I have the 'Bach on the Lute' box-set by Nigel North (4-CD's)from Amazon.co.uk
There were varying prices available for this set. Also each of the four discs could be bought separately. Somehow, this particular set (new) was priced at less than one separate disc. If it is still there, look carefully. I can recommend it. Best Wishes Ron (UK) -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Luca Manassero Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:05 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
