747313385478

Two Lutes With Grace - Plectrum Lute Duos Of The Late 15th Century

Kieffer/Lewon

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Format: CD

Cat No: 8573854

Release Date:  14 February 2020

Label:  Naxos - Nxp / Naxos Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  747313385478

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

Composer/Series:  Two Lutes with Grace - Plectrum Lute Duos of the late 15th century

  • Description

    The plectrum lute duo was one of the most popular ensembles for professional instrumentalists in late 15th-century Western Europe. This recording presents for the first time the bulk of a surviving repertoire that can arguably be considered for the lute duo, performed on two equal plectrum lutes or with a combination of lute and gittern – a smaller member of the lute family. The album, inspired by the Ferrarese virtuoso Pietrobono dal Chitarino (c. 1417–1497), acclaimed in his lifetime as ‘the foremost lutenist in the world’, includes the earliest printed lute duos by Francesco Spinacino and Joan Ambrosio Dalza and the two-voice instrumental works by

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