Hera,
I don't know... I do wonder why someone like POD
chose to focus his attention on these works, which, as
has been mentioned, have been recorded many, many
times? There's SO much music out there that hasn't
been recorded that needs attention! O'Dette has taken
many chances with recording little-known renaissance
music - why not do the same for baroque lute? Maybe
he will in the future... (I asked him about his
plans. He said he would like to do an album of French
11-course music.)
I have to say this CD is not on my list of
"must-haves" right now. I'll probably buy it someday
just for the sake of having Paul's interpretation, but
there are so many other CDs with this same repertoire
that other recordings will have priority for me at the
moment.
I saw POD perform the program on this CD live last
year. (He also played the Weiss C minor Fantasie)
The concert was of course very good, but I wasn't
especially impressed in the scheme of things. (My
guitar students all said it was absolutely the most
boring concert to which they'd ever been! What do
they know???) I saw him perform again two months
later playing a program of all-Melchior Neusidler on
ren. lute and was totally blown away.
Chris
--- hera caius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First thing:
> -if someone is tired of Bach, it means that person
> is tired of music. I have listen to many recordings
> of bach lutes suites (and partitas) on classical
> guitar, baroque guitar, baroque lute, archlute,
> baroque lute, lute-harpsichord etc, and I'm never
> tired of listten to another interpretation. For
> example a few days ago I just got an quite old CD by
> Junghanel playing Bach-so perfect that I have listen
> it for 10 times in one day (even if I know the
> suites by heart).
> Second thing:
> -Paul O'Dette is one of the best lute players
> nowadays and I think that there are many people who
> listten to his CDs and who observed his carrer in
> time. He played renaissance music for almost his
> entire carrer(he also played other lutes but not so
> much like renaissance lute-and I have all his CDs).
> Usualy contemporary lute players have many types of
> instruments and try to change them all the time but
> Paul O'Dette was not touching the baroque lute for
> recordings (only theorbos and similar instruments)
> so now this recording at this point of O'Dette's
> carrer is welcomed.
> That's why I think that this Bach version deservs
> our attention!
>
> P.S.If someone doesn't share my feelings about
> this, it's ok by me...!
>
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