyright © 2017 The Pom Shop. All rights reserved.

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