[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Weiss concerto

2011-07-02 Thread Rob MacKillop
Wasn't that amazing? Made my day. Congratulations to Lucas and the gang. Does anyone know if other movements were recorded, or if, indeed, there are other movements? Rob www.robmackillop.net On 2 Jul 2011, at 02:55, Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp wrote: There are some performers in

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Weiss concerto

2011-07-02 Thread David van Ooijen
On 2 July 2011 09:07, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   I'm particularly impressed how the basses of the lute overshadow the   cello in the tuttis... What we see is not what we hear, if you ask me. It feels like they're playbacking to a prerecorded track. Simple trick:

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Weiss concerto

2011-07-02 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Indeed, this is what I was really getting at - sorry, I was trying to be ironic but clearly not obviously enough since it was missable! Recording engineers (or whoever places microphones) really do have a lot to answer for: lutes sounding like Bechstein grands in concertos;

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Weiss concerto

2011-07-02 Thread David van Ooijen
On 2 July 2011 12:46, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:    Indeed, this is what I was really getting at - sorry, I was trying to   be ironic but clearly not obviously enough since it was missable! The modern strings were not (missable, that is), which is another part of their

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Translation of Kapsberger instructions

2011-07-02 Thread David Smith
Greetings, Does anyone know of an English translation of the introductions in Kapsberger's Libro Primo d' Intavolatura di Lauto, Libro Primo d'Intavolatura di Chitarone, and the Libro quarto d'intavolatura di Chitarone? I do have the facsimiles. I would like to gain the