Marking the 400th anniversary of John Dowland’s death (1563–1626), Los Angeles-based guitarist Joseph Ehrenpreis presents a collection solo pieces by the English composer who bridged the late Renaissance to the early Baroque era. Ehrenpreis arranged Dowland’s music from lute tablature to his 8-string “Brahms Guitar,” an instrument invented by David Rubio and Paul Galbraith in 1994 that uses an endpin …

In their newest release, mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre and Jupiter, the ensemble led by lutenist Thomas Dunford, present a collection of vocal and instrumental music by John Dowland and Henry Purcell. Repertoire includes Dowland’s Lachrimae and vocal works from his First and Second Book of Ayres, as well as selections from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen. Baritone Huw …