Personally, in spite of being the source of that last e-mail, I am also a great fan of much of Yepes' work. I loved the way he recorded the Boccherini quintets, e.g. I also tend to like Yepes' guitar recordings better than Segovia's. After reading that review of his Bach recordings on 14-course lute, I am glad to have NOT heard them. I'd rather continue as a fan of Yepes' old recordings.
Best, Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Luca Manassero > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 5:05 PM > To: 'lute-cs.dartmouth.edu' > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Narciso Yepes and the lute > > Many years ago (it must have been in 1983, I guess) I met Narciso Yepes > in Torino, Italy at the end of one of his concerts at the Conservatorio. > It was my first one and I was a great "fan" of him. > At that time I didn't know of his lute recording, but I had listen to > his complete Bach lute works recording on the 10 strings guitar at least > 100 times. So I told him and I expressed my enthusiasm for it and he got > back to me (I was 17 years old...) with a great smile and said: "throw > it away, It's not good at all." > > I had the pleasure to study (10 strings guitar, at that time) for a few > years with one of his Italian students and met Narciso Yepes a few times > more: he never meant too much of that recording, as far as I can remember. > But he was a true pioneer and really meant his 10 strings guitar as a > way to stop "cutting away" while translating the so-called Back lute > works for a 6 strings guitar. I still own those LP's and still believe > that his interpretation was by far much more "musical" than what Segovia > did in many cases. His recording of the Telemann (?) 4 Partitas > together with Godelieve Monden is not bad at all, and (as far as I know) > there's no similar recording on Baroque lutes. > > Luca > > > Eugene C. Braig IV on 8-12-2009 19:36 wrote: > > Segovia certainly didn't play Bach on any incarnation of lute...unless > you > > count modern guitars built to a Spanish paradigm as lutes. Walter > Gerwig > > certainly deserves some recognition for an early lute-driven effort at > Bach. > > > > For what it's worth, the Yepes article in Wikipedia offers "[Yepes] was > also > > the first person to record the complete lute works of Bach on period > > instruments (14-course baroque lute)." > > > > That same Wikipedia also offers this review: "[other guitarist's] > exciting > > and perceptive performances of the lute works, which were recorded > between > > 1981 and 1984, are light years better than the stilted, drab, and often > > utterly stillborn interpretations of Narciso Yepes, who does not sound > by > > any means comfortable playing the lute (American record guide, 1984)." > > > > Best, > > Eugene > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > >> Behalf Of dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us > >> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 1:20 PM > >> To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu > >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Narciso Yepes and the lute > >> > >> > >>> Yes, I don't expect it to be up to much, but he did at least give > it a > >>> > >>> go when no-one else would. Deserves recognition, I think. > >>> > >> Yes, but in context. Pretty sure Segovia precedes him, my LPS are at > home > >> (I write this at the library); I have some Yepes and some Segovia LP's > >> acquired in the early 60's, with a broad span of repetoire, including > some > >> vihuella and lute material - L da Milan and Bach for certain. > >> > >> Nigel North was another pioneer, I have at least one LP of his on > theorbo > >> from then as well. > >> -- > >> Dana Emery > >> > >> > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
