Esaias Reusner: Lute Music Toyohiko Satoh

• 1 Praeludium 02:13
• 2 Sonatina 02:26
• 3 Allemanda 03:48
• 4 Courant 02:06
• 5 Sarabanda 02:02
• 6 Aria 01:49
• 7 Gigue 01:31
• 8 Ciacona 04:23
• 9 Allemanda 04:05
• 10 Courante 02:21
• 11 Sarabanda 02:00
• 12 Aria 01:39
• 13 Gigue 02:26
• 14 Allemanda 03:00
• 15 Courante 01:42
• 16 Sarabanda 01:51
• 17 Aria 01:17
• 18 Gigue 01:10
• 19 Aria II 01:17
• 20 Sonatina 03:44
• 21 Allemande 03:04
• 22 Courant 01:39
• 23 Sarabanda 02:00
• 24 Gavotte 01:29
• 25 Gigue 02:06
• 26 Passagalia 05:11
• Total Runtime 01:02:19

Info for Esaias Reusner: Lute Music

This new solo album of world-renowned Japanese lute master Toyohiko Satoh 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 album 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 him- self, letting the music unfold by itself. Reusner’s music becomes a quiet musical meditation that transcends time and space.

Toyohiko Satoh, lute

Toyohiko Satoh
born on 4. Nov. 1943 in Hiroshima, Lautenist. Er studierte ab 1968 Laute bei Eugen Dombois in Basel. Von 1973 bis 2004 war er Prof. am Kons. in Den Haag. 2000 gründete er die Lute and Early Guitar Society Japan.

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