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Silvius Leopold Weiss, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Antonio Vivaldi
Baroque Lute
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Sonata for lute in A minor ('L'infid?le') (Dresden MS No. 15; London MS No. 23), SC 29: 1. Entr?e
2. Sonata for lute in A minor ('L'infid?le') (Dresden MS No. 15; London MS No. 23), SC 29: 2. Courante
3. Sonata for lute in A minor ('L'infid?le') (Dresden MS No. 15; London MS No. 23), SC 29: 3. Sarabande
4. Sonata for lute in A minor ('L'infid?le') (Dresden MS No. 15; London MS No. 23), SC 29: 4. Menuet
5. Sonata for lute in A minor ('L'infid?le') (Dresden MS No. 15; London MS No. 23), SC 29: 5. Musette
6. Sonata for lute in A minor ('L'infid?le') (Dresden MS No. 15; London MS No. 23), SC 29: 6. Paysanne
7. Work(s): Prelude
8. Work(s): Fantasia
9. Work(s): Fugue
10. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in D major ('L'estro armonico' No. 9), Op. 3/9, RV 230: 1. Allegro
11. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in D major ('L'estro armonico' No. 9), Op. 3/9, RV 230: 2. Larghetto
12. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in D major ('L'estro armonico' No. 9), Op. 3/9, RV 230: 3. Allegro
13. Tombeau sur la mort de Monsieur Comte de Logy, for lute in B flat minor (London MS), Smith 210
14. Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne in D minor

CD Details

All Artists: Silvius Leopold Weiss, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach
Title: Baroque Lute
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Linn Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/1998
Re-Release Date: 4/9/1996
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Early Music, Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 786051500620

CD Reviews

A beautiful lute recording by Nigel North

M. Levitt - classical music buff | Philadelphia, PA | 07/08/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When I first spotted this recording on Amazon.com's website, the total lack os customer reviews led me to suspect this CD wasn't worthwhile.

Was I wrong!

This is a beautiful recording of lute music by Nigel North.

I think the qualities that strike me most about this CD are - in no special order - that so much of the music is unfamiliar to me; that the music is so uniformly good; that Nigel North's playing is flawless; and that the sound quality is top drawer.

Nigel North almost makes the Bach Chaconne sound effortless. It also is very beautifully performed, so good, in fact, that I'd be hard pressed to name another recorded performance that can top it.

The Weiss pieces are beautiful, highly expressive. Every bit as good as any of the Bach Lute Suites, which is saying a lot. In fact, so good I want to explore everything that Weiss wrote; and wonder what I've missed in the Robert Barto recordings of Sylvius Leopold Weiss on Naxos!

The Vivaldi, a Concerto is F Major, is actually a Bach Concerto After Vivaldi, BWV 972. It is a wonderful piece, harmonically rich, very moving and expressive, that takes about 9 minutes to perform, and is pure Bach, which is to say it is a gem.

The Gramophone reportedlly rates this Nigel North disc a top CD, and they are absolutely right on the money.

The sound is rich, full, and very flattering both to Nigel North and the instrument he plays so well.

Highly recommended!!"