I'm a big Anthony Bailes fan, and his original lute is awesome.
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At 11:47 PM 4/3/2010, you wrote:
>Dear ones,
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>I read about this a year ago, and it is finally available in the
>USA. I just received it, and I think it is a really nice recording
>of French lute music. It is entitled: Apollon Orateur: 17th Century
>French Lute Music, and it is on the label RAMEE, number is RAM 0904.
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>The recorded sound is very good, and the playing is elegant and
>delicate. What I find great is that he has an original lute, and
>11-course lute, recently resotored, entirely strung in gut.
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>The mensur is 76 cm (!!), quite large for an 11-course lute, and he
>tuned it a minor third lower, due to the length, making the treble
>string at "d". Any attempt to pitch it higher would result in broken
>trebles. Bailes' approach to this low tunigng is an excellent example on how
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>This very low pitch is very refreching, to my ear. Also, I am only
>aware of a few pieces on this cd previously recorded.
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>This is not a review, but merely an announcement of a cd which I find
>very welcome. Especially, with all the relatively new baroque lute
>cd's on original instruments strung in gut (such as those by Toyohiko
>Satoh and Jakob Lindberg) is a good thing.
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