reminds me of my teenage years when I sang some Dowland songs with a guitar playing friend...oh good old times, you bring back the memories...:-)

I like the simplicity with which you play this music, so these old harmonic movements and melody can stand out

Great playing and tone, and fine job on the audio restoration.

You have a wonderful feel for the instrument and a lovely touch.  Really nice work!

Wunderschöne, gefühlvolle Interpretation...!

Loving the picardy third. Nice effect, well played man !

wonderful, wonderful! Isn´t it amazing we hear Dowland´s music 400 years later? Thanks for sharing!!

Music of the so-called "Renaissance", originally composed for lute or vihuela (an early guitar-like instrument). Played and recorded long time ago without any ambitions for "historical correctness" on a fat modern guitar.
Hope you enjoy anyhow :)
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guitar: F.Hiemenz
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set painting by Gerard (Gerrit) Dou (1613-1675) : "Still Life with Globe, Lute, and Books"
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/gerrit-dou/still-life-with-globe-lute-and-books

The 16th century on plucked strings

I'm not a robot

Recorded at De Dageraad, Oktober 2025

Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Tarrega)

Piano 5-1

Domenico Scarlatti, badass keyboardist of the 1700's, Sonata in C minor. Brodmann PE-187 grand piano, AKG Perception 220 microphones, Pro Tools recording.

Scarlatti - Sonata C Minor

Classical Music For Spa: Meditation, Tai Chi & Relaxation

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Opus 2, II. Adagio (as made famous by Ludwig van Beethoven)

L.v.Beethoven
String Quartet a minor, Op.132
3rd movement: Molto adagio ("Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart / A restored one's holy song of thanksgiving to God, in lydian mode")

Hugo Wolf Quartet
Jehi Bahk (1st violin)
Regis Bringolf (2nd violin)
Wladimir Kossjanenko (viola)
Florian Berner (cello)

Recorded 2000 in Vienna, Austria.
KALREC 2002 (available also on Gramola)

Now also available on YouTube together with Beethoven's manuscript: 
https://youtu.be/jHMfz7GnDTs

Beethoven String Quartet Op.132, 3rd movement "Heiliger Dankgesang"

Concert in "Michaelskapelle" in Witzenhausen/Germany
guitar : Frank Hiemenz

"Sevilla" by Isaac Albéniz [live in concert]

part of a recording session, mostly in "prima vista" playing, to produce background music for a spoken therapeutic CD.
recorded in puzzlepie studio Munich/Türkenfeld
Guitar: F.Hiemenz
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Robert Johnson (ca 1580 - 1633/34) was an english composer and lutenist. His father John was lutenist at the court of Queen Elisabeth I.
Between 1610 and 1617 Robert Johnson composed for the "King's Men" theatrical company, providing music for William Shakespeare's plays. So he sometimes is called as "Shakespeare's Lutenist"

"Alman" by Robert Johnson

Complaint, better known as "Fortune my Foe".
music :  John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
guitar : F.Hiemenz
(part of a recording session, mostly in "prima vista" playing, to produce background music for a spoken therapeutic CD.
recorded in puzzlepie studio Munich/Türkenfeld)

*** Special note for the Lute Players and other experts : Yes, I played it on a fat modern guitar. Yes, I didn't include any ornamentations. No, it's not at all played in historical correct manner. Though never been a real  "ancient music"-player, I loved  the pure substance in old, timeless jewels like this one. So please don't pillory me for that ;-) ***

Complaint ("Fortune my Foe") by John Dowland

music : John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
(from a manuscript in the "British Museum". Transcribed from lute tablature and arranged for guitar by Karl Scheit. Published in "Universal Edition" 1956) 

guitar : Frank Hiemenz
youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFJYhgzNOdI&hd=1
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part of an unfinished studio project. Only a compact cassette (!) copy of the original studio tape remained from this. 
Recorded in puzzlepie studio Munich/Türkenfeld  ('88)
Sound restauration with WaveLab 7 (2012) by FHgitarre
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Original Artwork (CCL) by Nancy Ellis: http://www.flickr.com/photos/plaisanter/5227004746/

Allemande (My Lady Hunssdon's Puffe) by John Dowland

music : John Dowland (1563 - 1626) 
(from a manuscript in Cambridge University Library. Transcribed from lute tablature and arranged for guitar by Karl Scheit. Published in "Universal Edition" 1956) 

guitar : F. Hiemenz 

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part of an unfinished studio project. Only a compact cassette (!) copy of the original studio tape remained from this. 
Recorded in puzzlepie studio Munich/Türkenfeld  ('88) 
Sound restauration and cuttings with WaveLab 7 (2012) by FHgitarre
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"Melancholy Galliard" by John Dowland (1563 - 1626)

"Go from my window", a very popular folksong in its time. This is an arrangement by John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
guitar : F.Hiemenz

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"just for fun" recording in puzzlepie studio Munich/Türkenfeld  ('88) 
Sound restauration of a compact cassette copy with WaveLab 7 (2012) by FHgitarre
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just found a midi version of the original tune with one of the most popular text versions:
http://mysongbook.de/mtb/r_clarke/songs/gofrom1.htm

"Go from my window" - popular folksong from the 16th century (arranged by John Dowland)

In its inaugural concert, ROCO welcomed guest conductor Scott Yoo, and featured its own principal flutist, Christina Jennings. The program included Rossini's Overture from L’italiana in Algeri, Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra, Griffes' Poem for Solo Flute and Orchestra, Schubert's Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, and Elgar's Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15. Performed at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX, November 5, 2005.

Schubert, Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D 485, II. Andante con moto

Nicholas Kraemer conducts Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice with the Stadtorchester Winterthur

Nicholas Kraemer conducts Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice

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This channel is collecting the
recordings in which I took part
through the years as a guitar-
player. The great ones as well 
as those which are just not bad 
enough for the ashtray. 
If you like some of them, you're
welcome to let me know it. ;-)

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Some of my recordings
are free for download
(wav format, no mp3
compression!)
http://soundcloud.com/fhgitarre/sets/free-downloads/
!! If you use one of them for 
videos or other web content 
please give credit with a link
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"Melancholy Galliard" by John Dowland (1563 - 1626)

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