“...exquisitely nuanced and marked by a range of timbral colors I didn't think possible on the lute.” ~Fanfare
Posted Feb 15, 2013
Apollo's Fire colleagues apply warmth and drama to music of Vivaldi and friends (review) By Donald Rosenberg, The Plain Dealer February 2, 2013 Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, is always on the lookout for new ways to present old music. Its latest invention is a series of “Fireside” Concerts featuring a small contingent of players in chamber music, for which no conductor needs apply. The first program in the...
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CD Review Two Lutes: Lute Duets from England's Golden Age Ronn McFarlane & William Simms By Daniel Hathaway Lute music flourished during the Renaissance, but most of the repertoire that has come down to us was writtne for single players. Ronn McFarlane and William Simms have selected twenty-seven works for lute duet from the over eighty examples that survive and have recorded them winningly for the...
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Two Lute CD Cover From Sono Luminus ~ Sono Luminus is proud to release Two Lutes: Lute Duets from England’s Golden Age, a wonderful collection of enchanting music performed by lute virtuosos Ronn McFarlane and William Simms. As stated by Ronn McFarlane, “Elizabethan lute duets yield the most companionable and friendly kind of music-making for the players. In equal duets each lutenist plays nearly the same music, alternating...
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