Paul Berget & I recorded the lute duet of Baron.  You can hear it on Magnatune:
http://www.magnatune.com/artists/albums/martin-duets/  It is a pleasure to 
perform this piece.

ed





At 04:57 PM 8/20/2007 +0200, Markus Lutz wrote:
>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
> >
> >
> >
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