Recordings for lute and related instruments

[Number Six]

-- bumping this thread to make it easier to find -- 

[Number Six]

This Dowland vol 1 is my second Paul O'Dette album (and probably second Lute album, now that I think of it). 

I find when I listen to Lute or Theorbo, the sound can sometimes be just enough like the Greek folk band in the Monty Python Cheese Shop Sketch that I get distracted and start thinking about the sketch. 

[Que]

I find when I listen to Lute or Theorbo, the sound can sometimes be just enough like the Greek folk band in the Monty Python Cheese Shop Sketch that I get distracted and start thinking about the sketch. 

I my experience the ability to "tune in" to the delicate sound improves over time! I find lute music ideally suited for quiet mornings. 

[Mandryka]

One thing to sat @Number Six , is that most if not all early lute music was made to be enjoyed by the player or maybe a small group sitting very close. Aim for the volume the player would hear - use your amplifier!

[Number Six]

I my experience the ability to "tune in" to the delicate sound improves over time! I find lute music ideally suited for quiet mornings. 

One thing to sat @Number Six , is that most if not all early lute music was made to be enjoyed by the player or maybe a small group sitting very close. Aim for the volume the player would hear - use your amplifier!

Ha! I read your replies as opposite each other. I can definitely see both sides of the discussion.

[Mandryka]

Ha! I read your replies as opposite each other. 

I don't think so.

[Number Six]

I don't think so.

No, honestly, I really did read it that way! 

[Mandryka]

No, honestly, I really did read it that way! 

No, playing it at the volume that the lute player would hear will still produce a delicate and nuanced sound, assuming decent hifi, decent recording etc.

[Franco_Manitobain]

Another nice mandolin recording I came accross:



Abbate Ranieri Capponi (1680 - 1744): 12 Sonate da camera, no. 8 in E Minor and no. 12 in G Major
Niccolo Susier (1679 - 1766): Sonata per mandola
Nicola Romaldi (1680 - 1730): Sonata per mandola
Giovanni Pietro Sesto da Trento: Sonata di mandolino
Francesco Piccone (1685 - 1745): Sinfonia per la mandola in D Minor

I'm listening to this right now, as it freshly arrived in the mail.

It is quite exquisite and lovely indeed. Superb sound!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

This will be released on 4/10/2025.
J.S. Bach: Cello Suites, Vol. 1 (Arr. for Theorbo by Yasunori Imamura).

Post ed. Already on Youtube.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ng6vYabqchQkUuLRAM5ndahBMNmTlZImI&si=if4xYtg7MAXwpVIk

[prémont]

This will be released on 4/10/2025.
J.S. Bach: Cello Suites, Vol. 1 (Arr. for Theorbo by Yasunori Imamura).

It has been available from Presto since Feb 28.2025. Vol 2 will be released April 11.2025.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

It has been available from Presto since Feb 28.2025. Vol 2 will be released April 11.2025.

I didn't know! I'm looking forward to listening to the vol. 2!

[Mandryka]

Interesting because -- Meunier and Poirier are an outstanding lute duo -- this is their third recording.

Booklet here

https://static.qobuz.com/goodies/70/000214307.pdf

[Mandryka]

An attractive new compilation CD. Valet, Bachelet, the inevitable Dowland and the even more inevitable Anon. Sort of Renaiso-baroquish if you know what I mean. Well recorded and eloquent playing, well worth a listen.

I can't find much interesting about Mikko Ikäheimo on the web.  I don't know what Ikkaheimo's instrument is. But I do know who Per Brahe was

This is proving to be very rewarding to revisit. It's proving to be a high point of 2022,

Back to this after three years, and very rewarding too.

[Mandryka]

Because: good music, label has good sound I think (I may be confusing them)

Carlos Cantero, Charles Mouton. Released today, first reaction is as follows. The lute sounds like Louis Pernot and the style sounds like Hopkinson Smith. That's probably horseshit.

[bioluminescentsquid]

Carlos Cantero, Charles Mouton. Released today, first reaction is as follows. The lute sounds like Louis Pernot and the style sounds like Hopkinson Smith. That's probably horseshit.

I actually had the same exact thought upon listening to this. That makes two.

[Mandryka]

I actually had the same exact thought upon listening to this. That makes two.

I'm finding it particularly eloquent - it's the phrasing I guess. And I like the twangy banjo lute.