Silvius Leopold Weiss

Jakob Lindberg - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Music (2006)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at July 26, 2024
Jakob Lindberg - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Music (2006)

Jakob Lindberg - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Music (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 280 Mb | Total time: 73:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | BIS-1524 CD | Recorded: 2005

In 1991 lutenist Jakob Lindberg bought a very special instrument – one of the rare extant lutes by Sixtus Rauwolf, built c. 1590. The restoration of the lute took several years and was rather painstaking: for some repairs they even used ancient wood from the library in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Considering the great age of the instrument it was nevertheless in good shape and is now probably the only one in the world that, retaining its original soundboard, is in playable condition.
Yasunori Imamura - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Sonatas, Vol. 1 (2006)

Yasunori Imamura - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Sonatas, Vol. 1 (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 74:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Claves | 50-2613 | Recorded: 2005

This attractively presented disc is not the same one recorded by Japanese-French lutenist Yasunori Imamura for the Capriccio label in 1998, even though the keys of the two lute sonatas, and the presence of a central pair of shorter works, makes the program look almost identical. Sylvius Leopold Weiss was nearly an exact contemporary of Bach's, and the notes by Beat Hänggi contend that were it not for the difficulty and obscurity of the lute, he would be nearly as well known as today. That's hard to swallow, considering the versatility of Bach's talents and the fact that Weiss occupies one small corner of the Baroque musical universe. Nevertheless, Bach is thought to have admired Weiss' playing, and may have written lute music for him. The comparison has some validity.

Richard Stone - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Concerti (2004)  Music

Posted by stfine at June 17, 2010
Richard Stone - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Concerti (2004)

Richard Stone - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Concerti (2004)
Classical Baroque, Instrumental | MP3 HQ 320kbps | artwork w/booklet | 182 MB (+3%)
Label: Chandos, CHAN 0707

Silvius Leopold Weiss was the greatest lutenist of the 18th century. His ensemble compositions have remained hitherto obscure because they are all incomplete. Only the lute tablature part remains in the known manuscripts. Richard Stone has reconstructed the flute and bowedstring parts heard on this premiere recording.
Irene Kalisvaart - Johann Sebastian Bach & Silvius Leopold Weiss: Baroque Music transcribed for Guitar (2023) [24/96]

Irene Kalisvaart - Johann Sebastian Bach & Silvius Leopold Weiss: Baroque Music transcribed for Guitar (2023) [24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:05:21 minutes | 1,1 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

The guitarist Irene Kalisvaart arranges the eighth monastery concert this year on Friday, August 25, at the Liebfrauenkirche in Dudestadt. Works from the 18th century and by contemporary composers are to be heard.
Espen Sørensen - Silvius Leopold Weiss, Sonatas for Lute (2021)

Espen Sørensen - Silvius Leopold Weiss, Sonatas for Lute (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 57:10 | 255 / 131 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: No1 Music Group

The master lutenist of the eighteenth century, Weiss was born in Breslau (now Wroclaw in Poland) into a lute-playing family, and first learned the instrument from his father, Johann Jacob Weiss. In 1706, Weiss made his professional debut in the Breslau court, in which his family served. Weiss' extraordinary talent gained the attention of Elector Johann Wilhelm, dedicatee of Corelli's Op. 6 and an intelligent patron of music.
Irene Kalisvaart - Johann Sebastian Bach & Silvius Leopold Weiss: Baroque Music transcribed for Guitar (2023)

Irene Kalisvaart - Johann Sebastian Bach & Silvius Leopold Weiss: Baroque Music transcribed for Guitar (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 246 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 Mb | 01:05:28
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

