The album opens with a suite of pieces for lute that are attributed in at least one manuscript to Weiss but are almost certainly by another composer. These pieces, written in gallant style, are likely by Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676-1754), Johann Georg Weichenberger (1676-1740), Placide Marie Pichler (1725-1796) and Johann Andreas Bohr von Bohrenfels (1663-1728). The Weiss evidence is softest for 2 pieces: the chaconne by Weichenberger only has a "W" as the composer and the Gigue from the Strasbourg Ms is anonymous. Pat O'Brien said it might be by Weiss, and that's good enough for me!

JS Bach and Weiss knew each other and by account even competed in improvising fantasias and fugues. Few violinists are aware however that the harpsichord accompaniment of Bach's sonata for violin BWV 1025 is actually an intact complete Weiss lute sonata which is a fine standalone composition. In this recording, we present 3 of the interior movements.

Several existing Weiss sonatas are likely duets without a surviving second part. The sonata in g minor in the London Ms has many such features. Michel Cardin has written a lovely duet part for baroque flute which we (with his permission) perform here with violin. Both the London and Dresden Ms have lute duets and Karl-Ernst (Charlie) Schröder wrote beautiful and tasteful reconstructions of a second lute part. He recorded the Dresden duets with Robert Barto but nobody has yet recorded his d minor duet from the London Ms which we present here. Following Charlie's tragically untimely death in 2003, the reconstructions were posted to the public domain (http://goo.gl/oqQiPT).

One of the most famous works by Weiss is his Tombeau sur la Mort de M. Comte d'Logy, written following the death of lutenist and nobleman Jan Antonin Logy. Following the death of our beloved teacher Patrick O'Brien (1947-2014), composer Roman Turovsky has written a beautiful and heartfelt tombeau in his honor. It is only fitting to conclude with this piece and to dedicate the album to his memory.

Full liner notes are available in the artwork download file.

1. Allemande in D Major
2. Courante in B Flat Major
3. Sarabande in B Flat Major
4. Bouree in D Major
5. Rondeau in C Major
6. Gigue in D Minor
7. Chaconne in A Minor
8. Violin Sonata in A Major BWV 1025 I Rondeau
9. Violin Sonata in A Major BWV 1025 II Sarabande
10. Violin Sonata in A Major BWV 1025 III Menuet
11. Ciacona in G Minor for Baroque Lute and Violin
12. Duet in D Minor I Un poco andante
13. Duet in D Minor II La Badinage
14. Duet in D Minor III Le Sicilien
15. Duet in D Minor IV Menuet
16. Duet in D Minor V Gigue
17. Tombeau sur la mort de mon maitre pour Patrick O'Brien

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 09/21/2016
Daniel Shoskes lives in Ohio USA

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Instrumental, Lute

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2. Adam Falckenhagen and Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Opere Per Liuto by Paul Beier: solo lute of the Italian renaissance.
3. JS Bach on Solo Mandola Volume 2 by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
4. A Balm for Sisyphus by Luke Gartner-Brereton: music for minds
5. Pieces (extended) by Adam Fielding: atmospheric dance music with cool vocals
6. Instant Fires by Poeticall Musicke: Late Renaissance and Early Baroque music, historically performed
7. Future Hope by Mokhov: The most uplifting electronic music
8. Arpeggi by Federico Moscogiuri: Original and evocative lute music
9. Allemande by Edward Martin: vihuela, renaissance and baroque lute
10. JS Bach by arrangement by Colin Booth: solo harpsichord music
11. The Siena Manuscript on renaissance lute by Paul Berget: renaissance lute, modernized.
12. Sister Awake by Jeni Melia: Elizabethan lute and folk song
13. CD1-Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin by Vito Paternoster: cellist extraordinaire
14. Le Tresor dOrphee by Antoine Francisque by James Edwards: baroque guitar music
15. The Lost Art of Wooing by Jeni Melia: Elizabethan lute and folk song
16. Solace Embrace by Mokhov: The most uplifting electronic music
17. Rouges and Lovers by Luke Gartner-Brereton: music for minds
18. Les Plaintes de Psyche by Mauricio Buraglia: a marvelous classical spiral of lute sounds
19. Jupiter Melodies by Mokhov: The most uplifting electronic music
20. Jane Pickeringes Lute Book by Jacob Heringman: renaissance lute

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