Michael Chance established a worldwide reputation as one of the foremost exponents of the male alto voice in all areas of the classical repertoire. Paul Beier accompanies this selection of Dowland songs with solo lute music.

In his mind, John Dowland was truly living 'in darkness', and the theme of darkness permeates the lyrics of many of his last songs, the most emblematic of which is 'In darkness let me dwell'.

"That mournful dimension of the music of Dowland which has fascinated many generations, both past and present, culminated in the beautiful In Darkness Let Me Dwell (from the Musical Banquet of 1610) which we can now listen to in a recent and magnificent performance by two musicians of great prominence, countertenor Michael Chance and lutenist Paul Beier. Beier has written an interesting and well documented introductory text to this recording in which he reviews, in detail and with emotional participation, the emblematic story of Dowland, an English composer highly acclaimed in the Denmark of King Christian IV, almost like a Hamlet of music, who then finds himself quite neglected in his homeland where he had always aspired to a position at Court, with entirely unsatisfying results for a long time." - Claudio Strinati: Il Venerdì di Repubblica, 23 October 2015