Dear all, I would like to make you know that my CD with the soprano Valeria Mignaco called "Clear or Cloudy" has been finally released. It is our first commercial work together and it was recorded one and a half years ago for the Belgian label "Musica Ficta".
We have created a restricted webpage were it is possible to listen to the whole CD and I would like to share it with those of you that might be interested. Of course it is still mp3-quality but I think it will be enough for you to get an idea of it. You can log into the page following this direct link were I have included the username and password on the Url. http://CD:[email protected]/CD/cd_en.html If you are not granted entry directly, just follow this other link and use the following information to log in: http://www.lutevoice.com/CD/cd_en.html Username: CD (both letters in capitals) Password: clearorcloudy An all English lute song CD was not our idea. It was a requirement of the record company. We love the repertoire and we have been performing it since years but, as you can imagine, it is quite challenging and daring for a non native English singer to record in a foreign language. This is specially true in the case of Dowland songs!!! Valeria made a remarkable effort to overcome this drawback taking many pronunciation lessons that I think they yielded good results (obviously this is for you to judge and not me being also a non native English speaker). The instrument is a Venere copy made by Malcolm Prior with all gut strings by Nicholas Baldock (first 3 courses), Aquila Venice (4th and 5th) and the excellent new loaded Aquila strings on the 6th and 7th courses. Of course I am open to any commentaries about it (both positive and negative) I hope you enjoy it! Greetings to all, Alfonso P.S. It is not my aim to make commercial publicity of the CD (that is why we offer it free for you to listen) but if any of you like it and is interested in purchasing it, it is directly available for sale from us at the following address: http://www.lutevoice.com/clear_or_cloudy_CD_dowland_en.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
