William Lawes: Lighten Mine Eies
Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
The singing of the vocal compositions is characterised by luminous textures and a sound of commendable purity...What an enchanting release, and what more might we have expected from this outstandingly...
William Lawes: Lighten Mine Eies
Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
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The singing of the vocal compositions is characterised by luminous textures and a sound of commendable purity...What an enchanting release, and what more might we have expected from this outstandingly...
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For their very first album on Harmonia Mundi, Robin Pharo and his ensemble Près de votre oreille explore the poetic and personal world of William Lawes. A brilliant heir to Byrd and Gibbons, he brings instrumental art, as well as vocal music—a facet of him that is still little known—to an incredible degree of perfection. A delightful rediscovery.
Contents and tracklist
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
Lawes, W:
Can beauty's spring: Diminutions on Love, I obey (Arr. for Voices, Violas da gamba, Harp, Theorbo and Harpsichord by R. Pharo)
Work length3:58
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
- Robin Pharo, Ensemble Près de votre oreille
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Awards and reviews
Christmas 2025
The singing of the vocal compositions is characterised by luminous textures and a sound of commendable purity...What an enchanting release, and what more might we have expected from this outstandingly gifted composer had he not been killed fighting for the royalist cause at the Siege of Chester.
17th September 2025
Their music-making is certainly alive. They also offer genuine discoveries: in this case psalm settings by the wonderful and idiosyncratic William Lawes...The ensemble’s three singers (soprano, mezzo, bass) throw themselves into the fray without a trace of scholarly reserve; Pharo’s four fellow musicians are equally full of beans
