The manuscript of Dresden is an important source, since it contains 34 suites spanning from 1706 to Weiss' death. It includes many late sonatas, which reveal his mastery of composition.

Suite or Sonata 36 in D minor First manuscript volume
Allemande: in the French style, almost an opening. However, its Italian cantabile full of modulating and dissonant chords creates suspense.
Courante: very developed in style imitation, polyphony, and rhythmically rich.
Bourrée: typical popular melody.
Sarabande: Cantabile, almost adagio.
Menuet: elegant gallant in German style.
Allegro: direct, very orchestral melody in which a violin and a bass seem to hold a dialogue.

Suite or Sonata 40 in C major
Probably handwritten by Weiss himself
With the enigmatic dedication P.S.A.M.L.D. from Lobkowitz januaruis,
« Pour son Altesse Sérénissime Monsieur le Prince de Lobkowitz »
"For His Serene Highness The Prince of Lobkowitz"
Second volume of the manuscript

Entrée Spiritoso: Very beautiful example of an Ouverture à la Française with a beautiful cantabile and a German form; one of the most beautiful pages of Weiss.
Courante: very developed work that can certainly be regarded as very mature. However, it misses an end; the piece stops at the moment of a remarkable modulation at measure 160 and leaves us perplexed and dissatisfied. Lutenists and musicologists have sought the rest in different manuscripts. It looks like one of Weiss' riddles that were intended to challenge the performer.
I wrote the last ten measures because I like this suite, and I was unhappy about otherwise not being able to bring it to completion. It was published in the « Luth Dorée » editions.
Paysanne: dynamic and virtuoso folk dance.
Sarabande: still one of the most beautiful pieces of Weiss, melodically sublime and very inspired.
Menuet: always elegant and very virtuoso in constant modulation.
Allegro: A very strange and curious piece with a melody in octaves, full of difficulty and almost a technical "study" for the right hand. It offers a mixture of Scarlatti and Weiss Italian-era techniques.
This Allegro is rich in arpeggios and interesting scales. It pushes the technique and the possibilities of the lute (and challenges the lutenist)!

1. Allemande in D minor
2. Courante in D minor
3. Bourree in D minor
4. Sarabande in D minor
5. Menuet in D minor
6. Allegro in D minor
7. Entree Spiritoso in C major
8. Courante in C major
9. Paysanne in C major
10. Sarabande in C major
11. Menuet in C major
12. Allegro in C major

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 4/4/2020
Mauricio Buraglia lives in Paris France

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Instrumental Classical, Composer: Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Lute

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2. Influenza Italiana by Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
3. Triemer Six Cello Sonatas by Ensemble Mirable: rare and extraordinary music of the Baroque
4. Toujours l'Amour by Music of the Spheres: small Baroque chamber ensemble
5. Stile Moderno, Stile Antico by Thomas Walker: Lute music of 17th century France and Italy
6. The Cello and the Revolution, Music for Diderot by Vito Paternoster: cellist extraordinaire
7. Patrons of the Lute by Daniel Shoskes: A feast of Baroque lute
8. Josquin des Prez Lute Settings by Jacob Heringman: renaissance lute
9. SL Weiss on 11 Strings by Paul Berget: renaissance lute, modernized.
10. Le Tresor dOrphee by Antoine Francisque by James Edwards: baroque guitar music
11. Blame Not My Lute by Jacob Heringman: renaissance lute
12. Reverie by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
13. Lautenschmaus by Daniel Shoskes: A feast of Baroque lute
14. A Spagna in the Works by Alison Crum and Roy Marks: Ethereal, enigmatic and exhilarating renaissance miniature masterpieces for viol and lute
15. Tau Ceti by Robert Otto: Ambient Electronic and Neoclassical Soundscapes
16. Weiss Undercover by Daniel Shoskes: A feast of Baroque lute
17. Mesangeau's Experiments by Alex McCartney: Reflective, historically-informed performance on the lute
18. The Last of Old England by Jeni Melia: Elizabethan lute and folk song
19. Michelagnolo Galilei by Paul Beier: solo lute of the Italian renaissance.
20. The Siena Manuscript on renaissance lute by Paul Berget: renaissance lute, modernized.

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