Wolfgang Rübsam - Weiss: Sonatas (2021)
BAND/ARTIST: Wolfgang Rübsam
- Title: Weiss: Sonatas
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 01:16:10
- Total Size: 415 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: I. Ouverture
02. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: II. Bourée
03. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: III. Menuet
04. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: IV. Gigue
05. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: V. Menuet
06. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: Vi. Gigue
07. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: VII. Sarabande
08. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: I. Andante
09. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: II. Courante
10. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: III. Bourée
11. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: IV. Polonoise
12. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: V. Gigue
13. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: I. Allemande
14. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: II. Gavotte
15. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: III. Bourée
16. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: IV. Menuet
17. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: V. Gigue
18. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: Vi. Rigaudon
19. Sonata, Weisssw. 95 in G Minor: I. Allemande
20. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: II. Courante
21. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: III. Gigue
22. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: IV. Paysanne
23. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: V. Polonoise
24. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: I. Prelude
25. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: II. Andante
26. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: III. Courante
27. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: IV. Bourée
28. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: V. Sarabande
29. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: Vi. Menuet
30. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: VII Presto
Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) was a German composer and arguably the master lutenist of the 18th century. In addition to being one of the greatest players of all time, he was one of the most important and most prolific composers of lute music in history. He wrote around 600 pieces for lute, most of them grouped into ‘sonatas’ (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on sonata form) or suites, consisting mostly of Baroque dance movements.
This recital features some of Weiss’s sonatas (he called them ‘Suonate’) for solo lute. They have come down to us in a variety of tablature manuscripts, and many are missing their preludes, which were usually improvised. Weiss’s music is characterised by a unique understanding of the capabilities of his instrument, its strengths and its weaknesses. Like J.S. Bach’s, his music represents the culmination of a high Baroque style a little at odds with the more progressive aspirations of his younger contemporaries.
The cantabile style of playing heard in these marvellous performances is directly inspired by the instrument, a lute-harpsichord built for Mr. Rübsam in 2015 by the acclaimed American instrument-maker Keith Hill. It consists of one manual with one set of gut strings at eight-foot pitch, and two sets of jacks which pluck the strings in two different places. One, positioned farther from the nut, produces a flutey sound, and the other, closer to the nut, produces a more nasal timbre. A second set of strings, made of brass at four-foot pitch, produces a halo-effect by resonating with the eight-foot register played by the performer. It gives the rather dry sound of the gut strings a much more singing quality of tone.
Wolfgang Rübsam is internationally known through over a hundred highly acclaimed recordings of organ repertoire from the Baroque and Romantic periods and his recent recordings of Bach on the lute-harpsichord.
01. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: I. Ouverture
02. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: II. Bourée
03. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: III. Menuet
04. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: IV. Gigue
05. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: V. Menuet
06. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: Vi. Gigue
07. Sonata, Weisssw. 61 in D Minor: VII. Sarabande
08. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: I. Andante
09. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: II. Courante
10. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: III. Bourée
11. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: IV. Polonoise
12. Sonata, Weisssw. 97 in F Major: V. Gigue
13. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: I. Allemande
14. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: II. Gavotte
15. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: III. Bourée
16. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: IV. Menuet
17. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: V. Gigue
18. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: Vi. Rigaudon
19. Sonata, Weisssw. 95 in G Minor: I. Allemande
20. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: II. Courante
21. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: III. Gigue
22. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: IV. Paysanne
23. Sonata, Weisssw. 93 in D Minor: V. Polonoise
24. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: I. Prelude
25. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: II. Andante
26. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: III. Courante
27. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: IV. Bourée
28. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: V. Sarabande
29. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: Vi. Menuet
30. Sonata, Weisssw. 96 in G Major: VII Presto
Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750) was a German composer and arguably the master lutenist of the 18th century. In addition to being one of the greatest players of all time, he was one of the most important and most prolific composers of lute music in history. He wrote around 600 pieces for lute, most of them grouped into ‘sonatas’ (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on sonata form) or suites, consisting mostly of Baroque dance movements.
This recital features some of Weiss’s sonatas (he called them ‘Suonate’) for solo lute. They have come down to us in a variety of tablature manuscripts, and many are missing their preludes, which were usually improvised. Weiss’s music is characterised by a unique understanding of the capabilities of his instrument, its strengths and its weaknesses. Like J.S. Bach’s, his music represents the culmination of a high Baroque style a little at odds with the more progressive aspirations of his younger contemporaries.
The cantabile style of playing heard in these marvellous performances is directly inspired by the instrument, a lute-harpsichord built for Mr. Rübsam in 2015 by the acclaimed American instrument-maker Keith Hill. It consists of one manual with one set of gut strings at eight-foot pitch, and two sets of jacks which pluck the strings in two different places. One, positioned farther from the nut, produces a flutey sound, and the other, closer to the nut, produces a more nasal timbre. A second set of strings, made of brass at four-foot pitch, produces a halo-effect by resonating with the eight-foot register played by the performer. It gives the rather dry sound of the gut strings a much more singing quality of tone.
Wolfgang Rübsam is internationally known through over a hundred highly acclaimed recordings of organ repertoire from the Baroque and Romantic periods and his recent recordings of Bach on the lute-harpsichord.
Year 2021 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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