At 15:24 20-12-2003 -0800, Howard Posner wrote: >Edward Martin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Paul O'Dette performs it on >> the small instrument. > >He recorded it that way years ago, but I don't know that he'd do it that way >now. In the 80's years ago it was pretty much accepted wisdom that Vivaldi >was writing for a soprano lute (I think because the available editions >didn't show the lute on the basso continuo part); I don't think anyone >seriously thinks so now. I believe there's a discussion of the issue in the >notes to Jakob Lindberg's Vivaldi recording. > >HP
In the 80's I played my 6-course A-lute for the D-major concert - well, bits of it, arranged for a theatre production. It seemed to fit quite nicely, better than on a G-lute. I think Vivaldi wrote this specially for his nobleman friend, who could have found and old A-lute in the attic. Just my theory. Chordially, Arne.
