Mike Fentross – Semper Dowland (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

In Dowland’s words: “ingenuous profession of Musicke, which from my childhoode I have ever aymed at,… the better to attain so excellent a science”. Mike Fentross achieves this “divine science of musicke” by wooing his audience by “speaking harmony” on his sweet lute. His art entwines harmony and poetry, albeit often a melancholic art, which is then framed by the proportions of rhythm. His art teaches, stirs and delights the heart and soul of his honorable listeners in profound ways. Mike Fentross first studied with Toyohiko Satoh at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, then with Nigel North and José Miguel Moreno. He has built a solid reputation as a “continuist”, playing in renowned orchestras like Les Arts Florissants, and is much in demand in his country as well as abroad. He plays and records regularly with great European ensembles such as Capriccio Stravagante, Les Arts Florissants, the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, the Harp Consort, the New London Consort and Al Ayre Espanol. In 1991 he founded La Sfera Armoniosa, a group devoted to the performance of 17th-century music. Since 1996 Mike Fentross is guest professor at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.

Tracklist:
01. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Lachrimae Pavan in G Minor, P. 15 (05:07)
02. Mike Fentross – Dowland: 7 Fantasies (Excerpts): No. 6, A Fancy, P. 6 (03:06)
03. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Resolution, P. 13 (04:39)
04. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Come Away, P. 60 (02:02)
05. Mike Fentross – Dowland: 7 Fantasies (Excerpts): No. 5, A Fancy, P. 5 (02:53)
06. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Farewell (An In Nomine), P. 4 (04:32)
07. Mike Fentross – Dowland: A Dream, P. 75 (04:29)
08. Mike Fentross – Dowland: 7 Fantasies (Excerpts): No. 1, A Fantasie, P. 1 (05:26)
09. Mike Fentross – Dowland: The Earl of Essex, His Galliard “Can She Excuse”, P. 42 (01:49)
10. Mike Fentross – Dowland: 7 Fantasies (Excerpts): No. 2, Forlorn Hope Fancy, P. 2 (04:53)
11. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Fortune My Foe, P. 62 (02:02)
12. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Lord Strange’s March, P. 65 (01:53)
13. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Mrs. Vaux’s Galliard, P. 32 (02:37)
14. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Mrs. White’s Nothing, P. 56 (02:27)
15. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe, P. 54 (02:11)
16. Mike Fentross – Dowland: The Right Honourable, the Lady Clifton’s Spirit, P. 45 (02:16)
17. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Mistress Winter’s Jump, P. 55 (01:05)
18. Mike Fentross – Dowland: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens, P. 9 (04:19)