Indigo Road – Ronn McFarlane
This is original lute music by lutenist Ronn McFarlane, from his Emmy-nominated recording Indigo Road. Thanks to luthier Jeffrey Elliott for bringing this to my attention.
Bach: Prelude BWV 998 – Luciano Contini, Lute
Notice, along with all the other good qualities of this performance, how fittingly the tempo varies.
Ophira Zakai, lute
Francesco Spinacino/Josquin – Adiu mes amours.
Ophira Zakai – 6 course Renaissance Lute (made by Marcus Wesche).
Recorded in Maria Magdalenen Church, Hamburg, Germany, August 2011.
Paul Durant: Vivace in A Minor – Daniel Shoskes, Baroque Lute
From the suite in A minor by Paul Charles Durant for baroque lute. Durant lived in the mid 18th century and was one of the last composers for the lute prior to the Classical period. Daniel Shoskes performs on a Rutherford 13-course baroque lute.
Theorbo and Viola da Gamba
Maaike Boekholt, viola da gamba, and Regina Albanez, theorbo. The video uploader says the piece is Capritio sopra otto figure by Giovanni Battista Vitali (from Vitali’s Partite sopra diverse Sonate?), but I’m not sure that’s correct. Maybe it’s something by Vitali’s teacher, Cazzati?