I think the Complete Correlli Sonatas CD box I'm in is at 392Hz. I
remeber playing an archlute with very sloppy strings on those
recordings (and I remember sore fingers from tile fitting, we were
moving house that Summer and was called in last minute - sore fingers
and all - for a few days of recording).
David
On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 at 23:14, Dieter Schmidt
<[1]dieter.schmidt...@gmx.net> wrote:
I just heard a concert with Corelli Sonatas. I was surprised that
in
the continuo group there was a lute player with a (swanneck)
baroque
lute. When the concert was finished I went to ask him. That ist
what he
told me:
He takes the baroque lute because of the pitch (415 Hz ) they are
playing. With this high pitch he doesn't like the sound of an
archlute.
For that reason he plays his part on a baroque lute.The original
Corelli musicians were using a pitch 2 halftones lower.
Now I am wondering if it wasn't better to play the sonatas in the
original pitch to hear the intended sound.
Many thanks for helping in my considerations
Dieter
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