David and all: I think the wider listening public might be catching on to the lute. We just received the announcement below from a mainstream classical radio station, who has just selected another of our recordings as a 'Choice CD of the Month' for April 2007.
'Judging by the all the phone calls weve received, a lot of WCLV listeners liked the disc Divine Amaryllis from the Mignarda Lutesong Duo; it was one of our Choice CDs last year. The New York-based duoRon Andrico, lute and Donna Stewart, mezzo-sopranohas appeared a few times here in Cleveland, and their newest disc is called, My Lord of Oxenfords Maske.' [1]http://www.wclv.com/skin/blurb.php?sectionId=176&contentId=378302 The smart radio programmers at classical stations may be getting over the idea that they must impress their audiences with the standard classical recorded repertory, and are looking for something fresh. If Sting helped this process along in any way, I thank him heartily. Actually, our newest CD was just released this week and it is an homage to Spinacino and the 500th anniversary of the first printed book of lute music. We would be pleased if you would check it out [2]http://www.mignarda.com/cds/ Best wishes, Ron Andrico & Donna Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] [4]http://www.mignarda.com ______________________________________________________________ From: David Rastall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gary digman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Stung again Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:56:12 -0400 >On Mar 30, 2007, at 6:41 AM, gary digman wrote: > > > My point is not that he is good, in your girlfriend's sense of the > > term, but that he is popular, more popular than your girlfriend or > > I will ever be, and he is using that popularity to introduce a > > "wider audience" to the lute which is what so many on this list say > > they want. > >It's certainly true that Sting has brought the lute to a wider >audience, but I wonder how much of that audience will even remember >the lute a year from now. On two occasions in the last two months >I've heard Sting and his lute described over the media as "Sting and >his "f--king lute." Quite possibly the whole Labyrinth thing is >beginning to bore people... > >Sting has created a short-lived sort of parallel universe in which a >lute is "that thing that Sting plays." IMO the lute world (or, as >our Exhalted Empress would put it: "the known lute world" ;-)) will >continue on its course as if Sting never existed. > >David Rastall >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.rastallmusic.com > > > >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html _________________________________________________________________ [5]Interest Rates near 39yr lows! $430,000 Mortgage for $1,399/mo - Calculate new payment References 1. http://www.wclv.com/skin/blurb.php?sectionId=176&contentId=378302 2. http://www.mignarda.com/cds/ 3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. http://www.mignarda.com/ 5. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2749??PS=47575
