SILVIUS LEOPOLD WEISS (1687-1750)
The Dresden Manuscript

Sonata in A major
1 Vivace 2:25
2 Allegro 3:34
3 Largo 3:51
4 Presto 5:26

Sonata in C major
5 Andante 3:56
6 1mo Allegro / 2do Allegro 7:14
7 Largo 4:17
8 Tempo di Minuetto 3:12

Sonata in B flat major*
9 Adagio 3:07
10 Allegro 5:37
11 Grave 1:48
12 Allegro 3:07

Sonata in D major
13 Spiritoso 2:35
14 Allegro assai 6:15
15 Un poco Andante 4:07
16 Allegro 2:53

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About this album

Both Robert Barto and the late Karl-Ernst Schröder have been linked to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland for many years. On this 1998 recording originally released on Symphonia, the two lutenists present the rarely heard but achingly beautiful music for lute duo by Sylvius Leopold Weiss. The preparation of this recording implied the painstaking reconstruction of the missing lute parts, a work carried out by Schröder himself. On one of the sonatas, the duo is joined by cellist Gaetano Nasillo.