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Thomas Morley:
Now is the month of Maying (1:47)

Thomas Weelkes:
Hark, all ye lovely saits above (3:09)

Thomas Tomkins:
See, see the shepherds' Queen (1:47)

Thomas Weelkes:
Farewell, my joy (2:24)

John Bennet:
Weep, o mine eyes (2:25)

Thomas Morley:
Leave, alas, this tormenting (3:26)

Thomas Vautor: Lock up, fair lids (7:41)
One of the finest English madrigals ever. Lyrics by Sir Philip Sydney.

Gustave Courbet: "The Wounded Man"

John Wilbye: Draw on, sweet night (4:45)
A deceptively smooth masterpiece that probably merits a Jungian depth psychology analysis.

John Dowland: Come, heavy sleep (1:37, baritone and guitar)
From "The First Booke of Songes or Ayres" (1597). Million thanks to Jon Sayles (guitar).

Marco da Gagliano: O sonno (Oh, sleep) (parts 1 & 2)* (7:05)
This fine Italian madrigal (published in 1602) offers an interesting parallel to the works by contemporary Englishmen cited above.

John Ward�F
Weep forth your tears (5:24)
Flora, fair nymph (3:07)
Oft have I tender'd (4:01)

Gagliano:
Sample collection of 16 madrigals* (4 min.)
Come potro mai fare* (1:31)

Thomas Weelkes:
Hence, care, thou art too cruel (3:09)
The Andalusian merchant (2:14)

John Wilbye�F
The Lady Oriana (2:22)
Lady, when I behold (3:13)

* Marco da Gagliano: Madrigals, Part 1:Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Venice, 1602). Edited by Edmond Strainchamps. Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era, vol. 124. Madison, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., 2003. Used with permission.

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