And you are right! For me it is unbearable.
--- En date de : Mar 8.12.09, Eugene C. Braig IV <brai...@osu.edu> a
ecrit :
De: Eugene C. Braig IV <brai...@osu.edu>
Objet: [LUTE] Re: Narciso Yepes and the lute
A: "'lute-cs.dartmouth.edu'" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Mardi 8 Decembre 2009, 22h44
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: [1]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
[mailto:[2]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: [3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
[mailto:[4]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
> >> Behalf Of [5]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
> >>
> >>
>
>
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