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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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The music Weiss composed ranks, in my opinion, as some of the most beautiful and intellectually stimulating there is. I have collected most of what is recorded by the best and most prolific lutenists. I unhesitatingly assert that Robert Barto's touch and phrasing in this recording is unparalleled. He breathes new life into these sonatas, making them a treat to hear. The recording and mastering is excellent. His touch makes his baroque lute come alive and sing. I look forward to more Weiss CDs by this brilliant performer.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss, a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, is hardly a name that will trip from people's lips. Anyone who has heard any of Weiss's work will know what a great shame that is. Weiss was the great lutenist of his day and he wrote some great music for the instrument. Most of his music for the lute takes the form of the baroque suite based on dance movements from the allamande to the sarabande. Weiss's compositions are wonderfully fresh and inventive and, unlike the Bach transcriptions that one sometimes hears (as wonderful as these can be), one can just feel how idiomatic they are to the lute. This is turning out to be a wonderful and tasteful series. Robert Barto ellicits an almost plangent sound from his lute and he plays with both energy in the faster movements and restraint in the lovely sarabandes. He captures the improvisatory spirit of the pieces very nicely too, though there is nothing exaggerated about the playing. This is beautiful and haunting music and it deserves to be better known! At Naxos prices these discs are an absolute steal.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Barto's flawless capturing of the complicated melodies and seemless flow of these lovely lute pieces are a joy to hear. For many lute music has an almost theraputic
nature, it soothes the soul, calms the senses, but here it also manages to raise the spirits too, music that has the lot. A great recording and extremely good value.
nature, it soothes the soul, calms the senses, but here it also manages to raise the spirits too, music that has the lot. A great recording and extremely good value.
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Outstanding recordings
I couldn't recommend Barto's series of recordings enough. As a previous reviewer has mentioned, Weiss's music is intellectually stimulating and the quality of Barto's musicianship,... Read more
Published 5 months ago by R. SLYDEL
An excellent disc
Weiss, held to be the foremost lutenist of his time, was an almost exact contemporary of Bach and so his time was the last flowering of Baroque lute music. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Sid Nuncius
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