Froberger, Allemande (Suite G Minor), Andreas Martin, Lute, HD

[barriosguitarra]

Cautivante interpretación Maestro, un sonido maravilloso!

[anmeinersaite]

hi andreas!

wunderschönes spiel - absolut im fluss, hervorragende gestaltung und himmlischer ton.

lg

thomas

[AGLMIL]

I feel sad for Johann Jakob Froberguer.He miss your superb interpretation!!!!!!!!!!

[Alchemist8080]

Красота *_*

[graceytron]

This is gorgeous, so many little nuances come out in the lute arrangement rather than harpsichord.. so much more depth and emotion!

[leoncioviolin]

muchas gracias por su amable comentario y por supuesto por colgar estos maravillosos vídeos. toca usted con mucho gusto amigo

[oreshinguitars]

Bravo Maestro!

Fine play of great music!

Best regars,

Sergy.

[kkallebb]

A beautiful piece and beautiful performance. But what kind of lute is that? It seems to be a single-strung archlute. I've never heard of such a thing. The only single-strung lute I know is the theorbo. Is that instrument historical?

[10stringGuitarist]

Greetings and congratulations on the fine performance ! I have just ordered an archlute and was wondering about the strings you use ?

I dont think theyre double, are they ?

Thank you.

[AlasdairMacLute]

Calm and sober sound, precious. Magic music to hear in the night like your other Froberger videos ( the saraband distils quiet emotions and nuances ). Thank you for sharing it :)

[AlasdairMacLute]

Calm and sober sound, precious. Magic music to hear in the night like your other Froberger videos ( the saraband distils quiet emotions and nuances ).

[TheFerdinand81]

Masterful Andreas!

[LONGWINDING]

Wonderful, and great sound!

Best wishes, Frank

[TheGloryofMusic]

The original keyboard suite is in A minor.

[ThePontificater]

Andeas this is wonderful , please upload loads more baroque pieces in addition to the current selection, keeps me sane whilst I do my accounts.

[bill1lute]

I have just stumbled upon your videos and agree that your playing is utterly delightful & wonderfully atmospheric. I think you're playing with single stringing on your archlute (or is it just a trick of the camera lighting..?), which is possibly unusual but very convincing. Is there any particular reason why you do this - apart from the fact that it sounds great? Thanks for the opportunity to hear some Froberger played so gracefully on the lute.

[ninebreaker21]

I've heard the use of single courses was a relatively common practice (one reason was it was difficult to find matching gut strings). I notice Edin Karamazov plays singles. My archlute was originally double-strung in a mix of unisons and octaves, with two single courses on top. I found the octave courses too buzzy, so I made them single, and courses 3-5 sounded good in unison so I left them alone. I guess things like this depend on each individual instrument and the player's preference.

[maan7633]

@ninebreaker21

From where did you hear that? I'm very curious to find out, cause all the sources I've seen point in the double courses direction.( Also on many theorbos) Thus I'd be happy to see some other opinions about it :)!

[ninebreaker21]

My understanding is that archlutes were usually double-coursed, though often single at the discretion of the player, and that theorboes were usually single-coursed. I've never heard of a double-coursed theorbo or chitarrone, though I'm sure some exist(ed). There is also an instrument called the liuto attiorbato which is similar to the archlute in tuning, the difference being double-coursed diapasons. I've also seen a wire-strung model with octave diapasons.

[ninebreaker21]

The main idea I'm setting forth is that trends changed rapidly and there was much room for variation. The notion that things weren't set in stone in 17th c. Italian lute family music is discussed in Victor Anand Coelho's article in the "Performance Practice on Lute Guitar and Vihuela" volume of the "Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice" series, ISBN: 0-521-01943-5.

[aelfricbetera]

Excellent playing.....As happens so often, one finds these treasures by chance...Much Thanks...

[jujuilo]

Felicidades ¡¡¡ me parece una maravillosa interpretacion

[ediblesponge]

this piece sounds beautiful on the lute! In case you were interested, i've just came across and uploaded an old recording of this on Harpsichord; it was the only one i knew for months until finding your recording, which is truly marvellous!

thanks,

tom

[mauson1963]

Hi Tom,

Thank you for watching my arrangement of the Froberger Allemande! This is indeed fantastic music!

All the best, Andreas

[kaavest]

@mauson1963 I really like your Lute, it,s very cool, if vanna have a Allemnda and the story about it it is on top of my account and i really like my Allemnda. Next time i try other strings to get them moore varm and so on. Enjoy the lute from Norway:)

[karakalkitten]

supernice interpretation!!

better a well tuned single string lute as a baroque lute out of tune, as frequently happens on youtube!

it´s archlute tuning or reentrant?

what´s the string material?

this instrument sounds so nice and balanced, because the bass strings do not have this endless sustain, many baroque lutes have, due to the too short measure of the diapasons.

do not give away this instrument (except to me) ;-))) - greatings - K.

[mauson1963]

Dear karakalkitten (funny name - what does it mean?), thanks a lot for your encouraging words! I play an archlute with its normal g - tuning using Pyramid strings except on the three upper strings where I put Nylgut by Aquila. The lute was built by Andreas von Holst, Munich. Best wishes, AM

[karakalkitten]

hi Andreas,

ein Karakal ist die größte und blutgierigste Form der Luchse aus Ostsibirien, sehr gefährlich und sehr selten, aber auch sehr, sehr schön.

.Ich bin leider nichts von alledem. Als Kind sah ich mal ein Pärchen im Zoo von Bratislava, hätte nicht gedacht, dass es so große Luchse gibt.

Hast du noch mehr Froberger???

Das ist so schöne Musik.

Gruß aus Sachsen - K.

[mauson1963]

Hallo Karakalkitten,

Danke für die Erklärung! Luchse sind wirklich sehr schöne Tiere.

Momentan habe ich leider nicht mehr von Froberger. Es freut mich, dass er Dir gefällt!

Mit herzlichen Grüßen, Andreas

[ninebreaker21]

Exquisite playing! You are an inspiration. Subtle dynamics, perfect tempi and killer tone.

Quick string question. My archlute is currently strung with Nylgut trebles and wound basses and diapasons. Where I can I find Pyramid strings in custom gauges (my instrument's in F)?

I love the tone and decay, very subtle. Also, my second pegbox is not as far from the bridge as yours, would shorter Pyramids be a good or bad idea?

Thanks in advance for any input on this.

-ninebreaker21

[maan7633]

this is so very nice played, very lovely phrasing and a superb musicianship! I just think it's a pity that it's played on single strings, as I believe that the sound would have been even sweeter with double courses. Great work anyways!

[mauson1963]

Dear maan7633,

Thank you very much indeed for your kind comment. Maybe I will try this piece some day in the future on a double - stringed instrument. Best regards,AM

[maan7633]

As I listen to it a second time, it starts to feel more and more like a tombeaux, or pavane- Dufaut's tombeaux to mr. Blanrocher, or Holborne's Funerals. Did you ever try it on a d minor tuned instrument?

[mauson1963]

No, not yet since I do not have any good baroque lute at the moment. But as I said before, I agree that it might be a good idea worth following.