Dowland - Lady, if you so spite me - Andreas Scholl

[cantecleer]

Re: death motif

From wikipedia:

La petite mort, French for "the little death", is a metaphor for orgasm.

More widely, it can refer to the spiritual release that comes with orgasm, or a short period of melancholy or transcendence, as a result of the expenditure of the "life force". Literary critic Roland Barthes spoke of la petite mort as the chief objective of reading literature. He metaphorically used the concept to describe the feeling one should get when experiencing any great literature.

[cantecleer]

I only bring it up to help those interested in Dowland's lyrics appreciate them more. Just look at this beautiful song's play on death and the lady's ability to cause both death and happiness.

"If you seek to spill me....

Kiss me sweet and kill me"

"...and I shall rest content

and die well pleased"

[kiltedboy1950]

My highest compliments to Sotto Voce aka civileso. I love many of your videos and this one is so wonderful and a feast for the eye as well as the ear.

[mgalangzingme12]

Absolutely beautiful...

[MarasVeil]

gorgeous... such a voice makes the words of the sing so much more bittersweet. Quite aside from spurning such a heavenly voice, I daresay it would be sweet death to me. Thank you for the lovely post.

[Gealach74]

.... Excellent Dowland!

Andreas Scholl really makes you travel to the 1500's and the spirit of it!

also beautiful images!

thanks

[gorepeace]

excelent Video...

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[salvadorlaguna]

Thanks for posting. In response to Latin language, Latin lives in renaissance choral music, and isn't obsolete. Investigate composers such as Gombert,Manchicourt and the like and you will hear Latin alive and well Thanks! Nice to have met you!

[sandgrownun]

Eat your heart out Sting.Stick to your stuff and leave Dowland to those who can sing him properly.Its not enough to hide behind a good lutenist.

[rullstensas]

I agree!

[OnlyYouuuuu]

Divine!! =)*

[Luthval]

Hello, nice video, who made the paintings ?

Val ;-)

[civileso]

It is a Russian artist, Oleg Zhivetin. Beautiful, right? The other images are photos of lute details that I gathered from various websites..

[BachLoveNat]

sadness, desperation and hope.. for a better life. John Dowland is like a magnet for me... especially with Andreas Scholl voice

Thank you