Robert Barto is an American musician-lutenist. Longtime resident of Germany… Read Full Bio ↴Robert Barto is an American musician-lutenist. Longtime resident of Germany, he is active worldwide. He performed solo baroque lute recitals at the Festival of Flanders, Purcell Room in London, Utrecht Festival and "Music Before 1800" in New York. In 2000, He gave solo performances at the Lufthansa Baroque Festival in London, Bavarian Radio's Bach Night in Munich and a special tribute to Sylvius Leopold Weiss in Dresden.
Robert Barto graduated from the University of California, San Diego, having specialised in historical lute performance. A Fulbright scholarship brought him to Europe, where he continued his studies with Michael Schaeffer in Cologne and Eugen Müller-Dombois in Basle.
In 1984, he was awarded first prize at the International Lute Competition in Toronto, as well as top prize in a competition of all the instrumental soloists at the Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges, Belgium.
Robert Barto's eleven volumes of baroque lute sonatas by Sylvius Leopold Weiss and 2 CDs of the complete solo works of Bernhard Joachim Hagen have met with great enthusiasm from critics and the public alike. He is considered the foremost interpreter of works by Weiss and Hagen.
Robert Barto graduated from the University of California, San Diego, having specialised in historical lute performance. A Fulbright scholarship brought him to Europe, where he continued his studies with Michael Schaeffer in Cologne and Eugen Müller-Dombois in Basle.
In 1984, he was awarded first prize at the International Lute Competition in Toronto, as well as top prize in a competition of all the instrumental soloists at the Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges, Belgium.
Robert Barto's eleven volumes of baroque lute sonatas by Sylvius Leopold Weiss and 2 CDs of the complete solo works of Bernhard Joachim Hagen have met with great enthusiasm from critics and the public alike. He is considered the foremost interpreter of works by Weiss and Hagen.
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Alemande
Robert Barto Lyrics
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Любовь Вайкерт
Невыразимая печаль
Открыла два огромных глаза,—
Цветочная проснулась ваза
И выплеснула свой хрусталь.
Вся комната напоена
Истомой — сладкое лекарство!
Такое маленькое царство
Так много поглотило сна.
Немного красного вина,
Немного солнечного мая —
И, тоненький бисквит ломая,
Тончайших пальцев белизна.
О.Мандельштам
jwhill7
If Weiss had left us with music for orchestra, voices, or keyboard, he would be routinely mentioned along with Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi. If he is not, it is likely because lute music is, today, not easily accessible to the musical public, except on recordings, such as these. Still, Barto's playing is outstanding in all respects and a pleasure to hear.
Philippe Huysmans
@DieFlabbergast : I do NOT agree, composing a rich counterpoint is just the same whether you write it of organ, chamber orchestra or lute. Please! Seems very improbable that J.S. Bach was unaware of that gem (Weiss). Open your ears, you will find many similarities in the two composers. Of course Bach was ahead, but, remind me, did someone ever surpass J.S. Bach? Even Mozart feeled like a toddler when he discovered his partitions...
Melinda Lemmon
He did.
John-Paul DeRosa
@DieFlabbergast Nice comment--very helpful.
Tim Johns
@Neil Walsh you
Tim Johns
@Sam Eash you
Douglas Hemerly
Muito lindo. Me acalma. Coisa que vem de Deus.
elway bevin
Wonderful playing... absolutely. And Weiss is absolutely under-appreciated.
Howard Maynard
I have loved this guy to bits since a long time...he is transcendatally mystic, wise, powerful and graceful...
wilfred damon
Some musicologists suggest that 'Weiss' might have been a pseudonym used for Bach lute compositions.