Firstly, check out the colourful, floral-centric design of the cover and booklet, and Wendy Heller’s fascinating notes: surely distractions from, if not cures for, lovesickness. Though you might find a cure in the included timeline, Cures for Lovesickness through Time. Or in time. In the meantime, give yourself up to the manifold pleasures of this gorgeous release. (A release from desire? Afraid not. You’ll just want more.)

American countertenor Randall Scotting’s strapping image runs counter to what you might expect. There is a robustness to the voice, too, but refined through his extensive operatic experience. The opera house and the salon coexist in this dramatic yet intimate themed recital in which the legendary Stephen Stubbs, playing renaissance and baroque lutes and a baroque guitar, deploys his legendary arsenal of colours and expressive gestures.

According to Heller, Scotting and Stubbs “take the listener on an emotional journey through all the stages of erotomania”. And who wouldn’t want to jump on that bus, with all its suffering and delight? Here are works by Purcell, Dowland, Cesi, Lawes, Blow, Moulinie, Anon, Trad...