William Lawes:
I’m sick of love - O let me lie (‘To the Sicamore’)
Perfect and endless circles are

Étienne Moulinié:
Enfin la beauté que j’adore

Henry Purcell:
When Orpheus sang all nature did rejoice
Suite from King Arthur
She loves and she confesses too
O, lead me to some peaceful gloom
O solitude, my sweetest choice

John Blow:
Tell me no more you love, in vain
The self–banished

Marc’ Antonio Cesti:
‘Intorno all’idol mio’

Henry Lawes:
I rise and grieve

John Dowland:
Complaint - Fortune my foe
Time stands still

Daniele da Castrovillari:
‘Luci belle’

Pierre Guédron:
Cessés mortels de soupirer

There’s none to soothe my soul to rest (arr. Robert A. Smith)
At the mid hour of night (arr. John Pyke Hullah)
Mary’s dream (arr. Richard Langdon)
The three ravens (arr. Thomas Ravenscroft)
Packington’s Pound
Black is the colour of my true love’s hair (arr. John Jacob Niles)

His second album on Signum Records, counter-tenor Randall Scotting is joined by celebrated lutenist Stephen Stubbs for a collection of anti-Valentine’s songs focussing on heartbreak and loss from the 17th century.

“Perhaps there is no cure for lovesickness; but we are confident that this album will be a comfort for all those who have loved, lost, and hope to love again”. – Wendy Heller, Chair, Dept of Music, Princeton University.

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Recorded 2–3 November 2020 at Allegro Recordings, Los Angeles, California, USA. Stephen Stubbs plays on three instruments at A=415 Hz; a 10–course bass lute by Lawrence K. Brown, a baroque guitar by Ivo Magherini, and a 10–course renaissance lute.