A Lute by Sixtus Rauwolf / Lindberg

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The lute by Sixtus Rauwolf heard on this recording was probably built in the last decade of the sixteenth century. Some hundred years later, in 1715, it was converted to suit the musical tastes and demands of the baroque period. For this disc, Jakob Lindberg has chosen works that could have formed part of the repertory of the presumably German owner of the instrument at around the time of its final conversion. For German lutenists from about the middle of the seventeenth century, it was France that provided the aesthetic and musical model, and towards the end of the century, when the lute rather suddenly and inexplicably dropped out of fashion in Paris certain French luthistes travelled abroad and met with great success in German-speaking lands. With them, they took their music and special traditions of lute-playing, evidence of which can be seen in the music of several of the German composers included here. The release closes with a suite of pieces by Silvius Leopold Weiss, the most famous lutenist of the baroque era.

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REVIEWS:

He is stately and expressive in Reusner’s Padoana while seizing upon the extravagant trills and strums evoked by the Dufault and the elegant deportment of the Mouton. Lindberg similarly relishes the toccata-like textures, bittersweet harmonies and melodic attractiveness of Kellner.

– Gramophone

The Rauwolf highlights the variegated colours of the music (far more than a modern lute could), and its lower courses have a plangent resonance…Given pride of place at the end of this parade is Silvius Leopold Weiss, whose music Bach admired and arranged. Lindberg luxuriates in Weiss’s rich and varied style…The recording – like the instrument itself – is velvety and intimate.

– BBC Music Magazine


Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: BIS-2265


  • UPC: 7318599922652


  • Label: BIS


  • Composer: Charles Mouton, David Kellner, Esaias Reusner, François Dufaut, Johann Pachelbel, Silvius Leopold Weiss


  • Performer: Jakob Lindberg



Works:


  1. Paduana, for lute

    Composer: Esaias Reusner

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  2. Suite for Lute in A minor

    Composer: François Dufaut

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  3. La Promenade

    Composer: Charles Mouton

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  4. La Dialogue des graces sur Iris, allemande for lute

    Composer: Charles Mouton

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  5. Le Mouton

    Composer: Charles Mouton

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  6. La Changeante, courante for theorbo

    Composer: Charles Mouton

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  7. La Bizarre

    Composer: Charles Mouton

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  8. La Mallassis, sarabande for lute

    Composer: Charles Mouton

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  9. La Ganbade

    Composer: Charles Mouton

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  10. Campanella

    Composer: David Kellner

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  11. Courante for Lute

    Composer: David Kellner

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  12. Sarabande for Lute

    Composer: David Kellner

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  13. Aria for Lute

    Composer: David Kellner

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  14. Gigue for Lute

    Composer: David Kellner

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  15. Gavotte for Lute

    Composer: David Kellner

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  16. Suite, for lute in F sharp minor (arranged by Walter Gerwig from T. 312)

    Composer: Johann Pachelbel

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)


  17. Suite for Lute in A major

    Composer: Silvius Leopold Weiss

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)