Theotime Langlois De Swarte / Dunford,Thomas Mad Lover CD

Violinist Th?otime Langlois de Swarte and lutist Thomas Dunford illuminate aspects of the elusive amalgamation that is the 17th-century English notion of melancholy. The inconsolable 'Mad Lover' of the album title is reimagined as a character from the reign of Charles II. This tale is told through music from the pen of such violin virtuosos as the prodigiously gifted Nicola Matteis. Heightened by the exuberance and abandon common to those musicians transplanted from Italy, the beguiling nuances of this language of yearning and loss continue to echo in the popular music of our time.

1. Eccles: The Mad Lover Suite - Ground. Aire V 2. Purcell: Sonata Sesta for Violino Solo - I. Adagio 3. Purcell: Sonata Sesta for Violino Solo - II. Allegr 4. Purcell: Sonata Sesta for Violino Solo - III. Adagio 5. Purcell: Sonata Sesta for Violino Solo - VI. Allegro 6. Dunford: Improvisation for Solo Lute 7. Matteis: Variations on la Folia 8. Matteis Jr.: Fantasia in a Minor 'Alia Fantasia' 9. Matteis: Suite in a Minor - V. Sarabanda Amorosa (Adagio) 10. Matteis: Diverse Bizzarrie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda O Pur Ciaccona 11. Purcell: Prelude in G minor, ZN. 773 12. Eccles: Violin Sonata in G minor - I. Grave 13. Eccles: Violin Sonata in G minor - II. Courante 14. Eccles: Violin Sonata in G minor - III. Adagio 15. Eccles: Violin Sonata in G minor - IV. Vivace 16. Matteis: Suite in G Major - I. Preludio 17. Matteis: Suite in G Major - II. Grave 18. Matteis: Suite in G Major - III. Sarabanda 19. Matteis: Suite in G Major - IV. Aria Burlesca 20. Matteis: Suite in G Major - V. Capriccio 21. Matteis: Suite in G Major - VI. Giga Al Genio Turchesco 22. Eccles: Sonata Quinta in E minor - I. Andante 23. Eccles: Sonata Quinta in E minor - II. Courente 24. Eccles: Sonata Quinta in E minor - III. Largo 25. Eccles: Sonata Quinta in E minor - IV. Presto 26. Matteis Jr.:Fantasia in C minor, "Con Discretione" 27. Eccles: A New Division Upon the Ground Bass of "John Come and Kiss Me" 28. Eccles: The Mad Lover Suite - Ground. Aire Iiia