At 03:40 AM 9/29/2008, David Tayler wrote:
Just out of curiosity, I listened to to samples from various
recordings, especially concert recordings, since breaths are edited
in recordings, using a pair of headphones that I use for editing.
Without mentioning specifics, I can say for the majority breathing is
pretty random and does not follow the phrases of the music. Maybe it
should, but it doesn't seem to :)
Plenty of subvocalization as well, which of course is also edited out.
Not quite lute (a 19th-c. Torres guitar), but an interesting CD with plenty
of "subvocalization" intact that does follow the phrasing of the music is:
Grondona, Stefano. 2004 La Leona: Stefano Grondona plays Julián Arcas
(1832-1882). Stradivarius, STR 33692.
The playing is quite fine, but the guttural utterances are sometimes
audible enough to be a little distracting.
Best,
Eugene
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