{"product_id":"a593-beyond-vivaldi-lute-concertos","title":"Beyond Vivaldi: Lute Concertos","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond Vivaldi: Lute Concertos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e shines light on a neglected corner of the Baroque repertoire — the lute concerto, a genre that flourished briefly in the German-speaking world during the first half of the 18th century before the instrument fell out of fashion entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eLutenist \u003cstrong\u003eEvangelina Mascardi\u003c\/strong\u003e and the period ensemble \u003cstrong\u003eEstrovagante\u003c\/strong\u003e, directed from the harpsichord by \u003cstrong\u003eRiccardo Doni\u003c\/strong\u003e, present five works spanning the genre's golden decade: Vivaldi's celebrated RV93 (probably written in Prague for an aristocratic patron), two concertos by J.S. Bach's favorite pupil Johann Ludwig Krebs, and rare works by Kleinknecht and Hagen from the court of Bayreuth, and the Viennese virtuoso Karl Kohaut — whose E-major concerto, despite being published in a scholarly edition in 1942, appears here in its \u003cstrong\u003eFirst Commercial Recording\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe album was recorded in the atmospheric Archivio Storico Diocesano in Vigevano, Italy, in November 2024, and presents all five works with the intimate scale they would originally have enjoyed — a small string ensemble closely shadowing the lute's voice, the harpsichord and theorbo grounding the texture below.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eMascardi plays a 14-course swan-neck baroque lute by Cezar Mateus, and the ensemble's instruments span four centuries of lutherie, from anonymous 18th-century originals to modern reconstructions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvangelina Mascardi, Lute\r\nEstrovagante\r\nRiccardo Doni, Harpsichord \u0026amp; Direction\r\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcana","offers":[{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742996476228,"sku":"A593-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742996508996,"sku":"A593-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742996541764,"sku":"A593-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742996574532,"sku":"A593-5","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56742996607300,"sku":"A593-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57333877866820,"sku":"A593-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/A593.jpg?v=1790424284","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/a593-beyond-vivaldi-lute-concertos","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}