The follow-up disc to Nigel’s Gramophone Award-nominated debut recording, incorporating middle-period pieces from Weiss’s career as he took up a position in the court of Dresden. Nigel North is one of Britain’s best-known and loved musicians, appointed Professor of Lute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the age of just 21. North combines a historically-informed approach with his own natural musicality to create trully spellbinding performances.
Cantabile: Music for lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss (Vol. 2)
£14.00
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What people are saying
“North speaks Weiss’s cosmopolitan language with finely attuned fluency, consummate flair and seductive persuasiveness.” BBC Music Magazine, Performance – 5 Stars
Nigel North
Release date: 24th Oct 2012
Order code: BGS120
Barcode: 0609613833960
| 1. | Sonata in D Major: I. Prelude | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 1:43 |
| 2. | Sonata in D Major: II. Allemande | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 4:45 |
| 3. | Sonata in D Major: III. Courante | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 3:29 |
| 4. | Sonata in D Major: IV. Angloise | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 2:22 |
| 5. | Sonata in D Major: V. Sarabande | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 4:26 |
| 6. | Sonata in D Major: VI. Menuet | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 1:54 |
| 7. | Sonata in D Major: VII. Passacaille | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 5:41 |
| 8. | Sonata in A Major: I. Prelude | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 0:46 |
| 9. | Sonata in A Major: II. Allemande | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 3:06 |
| 10. | Sonata in A Major: III. Courante | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 2:43 |
| 11. | Sonata in A Major: IV. Bourée | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 1:49 |
| 12. | Sonata in A Major: V. Sarabanda | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 3:22 |
| 13. | Sonata in A Major: VI. Menuet | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 1:43 |
| 14. | Sonata in A Major: VII. Gigue | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 2:16 |
| 15. | Sonata in A Major: VIII. Ciaccona | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 4:43 |
| 16. | Sonata in G Major: I. Prelude | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 0:55 |
| 17. | Sonata in G Major: II. Toccata- Fuga | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 5:10 |
| 18. | Sonata in G Major: III. Courante | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 3:41 |
| 19. | Sonata in G Major: IV. Bourée | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 2:10 |
| 20. | Sonata in G Major: V. Sarabanda (un poco andante) | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 5:23 |
| 21. | Sonata in G Major: VI. Menuet | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 2:32 |
| 22. | Sonata in G Major: VII. Allegro | Sylvius Leopold Weiss | 3:11 |
