I'm not in the least bit surprised that our opinions and tastes differ Ron. Matthew
> On Oct 10, 2016, at 16:51, Ron Andrico <praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hmm...Historically-informed must have taken on a different meaning > while I wasn't paying attention. I should think Luca Pianca and his > Italian compatriots might have a bit more of a secure connection with > Vivaldi's music than the American's you name. O'Dette recorded this > music with a silly little chirpy mandolino playing with a rather stiff > sounding band. McFarlane's interpretation is vibrant and lovely but > what we hear in this video with Luca Pianca has everything to do with a > microphone placement that allows the lute to be heard above the rest of > the band, as is certainly the case in the other recordings mentioned. > As far as I can tell, single stringing was sometimes used by the old > ones but Luca Pianca's hand position is definitely > historically-accurate for Vivaldi's era. The under thumb approach > ceased to exist with the advent of many additional basses, circa 1600, > and those who use that hand position in baroque music today are > not using an historically-informed approach. So unless > historically-informed now has something to do with microphone > placement, I think the video example is compelling and musical. > > RA > __________________________________________________________________ > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu <lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu> on behalf > of Matthew Daillie <dail...@club-internet.fr> > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 1:54 PM > To: fournierbru; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi lute concerto > >> On 10/10/2016 15:29, fournierbru wrote: >> Hello all >> >> I would like your opinions on this interpretation of the Vivaldu > lute >> concerto I found on YouTube. >> >> [1]https://youtu.be/u9m3ghjN0RE > [2][maxresdefault.jpg] > [3]Vivaldi - Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93 - Il Giardino Armonico > youtu.be > Antonio Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D major, RV 93 1 Allegro 2 Largo 3 > Allegro Luca Pianca, lute Il Giardino Armonico >> >> BRUNO > Not my cup of tea. He's using what looks like a single strung 13-course > liuto forte, very guitar like and not particularly enticing. > Paul O'Dette and Ronn McFarlane have both recorded this work. I suspect > their interpretations are rather more subtle and historically informed. > Best > Matthew > To get on or off this list see list information at > [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > [5]Frequently Asked Technical Questions about the lute mail list > www.cs.dartmouth.edu > Frequently Asked Technical Questions about the lute mail list. getting > on and off the list; How do I get on the lute mail list? How do I get > off the lute mail list? > > -- > > References > > 1. https://youtu.be/u9m3ghjN0RE > 2. https://youtu.be/u9m3ghjN0RE > 3. https://youtu.be/u9m3ghjN0RE > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
