Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell

by John Potter

Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1999
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:12:34
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded at Forde Abbey in Dorset with producer Manfred Eicher, 'In Darkness Let Me Dwell' launched Potter's Dowland Project, reimagining Elizabethan lute songs with Stephen Stubbs, Maya Homburger, John Surman and Barry Guy. The program includes 'Flow My Tears' and 'Come Heavy Sleep' alongside the title song.

Genres

Descriptors: delicate, atmospheric, acoustic, gentle, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains (5:02)
  2. In Darkness Let Me Dwell (4:19)
  3. Lachrimae, or 7 Teares: VII. Lachrimae Verae (5:36)
  4. From Silent Night (6:56)
  5. Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite (4:46)
  6. The Lowest Trees Have Tops (4:20)
  7. Flow My Tears (5:15)
  8. Come, Heavy Sleep (4:31)
  9. Fine Knacks for Ladies (3:52)
  10. Flow My Tears (5:16)
  11. Now, Oh Now I Needs Must Part (6:06)
  12. Lachrimae, or 7 Teares: IV. Lachrimae Tristes (3:27)
  13. Go Crystal Tears (7:58)
  14. Lachrimae, or 7 Teares: VI. Lachrimae Amantis (5:04)

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