Title: Sting's versions here more authentic?
Product review: I'm no musicologist, but perhaps this album brings up an interesting point.Consider for a moment, how quiet and intimate string instruments were from this time. The strong, operatic voices commonly employed today for this early music are more at home in large concert halls, not intimate gatherings. In most recordings of Dowland's music you can barely hear the lute because the voice is so powerful in comparison.I wonder if quieter, "pop" style voices like Sting's were the norm during this period. Perhaps, as instruments became louder, and the venues for hearing them larger, the more powerful-voiced operatic style developed and became the norm.It would be very odd if vocals did not change over hundreds of years, while instruments certainly did.Maybe Sting's versions here are more authentic than what is considered "authentic" today.
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