“Being a Windham Hill fan, it certainly takes me back to those days, where a simple guitar album, played with endearing quality and attention to detail, has become a delight”.
MICK WORDLEY
FINGERSTYLE GUITARIST
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RAFAEL ARDEN
I Never Knew I Loved Thee
Music from The Rowallan Manuscript
Compiled in 1612, the Rowallan Manuscript contains a rare and haunting collection of Scottish Renaissance lute music, from the early seventeenth century — music of intimacy, elegance and profound emotional depth.
In this deeply personal recording, Rafael Arden brings these ancient Scottish melodies to life with warmth, sensitivity and poetic imagination. Performed on the Renaissance lute, the music moves between reflection and dance, tenderness and melancholy, revealing a world where music was once woven into daily life, memory and longing.
Rather than treating these works as museum pieces, Rafael approaches them as living music — breathing with human emotion, silence and atmosphere. The result is a recording that feels both historically grounded and timelessly modern.
