Swedish classical guitarist Göran Söllscher has a certain following among guitar buffs of all kinds thanks to a unique contraption he plays -- an 11-string guitar, built specifically to allow him, like some of his famous predecessors on the classical guitar, to explore the lute repertory of the Renaissance and Baroque periods more fully. He has previously released an album of Baroque music featuring the instrument, and here he turns his attention to a tour of lute and vihuela music from the High Renaissance, with stops ...
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Swedish classical guitarist Göran Söllscher has a certain following among guitar buffs of all kinds thanks to a unique contraption he plays -- an 11-string guitar, built specifically to allow him, like some of his famous predecessors on the classical guitar, to explore the lute repertory of the Renaissance and Baroque periods more fully. He has previously released an album of Baroque music featuring the instrument, and here he turns his attention to a tour of lute and vihuela music from the High Renaissance, with stops mostly in Spain, Germany, and England. Depending entirely on personal reaction, his guitar is either a brilliant innovation in instrument-building or the kind of invention that tends to imprison its inventor. When Narciso Yepes played the more virtuosically oriented Spanish repertory on a guitar, the technical restrictions of the instrument had a way of adding to the tension in the performance. Söllscher's readings of the Fantasía que contrahaze la harpa en la manera de Ludovico (Fantasy...
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Alonso de Mudarra; Antony Holborne; Arnolt Schlick; Francesco Canova da Milano; Hans Neusidler; John Dowland; Luis de Milán;... Fine. In fine packaging. Göran Söllscher-The Renaissance Album by Goran Sollscher.
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Alonso de Mudarra; Antony Holborne; Arnolt Schlick; Francesco Canova da Milano; Hans Neusidler; John Dowland; Luis de Milán;... Very Good. In very good packaging. Göran Söllscher-The Renaissance Album by Goran Sollscher.