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Weiss: Lute Music / Jakob Lindberg

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Details

Composer
WEISS, SILVIUS LEOPOLD
Artist
Jakob, Lindberg
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
Feb 01, 2006
Catalog #
BIS-CD-1524
UPC
7318590015247

About

15 years ago lutenist Jakob Lindberg bought a very special instrument - one of the four extant lutes by Sixtus Rauwolf, built c.1560. The restoration of the lute took several years and was rather painstaking: for some repairs they een used ancient wood from the library in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence! Considering the great age of the instrument it was nevertheless in good shape and is now probably the only one in the world that, retaining its orignal soundboard, is in playable condition. This unique feature Lindberg has wanted to celebrate by recording music suitable for the instrument. Once upon a time, probably in 1715, this lute was equipped with a new neck allowing for a greater number of courses. This makes it perfect for the lute works of Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750), famous among his contemporaries as the finest lutenist of his generation. (There is some reason to believe that Bach composed a couple of his works for solo lute after having met Weiss in 1739.) Weiss was also the most prolific of all lute composers: some 600 pieces have survived, whcih may amount to half of his entire production for the instrument. Most of the pieces on this disc are early works, grouped in suites - or Sonatas as Weiss himself termed them - by the composer himself or, in some cases, by Jakob Lindberg. Included are some of Weiss's best-known works, e.g. the 'Fantasie in C minor' as well as one of his rare fuguges for lute.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Prelude in E-Flat Major 02:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  2. 2 Ciaccona in E-Flat Major 03:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    Ciaccona in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  3. 3 Fantasy in C Minor 02:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    Fantasy in C Minor
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  4. 4 I. Allemande 05:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allemande
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  5. 5 II. Courante 02:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  6. 6 III. Sarabande 03:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  7. 7 IV. Gavotte 01:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Gavotte
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  8. 8 V. Gigue 02:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    V. Gigue
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  9. 9 I. Prelude 01:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  10. 10 II. Overture 03:46
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Overture
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  11. 11 III. Courante 04:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  12. 12 IV. Bourree 02:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Bourree
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  13. 13 V. Sarabande 06:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Sarabande
    Duration
    06:30
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  14. 14 VI. Presto 05:51
    Track
    14
    Title
    VI. Presto
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  15. 15 Prelude in D Minor 01:30
    Track
    15
    Title
    Prelude in D Minor
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  16. 16 Fugue in D Minor 02:32
    Track
    16
    Title
    Fugue in D Minor
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  17. 17 I. Entree 03:09
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Entree
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  18. 18 II. Courante 02:50
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  19. 19 III. Sarabande 04:21
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Sarabande
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  20. 20 IV. Menuet 02:06
    Track
    20
    Title
    IV. Menuet
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  21. 21 V. Musette 03:57
    Track
    21
    Title
    V. Musette
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
  22. 22 VI. Paysanne 02:37
    Track
    22
    Title
    VI. Paysanne
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss