Always About Love's opening trackÂ J'ayÂ prisÂ amours a ma devise (I have chosen love as my device) is the motto for the album with songs about longing and happiness, sadness and saying farewell. BRISK and AmaryllisÂ DieltiensÂ have created aÂ programmeÂ with music fromÂ various differentÂ styles and periods on these timeless themes. The poetry is the starting point for the various sections. The instrumental pieces are also all connected to this content, and could be listened to as instrumental poetry, as songs without words. Alongside 16th and 17th century music from England, France and Germany, the sound of more recent times should not be lacking on this album. The quartet has arranged versions by Cecil Sharp and Benjamin Britten of the English folksong OÂ WalyÂ Waly. "Love is handsome, love is kind", but love may fade away like the morning dew. Dawn is also used as a metaphor for the beloved in Max Knigge's Ochtendbede, based on a sonnet by Jacques Perk. HansÂ KoolmeesÂ has written two songs about earthly and heavenly love, based on texts by the medieval mystic Hadewijch and the modern Flemish poet Eva Cox, and finally WaltherÂ StuhlmacherÂ has composed a wordless farewell. However different these worlds mayÂ seem,Â it is always all about love!

Tracklist:

J’ay Pris Amours A Ma Devise
Ostinato Vo Seguire
Lo Mi Son Giovinetta
Venus’ Birds
Joan, Quoth John
Galiard
Ochtendbede
Entre Vous Filles
Canzon Francesa Deta Frais & Gaillard
Love Song - Tierelantijntje
Tota Pulchra Es Amica Mea
Love Song - Visioen
Dont Vient Cela / Basse Dance Dont Vient Cela
Ach, Weh Des Leiden
Bonny Sweet Robin
O Waly, Waly
Abschied

UPC: 8711525527508
Label: Globe
Release Date: 9.18.20
Format: CD

Always About Love / Various - Always About Love (CD)