It is certainly NOT a liuto-forte, but a single-strung archlute by Luc
Breton.
RT
On 10/10/2016 2:06 PM, Jarosław Lipski wrote:
The instrument in question is not an archlute or liuto attiorbato, but a liuto forte.
Some lute players like Luca Pianca, Luciano Contini, Eric Bellocq and many others use
it, however I would be far from saying that this is a historical instrument - see
here http://liuto-forte.com/ueb_00_en.html
<http://liuto-forte.com/ueb_00_en.html> It’s easier to play and was specially
created with guitarists in mind.
Also Lucas fingering in Vivaldi isn’t really Baroque. Having said that, his
performance from musical point of view was successful, and I am glad to see
people talking about music on this list :)
Best
On 10 Oct 2016, at 18:23, howard posner <howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote:
On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Diego Cantalupi <tio...@gmail.com> wrote:
The main problem to me, is that the concerto is played in C, and not. in D.
It's easier on a G archlute, but sounds to me very strange for the violins.
Luca plays an archlute/liuto attiorbato in A. I believe Giardino Armonico
plays at A 415. I’m guessing the pitch is lowered on the Youtube video
we’re talking about. This is commonly done to avoid detection by copyright
bots.
Here’s a recording of Giardino and Luca doing the same concerto, sounding in
D at A 415:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0kJwhbZcAM
Of course, it’s possible that the sound is adjusted up on this one.
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