ANDERS ERICSON Relic. Music for the French Lute

 

François Dufaut c. 1604 – c. 1670 Pieces in g minor

Jacques Gallot c. 1625 – c. 1695 Pieces in a minor

Jean Mercure c. 1600 – c. 1660 Pieces in a minor

Germain Pinel c. 1600 – 1661 Pieces in d minor

 

Anders Ericson (lute)

 

The composers chosen for this recording all played the same instrument at roughly the same time, with the compositional forms centering around the stlylised dances of the period, such as the courante. allemande, sarabande and gigue. Anders Ericson has followed two musical career paths, by the age of eight he was playing classical and electric guitar, at eighteen he was playing baroque lute and orbo and has recorded with Anne Sofie von Otter and Barbara Hendricks. His other path has seen him as lead guitarist of the Scandinavian progressive metal group ‘Beyond Twighlight’. As a solo lute player, his main focus is on French music for baroque lute. The lute used in this recording is based on an eleven-course baroque lute from the Warwickshire County Museum, originally made in 1550 by Hans Frei.

 

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