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Weiss: Sonatas played on the unique 1590 Sixtus Rauwolf Lute | 
| Creators: Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Jakob Lindberg
Label: Bis
Category: Music
Buy New: $20.98
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 49816
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 675754901929
EAN: 0675754901929
ASIN: B000FI9ORW
Release Date: May 30, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Allemande | | • | Courante | | • | Sarabande | | • | Gavotte | | • | Gigue | | • | Prelude | | • | Ouverture | | • | Courante | | • | Bourree | | • | Sonata in B Flat Major: Sarabande in G minor (Dresden Ms.) | | • | Sonata in B Flat Major: Presto (Dresden Ms.) | | • | Entree | | • | Courante | | • | Sarabande | | • | Menuet | | • | Musette | | • | Paysanne |
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| Customer Reviews:
Blast from the past January 3, 2007
sound-mind (USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This recording is deeply satisfying on so many levels. It goes without saying that playing Weiss' music this well is the dream of most students of early music, but I bought this CD to hear this particular lute. The selection of the pieces, the respectful interpretation and Jakob Lindberg's masterful playing allow this 400 year old lute to reach out and speak with power, subtlety and grace. There is nothing tentative about the playing, no holding back for fear of damaging a delicate "antique", (apparently the oldest playable lute still in possession of its original soundboard) The diapasons are deep and warm, the trebles clear and sure of themselves. There are no traces of muddiness, no jarring timbre shifts going from low to high. It is bright and open without sounding glassy or fragile (Not a single inadvertent twang, even in the Musette). The decay and the sustain are perfectly balanced. (The choice of strings seems just perfect). This is a mature performance on a beautifully matured instrument. It's akin to letting your teeth sink gently into a perfectly ripened peach and finding the taste even sweeter than you had anticipated.
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