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Silvius Leopold Weiss: The Dresden manuscript - Music for Two Lutes / Robert Bart & Kar-Ernst Schroder, lutes; Gaetano Nasillo, cello

1 CD / New Pan / 2012-12-06

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonata for 2 lutes in A major, SC 60; Sonata for 2 lutes in C major, SC 54; Sonata for flute & lute (or for 2 lutes) in B flat major (Dresden MS; London MS), SC 6; Sonata for 2...
Performers: Barto, Robert; Nasillo, Gaetano; Schroder, Karl-Ernst

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over an hour of the most pleasurable music that was seemingly doomed to never be heard again....continue...
Recording information: Eremo de Ronzano, Bologna, Italy (06/1998)....continue...

Weiss: Lute Sonatas Vol 8 / Robert Barto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-01-30

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonata for lute in D minor (Dresden MS no 8), SC 36; Sonata for lute in F major (London MS no 14), SC 19; Sonata for lute in D minor (Dresden MS no 5), SC 34
Performers: Barto, Robert

"Nothing in volume eight has given me any reason to mitigate, diminish or qualify the admiration for his playing that I expressed in volume seven....continue...

Weiss: Lute Sonatas 15, 48 / Robert Barto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonata for lute in B flat major (Dresden MS no 26; London MS no 10), SC 15; Sonata for lute in F sharp minor (Dresden MS no 23), SC 48
Performers: Barto, Robert

When Sylvius Leopold Weiss died (in 1750, the year of Bach's death), he was eulogized as Europe's greatest lutenist and one of Germany's best musicians....continue...

Weiss: Lute Sonatas Vol 6 / Robert Barto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonata for lute in A major (Dresden MS no 20), SC 45; Sonata for lute in C minor (Dresden MS no 31; London MS no 5), SC 7; Sonata for lute in B flat major (Dresden MS no 26; Lo...
Performers: Barto, Robert

Weiss composed nearly 600 works and was one of the premiere lutenists of the Baroque era. His sonatas are among the most technically challenging works...continue...

Weiss: Lute Sonatas Vol 5 - no 38 & 43 / Robert Barto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-09-01

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonata for lute in C major (Dresden MS no 10), SC 38; Tombeau sur la mort de Momsieur Cajetan Baron D'Hartig, for lute in E flat minor (London MS), Smith; Sonata for lute in A ...
Performers: Barto, Robert

Contemporary accounts mention Sylvious Leopold Weiss, together with Bach, Handel and Telemann, as one of Germany's most accomplished musicians. The Sonatas form part of a...continue...

Weiss: Sonatas for Lute Vol 4 / Robert Barto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-08-01

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonata for lute in A major (Dresden MS no 21), SC 46; Sonata for lute in F minor (Dresden MS no 28; London MS no 15), SC 21; Sonata for lute in C major (Dresden MS no 9), SC 37
Performers: Barto, Robert

Sylvius Leopold Weiss was by far the most outstanding lutenist of the Baroque era. Contemporary accounts mention him together with Bach, Handel, and Telemann as...continue...

Weiss: Sonatas for Lute Vol 3 / Robert Barto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-01-01

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonata for lute in D major (London MS no 2), SC 2; Sonata for lute in C minor (Dresden MS no 32; London MS no 21), SC 27; Sonata for lute in D minor (Dresden MS no 7), SC 35
Performers: Barto, Robert

"Sylvius Leopold Weiss...composed hundereds of pieces, many of them only today being collated, edited, and sorted into definitive editions...Barto's playing is exuberant and free; the...continue...

Weiss: Sonatas for Lute Vol 2 / Robert Barto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-02-01

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonata for lute in G major (London MS no 4), SC 5; Sonata for lute in G minor (Dresden MS no 29; London MS no 19), SC 25; Sonata for lute in B flat major (Dresden MS no 27), SC...
Performers: Barto, Robert

Lutanist and composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss had a distinguished pedigree (coming from a family of lutanists) and was one of the greatest masters that instrument...continue...

Weiss: Sonatas for Lute Vol 1 / Robert Barto

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-27

Works: Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonata for lute in D minor (Dresden MS no 6; London MS no 7), SC 11; Sonata for lute in B flat major (Dresden MS no 25), SC 49; Sonata for lute in A minor (Dresden MS no 14), S...
Performers: Barto, Robert

"...American Robert Barto, now based in Germany, makes his debut with this disc presenting three of the Dresden sonatas, none, to my knowledge, available elsewhere...Barto...continue...