[LUTE] Re: Weiss Baroque Lute Comparison

2010-01-01 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
My best compliments for your recording and for giving us such comparison possibility. Apologies for being in the "incorrect" side*, but I prefer the Rutherford version. I found on it a natural reverberation I like so much, not present at Tomlinson one in my opinion. And yes, -sorry a

[LUTE] Re: Weiss Baroque Lute Comparison

2009-12-31 Thread chriswilke
Rob, et al, --- On Thu, 12/31/09, Rob MacKillop wrote: >    Definitely the gut > 11c. The 13c sound is very typical for today, but I >    think in a decade or so it will be viewed > in the same way we view the >    1970s recordings with big booming basses, > but this time overall too >    big, t

[LUTE] Re: Weiss Baroque Lute Comparison

2009-12-31 Thread Rob MacKillop
Definitely the gut 11c. The 13c sound is very typical for today, but I think in a decade or so it will be viewed in the same way we view the 1970s recordings with big booming basses, but this time overall too big, too bright, too 'in your face'. I'd love to hear your 13c strung in gu

[LUTE] Re: Weiss Baroque Lute Comparison

2009-12-31 Thread Daniel Winheld
Danny- Bravo! Very satisfying videos. I'm with Ed Martin on this; I much prefer the 11 course in gut, although they both sound very good. It reminds me of my own 13 course, which is mostly gut, while your 13 course shares some of the tonal qualities of my archlute, which is all synthetic inclu

[LUTE] Re: Weiss Baroque Lute Comparison

2009-12-31 Thread howard posner
On Dec 30, 2009, at 11:32 PM, Edward Martin wrote: > , but if the 2 lutes were strung > similarly, one could get more of a sense of comparison. So your work's cut out for you. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Weiss Baroque Lute Comparison

2009-12-30 Thread Edward Martin
Very interesting experiment, Danny. I saw many make comments on You Tube, but as I do not have an account, I could not comment there. Nice playing, and I enjoyed both interpretations. Well done! I must have different tastes from what others posted, because I actually prefer the 11 course vers