I just found that this album can be listened to on Spotify if you have access to it. It's free to use in the UK, but I can't say how things are elsewhere.
Bill From: Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> To: "baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; Edward Martin <e...@gamutstrings.com>; William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Friday, 16 March 2012, 9:04 Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] What lutes for 17th century French music was: Ne Anthony Bailes CD Hi Bill, This is indeed a fascinating subject (hence the change of heading). I am told variously that the 1722 Wenger has a string length of 76 or 77cm. It may at some stage have been converted (from a gallichon perhaps?) to a 13 course lute before the present manifestation as an 11 course instrument . Again see earlier editions of Lute News for more information/views. The preferred instruments at the time (ie converted early 16th cenury Italian lutes) generally had a string length of 68 +/-2cm. See Lute News 94, page 28 which outlines the principle sources of evidence for the size of lutes preferred in mid/late 17th century France). But bear in mind (as Lute News notes) "Of course, this is not to say that it is 'wrong' to play the music on such a large lute and, indeed, the French repertoire whilst being challenging for interpretation (precise phrasing, accent, articulation, mannerisms and the like), is much less demanding for the left hand and a large instrument is clearly quite possible: it's more a question of what the Old Ones themselves might have expected". Incidentally, I make no comment one way or the other on Anthony Bailes's performance. regards Martyn PS the CD of music played on this instrument which I reported as being out over a year ago in fact refers to a previous CD played on the same instrument......... --- On Fri, 16/3/12, William Samson <[1]willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: From: William Samson <[2]willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Ne Anthony Bailes CD To: "Martyn Hodgson" <[3]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>, "[4]baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <[5]baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>, "Edward Martin" <[6]e...@gamutstrings.com> Date: Friday, 16 March, 2012, 8:33 Hi Martyn, Do you know what the string length of the Wenger is? Bill From: Martyn Hodgson <[1][7]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> To: [2][8]baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Edward Martin <[3][9]e...@gamutstrings.com> Sent: Friday, 16 March 2012, 8:08 Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Ne Anthony Bailes CD Dear Edward, Thank you for this notice: in fact this CD has been out in Europe for over a year. Unfortunately, as Anthony Bailes later agreed (see letters in Lute News from No 94, August 2010 on), the large Wenger lute used on the recording (if indeed it was built as a lute and not a gallichon - the instruments for which Wenger was best known) is not the most suitable (or appropriate) type of instrument for playing the mid/late 17th century French repertoire. As you'll know, conversions of early 16th century Italian instruments were then the most highly regarded. Indeed, in Lute News 95 Anthony Bailes writes: '......a lute the size of the Wenger should not find acceptance as being ideal for the performance of 17th century French lute music,......' regards Martyn --- On Fri, 16/3/12, Edward Martin <[1][4][10]e...@gamutstrings.com> wrote: From: Edward Martin <[2][5][11]e...@gamutstrings.com> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Ne Anthony Bailes CD To: [3][6][12]baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, 16 March, 2012, 2:50 Dear Ones, For those on the list who enjoy well played 11-course French baroque lute, there is a new release by Abthony Bailes, on the Ramee label. it is entitled, 'Une Douceur violente", and it contains works of Mouton and Gallot. He recorded this program on his authentic lute by Georgi Ferdinand Wenger, Augsburg, 1722. The catalog number is RAM 1104, and it is available in the USA, in usual outlets. This is an announcement, not a review. 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