Esaias Reusner (1639-1679) - Lute Music - Toyohiko Satoh (2016) {Carpe Diem Official Digital Downloads}

This new solo album of world-renowned Japanese lute master Toyohiko Satoh (佐藤豊彦) features music by the German baroque composer and lutenist Esaias Reusner (1639-1679), who published two volumes of compositions for solo lute. The pieces of this CD are taken from “Neue Lautenfrüchte”.

Reusner’s style is as interesting as it is special and unusual, compared to works of his contemporaries. His pieces are mostly short, sober and pragmatic, showing a very clear and unostentatious attitude.

Toyohiko Satoh links this approach to the eastern idea of meditation and appreciation of imperfection (Wabi-Sabi). He delivers an outstanding interpretation far from trying to be virtuosic or impressive, but instead staying totally true to himself, letting the music unfold by itself. Reusner’s music becomes a quiet musical meditation that transcends time and space.

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Personnel:
Toyohiko Satoh - original Greiff lute of 1611, gut stringed



tracklist:
01 - Lute Suite in B-Flat Major - I. Preludium
02 - Lute Suite in B-Flat Major - II. Sonatina
03 - Lute Suite in B-Flat Major - III. Allemande
04 - Lute Suite in B-Flat Major - IV. Courante
05 - Lute Suite in B-Flat Major - V. Sarabande
06 - Lute Suite in B-Flat Major - VI. Aria
07 - Lute Suite in B-Flat Major - VII. Gigue
08 - Lute Suite in B-Flat Major - VIII. Chaconne
09 - Lute Suite in A Minor - I. Allemande
10 - Lute Suite in A Minor - II. Courante
11 - Lute Suite in A Minor - III. Sarabande
12 - Lute Suite in A Minor - IV. Aria
13 - Lute Suite in A Minor - V. Gigue
14 - Lute Suite in A Minor - VI. Allemande
15 - Lute Suite in G Minor - I. Courante
16 - Lute Suite in G Minor - II. Sarabande
17 - Lute Suite in G Minor - III. Aria
18 - Lute Suite in G Minor - IV. Gigue
19 - Lute Suite in G Minor - V. Aria
20 - Lute Suite in D Major - I. Sonatina
21 - Lute Suite in D Major - II. Allemande
22 - Lute Suite in D Major - III. Courante
23 - Lute Suite in D Major - IV. Sarabande
24 - Lute Suite in D Major - V. Gavotte
25 - Lute Suite in D Major - VI. Gigue
26 - Lute Suite in D Major - VII. Passagalia