Bernhard Hofstotter, Ennemond Gaultier - Album for the Lute - Musik aus der ehem. Bibliothek von Dr. Werner Wolffheim (2023)

Up until a certain point in time between the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, the bulk of music one could perform or hear was vocal music. From plainchant, to liturgical psalms, to the most sublime polyphonic Masses of the high Renaissance, composers and performers did not yet have a solo instrument capable of producing multiple lines or voices simultaneously. The lute already existed, but based on the Arabian oud, its first examples only had four strings, which eventually became pairs (courses), then five and six courses, single bass strings were added, music notation was set down and by the early 17th century the instrument came into its own and was extremely popular until it was eclipsed by keyboard instruments. Predominant composers like Byrd, Dowland, Bach, etc... composed pieces for the lute.
Tracklist
01. (without title) – La Double – 2. Double
02. Gavotte – La Double
03. Sarabande – La Double
04. Sonata
05. Sarabande
06. Gigue – La Double
07. Chaconne in A Minor
08. Allemande – Double de la Precedente
09. Courante – La Double
10. (without title)
11. Sarabande – La Double
12. (without title)
13. Sarabande espagnole – d’une autre maniere – La Double
14. Ciaccona in A Major
15. Air – La Double
16. Sarabande – La Double
17. Aria, der Bettelmann genandt – La Double
18. Adieu de sa maitresse – La Double – Autrement
19. Gigue – La Double – La Double allegro – La Double
20. Ciacona