I have this album and is willing to part from it. Please contact me for details.
Regards Kenneth Sparr 8 dec 2009 kl. 10.05 skrev Rob MacKillop: > In 1970, Deutsche Gramophone were recording the complete Bach oeuvre > and had a problem when it came to record the lute suites. Apparently > numerous lute players of the day turned down the invitation, saying the > works were too difficult. The guitarist, Narciso Yepes, famed for his > invention and advocacy of the modern ten-string classical guitar, > accepted the challenge. He is the only musician to record the complete > Bach solo lute music on both the lute and guitar. Apparently he once > recorded a suite on the lute in one tuning in the morning, and > performed the same suite in a concert that afternoon on the guitar in a > different tuning and arrangement. > > > Here is the info taken from the 1973 (some of the music was recorded in > 1972) LP notes regarding the lute he used: > > > 14c theorbo-lute by Nicolaas Bernard van der Waals, based on several > originals including a Tielke, Vienna. > > Length from angle of neck to end of body: 77.6cms > > Length of body 49.6cms > > Width of body 34.8 > > Depth of body 16.5 > > Length of neck: 28.1 > > > Body Rio rosewood > > Sounding board spruce > > Peg-box maple > > Pegs cocobolo > > > His tunings seem to have been quite inventive: > > > G minor suite (treble to bass) fdafda G F Eb D C Bb A G > > E minor gebgeb A G F# E D C B > > PFA g eb bb g eb bb Ab G F Eb D C Bb Ab > > Cm g eb c g eb c G F Eb D C Bb Ab > > Little Prelude in Cm fdafda G F# Eb D > > Fugue in Gm fdafda G F Eb D C Bb A > > E Major suite Prelude: g# e b a e b A G# F# E D# C# B A for the rest of > the suite the a on the fourth course becomes g# > > > I have a pdf of the liner notes but not the recording, so I cant say > anything about its sound or his interpretation. However, as a > historical first, maybe we should acknowledge Yepes for the pioneering > work he did as a lute player. Has anyone got this recording? > > > > Rob MacKillop > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
