[jegreenwood]

After Bach (ignoring the debate over the instrument for which he composed), I like Weiss. I have a box set by Cardin from Brilliant, but I slightly prefer Barto on Naxos. I have the first three volumes and listen to the rest on Tidal. I also have individual albums by several other performers.

I love Scarlatti on guitar, especially the album made by Narciso Yepes.

 

[jegreenwood]

I love the Peter Pears/Julian Bream collaborations on Dowland. Those records (back in the day) inspired me to pick up the lute. And since I'm fond of a good song, Dowland has always gotten the nod as my favorite lute composer. I mean, he writes good songs, he's the "Eric Clapton" of his day on the lute......and he does all of this while working for MI5.

One of the odder discs in my collection is Jakob Lindberg playing the complete Dowland lute music - on one disc. It's a single layer/stereo only SACD that runs more than 4 hours.

Of course, after I bought it, Brilliant released a 4 disc set of the same performances for less than the SACD. And as I'm almost certain the Lindberg disc is upsampled redbook - I think the liner notes say so - I would have saved money had I purchased the set.