Not a reply but a comment: surely GF is simply playing a sort of prelude - which we really can't object to. It may, of course, not be the way you or I would expect a prelude from the period to be but that's a different story......
MH --- On Wed, 24/9/08, Rob MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Rob MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: More of the delectable Gordon Ferries > To: "Stuart Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Vihuelalist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, 24 September, 2008, 2:38 PM > Stuart, > > I think it would unfair and unreasonable for anyone to > answer for > Gordon. I'm sure he would be happy to hear from you. > His email address > is on his website, [1]www.gordonferries.com and is > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > He pretty much plays it the same way on the CD, with > some wild baroque > guitar-like rasgueados. He is just fooling around - > sorry, improvising > - on the ground - what any self-respecting musician > would do. You seem > to be questioning his choice of appropriate style and > techniques. I've > never studied the 4c repertoire, so have no informed > opinion. So far > you have described what he does, and have asked us what > we think, but > what do you think? > > Rob > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.gordonferries.com/ > 2. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
