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Weiss: Sonatas / Wolfgang Rübsam
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Weiss: Sonatas / Wolfgang Rübsam

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Composer
WEISS, SILVIUS LEOPOLD
Artist
Wolfgang Rubsam
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Apr 23, 2021
Catalog #
BRI95509
UPC
5028421955094

About

Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) was a German composer and arguably the master lutenist of the 18th century. In addition to being one of the greatest players of all time, he was one of the most important and most prolific composers of lute music in history. He wrote around 600 pieces for lute, most of them grouped into ‘sonatas’ (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on sonata form) or suites, consisting mostly of Baroque dance movements. This recital features some of Weiss’s sonatas (he called them ‘Suonate’) for solo lute. They have come down to us in a variety of tablature manuscripts, and many are missing their preludes, which were usually improvised. Weiss’s music is characterised by a unique understanding of the capabilities of his instrument, its strengths and its weaknesses. Like J.S. Bach’s, his music represents the culmination of a high Baroque style a little at odds with the more progressive aspirations of his younger contemporaries. The cantabile style of playing heard in these marvellous performances is directly inspired by the instrument, a lute-harpsichord built for Mr. Rübsam in 2015 by the acclaimed American instrument-maker Keith Hill. It consists of one manual with one set of gut strings at eight-foot pitch, and two sets of jacks which pluck the strings in two different places. One, positioned farther from the nut, produces a flutey sound, and the other, closer to the nut, produces a more nasal timbre. A second set of strings, made of brass at four-foot pitch, produces a halo-effect by resonating with the eight-foot register played by the performer. It gives the rather dry sound of the gut strings a much more singing quality of tone.

Tracklist 30 tracks

  1. 1 I. Overture 03:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Overture
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  2. 2 II. Bourée 01:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Bourée
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  3. 3 III. Menuet 01:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuet
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  4. 4 IV. Gigue 01:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Gigue
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  5. 5 V. Menuet 01:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Menuet
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  6. 6 VI. Gigue 01:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Gigue
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  7. 7 VII. Sarabande 03:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  8. 8 I. Andante 05:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  9. 9 II. Courante 02:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  10. 10 III. Bourée 02:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Bourée
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  11. 11 IV. Polonoise 00:44
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Polonoise
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  12. 12 V. Gigue 01:46
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Gigue
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  13. 13 I. Allemande 03:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allemande
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  14. 14 II. Gavotte 02:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Gavotte
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  15. 15 III. Bourée 02:30
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Bourée
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  16. 16 IV. Menuet 01:35
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Menuet
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  17. 17 V. Gigue 02:17
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. Gigue
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  18. 18 VI. Rigaudon 03:02
    Track
    18
    Title
    VI. Rigaudon
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  19. 19 I. Allemande 04:55
    Track
    19
    Title
    I. Allemande
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  20. 20 II. Courante 03:21
    Track
    20
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  21. 21 III. Gigue 02:40
    Track
    21
    Title
    III. Gigue
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  22. 22 IV. Paysanne 02:34
    Track
    22
    Title
    IV. Paysanne
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  23. 23 V. Polonoise 01:39
    Track
    23
    Title
    V. Polonoise
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  24. 24 I. Prelude 01:44
    Track
    24
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  25. 25 II. Andante 04:09
    Track
    25
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  26. 26 III. Courante 02:29
    Track
    26
    Title
    III. Courante
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  27. 27 IV. Bourée 02:16
    Track
    27
    Title
    IV. Bourée
    Duration
    02:16
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  28. 28 V. Sarabande 02:23
    Track
    28
    Title
    V. Sarabande
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  29. 29 VI. Menuet 02:20
    Track
    29
    Title
    VI. Menuet
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  30. 30 VII. Presto 02:32
    Track
    30
    Title
    VII. Presto
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Silvius Leopold Weiss
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam