Lautenschmaus by Daniel Shoskes Daniel Shoskes : Lautenschmaus.
 A feast of baroque lute.

In the mid 17th century, France was the center of excellence for lutenists who. After much experimentation, they settled on the "d minor" tuning system on an instrument with 11 sets of single and double strings ("courses") tuned f' d' a' f d a g f e d c. Once the "Sun King" turned his attention to the previously low brow guitar and elevated it to royal status, the lute fell out of favor. Performers spread throughout western Europe into the mostly German speaking countries and began to fuse the contemplative cerebral "broken" style of the French lutenists with more Italian influences that emphasized melody (Cantabile) and counterpoint while retaining the popular French dance music forms. In the later German baroque, two additional bass courses were added (b and a) and the music increased in harmonic complexity.

The program on this album is an exploration of this rich and underappreciated repertoire, performed on both 11 course and the later 13 course baroque lute. The 11 course music retains much French influence with separated chords and simple harmonies but introduces more melodic components. The 13 course music introduces the singing cantabile style leading to the complex harmonies and grandeur of Sylvius Leopold Weiss and Johann Sebastian Bach. Finally, a modern composition by Roman Turovsky shows that the "German" baroque lute has not sung its last new songs.

Songs:

1. Passacaglia in D Major (Esaias Reusner)
2. Sonata in G Minor I Allemande (Esaias Reusner)
3. Sonata in G Minor II Courante (Esaias Reusner)
4. Sonata in G Minor III Sarabande (Esaias Reusner)
5. Sonata in G Minor IV Aria I (Esaias Reusner)
6. Sonata in G Minor V Aria II (Esaias Reusner)
7. Sonata in G Minor VI Gigue (Esaias Reusner)
8. Chaconne in F Major (Anton Logy)
9. Sonata in D Major I Allemande (Jacques St Luc)
10. Sonata in D Major II Courante (Jacques St Luc)
11. Sonata in D Major III Sarabande (Jacques St Luc)
12. Sonata in D Major IV Chaconne (Jacques St Luc)
13. Two Bourees in C Major and c Minor (Johann Michael Kuhnel)
14. Menuet in F Major (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
15. Gigue in F Major (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
16. Sonata in B Flat Major I Allemande (Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner)
17. Sonata in B Flat Major II Courante (Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner)
18. Sonata in B Flat Major III Bouree (Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner)
19. Sonata in B Flat Major IV Sarabande (Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner)
20. Sonata in B Flat Major V Menuet (Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner)
21. Sonata in B Flat Major VI Gigue (Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner)
22. Adagissimo in g minor (Passacaglia) BWV 992 (On the departure of a dear brother) (Johann Sebastian Bach arr D Shoskes)
23. Sonata in D Minor I Prelude (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
24. Sonata in D Minor II Allemande (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
25. Sonata in D Minor III Courante (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
26. Sonata in D Minor IV Bouree (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
27. Sonata in D Minor V Menuet (Sylvius Leopold Weiss)
28. Chaconne in C Major (Roman Turovsky)

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Release date: 06/21/2014
Daniel Shoskes lives in Ohio USA

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Instrumental, Composer: Anton Logy, Composer: Esaias Reusner, Composer: Jacques St Luc, Composer: Johann Michael Kuhnel, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Lute, Composer: Roman Turovsky, Composer: Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Composer: Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner

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