>>>Thomas Schall schrieb: >>>That's one of the most fantastic and beatiful things in lute world - the >>>interpretations are not as >>>"fixed" as - for instance - in the violin or >>>piano world. >>>A real treasure! >>> >>>Thomas
Thomas, I honestly do not believe that this is the case. There is a mainstream among lute performers as well among pianists or fiddlers. There are always some gifted people who do it different from others. Think of Martha Argerich or Ivo Pogorelic, or even Nigel Kennedy, I am not so familiar with violinists. What I meant is that the emotional range of many lute recordings is rather limited. I do not mean there are no emotions in the playing, but I always feel that there must be more room in the limited volume range of the instrument. For example, Chris Wilson. I like his playing quite a lot and I was fortunate enough to be at a mini recital in DvE's home where he played pieces in transitional tunings. This was one of the finest lute concerts I remember, very subtly but deeply felt playing. But I have great difficulties hearing his CDs. The delicacy doesn't make it through the reproduction process. Playing music for CDs is probably a bit like writing music for the opera, a need for a bigger brush. Then again I have just bought another clavichord record, Pensées nocturnes by Mathieu Dupouy which is plainly wonderful in spite of the similarly limited dynamics of the instrument. This is definitely a silver point interpretation, no big brush thing. Re the tombeau: there will be a recording by Edin Karamazov, at least that is what I hear. Edin - even if do not always like how he treats his instrument - is one lutenist who tries things that I am often missing with others. If there is not something really obnoxious like the minor final chord in Forlorn Hope, I'll probably like his rendition. He is sometimes over the brink, but full of life and passion. I like that. Enough for now. And thanks to all the gentle people who explained their view, I do appreciate this. Gernot To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
