The English Renaissance repertory for two lutes is not large, consisting of perhaps 80 pieces in all. These are not often recorded, for they don't fit the familiar categories of solo lute piece and lute song. They vary among themselves, falling into two types: duets with two equal parts, and those in which the second lute plays a bass line. These pieces would seem to be attuned to contemporary Italian developments, and they give the low lute a lot of room to improvise in the manner of a Baroque theorbist (which is exactly ...
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The English Renaissance repertory for two lutes is not large, consisting of perhaps 80 pieces in all. These are not often recorded, for they don't fit the familiar categories of solo lute piece and lute song. They vary among themselves, falling into two types: duets with two equal parts, and those in which the second lute plays a bass line. These pieces would seem to be attuned to contemporary Italian developments, and they give the low lute a lot of room to improvise in the manner of a Baroque theorbist (which is exactly the role lutenist William Simms has played on other recordings). As for Ronn McFarlane, this American lutenist has a mysterious ability to render slow pieces in an absolutely hypnotic way. There are players with greater finesse in long, heavily ornamented works, but in short dances of this kind, he's entrancing. The result is a fine recording of this offbeat repertoire, which is centered on anonymous pieces and those of minor composers such as John Johnson, John Robinson, and John...
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