Rating: 5/5
Review:
An excellent disc
This is an excellent disc of Weiss's lute music. There are some superb recordings of Weiss
available – notably for me by Jakob Lindberg and Robert Barto – but this stands
with them, I think.
Weiss, held to be the foremost lutenist of his time, was an
almost exact contemporary of Bach and so his time was the last flowering of
Baroque lute music. He left a huge and very distinguished legacy of
compositions, which really show the true beauty and versatility of the lute.
All of the music is full of melodic invention and Weiss's mastery of his
instrument is clear from the richness of the harmonic structures. Konrad
Junghänel brings all of this out beautifully; he is a fine lutenist and is
absolutely at home in this repertoire, so Weiss's music blossoms in his
hands. His lute sounds simply lovely and
is beautifully recorded by Glossa.
You simply can't go
wrong woth this disc, in my view. It's
lovely music, superbly played and recorded, and very warmly recommended.
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