tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post6094262386302005003..comments2024-01-19T02:23:51.665-06:00Comments on Journal Wunelle: Youthful Old Schoolwstachourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-65434540901650110982007-12-14T00:41:00.000-06:002007-12-14T00:41:00.000-06:00I just sampled some of the Robert Barto stuff on i...I just sampled some of the Robert Barto stuff on iTunes--really, really lovely. I've put it on my to-get list!<br><br>The lute compared to the guitar is, to my ear, like the clavichord-vs-harpsichord: maybe without quite as much projection, but with greater subtlety and nuance, and with a broader range.<br><br>I'm a bit ashamed to admit I've never even HEARD of Sylvius Weiss. Here's something new to explore--thanks for the introduction!wunellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-23735309463898737002007-12-13T22:09:00.000-06:002007-12-13T22:09:00.000-06:00Off topic: I have a 10-course lute made by Canadia...Off topic: I have a 10-course lute made by Canadian luthier Richard Berg. It's a wonderful instrument suitable for Renaissance music but it's not quite big enough for Baroque literature.<br><br>Bach's contemporary Sylvius Leopold Weiss composed a great deal of excellent lute music, and Robert Barto has recorded the whole lot of it on the Naxos label. <br><br>Jakob Lindberg has a relatively recent Weiss recording for which he plays a lute made by Rauwolf in 1590, later expanded for Baroque range. <br><br>These can be played on classical guitar but it's sort of like playing Couperin on a piano instead of a harpsichord. The lute has such a nice sound.<br><br>Thanks for stopping by.shrimplatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-64941596607970141872007-12-13T00:00:00.000-06:002007-12-13T00:00:00.000-06:00I listened again this afternoon. If anything'...I listened again this afternoon. If anything's divine, this is.<br><br>Let me know if you get it, and what you think!wunellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15935045.post-79226670926768295142007-12-12T22:36:00.000-06:002007-12-12T22:36:00.000-06:00Definitely my kind of stuff.Definitely my kind of stuff.shrimplatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.com