Lord Herbert of Cherbury’s Lute Book (1640)

Paul O’Dette, lute

Works by Jacques Gaultier, Luc Despond, Daniel Bacheler, Robert Johnson, Lorenzini di Roma, Diomedes Cato, Cuthbert Hely, Jacob Polonais, Julien Perrichon, and the Lord Herbert of Cherbury himself.

Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, spent many years as the ambassador to France for James I. He was a self-taught lutenist and this his personal collection of pieces for the ten-coursed Renaissance lute. Seventy-six minutes of music; program notes by O’Dette in English, French, and German.


Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book
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François du Fault: lute works

Suite in c minor
Suite in a minor
Suite in g minor
Suite in C major
Pavane in e minor

Hopkinson Smith, one of the movers and shakers of the original-instrument movement, performing on a Venetian lute made in 1644. Little is known about the composer, who was a contemporary of the lute in this recording, yet his writing is sophisticated and idiomatic.


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John Dowland lute pieces

Fantasies and dances for the lute performed by Joseph Bacon

Thirteen pieces for solo lute, some familiar, others not, originally recorded in 1975 by 1750 Arch Records, which was a boutique label located at that address in Berkeley, California. Reissued in 1982 on audiocassette by the Musical Heritage Society. Bacon was a guitarist, lutenist, painter, and sculptor who lived in San Francisco; he released three recordings.

Joseph Bacon plays Dowland
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