Hopkinson Smith plays Renaissance Lute Music

Lutenist Hopkinson Smith plays Italian and French Renaissance lute music including Dalza, Spinacino, and Attaingnant at the Conservatorio Vivaldi di Alessandria (Italy). This comes via Edoardo Lambertenghi’s excellent YouTube channel. Beautiful playing and some of my favourite repertoire of the Renaissance. This is the first time I’ve featured Smith despite having listened to him for years and owning a ton of his excellent recordings. Enjoy.

Repertoire

  • Joan Ambrosio Dalza – Pavana alla veneziana 0:26
  • Francesco Spinacino
    • Recercare 23 4:15
    • Recercare 12 6:18
  • Joan Ambrosio Dalza
    • Caldibi castegliano 10:15
    • Calata alla Spagnola ditto terzetti 11:58
  • Pierre Attaingnant
    • Sauterelle 17:22
    • Branle de Poictou 18:56
Bradford Werner
Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.

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