Irene Kalisvaart was awarded the highest prize at the National Competition for Young Guitarists in Amsterdam at the age of 17. She studied with Jorge Oraison in Rotterdam, and continued with Ansgar Krause and Hubert Käppel at the Musikhochschule Köln where she finished her studies with distinction. She then went on to complete the ‘concert exam’ with Hubert Käppel in 2001. In between and thereafter she received numerous scholarships, international prizes and awards. Valuable musical mentors and masterclasses include Darko Petrinjak, Laura Young, Dale Kavanagh, Zoran Dukić, Àlex Garrobé, Pablo Márquez, Marco Socías, Thomas Müller-Pering, Aniello Desiderio and David Russell.
Espen Sørensen - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonatas for Lute (2021) [Official Digital Download]

Espen Sørensen - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonatas for Lute (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 57:12 minutes | 547 MB
Classical | Label: No1 Music Group, Official Digital Download

Weiss probably wrote more than 1000 pieces for lute, from which about 850 attributed pieces survived, most of them grouped into 'sonatas' (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on sonata form) or suites, which consist mostly of baroque dance pieces. Weiss also wrote chamber pieces and concertos, but only the solo parts have survived for most of them.
Espen Sørensen - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonatas for Lute, Vol. 2 (2022) [Official Digital Download]

Espen Sørensen - Silvius Leopold Weiss: Sonatas for Lute, Vol. 2 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 72:15 minutes | 657 MB
Classical | Label: No1 Music Group, Official Digital Download

Weiss probably wrote more than 1000 pieces for lute, from which about 850 attributed pieces survived, most of them grouped into 'sonatas' (not to be confused with the later classical sonata, based on sonata form) or suites, which consist mostly of baroque dance pieces. Weiss also wrote chamber pieces and concertos, but only the solo parts have survived for most of them.
Richard Stone, Tempesta Di Mare - Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Concerti (2004)

Richard Stone, Tempesta Di Mare - Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Concerti (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 335 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 176 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Baroque | Label: Chandos-Chaconne | # CHAN 0707 | Time: 01:16:10

Like Sebastian Bach and François Couperin, Sylvius Leopold Weiss came from and continued a musical tradition. His father was Johann Jakob Weiss, his brother was Johann Sigismund Weiss, and his son was Johann Adolph Faustinius Weiss. Also, like Bach and Couperin, Sylvius Leopold was the most famous member of his musical clan, and during his long and distinguished career he taught a number of students who would become exceptional lutenists, Adam Falckenhagen and Johann Kropfgans among them. Following demands created by his exceptional reputation, Weiss traveled extensively before he settled at the court of Augustus the Strong in 1728; he remained there for the rest of his life. Weiss and Bach certainly met on more than one occasion as the latter visited his son Wilhelm Friedemann and also had an interest in music-making at the Saxon court. As a performer, Weiss was considered the finest of his time and many believed that his ability as a lutenist rivaled that of Bach as an organist and Scarlatti as a harpsichordist. His Berlin colleague, Ernst Gottlieb Baron, mentioned to a “Weissian Method,” probably a reference to his astounding and masterful technique, not to mention his style. Hundreds of Weiss’s works survive, chief among them six-movement sonatas or partitas that follow the accepted blueprint for the genre, i.e., Allemande, Courante, Bouree, Sarabande, Minuet, and Gigue.
Adam Falckenhagen & Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Opere Per Liuto - Paul Beier (2014) {Magnatune Digital Download rec 1994}

Adam Falckenhagen & Sylvius Leopold Weiss - Opere Per Liuto - Paul Beier (2014) {Magnatune Digital Download rec 1994}
FLAC (tracks) - 16bit/44kHz - Official Digital Download -> 287 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 158 Mb
Full Artwork (pdf+jpg) -> 10 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2014 Magnatune
Classical / Baroque / Instrumental / Lute

It is a pleasure to see the rerelease of Paul Beier's first effort on the Baroque Lute, recorded in a small church in Switzerland nearly twenty years ago. He had originally planned a program that included the works presented here, plus the suite in E minor by Bach, but after editing we found that the total time of the recording was over 90 minutes, and so sacrificed the Bach suite to be able to release the CD (which can hold no more than 80 minutes worth of music).