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This playlist explores the fusion of Early Music with genres including pop, rock and jazz. Listen to interpretations of John Dowland songs from Sting's album Songs From The Labyrinth (Deutsche Grammophon) – celebrating the composer as the ultimate English singer-songwriter – in collaboration with Bosnian lutenist Edin Karamazov.

‘For me, they’re pop songs written in 1603 or whatever – beautiful melodies, fantastic lyrics, great accompaniments.’ - Sting (BBC Music Magazine, 2006)

Also featured are jazz-infused arrangements of Bach from French pianist and composer Jacques Loussier, and imaginative re-workings of the music of Purcell and Handel by Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L’Arpeggiata.

‘All baroque composers used strict forms, but those forms would also allow the singers and musicians to improvise and add ornament freely.’ - Christina Pluhar

There are also tracks from the world of Attila the Stockbroker and his band Barnstormer 1649 selected from their albums blending of punk rock and Renaissance music. You can read more about Attila the Stockbroker in this exclusive feature for Continuo Connect.

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TRACK LIST

1. Dowland Walsingham | Edin Karamazov
2. Dowland Can she excuse my wrongs | Sting & Edin Karamazov
3. Purcell (arr. Pluhar) ‘Music for Awhile’ from Oedipus, Z583 | Philippe Jaroussky, Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
4. Bach (arr. Loussier) ‘Corrente’ from Partita No. 1 in D, BWV 85 | Jacques Loussier Trio
5. Attila The Stockbroker The Levellers’ Trilogy: March of the Levellers; The Diggers’ Song; The World Turned Upside Down | Attila The Stockbroker & Barnstormer 1649
6. Anon. (arr. Pluhar) Folia | Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
7. Dowland Flow my tears | Sting & Edin Karamazov
8. Attila The Stockbroker Abiezer Coppe | Attila The Stockbroker & Barnstormer 1649
9. Handel (arr. Pluhar) ‘Where’er you walk’ from Semele, HWV 58 | Núria Rial, Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
10-12. JS Bach (arr. Loussier) Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F | Jacques Loussier Trio
13. Attila The Stockbroker Cromwell’s Funeral | Attila The Stockbroker & Barnstormer 1649
14. Purcell (arr. Pluhar) ‘When I am laid in Earth’ (Dido’s Lament) from Dido & Aeneas, Z626 | Raquel Andueza, Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
15. Dowland Come again | Sting & Edin Karamazov
16. Anon. (arr. Pluhar) Ciaccona (I) | Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
17. JS Bach (arr. Loussier) ‘Air’ from Overture No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 | Jacques Loussier Trio
18. Handel (arr. Pluhar) ‘Venti, turbini’ from Rinaldo, HWV 7 | Valer Sabadus, Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
19. Attila The Stockbroker Bombarde (Parts 1 & 2) | Attila The Stockbroker & Barnstormer
20. Dowland In darkness let me dwell | Sting & Edin Karamazov
21. Purcell (arr. Pluhar) An Evening Hymn, Z193 | Philippe Jaroussky, Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
22. Handel (arr. Pluhar) ‘Lascia ch'io pianga’ from Rinaldo, HWV 7 | Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
23. Vivaldi (arr. Loussier) ‘Allegro non molto’ from Concerto in G minor ‘Summer’: | Jacques Loussier Trio
24. Attila The Stockbroker The Siege of Shoreham | Attila The Stockbroker & Barnstormer
25. Purcell (arr. Pluhar) ‘Here the deities approve’ from Welcome to All the Pleasures, Z339 | Philippe Jaroussky, Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
26. D Scarlatti (arr. Loussier) Sonata No. 33 in B minor | Jacques Loussier Trio
27. Handel (arr. Pluhar) ‘Piangerò la sorte mia’ from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 | Núria Rial, Christina Pluhar & L’Arpeggiata
28. Dowland Fantasy | Edin Karamazov
29. Dowland Come heavy sleep | Sting & Edin Karamazov
30. Bach (arr. Loussier) ‘Aria’ from Goldberg Variations | Jacques Loussier Trio