Esaias Reusner: Lute Music

by Toyohiko Satoh

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1.	Suite B-Dur Praeludium 02:12	buy track
2.	Suite B-Dur Sonatina 02:25	buy track
3.	Suite B-Dur Allemanda 03:48	buy track
4.	Suite B-Dur Courant 02:05	buy track
5.	Suite B-Dur Sarabanda 02:01	buy track
6.	Suite B-Dur Aria 01:48	buy track
7.	Suite B-Dur Gigue 01:31	buy track
8.	Suite B-Dur Ciacona 04:22	buy track
9.	Suite A-moll Allemanda 04:04	buy track
10.	Suite A-moll Courante 02:20	buy track
11.	Suite A-moll Sarabanda 02:00	buy track
12.	Suite A-moll Aria 01:38	buy track
13.	Suite A-moll Gigue 02:26	buy track
14.	Suite G-moll Allemanda 03:00	buy track
15.	Suite G-moll Courante 01:41	buy track
16.	Suite G-moll Sarabanda 01:51	buy track
17.	Suite G-moll Aria 01:17	buy track
18.	Suite G-moll Gigue 01:09	buy track
19.	Suite G-moll Aria II 01:16	buy track
20.	Suite D-Dur Sonatina 03:43	buy track
21.	Suite D-Dur Allemande 03:04	buy track
22.	Suite D-Dur Courant 01:39	buy track
23.	Suite D-Dur Sarabanda 01:59	buy track
24.	Suite D-Dur Gavotte 01:28	buy track
25.	Suite D-Dur Gigue 02:06	buy track
26.	Suite D-Dur Passagalia 05:11	buy track

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Toyohiko Satoh, Lute: The lute music of German Esaias Reusner (1639-1679): Zen & Baroque Music

This new solo album of world-renowned Japanese lute master Toyohiko Satoh (佐藤豊彦) 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 CD 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 himself, letting the music unfold by itself. Reusner’s music becomes a quiet musical meditation that transcends time and space.

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"There can be little doubt that Satoh and Reusner are a winning team, the soothing and understated voice of what Satoh playfully terms ‘my ancient Greiff lute’ proving a subtly compelling vehicle for what emerges as a gently persuasive musical offering. [...]
In drawing a distinction between Bach as ‘an extremely gifted composer’ and Reusner as ‘just a lutenist’, Satoh is perhaps stating the obvious, but his generosity towards the more humble figure of Reusner is what brings this music to life. Despite a plentiful but never excessive dose of ornamentation, the transparency of Reusner’s language is respected and retained throughout. Perhaps the prevailing quality of Satoh’s interpretations is their ever-present sense of space. Every note is allowed to breathe, to an extent that the listener is not only conscious of where it starts, but also where it stops."

P. Fowles, Lute news 120, Dec. 2016

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released May 1, 2016

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Toyohiko Satoh Kumamoto, Japan

Japanese lutenist, composer & tea master. Chasing the spirit of Zen.

佐藤豊彦
日本のリュート奏者、作曲家、茶人。

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