Anthony,
--- Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It just
> shows how heroic Jakob
> Lindberg's gut strung Rauwolf project and his Bis
> recordings must
> have been, the mind boggles!
>
I have this CD. Its an absolutely beautiful recording
and - wow, what an amazing sound! (I bought it, by
the way, from Amazon. I've never seen Lindberg
perform.)
At the same time, this project was not immune from
commercial concerns. An all Weiss program, notably
one that includes warhorses like the C Minor Fantasie
and "L'Infidele" Sonata, doesn't exactly strike me as
the obvious choice for a lute made in 1590. Something
like Reusner or La Sage de Richee would have been much
closer to the true spirit of this instrument, but
would have been a harder sell. Don't get me wrong:
Weiss is not exactly illegitimate - a lute like Sixtus
Rauwolf's would probably still have been in use at
that time - but it seems that as far as programming
goes, Lindberg went for the safer road rather than the
more musicologically strict one.
I can respect that (its not like he's not doing
Beethoven arrangements) and, to be fair, he has said
that he plans on recording more of this earlier
repertoire. Commerce has always been a real factor in
music. Still, however, here's money determining what
we perform and get to listen to.
Chris
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