Dear David, There is no currently available complete edition. All of the known pieces attributed to Marco in manuscript and printed sources are included in the Lute Society 'Lute News' series edited by myself and John H Robinson which are available from the Lute Society. The series also includes many of the pieces from Munich Ms. 266 which can reasonably be deduced to be by Dall'Aquila on stylistic grounds. This series is tablature only (no score transcription). The Lute Society has avoided producing a complete edition in the hope that the Arthur Ness edition will appear in print, which would surely be regarded as the definitive volume that we would all like to see.
Interestingly, the O'Dette CD includes a number of pieces which have not to my knowledge been previously attributed to Marco, some being minor pieces from Munich Ms. 266 and others from seemingly unknown sources. It's possible that these might be from the Castelfranco Ms. which is said to include work by Marco, although there is no inventory of its contents generally available. I look forward to hearing more about those pieces myself..... Best wishes, Denys -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of David Tayler Sent: 30 March 2010 19:25 To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: CD Dall'Aquila Is there a "one stop shopping for" for Aquila's music scores? I'm in a buying mood. Sorry about the CD sound, I guess there are no refunds. I suppose we could send a group letter, making it very clear of course that the engineering is the issue, and that Paul deserves the best. dt At 07:05 AM 3/29/2010, you wrote: >Here the recording is in a castle, not in a church, near the city of Aquila, >Italy. But there was perhaps more suitable rooms in the castle ? >It's a pity because Dall'Aquila's music is beautiful(and Paul's playing too) >V. > >-----Message d'origine----- >De : Monica Hall [mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] >Envoyé : lundi 29 mars 2010 15:56 >À : Valéry Sauvage >Cc : Lutelist >Objet : Re: [LUTE] Re: CD Dall'Aquila > > >I agree with you. I listened to a few tracks and was appalled. It's as >if they had recorded it in the local swimming baths. > >There is this tendency to use churches for recording this repertoire - >possibly because churches (in England at least) charge less than other >venues. Most of them are completely inappropriate and unsuitable. > >What a shame for Paul. > >Monica > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Valéry Sauvage" <sauvag...@orange.fr> >To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 1:42 PM >Subject: [LUTE] Re: CD Dall'Aquila > > >It seems to me the CD is worst (but I'm listenint to the web page on a >computer with poor speakers cutting high frequencies) CD, on a good hifi >player, treble are really agressive. Like if it was played on a metal strung >instrument (but not a soft orpharion, Alas...) and also a cathedral effect, >like a bad computer reverb effect. >But I would like others opinion if some had the CD (On the French list there >is another bad opinion) >V. > >-----Message d'origine----- >De : Andrew White >Envoyé : lundi 29 mars 2010 13:57 >À : Valery Sauvage >Objet : Re: [LUTE] CD Dall'Aquila > > >Val, > >Does the CD sound better, worse of the same as the tracks on the webpage? > >http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#/albums?view=playlists&id=1456 > >It sounds to me like the microphone is at the back of a hall > >Andrew > >On 29/03/2010, at 9:03 PM, Valery Sauvage wrote: > > > I just receive the last CD by Paul O'Dette, of Dall'Aquila's music at > > Harmonia Mundi. > > > > I'm afraid it is really bad. Not Paul's playing (excellent as usual) > > but sound recording is really not "audible" (is it the right word ?) > > Trebles are aggressive, bass mixed in a soap sound... The booklet says > > it is the "historical" place where it was recorded that is very much > > reverberant... Why did they choose this place ? even if it was not > > possible to record in the church in Aquila where the plan to do first, > > but can't because of the earthquake. > > > > I send a mail to Harmonia Munid, to ask them to take this out of sell > > and make a new one on the usual standard... (and to ask my money back > > !) > > > > Other opinions ? > > > > Val L > > > > -- > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
