There's a lot of lute music on Magnatune now. You can listen to entire albums for free as mp3 streams and if you like them, buy them as downloads.
Recently added: Doc Rossi (with Andrea Damiani): baroque cittern "Demarzi - 6 Sonatas for Cetra o Kitara" http://www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi And these albums should be interesting to lute fans: The amazing Jacob Heringman & Catherine King CDs originally recorded for ASV (now out of print) http://www.magnatune.com/artists/heringman_king Luis Milan El Maestro Alonso Mudarra songs and solos James Edwards: baroque guitar music http://www.magnatune.com/artists/james_edwards Dufay Collective : medieval dance music. (has Jacob Heringman on lute) http://www.magnatune.com/artists/dufay Five albums from Jacob Heringman (formerly on Discipline Global Mobile and ASV) http://www.magnatune.com/artists/heringman Paul Berget doing pieces from the Siena Manuscript both on lute and steel string guitar (which sounds very orpharion-like) http://www.magnatune.com/artists/paul_berget and four albums from Edward Martin (including my favorite version of Luis Milan's fantasies) http://www.magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin Art of the Lute in Renaissance France Baroque Lute Duets Luis Milan - El Maestro Virtues and Vices And I'll shortly be adding a wonderful album from Ed Durbrow's "La Primavera" group, of renaissance songs. -john
