24 tracks - MP3 - RAR 128 Mb
Robert Hill, Lute-Harpsichord
1999 Hänssler
Bach and the lute are closely related and more than what is commonly known ... with that phrase
This album is one of the few examples available of Lautenklavier sound, the reconstruction of an instrument through which we know Bach favored lot.
is known from the inventory of his will that JS Bach had two copies, and even is documented to have collaborated in the design of any of them
The Lute-Harpsichord no strings dampers, so the resulting sound is very different because the plucked string has the opportunity to not vibrate itself to not be turned off by the respective pad when removing the finger from the key.
The strings of the instrument in this recording are of gut, strung away from more conventional steel or other.
also notes that a building is smaller and lighter, and differs from other historical figures such as the harpsichord keyboard in the management of dynamics, color and tonal variations.
Together these and other technical specifications, Lautenklavier emerge as a dark twin of Lute rediscovered, capable, as indicated by the composer of contemporary texts to fool with the sound of professional musicians
Much more information about the Lautenklavier this link.
