A Lute by Sixtus Rauwolf: French & German Baroque Music Jakob Lindberg

• Esaias Reusner (1636 - 1679):
• 1Reusner: Padoana06:57
• François Dufault (1604 - 1672):
• 2Dufault: Prélude01:22
• 3Dufault: Allemande02:19
• 4Dufault: Courante "La superbe"01:55
• 5Dufault: Courante01:22
• 6Dufault: Sarabande02:16
• 7Dufault: Gigue02:04
• Charles Mouton (1626 - 1699):
• 8Mouton. Prélude "La promenade"02:10
• 9Mouton: Allemande "La dialogue des grâces sur Iris"02:10
• 10Mouton: Canaries "Le mouton"01:22
• 11Mouton: Courante "La changeante"01:56
• 12Mouton. Gaillarde "La bizarre"01:04
• 13Mouton: Sarabande "La malassis"02:05
• 14Mouton: Menuet "La ganbade"01:03
• David Kellner (1670 - 1748):
• 15Kellner: Campanella02:37
• 16Kellner: Courante02:18
• 17Kellner: Sarabande02:33
• 18Kellner: Aria01:52
• 19Kellner: Gigue02:29
• 20Kellner: Gavotte01:03
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706):
• 21Pachelbel: Allemande "L'amant mal content"03:32
• 22Courante "L'amant soulage"02:43
• 23Pachelbel: Sarabande "L'amant soupirant"03:52
• 24Pachelbel: Gigue "Raillerie des amans"02:37
• Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 - 1750):
• 25Weiss: Prélude00:42
• 26Weiss: Allemande03:23
• 27Weiss: Courante02:55
• 28Weiss: Bourrée02:55
• 29Weiss: Sarabande05:14
• 30Weiss: Menuet01:34
• 31Weiss. Gigue03:29
• 32Weiss: Ciacona05:05
• Total Runtime01:20:58

Info for A Lute by Sixtus Rauwolf: French & German Baroque Music

The lute by Sixtus Rauwolf heard on this recording was probably built in the last decade of the sixteenth century. Some hundred years later, in 1715, it was converted to suit the musical tastes and demands of the baroque period. For this disc, Jakob Lindberg has chosen works that could have formed part of the repertory of the presumably German owner of the instrument at around the time of its final conversion.

For German lutenists from about the middle of the seventeenth century, it was France that provided the aesthetic and musical model, and towards the end of the century, when the lute rather suddenly and inexplicably dropped out of fashion in Paris certain French luthistes travelled abroad and met with great success in German-speaking lands. With them, they took their music and special traditions of lute-playing, evidence of which can be seen in the music of several of the German composers included here.

The album closes with a suite of pieces by Silvius Leopold Weiss, the most famous lutenist of the baroque era. Weiss, Lindberg and the Rauwolf lute first crossed paths in 2006 on a highly acclaimed all-Weiss disc (BIS-1524): ‘Too good to be true’ was the verdict in International Record Review while the reviewer in Goldberg Magazine wrote ‘As an evocation of the lute's magical qualities, this deserves to achieve cult status.’

Jakob Lindberg, lute

Jakob Lindberg
was born in Sweden and developed his first passionate interest in music through the Beatles. After reading music at Stockholm University he came to London to study at the Royal College of Music. Under the guidance of Diana Poulton he decided towards the end of his studies to focus on music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

Jakob Lindberg is now one of the most prolific musicians in this field. He has made numerous recordings for BIS, many of which are pioneering in that they present a wide range of music on CD for the first time. He is also an active continuo player on the theorbo and archlute and has worked with many well-known English soloists and ensembles.

It is particularly through his live solo performances that he has become known as one of today’s finest lutenists. He has played to audiences in many parts of the world, from Tokyo and Beijing in the East to San Francisco and Mexico City in the West. In addition to his busy life as a performer, Jakob Lindberg teaches at the Royal College of Music in London, where he succeeded Diana Poulton as professor of lute in 1979.

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