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 > > > > > > > >-- >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] > > > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.0/961 - Release Date: 8/19/2007 >7:27 AM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
