François Dufaut - Sarabande & Double in G minor for Baroque Lute
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- François Dufaut ( before 1604 - around 1672)
Sarabande and Double in G minor
Played by Antoine Pansera
Instrument: 13 course Baroque Lute by Laurent St-Jacques
Strings : Aquila gut trebles, Gamut gut for octave and Aquila loaded synthetic bass
Audio and Video: René Paradis
François Dufaut or Dufault, also spelled Fault or Faulx, born before 1604 in Bourges and died around 1672, was a French lutenist and composer. He trained as a lutenist with Denis Gaultier, of whom he was a pupil around 1630. Dufaut apparently traveled a lot: he can still be found in England in 1669. Not a lot of information remains of his life , but during his lifetime he enjoyed an excellent reputation as an instrumentalist, which is demonstrated in numerous contemporary sources where he was described as one of the greatest lutenists of his time. He left us 165 works, including this short Sarabande + Double of a suite in G minor.
Quel plaisir d’écouter une splendide sarabande en cette belle journée ensoleillée. Grand merci pour ce très beau moment musical qui nous fait voyager dans le temps avec de superbes sonorités. 🙏👍
Merci beaucoup JFrid, content que cela te plaise; j'ai découvert la musique de Dufaut il y a quelques mois à peine! Bon jeudi ensoleillé 🙂
@@baroquelute Honnêtement c’est superbe ! 👍
you always play the instrument with a lot of happiness and smiling and it's nice to see, and you play very well.
😀Thank you very much Marco! The writing is really idiomatic for the instrument, as you can see the hand on the fingerboard hardly has to move so yes it's very pleasant to play; especially compared to some classical guitar transcriptions!
Bravo pour cette magnifique performance 🎶👌👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Merci beaucoup Rumibo 😃
Bravo! I love this sarabande!
Yes, probably one of the best pieces by Dufaut, Thanks!
Most divine sounds, celestial sounds,
Many thanks Carlos, the French Baroque lute repertoire sounds heavenly!
Such a wonderful piece. You did a great job. Bravo !!!
Many Thanks FetschiGuitar, Dufaut is not played very often but this little Sarabande deserves to be.
Merci pour ce beau partage 👏👍🎶😊🎷
Ça me fait vraiment plaisir hôp! 🙂
Très beau...
😀Merci à nouveau!
Je me disais "si la gigue est déjà aussi dramatique, qu'est--ce que ça doit être la sarabande!". Fichtre! Faut avoir le coeur bien accroché, ça bouscule! 🥲
Bravo en tout cas! 👏
Merci beaucoup Laurent! Honnêtement, je préfère de loin cette Sarabande+Double à la Gigue; j'ai lu et écouté quelques suites de Dufaut et il s'agit peut-être de sa plus belle oeuvre. C'est souvent les pièces les plus simples qui au final nous marquent davantage!
C'est vraiment beau, merci Antoine pour cette découverte
À nouveau, merci beaucoup Mallorca!! Presque tout ce répertoire français pour luth est une découverte assez récente pour moi aussi.
Bravo ! Superbe ! J'ai finalement pu commander un des rares CDs d'Hopkinson Smith dont le disque sur ce compositeur remonte à ses débuts ... Il a dû faire mieux depuis ...
Compliments !
Merci beaucoup Roger!! Au passage, je viens de vous envoyer sur le forum un lien pour l'interprétation par Schaeffer. Bonne journée,🙂
C'est très bien mon ami.
Merci beaucoup!
Sounds amazing!! Love it!
Thanks a lot Sean 🙂
Wow I am delightfully charmed to hear that great piece. Bravo Antoine !
Glad to still be able to charm you after all these years! ;)
Wow!
Merci beaucoup Sandra 😃
Superbe
Merci! Est-ce Vasilia?
Ben oui
@@VS-sl4kf Démasquée!🙃
One of the most poignant piece for the baroque lute. Bravo!
And by the way, I observe that you have changed the treble strings from Gamut gut to Aquila gut. Did you change it simply for the sake of experiment/preference, or because of breakage issues? I strung my 13c lute in Loaded CD string + Nylgut setup, and I'm considering changing my trebles to gut, but I'm hesitating because of durability problems. Would you be kind to share experience with gut strings, especially your subjective opinions on the tone, durability, feel, etc.? Thank you.
