A Lute by Sixtus Rauwolf: French & German Baroque Music

Featuring

Jakob Lindberg
Esaias Reusner
François Dufault
Charles Mouton
David Kellner
Johann Pachelbel

Sylvius Leopold Weiss

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Instruments

The lute featured on this album, made by Sixtus Rauwolf around 1590, was converted in 1715 to suit Baroque musical tastes and demands.

Composer Biography

Silvius Leopold Weiss, considered the greatest German lutenist, was respected throughout the German-speaking world, including by J.S. Bach, who arranged some of his music.

Composer Biography

Esaias Reusner the younger, a Silesian lutenist, consciously cultivated the French model and is known to have studied with an unnamed French lutenist in his youth.

Interpretation

Jakob Lindberg, the performer, chose works for this recording that could plausibly have been part of the repertoire of an owner of the Rauwolf lute around the time of its final conversion in 1715.

Performer Biography

Jakob Lindberg, born in Sweden, developed his initial passion for music through The Beatles and later studied at the Royal College of Music in London, focusing on Renaissance and Baroque music.

Compositional Technique

François Dufault's music is noted for its contrapuntal correctness, charm, and melodic coherence, making him one of the most influential lute composers of his age.

Historical Context

For German lutenists from the mid-17th century, French lutenist-composers provided the aesthetic and musical model, dominating from the late 16th century until the lute fell out of fashion in Paris during Louis XIV's reign.