Rating: 5/5
Review:
Great lute music, superbly played
This is in fact the third disc of Weiss's music from Lindberg, but his second on the BIS label. It is a companion to his fabulous disc recorded in 2006 and is just as good, in my view. Weiss, a near contemporary of Bach, was a truly great composer for the lute and gave it virtually its final flowering - and a fabulous flowering it was. There is great variety and real musical depth here from mournful sarabandes through elegant menuets to lively gigues and a sombre but enthralling tombeau on the death of a nobleman. It's terrific stuff from beginning to end.
Lindberg plays wonderfully throughout. He is one of the world's very finest lutenists and his scholarship and complete mastery of his instrument shine through here in elegant, sensitive and in places truly joyful playing. I have loved his playing since first hearing his complete Dowland many years ago and I am running out of superlatives to describe it. I simply cannot imagine these pieces being played better, and I recommend this disc extremely warmly.
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