Although there is no evidence at all, it is a nice thought that one/some of the Vivaldi concerts could be written for S.L.Weiss ;-). At least Vivaldi had a good connection to the Dresden court. Pisendel was his composition pupil and Vivaldi dedictated many Violin concerts to him.
Markus On 21 Dec 2003 18:37:32 ¯0100, Thomas Schall wrote: TS> Actually many of the "awkward passages" I mentioned in my earlier mail TS> are much easier to handle on a lute in d-minor. TS> TS> Thomas TS> TS> Am Son, 2003-12-21 um 02.30 schrieb Eric Liefeld: TS> TS> > Hi Eugene, TS> > TS> > >Paul O'Dette most certainly _not_ record Vivaldi's lute works that way TS> > >now. Yes, his recording of the Vivaldi did use 6-course mandolino. Works TS> > >to specify "mandolino" were recorded on mandolino played with a plectrum; TS> > >works to specify "leuto," on a mandolino played fingerstyle. Exceptions are TS> > >RV 540 where Paul used an archlute and RV 558, which is omitted from this TS> > >recording. TS> > > TS> > > TS> > The liner notes are a litle non-specific but I *believe* Mr. O'Dette TS> > actually TS> > plays a D-minor baroque lute on the recording for RV540 (listed as baroque TS> > lute, Martin Bowers, 1980). This is certainly a reasonable answer as well TS> > given the Dresden connection for RV540 and for what its worth, I like this TS> > rendition of RV540 quite alot. TS> > TS> > Eric TS> > TS> TS> -- TS> Thomas Schall TS> Niederhofheimer Weg 3 TS> D-65843 Sulzbach TS> 06196/74519 TS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] TS> www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss TS> TS> -- TS>
