Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland Lachrimae (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

For four decades, Capriccio Stravagante, founded and led by early music pioneer and virtuoso harpsichordist Skip Sempé, has redefined standards of artistry, creativity, and virtuosity in the interpretation of Renaissance and Baroque music.

In its incarnation as the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra, the ensemble has re-envisioned Dowland’s legendary Lachrimae—performed today almost exclusively in small chamber groups—as a grand work for a large ensemble, consisting of six viols, five recorders, two cornetti, three trombones, two virginals, and a harpsichord.

“The idea of a ‘Renaissance orchestra’ in which all the different instrumental consorts are brought together is the overlooked message of these sixteenth- and seventeenth-century publications,” says Sempé. “Large ensembles, for large or commemorative occasions, were every bit as much the ‘composer’s intention’ as were smaller, intimate groups. This missing link has been proposed and provided by the concerts and recordings of the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra since the first years of the twenty-first century, and is one of their remarkable achievements in ‘cutting through the noise.’”

TRACKLIST

1. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Sir Henry Umptons Funerall
2. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: M. Bucton his Galiard
3. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Lachrimae Antiquae
4. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: M. Nicholas Gryffith his Galiard
5. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
6. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: M. Giles Hoby his Galiard
7. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Lachrimae Gementes
8. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: The Earle of Essex Galiard
9. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: M. George Whitehead his Almand
10. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: M. John Langtons Pavan
11. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Mrs. Nichols Almand
12. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Lachrimae Tristes
13. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Sir John Souch his Galiard
14. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Lachrimae Coactae
15. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: M. Henry Noell his Galiard
16. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Semper Dowland semper Dolens
17. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: The King of Denmarks Galiard
18. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Lachrimae Amantis
19. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: M. Thomas Collier his Galiard
20. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Lachrimae Verae
21. Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra & Skip Sempé - Dowland: Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: Captaine Digorie Piper his Galiard



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