SATOH, TOYOHIKO - lute - 490 Chaconne Baroque lute recital
Product Description
The period spanning from the second half of the seventeenth century until the second half of the eighteenth century was the last important era for the development of lute music. The art of the lutenists, which flourished mainly in the early and middle baroque, influenced the compositions and performance practice of the clavecinists in the middle and late baroque periods. During these decades many experiments were done concerning the tuning and stringing of the lute. Finally the lute extended from an 11 course into a 13course (i.e. double stringed) instrument and its standard tuning became d minor. In France the lute was considered the instrument of nobility and lute music not only served in the ballet de cour as accompaniment but also independently in massed ensembles. The abundance of printed lute collections gives proof of the wide dissemination and the high standard of lute playing in France. French lute music reached its peak in the works of the seventeenth century Gaultier dynasty, a family of lute virtuosi. The most characteristic trait of this lute music was the use of idioms as free-voiced texture, ornaments and the style bris ("broken style)", in fact arpeggio-playing, used to compensate for the quickly fading sound of the lute. More than any other instrument, the lute called for sustaining ornaments in all voices. The tremblements (trills) for instance formed a refined group of ornaments. Other refinements included the vibrato or verre cass and several forms of legato playing of the left hand. French lute collections consisted traditionally of dances in a highly stylized form, arranged in groups or suites with no rigidly established order.
Additional Information
| Artist | Toyohiko Satoh, lute |
| Inlay | J.S. Bach: Chaconne from Partita BWV 1004; |
| Biography | Toyohiko Satoh was born in 1943 in Japan. After his music study (guitar, cello and composition) in Japan, he came to Europe in 1968 to study lute with Eugen Dombois at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland. Since 1970, when Satoh made the world's first Baroque lute solo album, he had recorded extensively for different labels. Two of them won prizes. His ensemble recordings with such noted musicians as Frans Brggen, Gustav Leonhardt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Elly Ameling also brought consistent honours and awards. Satoh performed in many festivals such as the Vienna Musikwochen, Holland Festival, Toronto Festival, Lisbon Festival, etc. He is touring all over the world. Since 1973 Toyohiko Satoh is lute professor at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Holland. He gives frequent masterclasses in various countries including the USA, Canada and Japan and performs medieval, renaissance and early baroque music as well as contemporary music,including his own compositions. Satoh leads the ensemble ALBA MUSICA KYO and he is also a member of LITTLE CONSORT AMSTERDAM. A part of his compositions and a "Method for the Baroque Lute" are published by TreeEdition in Munich, WGermany. |
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| Quotes | (...) Prachtig resultaat, ook in zijn eigen composities (...) Luister, November 1990 |
| Format | Normal PCM CD |
| Composer | BACH, Johann Sebastian, WEISS, Silvius Leopold |
| Type | Solo |
| Total Length | 54:41 |
| Year of release | 1990 |
| Number of cd's | 1 |
| Artist | SATOH, TOYOHIKO - lute |
