I have referred David off-list to Bob Spencer's essay which accompanies Jakob Lindberg's recording of the complete Vivaldi lute works on BIS, but I recommend the article to you all as well. Spencer argues pretty convincingly for the use of the arciliuto, summing up:
>From about 1614 in Italy liuto was synonymous with arciliuto: for evidence see P.P. Melli, Intavolatura di Liuto (Venice 1614) and G. Zamboni, Intavolatura di Leuto (Lucca 1718), for 13- and 14-course archlute respectively, and this latter is the instrument played by Jakob Lindberg on his recording of these pieces Needless to say, Jakob's recording makes a pretty persuasive argument in favour of the use of an archlute in these works as well! Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 1:05 PM Subject: [LUTE] Vivaldi D-major concerto > I'll have to play the Vivaldi D-major lute concerto next month. I thought > a > small a'-lute would be the best choice (fastest, best projection), but I > have a cd with very funky performance by Il Giardino Armonico where the > part > is played on an archlute. Strong, but a little woolly. Sounds like it has > a > seperate mic, as well. Any experience or comments out there? > > David > > > > **************************** > David van Ooijen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > **************************** > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.2/357 - Release Date: 06/06/2006 > >
