Emma Kirkby - Time Stands Still (Lautenlieder) auf CD

In den Lauten-Liedern von John Dowland und seinen Zeitgenossen verbinden sich Text und Musik zu einer perfekten Einheit. Emma Kirkby ist weltweit als die größte lebende Interpretin dieses Repertoires anerkannt ihre kristallklare Stimme drückt jede noch so kleine Nuance aus.

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Two descriptions, one high-flown, the other quite mundane, of the human condition! We can respond to the sentiments today, even though we have lost touch with the culture that expressed them. A popular Renaissance wood-cut shows Time leading Man through the three ages of his brief life. The notion was that above the Moon, in the heavenly spheres, Time had no power, whereas all beneath the Moon—the world, the four elements, Man, all creatures and plants—were subject to change and decay. Campion’s song Come, cheerful day puts it bleakly: ‘So every day we live, a day we die’.

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'A fine recital that adds a few welcome items to the recorded repertory of the lute-song, engineered close to perfection' (Gramophone)

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U. Schreiber in stereoplay 2 / 87:"Die Besondere. Edelsteine der Melancholie allesamt. ..Inter- pretation und Klangqualität: sehr gut."