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Or you make a very own pop version of that piece or you commit completely to baroque, but not this akward mix of baroque instrment and pop voice

I am coming late to the party but as they say, better late than never. Wow! I agree with a previous comment about these songs being written to be sung by the common man and woman but there is nothing common about this duo. Fantastic!

Not the best version of this song.

Deepest interpretation !!! Bravo Sting !

Lots of comments debating whether Sting's performance is technically correct - to me what matters is this performance is really interesting to listen to. I've listened to a number of more classical performances and none of them make this song at once as memorable, interesting and engaging as Sting's.

Great lute playing

There are no words for its melancholy beauty.

What a wonderful suggestion as to how it may be originally performed. My Ancestor Sior John Skene actually knew John Dowland because he worked for James VI or 1

Man! This guy managed to encapsulate clinical depression into only six lines! Brilliant!

Anyone who doesn’t like Sting’s interpretation sucks ball sacs, literally. Genius.

BLOODY AWFUL ...

a song full lonleyness, of ´great dispair, performed with the most intensitivity and passion. thx sting, who I admire and who' s concert in Kassel I could not join. - Keep tuned and be so kind!

Love Dowland. His seeming penchant for melancholy reflects his life and his times. Really have enjoyed Sting's explorations in Labyrinth & elsewhere. "The Seaven Teares" melodic sequence nicely resembles Hijaz in Near Eastern music. Dowland was reportedly NOT a depressed person, in spite of the slings and arrows partly due to his Catholic identity.

Gentle and beautiful harmonies are really beautiful. How do you complete the way of singing that pierces the core thinly? Is it a talent you were born with? I love

sting flexing off to their mediocre sting fans is the funniest thing I've ever seen or heard. I remember seeing this in TV when it originally aired. pretty damn amazing. But come on hey, now the sting fans think he's a god of music or something

Un immense plaisir offert par Sting en compagnie de The Police comme dans le domaine solo!

I consider this a great and emotional version. We have to put music first, even when "philology" may not be followed at the maximum. In addition, this approach by Sting surely led people to know this music

Dang, this performance really brings out everything about this song that strikes us as jarringly modern. It's a 400+-year-old song, but Sting's attention to timbre makes it sound very up to date, in a way that more conventional performances don't. The only performance I've heard that's as good as/more moving than this is by Mark Padmore, and that's high praise.

Appalling crime against music.

Pretentious wankery.

I would honestly appreciate reading a meaningful critical comment on this, but most of the critics (even the condescendingly approving ones) seem to be writing with an assumption that there is a "correct classical voice/method" for this kind of music - which is very dubious not only historically but philosophically as well. Even if a composition was indeed written with a particular kind of performance in mind, that doesn't de-merit different performances - e.g. Bach never wrote for piano but that doesn't stop us from enjoying Bach on piano. So what's exactly inherently good or bad about this performance would be far more interesting to read than how it differs from "the proper classical way".

My nephew died... and we buried him on top of my son... I know this darkness very well!!... But I don't dwell there, for long... I'm constantly bathing in The Light of Yeshua!!! He is my Salvation from grief!!!......☝

“…silence is the perfect music….” Indeed it is….as the space bears the sound of perfectionism….I guess this is what happens if we feel it instead of listening…

Not to be done !

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elizabrths favourite musician john Dowland ,on which she hit the dance floor with Robert dudley...

In darkness let me dwell; the ground shall sorrow be, The roof despair, to bar all cheerful light from me; The walls of marble black, that moist'ned still shall weep; My music, hellish jarring sounds, to banish friendly sleep. Thus, wedded to my woes, and bedded in my tomb, O let me dying live, till death doth come, till death doth come. In darkness let me dwell

Sting's pitch is phenomenal in this, he really emphasizes the semitones

Music from paper . So many hats off, rendition of the forgotten.

Magnífico

The artist field should also list Dowland, just as every song released by Brittany should have had the composer prominently written all over the place. Dowland is mentioned but should be on equal footing with Sting.

Where are the lyrics? I cant figure some of them out and need to know them all.

As I listen to this, Russia has invaded Ukraine. This 16th century song is a fitting tribute I think, especially the ending...

I LOVE these songs and these musicians...

Brilliant! I Love Listening To This In My 16th Century Castle.

In darkness let me dwell; the ground shall sorrow be, The roof despair, to bar all cheerful light from me; The walls of marble black, that moist'ned still shall weep; My music, hellish jarring sounds, to banish friendly sleep. Thus, wedded to my woes, and bedded in my tomb, O let me dying live, till death doth come, till death doth come. In darkness let me dwell

Sting is very talented, I just think that his voice is too breathy for art songs. I'm sure he could train his voice to remove the breathiness for art songs..

In darkness let me dwell; the ground shall sorrow be, The roof despair, to bar all cheerful light from me; The walls of marble black, that moist'ned still shall weep; My music, hellish jarring sounds, to banish friendly sleep. Thus, wedded to my woes, and bedded in my tomb, O let me dying live, till death doth come, till death doth come. In darkness let me dwell

His Americanised accent when allied with pretentiousness is beyond parody.

My God that is so beautiful!, and the Archlute is such a lovely soft and beautiful sound. Many thanks. Gérard lacey in Ireland. X.

I personally prefer "Come again" in this album, but Sting always thrills. Just in tempo, just in mood: "Semper Dowland, semper dolens".

Silence is the perfect music .... what? 🤣

That is a very nice jacket....

Nice to see him cover this

John Dowland i Sting to świetnie brzmi.

THE MYSTERY HAS BEEN SOLVED I CAN DIE A HAPPY MAN

Oh, finally. Thank you beautiful

This sends chills down my spine....every time again. This is not 2 musicians playing...this is 2 musicians interpreting and reflecting in music and they match perfectly. It is a breathlessly beautifull version of a bloodstolling classic. Respect for the both of you.... from Flanders...

IMÁDOM!!!!!

Wow