CD:
John Dowland – Behold A Wonder Here

A richly colored journey through John Dowland’s Songs and Ayres, bringing the emotional world of the English Renaissance to life.

400 years after the death of John Dowland, Lautten Compagney Berlin turns to one of the most important song collections of the European Renaissance with its new album Behold A Wonder Here. A carefully curated selection from Dowland’s five songbooks brings together iconic works such as Flow my tears, Come again and Time stands still with lesser-known songs, revealing the remarkable breadth of his art. Intimate love songs, profound melancholy, subtle humor and moments of unexpected lightness create a vivid panorama of human emotion.

The richly colored ensemble – vocal consort, Renaissance lute, theorbo, Renaissance guitar, cittern, orpharion, viol consort as well as organ and harpsichord – creates a multi-layered sonic world in which every nuance of the music becomes audible. With their distinctive sense of timbre, clarity of text and stylistic precision, the Lautten Compagney Berlin brings these masterpieces to life with freshness, elegance and expressive power.

John Dowland – Behold A Wonder Here
Lautten Companey

Songs from
1597 – The Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres
1600 – The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres
1603 – The Third and last Booke of Songs or Aires
1605 – Lachrimae, or Seven Tears
1610 – A Musicall Banquet (published by Robert Dowland)
1612 – A Pilgrimes Solace
1620 - Margaret Board her Booke
ca. 1600 - The Folger manuscript (Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.b. 280)

ACC30708
EAN: 4260234833461

Available on CD and across all digital platforms from September 25, 2026