Dorian Sono Luminus
DSL-90907
SONATAS FOR LUTE & STRINGS
John Schneiderman • Lute
Elizabeth Blumenstock • Violin
William Skeen • Violoncello
Bernhard Joachim Hagen might easily have thought himself an anachronism by the time he died in Ansbach in 1787 at the age of 66. Although this was still an age of aristocratic patronage and he remained a court musician, his true royal patron had been dead for decades. The very court he served for forty years had been annexed, marginalized, and was about to disappear entirely. While he spent his career as a violinist, it would be for a now-obsolete instrument he would be remembered. For Hagen also played the lute, and only the love of a cultured employer for this instrument had allowed it to flourish one final time before its rediscovery in the 20th century. Today, Hagen is regarded as perhaps the lute's last great composer, extending a tradition with roots deep in the past a further generation beyond the death in 1750 of the great Silvius Weiss of Dresden.
Although he is now considered historically significant, information about Hagen's actual life is unfortunately limited. …
JOHN SCHNEIDERMAN
Critically acclaimed virtuoso of plucked instruments since age nine, John Schneiderman specialises in the performance practice and repertoire of eighteenth-century lutes and nineteenth-century guitars. Based in California, Mr. Schneiderman is in demand as a soloist and chamber musician collaborating on recordings and performances throughout North America. …
ELIZABETH BLUMENSTOCK
Baroque violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock is widely admired as a performer of interpretive eloquence and technical sparkle. A frequent soloist, concertmaster, and leader with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, the Santa Fe Pro Musica, and the Italian ensemble Il Complesso Barocco, she is also a member of several of California's finest period instrument ensembles, including Musica Pacifica, Trio Galatea, the Arcadian Academy, and Galanterie. …
WILLIAM SKEEN
William Skeen serves as principal cellist with the American Bach Soloists and Philharmonia Baroque in the Bay Area, and Musica Angelica in Los Angeles. He also has appeared as solo cellist with the Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle baroque orchestras. Mr. Skeen is a notable continuo 'cellist at major American opera houses such as Chicago Opera and San Diego Opera. …
- Peter Danner
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Sonata in F Major 1. Allegro 4.41 2. Andante 5.30 3. Minuetto & Trio 3.46 Sonata in E-flat Major 4. Allegro 5.08 5. Andantino 3.57 6. Allegretto ma Gratioso 3.17 Sonata in C Major 7. Allegro 3.30 8. Molto andante 3.19 9. Minuetto & Trio 3.18 |
Sonata in B-flat Major 10. Allegro 3.11 11. Largo 4.16 12. Allegro Moderato 2. 50 Sonata in A Minor 13. Andante 5.38 14. Largo 3.42 15. Vivace 3.15 Sonata in A Major: Pastorella 16. Allegro, piu moderato, Allegro 4.58 17. Allegro 4.09 18. Amoroso 4.08 Total Time 72.38 |
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