The instrument used for this recording may have been intentionally stripped of its signature by Matteo Sellas, the builder, to increase the value of a less prominent instrument.
Compositional Technique
Campion's personal copy of his 'Nouvelles Découvertes' contains numerous handwritten additions, allowing insight into his creative process.
Performer Biography
Bernhard Hofstötter, the performer, initially studied violin and law before pursuing a career as a lutenist, earning a soloist diploma from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
Instruments
The baroque guitar on this recording has an unusual peg arrangement, with only four pegs on each side and a ninth peg centrally located, a layout seen in 17th-century paintings but rare in surviving instruments.
Instruments
The baroque guitar used in this recording, attributed to Matteo Sellas (a renowned Venetian lute-builder), was built around 1640 and is in surprisingly good condition.
Composer Biography
François Campion, the composer, was a professor of theorbo and guitar at the Académie Royale de Musique (the later Paris Opera) in 1731.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Campion, the composer, aimed to establish the guitar as a polyphonic solo instrument with rich harmonic and creative possibilities.
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