There is also one complete CD with Baron's music: Ernst Gottlieb Baron - The lute at the court of Frederick the Great (Pier Luigi Polato). You find it for instance under: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1173616
I especially like the duets of Baron, they are really very beautiful. For the solo pieces it is indeed necessary to play them very much cantabile. If you do them that way, they sound well also in my opinion. For sure they are no master pieces - maybe they had been composed for pupils ? Best regards Markus On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:38:09 , Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Le 20 août 07 à 16:34, Taco Walstra a écrit : > > > On Monday 20 August 2007 15:06, Mathias R÷sel rattled on the keyboard: > >> "Taco Walstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >>> The pieces by Baron are simply horrible and not interesting at all. > >> > >> I'm sorry? Bit harsh of a judgement, don't you think? I had the > >> opportunity to perform his G major duetto, recently,and we enjoyed > >> it a > >> lot. It's galant music, not Weiss, that much is true. Yet once you've > >> switched to gallant style, it's lovely music. > > > > Just a different taste that's all, but good to hear that you enjoy > > Barons > > music. Put your recording on the web! Baron is almost never recorded. > > Taco > > > > > There is, of course, a track on Laute-galanterie by Anthony Bailes LP > Reflexe. Initially, I did not like this record, whereas I loved his > Pieces de Luth in the same series. In fact, it is much less well > recorded, and the historic lute perhaps a little lacking in certain > areas; but careful listening makes me hear how important the decay of > notes, and pauses are in this galant music. Anthony Bailes carries > this out well, but the recording fails to allow full appreciation of it. > Indeed, most of us know how recordings tend to lose the last gasp of > a decay. It is this sort of microdynamic detail that makes this > particular music interesting, without it, it can indeed be boring. > Well that is how I feel about it, so perhaps a live performance with > a good acoustics could make all the difference. Certainly, I doubt > whether MP3 could do it justice. > Regards > Anthony > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > -- Markus Lutz Schulstr. 11 D-88422 Bad Buchau Tel: 0 75 82 / 92 62 89 Fax: 0 75 82 / 92 62 90 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
