Really? Is there any evidence to support this theory? JL
> On 10 Oct 2016, at 22:15, Roman Turovsky <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is certainly NOT a liuto-forte, but a single-strung archlute by Luc Breton. > RT > > On 10/10/2016 2:06 PM, Jarosław Lipski wrote: >> The instrument in question is not an archlute or liuto attiorbato, but a >> liuto forte. Some lute players like Luca Pianca, Luciano Contini, Eric >> Bellocq and many others use it, however I would be far from saying that this >> is a historical instrument - see here http://liuto-forte.com/ueb_00_en.html >> <http://liuto-forte.com/ueb_00_en.html> It’s easier to play and was >> specially created with guitarists in mind. >> Also Lucas fingering in Vivaldi isn’t really Baroque. Having said that, >> his performance from musical point of view was successful, and I am glad to >> see people talking about music on this list :) >> Best >> >> >>> On 10 Oct 2016, at 18:23, howard posner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Diego Cantalupi <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> The main problem to me, is that the concerto is played in C, and not. in D. >>>> It's easier on a G archlute, but sounds to me very strange for the violins. >>> >>> Luca plays an archlute/liuto attiorbato in A. I believe Giardino Armonico >>> plays at A 415. I’m guessing the pitch is lowered on the Youtube video >>> we’re talking about. This is commonly done to avoid detection by >>> copyright bots. >>> >>> Here’s a recording of Giardino and Luca doing the same concerto, sounding >>> in D at A 415: >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0kJwhbZcAM >>> >>> Of course, it’s possible that the sound is adjusted up on this one. >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> -- >
