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2020-12-21 10:15:46
Inviolata: lutenist Jacob Heringman returns to the fascinating genre of Josquin's sacred music intabulated for lute and for vihuela
[…] four or so voices to a plucked, fretted instrument like a lute or vihurls, but the results are seductive. The arrangements preserve the multi-voice complexity of Josquin's writing, and Heringman is certainly adept at balancing multiple voices. This is quiet, intense music, beautifully recorded so that we can feel we are in the room with Heringman. Not all the arrangements are by 16th century composers. Besides ones by Hans Gerle (German lutenist from Nuremberg), Alonso Mudarra (Spanish composer for the vihuela), Enriquez de Valderrabano (Spanish composer for the vihuela), Hans Neusidler (German lutenist) and Simon Ginzler (Austrian lutenist), there are arrangements by Heringman himself. In an article in the booklet, Heringman talks about how 16th century lutenists would have improvised on pre-existing material to create new repertoire, so that he feels that a modern lutenist who aims to be historically informed needs to include this skill in their armoury. There […]
2020-11-30 09:29:53
Revolving Rondo: Nils Klöfver's engaging recital explores the work of virtuoso guitarist composers from the 16th century to the present day
Revolving Rondo; Nils Klöfver Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 30 November 2020 Star rating: 3.0 (★★★) The Swedish guitarist's latest disc showcases not just his alto guitar, but the work of guitarist composers from the 16th to the 21st centuriesI was first introduced to the 11-string alto guitar in 2015 when Swedish guitar player Nils Klöfver released an album celebrating the instrument's 50th anniversary. Nils Klöfver's latest album, Revolving Rondo, uses both the alto guitar and the six-string classical guitar in a programme which is designed to showcase some of the 'most game changing compositions written by the instrument’s greatest virtuosos.' The recital begins with the 16th century Luis de Milan and then continues chronologically with Alonso Mudarra, John Dowland, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, Agustin Barrios, Andres Segovia, Roland Dyens and ending with Klöfver's own composition, Revolving Rondo. The alto guitar developed in Sweden […]
2017-07-02 07:00:28
Classical music: Starting this Friday, the Madison Early Music Festival will devote a week to exploring familiar and unfamiliar Iberian music during the age of Cervantes. Part 1 of 2
[…] 2017 Location: Memorial Library foyer | 728 State Street | Madison Library Hours: 8 a.m.-9:45 p.m. We have several new performers this year. Xavier Diaz-Latorre, a vihuela player from Spain, and the ensemble Sonnambula from New York . Xavier is a world-renowned musician, and plays the vihuela, a Spanish Renaissance type of guitar, and the lute. Xavier’s program will perform a solo recital featuring music of the vihuela by composers Luis Narváez, Alonso Mudarra, Gaspar Sanz and Santiago de Murcia. The link below will give you more information about the predecessors to the guitar: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/aboutLute/Vihuela.html Daphna Mor and Kane Mathis will present a program featuring music from the geographic regions of Andalusia, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire and the Sephardic Diaspora. Based on the monophonic music of modes referred to as the Makam, the audience will be drawn to distinct beauty and great similarities of […]
2017-06-09 01:00:00
Luis (de) Milán (c1500-1561) Luis de Narváez (c1500-1550/60) Alonso Mudarra (c1510-1580) Enríquez de Valderrábano (c1500-after 1557) Miguel de Fuenllana (1500-1579) Diego Pisador (1509/10-after 1557) Esteban Daza (c1537-1591/96) Christopher Wilson vihuela Virgin Classics 0777 7595962 8 (1990) [flac, cue, log, scans] A note for non-experts like me. – The vihuela is not a viol, it is a sort of lute. Vihuela and lute coexisted in Spain but the composers wrote only for the former. The works played in this recording were mainly published between 1535 and 1554; Daza's book (1576) and a collection of other authors (1593) mark the end of the era of the vihuela. Then the instrument lent its shape to the guitar, as you can infer from the cover of the CD.
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