Beautiful. Rick Beato brought me here. I had forgotten this song, but so glad I found this version. Truly amazing and beautiful. In LOVE. Thank you for this.
You can watch it thanks in small part due to me. This video is the only one available on RU-vid since 2010, since I am the only one who has the exclusive permission from Sting and copyright holders to keep it on my channel without a copyright strike. In my Music section playlist you can also find and watch many more Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque era music videos. Sincerely, Astrid .
This very sophisticated composition by John Dowland over 400 years ago is brilliantly brought to life by Sting and lutenist Edin Karamazov. The 4-Sting choral part around the table is historically accurate as singing books were published so each singer around a table could read their separate part. Sting consulted leading musicologists before recording John Dowland's compositions. And isn't Edin Karamazov's lute playing extraordinary?
This truly is an echo from the Renaissance. It's put the hairs on my neck standing. The physicists are wrong, you can travel back in time. Stunning performances by both Edin and Sting. Beautiful filming too.
I remember when I heard Sting did an album of lute music and I thought " Wow, Sting has really jumped the shark into complete irrelevancy." Hearing this, I say fark relevancy, this is great music. follow your muse. Way to go Sting.
Well known song for those who love lute and voice music. The lutenist is brilliant, a virtuoso, and Mr Sting reveals again his extensive musicality. Great version, a happy one!
I hope people who are brought to this music by Sting also listen to the many other musicians who have sung and played this remarkable composer. One of the joys of this music is that there are many ways to interpret it.
John Dowland ( 1563- 1626) Why you didn't inform the name of the composer? Some may not know about him and may thing it is by Sting when Sting is only singing a musica from Shakespeare time. By the way, I love Sting intepretation and yes, I know this song by others, like for instance The Julian Bream Consort. Great, great, great, but somehow Sting's touches me more although I also like maybe because Sting is kind of magical...I felt I traveled in time. I saw myself in the Elizabethan era sitting next to him and Karamazov who is simply fantastic and added something very special to the video.
like for instance Dame EMMA KIRKBY, the best interpreter of the English High Renaissance and Early Baroque, one of thw best Early Music Sopranos on Earth. Or the DELLER CONSORT or TORONTO CONSORT, and many more.
Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find? No, no, where shadows do for bodies stand Thou may'st be abus'd if thy sight be dimmed Cold love is like to words written on sand Or to bubbles which on the water swim Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou cans't not o'ercome her will Thy love will be thus fruitless ever Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou cans't not o'ercome her will Thy love will be thus fruitless ever Was I so base, that I might not aspire Unto those high joys which she holds from me? As they are high, so high is my desire If she this deny, what can granted be? If she will yield to that which Reason is It is Reason's will that Love should be just Dear, make me happy still by granting this Or cut off delays if that I die must Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented
Sting has dabbled in so many musical styles as he has gotten older. He has such a great voice and gift for music. Those few who dislike this hauntingly beautiful rendition of Downald's work are obviously either tone-deaf or emotionally dead.
How can anyone serioulsy have given this a negative comment? Although Sting is operating in a genre that he's unused to , he captures the mood of this piece as well as any authentic singer of this genre ever could! The final "multitasking" of Sting in theis video is pure genius!
I’ve only just stumbled on this. ! I’ve always been a Dowland Purist, But ! This is great playing all round ! Dowland was a man of The People. Super 4 part vocal harmony. I think Dowland would have liked this ! .
Yes you are absolutely right. Dowland was a man of the People. I also like Bach very much but download just mastered the lute and there is so much life in his pieces. .
Now, perhaps we understand the popularity of Sting's music. Was he Dowland in another lifetime? Regardless, his musical roots run deep and it shows in the quality and scope of his compositions.
@tuxguys The book he's singing from is a facsimile of the original song book. On the left page Dowland included the voice and lute version, and on the right, a 4 part vocal version.
I will take Sting's rough and raw approach to bel canto any day. It fits the emotion of song. The question is whether Dowland was continually bearing his broken heart over lost love, or was this just his schtick.
I'm pretty confident in Dowland's time without academic institutions where people "learn" how to play/interpret music for decades, there would have been much more individuality. Even if you listen to early operatic singers from 1910 on record, they sound absolutely nothing like modern classical singers with their huge and constant vibrato.
Rick Beato also brought me here. Sting and Karamazov did an amazing job! Much to my surprise, I was able to find this song on online karaoke and sing it this morning. Unfortunately, I have one voice only!
You can watch it thanks in small part due to me. This video is the only one available on RU-vid since 2010, since I am the only one who has the exclusive permission from Sting and copyright holders to keep it on my channel without a copyright strike. In my Music section playlist you can also find and watch many more Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque era music videos. Sincerely, Astrid .
he is not ironic at all...quite the contrary.....he is deeply into it, because he is realy transported in that time and space and he is absorbing the others into that time-mashine, together with ingenious Katamazov. Very Transcending.......as it should be.
To any of the music snobs out there, please forget telling sting what he should or shouldn't sing! Sting is an incredibly talented musician that can sing in whatever genre he chooses to , so just accept that he's a genius!
i'm a classically-trained musician so I guess i'm supposed to be a music snob :p but honestly, i like this! they clearly put a ton of work and love and talent into this project, and it's refreshing and fun to hear new and unique versions of early-music masterpieces :-)
I'm came from the Renaissance era Nenamorut , I found the performance of Edin Karamazov and Sting were fabulous ! Maestro Dowland was excited with their interpretation !
People say that Sting's voice is wrong for this music, but I genuinely have to disagree. Dowland did not write for churches; he was of an era when the subjects of a court wanted to here lively, earthy, bawdy music, which they could relax to and just enjoy. That's why I think this way of doing it is just right: two bards, just having a laugh.
Let me take your observation one step further: Unlike a(n incredibly talented) musical chameleon like Billy Joel, who can sound like anyone with whom he sings, Sting never changes his voice, regardless of the musical setting, and it always fits perfectly: "Roxanne:" Punk-Perfect "If you love Somebody:" R&B Perfect. "My Funny Valentine:" Croon-Perfect. "Can She Excuse:" Renaissance-Perfect.
Often called "The Earl Of Essex's Gaillard" and associated with Robert Deveraux, Second Earl of Essex, who started as Queen's favorite but ended up executed for high treason.
Great piece, and amazing that we can hear what those in the Renascence heard! But wonder, did she excuse his wrongs? Would love to hear a song of response, in kind.
Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find? No no: where shadows do for bodies stand, Thou may'st be abus'd if thy sight be dim. Cold love is like to words written on sand, Or to bubbles which on the water swim. Wilt thou be thus abused still, Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou canst not o'ercome her will The love will be thus fruitless ever
