B****y Real Player. It would not open the sound clips on the Deutsche Grammophon Website.

The blogger you linked to was simply airing his prejudices as he had not listened to the album at the time he wrote what he did.

Personally I think Sting has a point about Dowland as a singer songwriter, though Dowland mostly wrote music to words by others. I think Thomas Campion comes nearer to the modern concept of singer/songwriter as he wrote both words and music.

Dowland was a wonderful composer, and like all good composers, his work will stand a range of interpretations. I have a recording of Maddy Prior singing "Now O now I needs must part" almost in the style of a C & W Waltz and it comes off very well.

I was intrigued by this album when I saw a reference to it on the news last night and I will probably get it, if only out of curiosity.