Massimo Lonardi recorded the Sonata n. 9 on his arciliuto in a very nice
CD called "Italian Baroque music for lute", Agorà 1997.
Luca
G. Crona on 24-10-2008 15:19 wrote:
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You wrote:
I have tried Zamboni on 13c.
RT
What I find intriguing about Zamboni is how _very_ sparingly he uses the
diapasons. The 14th course is used only 3 or 4 times throughout all of
the
11 sonatas.
The 12 and 13th are likewise rather scarce (made full use of in only a
few movements - in Sonata IV 12th only on last note!), in fact much of
the music is set on just 6 courses and I would imagine that most of it
would fit very well on an 11- or even 10 course instrument. (Perhaps
even on an 8-course if stretching it a bit!)
I love this music! IMO one of the lute canon's best kept secrets. I've
made my own playing edition (its quite free of mistakes as well) and
listened to the tasty -94 Contini CD. Miles Dempster's edition I
haven't seen, but imagine it should be good.
SONATA I Courses: 11
SONATA II Courses: 9
SONATA III Courses: 13
SONATA IV Courses: 9 (12-only last note)
SONATA V Courses: 13
SONATA VI Courses: 9 (10-11-only one note each)
SONATA VII Courses: 14 (only two notes)
SONATA VIII Courses: 10
SONATA IX Courses: 10
SONATA X Courses: 13 (14-only one note)
SONATA XI Courses: 13
G.
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