Terrain Vague Songs

Description

If we want to explain the idea behind this CD, we need to go back to the moment three years ago when we decided to start the project. As a duo made up of a lutenist and a singer, it was practically guaranteed that one day we would come into contact with the music of John Dowland, and the many lute songs that have been published in various editions, in particular. For us, however, things happened in reverse: we found ourselves as musicians through our shared interest in his songs. On this first CD, we look back and try to identify the elements of his music that have captivated us so much over these three years - not only through his own work but also through the music of his contemporaries and the works of more modern songwriters. As a duo, we have built a small collection of these works over time, and that is why we decided to record songs by composers of various nationalities, backgrounds, and personalities, as well as from completely different eras; these works, however, fit perfectly into a program due to their musical, textual, and thematic similarities.