Theotime Langlois De Swarte & Thomas Dunford - The Mad Lover (CD)

Violinist Théotime 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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

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