----- Original Message ----- From: "JHughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: rec.music.early Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 1:07 PM Subject: Re: Sting sings Dowland
> > techfiddle wrote: >> Curious to know what the experts are saying about this effort, if >> anything. ... Voice sound a little harsh for >> Dowland, but I'm not an authority..?? > > I'm not an authority (instead I am a baroque cellist) but the subject > came up in a green room last week with two experienced early-music > colleagues, and we three agreed that it was good - his view that his > style of vocal delivery is likely to be more what Dowland would have > expected is supported by at least some evidence, and in any case he was > (I heard a broadcast on BBC Radio 3 of a live concert given in London a > little less than two weeks ago) extremely committed and enthusiastic > about Dowland, and was satisfyingly intimate, even over the radio! > > The lute playing (by Edin Karamazov) was not as well-reviewed by my > colleagues, by any stretch of the imagination. > > jlh > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
