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Songs From The Labyrinth

stringmanca - 2-28-2007 at 09:31 AM

Saw this program the other night and was very impressed with the lutenist. I haven't quite decided yet what I think of Sting's singing, but the project was very interesting.

Sting - Songs From The Labyrinth
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/sting/

Shadi - 10-21-2008 at 06:44 PM

Sting is definitely not an operatic Valkriye type singer, but its very likely that thats how John dowland actually sang. Sting got a lot of Crap for this album, but I really think he did something good with it. This is what turned me on to the beautiful music of John Dowland.

John Erlich - 10-28-2008 at 09:22 AM

My recommended lutenists:

1) Hopkinson Smith: http://www.hopkinsonsmith.com/
2) Paul O'Dette: http://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/?id=115
3) Jacob Heringman: http://www.heringman.com/

DISCLAIMER: Jacob Heringman and I are related by marriage.

Enjoy,
John

John Erlich - 10-29-2008 at 08:04 AM

I just re-read my post. Not to sound homophobia here, but just to clarify: Jake's brother is married to my wife's cousin.:D

Best,
John