On Jan 3, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > Oddly, when Paul O'Dette recorded these years ago, he opted to play the > "leuto" works punteado on mandolino. Frankly, in spite of the excellent > performance, the solo line sounds odd in to me in that octave.
Not so odd at the time, when it was the latest musicological truth that the solo part should sound at notated pitch, and the performances an octave lower were incorrect. That particular orthodoxy came and went quickly, leaving Paul's recording as a souvenir. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
