The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #95616   Message #1861662
Posted By: GUEST,John
17-Oct-06 - 06:42 PM
Thread Name: Crossover alert: Sting does Dowland.
Subject: RE: Crossover alert: Sting does Dowland.
Sting sounds like someone having a first stab at Dowland in a classical singing lesson. I can imagine why he would find it pleasurable but can't for the life of me understand why a classical label would think it worthy of distribution. I'll stick with the Paul Agnew versions on the Metronome label. There's a proper singer who as a tenor, though classically trained, hasn't gone all hermetically-sealed, antiseptic and lifeless like so many of the more usual countertenor recordings. An expert approach, maybe, but with the life left in it.