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 doesnât 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 wasnât better to play the sonatas in the original pitch to hear the intended sound. Many thanks for helping in my considerations Dieter To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
