Helen, I love Alan Stivell, wonderful music, played with heart and skill. but Sting just does not "get" Dowland and he may love it, but he plays it badly, very badly ,and I feel that, in spite of his huge talents in other genres, he just does not have the skill or the understanding to play it well. I too try to imagine who might have sung it " way back Then". it would not, I think, have been someone with Sting,s obvious limitations! Just my thoughts!