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Henry Lawes was a 17th-century English composer, musician, and teacher. He was born in Dinton, Wiltshire, England, in 1596. He was a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral and later studied music with John Cooper. Lawes was a prolific composer, writing over 1,000 songs, as well as instrumental music and church music. He was also a skilled lutenist and singer. Lawes was a close friend of the poet John Milton, and he set many of Milton's poems to music. He also wrote music for the masques of Ben Jonson and other courtly entertainments. Lawes died in London in 1662.

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The Centenary Album
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau•
Anton Rubinstein•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arnold Schoenberg•
Béla Bartók•
Claude Debussy•
César Franck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Emmanuel Chabrier•
Ernest Chausson•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gabriel Pierné•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Giacomo Puccini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
Hanns Eisler•
Hans Pfitzner•
Hector Berlioz•
Heinrich Schütz•
Henry Lawes•
Henry Purcell•
Hugo Wolf•
Jacques Offenbach•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johann Strauss II•
Johannes Brahms•
Joseph Haydn•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Paul Hindemith•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Reynaldo Hahn•
Richard Strauss•
Richard Wagner•
Robert Schumann•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Album - 100 Tracks - Released June 18, 2025
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  1. June 18, 2025
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    The Centenary Album
    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau•
    Anton Rubinstein•
    Antonín Dvořák•
    Arnold Schoenberg•
    Béla Bartók•
    Claude Debussy•
    César Franck•
    Darius Milhaud•
    Dmitri Shostakovich•
    Edvard Grieg•
    Emmanuel Chabrier•
    Ernest Chausson•
    Felix Mendelssohn•
    Franz Liszt•
    Franz Schubert•
    François Couperin•
    Gabriel Fauré•
    Gabriel Pierné•
    George Frideric Handel•
    Georges Bizet•
    Giacomo Puccini•
    Giuseppe Verdi•
    Gustav Mahler•
    Hanns Eisler•
    Hans Pfitzner•
    Hector Berlioz•
    Heinrich Schütz•
    Henry Lawes•
    Henry Purcell•
    Hugo Wolf•
    Jacques Offenbach•
    Johann Sebastian Bach•
    Johann Strauss II•
    Johannes Brahms•
    Joseph Haydn•
    Ludwig van Beethoven•
    Paul Hindemith•
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
    Reynaldo Hahn•
    Richard Strauss•
    Richard Wagner•
    Robert Schumann•
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    100 tracks
  2. February 25, 2013
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    Henry Lawes: Ayres
    Henry Lawes•
    La Rêveuse•
    Florence Bolton•
    Bertrand Cuiller•
    Benjamin Perrot
    23 tracks
  3. January 1, 2007
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    Henry & William Lawes: Songs
    Robin Blaze•
    William Lawes•
    Elizabeth Kenny•
    Henry Lawes
    27 tracks
  4. September 1, 2002
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    The Psalms of David
    St. Paul's Cathedral Choir•
    Edward Elgar•
    John Scott•
    George Job Elvey•
    Henry Lawes•
    John Stainer•
    William Croft•
    Thomas Tomkins•
    Christopher Gibbons•
    James Turle•
    John Goss•
    Henry Thomas Smart•
    Joseph Barnby•
    Herbert Howells•
    Basil Harwood•
    Martin Luther•
    Edward Bairstow•
    Samuel Sebastian Wesley•
    Charles Villiers Stanford•
    William Boyce
    174 tracks
  5. December 1, 1984
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    Henry Lawes: Sitting by the Streams – Psalms, Ayres & Dialogues
    Henry Lawes•
    Consort Of Musicke•
    Anthony Rooley•
    William Lawes
    17 tracks
  1. June 18, 2025
    undefined album image
    The Centenary Album
    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau•
    Anton Rubinstein•
    Antonín Dvořák•
    Arnold Schoenberg•
    Béla Bartók•
    Claude Debussy•
    César Franck•
    Darius Milhaud•
    Dmitri Shostakovich•
    Edvard Grieg•
    Emmanuel Chabrier•
    Ernest Chausson•
    Felix Mendelssohn•
    Franz Liszt•
    Franz Schubert•
    François Couperin•
    Gabriel Fauré•
    Gabriel Pierné•
    George Frideric Handel•
    Georges Bizet•
    Giacomo Puccini•
    Giuseppe Verdi•
    Gustav Mahler•
    Hanns Eisler•
    Hans Pfitzner•
    Hector Berlioz•
    Heinrich Schütz•
    Henry Lawes•
    Henry Purcell•
    Hugo Wolf•
    Jacques Offenbach•
    Johann Sebastian Bach•
    Johann Strauss II•
    Johannes Brahms•
    Joseph Haydn•
    Ludwig van Beethoven•
    Paul Hindemith•
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
    Reynaldo Hahn•
    Richard Strauss•
    Richard Wagner•
    Robert Schumann•
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    100 tracks
  2. February 25, 2013
    undefined album image
    Henry Lawes: Ayres
    Henry Lawes•
    La Rêveuse•
    Florence Bolton•
    Bertrand Cuiller•
    Benjamin Perrot
    23 tracks
  3. January 1, 2007
    undefined album image
    Henry & William Lawes: Songs
    Robin Blaze•
    William Lawes•
    Elizabeth Kenny•
    Henry Lawes
    27 tracks
  4. September 1, 2002
    undefined album image
    The Psalms of David
    St. Paul's Cathedral Choir•
    Edward Elgar•
    John Scott•
    George Job Elvey•
    Henry Lawes•
    John Stainer•
    William Croft•
    Thomas Tomkins•
    Christopher Gibbons•
    James Turle•
    John Goss•
    Henry Thomas Smart•
    Joseph Barnby•
    Herbert Howells•
    Basil Harwood•
    Martin Luther•
    Edward Bairstow•
    Samuel Sebastian Wesley•
    Charles Villiers Stanford•
    William Boyce
    174 tracks
  5. December 1, 1984
    undefined album image
    Henry Lawes: Sitting by the Streams – Psalms, Ayres & Dialogues
    Henry Lawes•
    Consort Of Musicke•
    Anthony Rooley•
    William Lawes
    17 tracks