Artist: Marie Nishiyama Title: The Queenes Good Night: English Renaissance Music for Harp & Lute Year Of Release: 2020 Label: Christophorus Genre: Classical Quality: FLAC (tracks) Total Time: 61:17 min Total Size: 261 MB Tracklist: 01. Callinoe 02. Passamezzo Gaillard (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 03. Dump in C Minor 04. A Plain Song (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 05. Twenty Ways Upon the Bells (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 06. Robin 07. The Hunt's Up (Arr. for Harp & Lute) 08. Melancholy Galliard (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 09. Bergamasca 10. Dump in F Major 11. The Leaves Be Green 12. An Almain 13. Spanish Measures (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 14. Rogero (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 15. Wakefield on a Green (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 16. Quadro pavan 17. Galliard 18. Le rossignol 19. Sir John Smith (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 20. Green Garters (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 21. Echo Almain (Arr. for Lute & Harp) 22. Conde Claros 23. The Queenes Good Night (Arr. for Lute & Harp) The reign of Elizabeth Tudor (1558-1603) brought with it a period of splendour for England, within which the lute experienced its moment of glory. In paintings from this time convivial scenes featuring performers of harp and lute are often depicted. Well known melodies of the epoch, as well as harmonic sequences such as Bergamasca, Ruggiero, Callinoe, Conde Claros and various Dumps were used by performers when they gathered to improvise together. Sometimes the music was dedicated to a well known personality of the court such as was surely the case with 'The Queenes Good Night', inspiring sweet dreams for Elizabeth. For this recording, Marie Nishiyama and Rafael Bonavita have mixed the colours of harp and lute, with the characteristics of each instrument creating a dialogue of sound between the two. A dialogue that goes - as does this repertoire - beyond epochs and styles