Actually many of the "awkward passages" I mentioned in my earlier mail are much easier to handle on a lute in d-minor.
Thomas Am Son, 2003-12-21 um 02.30 schrieb Eric Liefeld: > Hi Eugene, > > >Paul O'Dette most certainly _not_ record Vivaldi's lute works that way > >now. Yes, his recording of the Vivaldi did use 6-course mandolino. Works > >to specify "mandolino" were recorded on mandolino played with a plectrum; > >works to specify "leuto," on a mandolino played fingerstyle. Exceptions are > >RV 540 where Paul used an archlute and RV 558, which is omitted from this > >recording. > > > > > The liner notes are a litle non-specific but I *believe* Mr. O'Dette > actually > plays a D-minor baroque lute on the recording for RV540 (listed as baroque > lute, Martin Bowers, 1980). This is certainly a reasonable answer as well > given the Dresden connection for RV540 and for what its worth, I like this > rendition of RV540 quite alot. > > Eric > -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss --
