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Daniel Shoskes : Patrons of the Lute.
A feast of baroque lute.

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The lute was a popular instrument for both professionals and amateurs in England and Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Professional lutenists required the patronage of the Court to make a living and indeed many of their students amongst the nobility became quite decent performers and composers in their own right. As an "amateur with a day job" myself, I want to pay homage to those whose love of music was expressed both through their compositions and their patronage of the full time professionals.

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The album opens with a Plainte by the great baroque lute composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss. This is not a plainte of love, but rather a complaint to an un-named patron who failed to pay his fee! There are two versions of this piece, one each in the London and Dresden manuscripts.

I have tried to use the best features of both.

A Patron who did support Weiss was Prince Hyacinth de Lobkowitz (1680-1734), in fact Weiss d