Hi Dr. Claveciniste, thanks for your comment! I totally agree with you, I sight-read 2 complete Dufaut suites and this Sarabande really stood out. As for the strings, for many years I just played on nylgut + regular Aquila basses. Then I changed after my basses for CD basses (same setup as yours), and I think that's a plus because these basses are very stable and have a darker and deeper timbre. I've only recently experimented with real gut for trebles and octaves, and while I love and respect Aquila as a company, I have to say Gamut's Gut strings are superior. I tried the Aquila whole unsplit lamb gut and, although the tone was better than nylgut, nylon or carbon, I got strings that were impossible to tune properly right from the start. The durability was really not long and the chanterelles broke after just a few days. I also tried the Aquila beef gut, which are much less expensive, have a similar timbre and better manufacturing uniformity. The Gamut strings, although expensive, has by far the best tone and the best durability. If you have never tried gut, I highly recommend that you try it, at least once, the first days are just magical (except for tuning part 😂). Regarding the general use of gut strings versus synthetic strings, I would say this: octaves and even courses 4 and 5 will last a long time; but concerning the chanterelle and the third course after some time (a few days for the chanterelle if you play a lot!), they start to fray and becomes too sharp when you go up in position on the fingerboard. This is, in my opinion, the main defect of gut strings, because I can tolerate paying more, tuning more often or changing my strings frequently for the delicious timbre that gut provides; but playing on strings that cannot be tuned is an irritant. So be sure to buy extra chanterelle! Hope that helps,
Nyimak bosku 😘 salam santun dari pendatang baru ❤ semoga sehat dan makin sukses lagi kedepannya Amin 🤲!!
Terima kasih banyak atas komentar Anda dan semoga hari Anda menyenangkan!
Thanks for playing Dufault. He is not played enough. What are all the body-frets on that lute? Whose idea was that?
Thanks a lot Brad. Yes, Dufault is rarely played, I'm working on a Gigue from him at the moment. Regarding the extra frets, I did that myself with ebony strips. Took me 7 hours just to do this as I'm not a luthier and have very basic woodworking skills. I recently transcribed a bit of avant-garde music on the lute a needed those treble notes. Have a nice day,🙂
@@baroquelute Thanks for explaining. I am glad that you are experimenting with contemporary music for lute. Looking forward to hearing the results.
Very nice , Antoine! Why did you remove the guitars behind you on the wall?
Hi Stefan, I had to make some room for new incoming instruments (!) 😉. I gave my mandolin as I was not playing it (not really into plectrum+metal strings...), and 2 small guitars that are for my boys that I was just keeping in my music room. I still have my 4 classical but they are mostly in their case when not in my hands. On another subject, I know that you often play without nails on your Stenzel. Have tried Aquila Ambra 900? Recently tried it and I really liked it, especially with no nails. Cheers my friend,
@@baroqueluteHi Antoine, no I'm playing with nails again because I was having trouble playing pieces with thicker textures or faster pieces.
But there are pieces where I really enjoyed playing without nails. But the time will come when the nails break again. Maybe I'll switch back to no-nail playing for a while.
Other no-nail players have recommended this brand of strings to me.
You play them on your Stenzel?
Would like to hear how they sound on a Stenzel.
@@StefanNiggl Yes, I'll try soon the Ambra on my Stenzel. So far, from Aquila, I have played with Sugar, Alchemia and Perla on the Stenzel; among those the Alchemia are the best. Have a nice day,
Where did you find the score for this suite ? Seems impossible to find anywhere haha
Thank you and sorry for the late reply. I have this suite in a book that is not online, but I found another transcription for you: check Richard Civiol lute website, Baroque French music section Dufaut suite in g minor. Cheers,
Is this in one of the alternative tunings like some of Dufaut's other works?
Hello Thomas, this one is standard G minor tuning for 11 course lute (usual d minor tuning on 6 first courses, and the 9th course down to Eb). Cheers,
te recomiendo el preludio y allemande, No. 24 in E-Flat Major, WeissSW 30. Muy bella obra,
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¡Muchas gracias por la sugerencia! Actualmente estoy trabajando en Weiss, una Courante en re menor; puede despues? Gracias de nuevo y que tenga un buen día,