Monika Mauch

Monika Mauch / Nigel North: Musical Banquet

by C. Michael Bailey
January 10, 2009

The music of lutenist and composer John Dowland (1563-1526) has been the subject of several recorded studies, including Paul O'Dette on Harmonia Mundi France and Nigel North on Naxos. The German label ECM has an established interest in 15th Century music in general and Dowland's in particular. This focus has resulted in John Potter's Dowland Project releases Care-Charming Sleep (2001) and Romaria (2008) as well as Rolf Lislevand's improvisatory Nuove Musiche (2006). With Musical Banquet Nigel North resurfaces with German ...