>> I'm not. There are very few lutenists good enough for a lute concerto. > Baroque lute concertos are often easier than most weiss sonatas. That may be the case, but playing with an orchestra is a whole different bown of wax.
>> >But what do you think of the Sting CD. >> >Do you think it holds up against standard early music performances ? >> >Mark >> I don't have it yet. And in general I prefer non-standard performances. >> RT >I also prefer non-standard performances, what I have heard so far was the >"classical guitarist turned lutenist not quite specialist play it all on my >archlute" thing with a singer who can't sing the difficult passages. >Mark I find neither of the above as applicable, or true. As far as lutenistic pedigrees go, Karamazov has an impeccable one from Basel. Dowland is not known for coloratura either. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
