German luthier Hans Haider presents his self-developed 7-string "lute-guitar".
We already met Haider a while ago here on the Hideaway. See the elder post for some info on him and his lute-guitar.
Today's album is his first recording featuring that lute-guitar. It was recorded at his private studio in Hamburg, partly with his trio, Lucas Lindholm on bass and Helge Fischer, drums. Haider used to play concerts of classical guitar music, but when these solo concerts started to bore him, he added a rhythm section and began playing jazz and Latin American stuff alongside the classical standards.
Haider mentioned in interviews that the lute-guitar allows the musician to play all kinds of lute and guitar music without the need to change instruments. To prove this point, it seems, he picked a broad selection of typical guitar and lute tunes for his first lute-guitar album. There's virtuoso pieces like "Malaguena" and "Asturias", there's Django Reinhard, Luiz Bonfá, Bach, a movie theme etc. My favourite, though, is the one original piece here, "Fine".
Hans Haider: And His Lute-Guitar
Polydor 2371 610, West-Germany, 1975
Side 1
Malaguena (Lecouona) 4'47
Prelude (J. S. Bach) 3'33
Nuages (Reinhard) 3'27
My Lady Hunssdon's Puffe (Dowland) 1'42
ManhadeCamaval (L. Bonfa) 3'45
Romance de Espania (Anonymus) 1 '53
Side 2
Asturias (Albeniz) 7'30
Johnny Guitar (Young/Lee) 3'30
The House Of The Rising Sun (Trad.) 2'43
Fine (Haider) 3'30
Hans Haider (Lautarre) & his Trio
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Many thanks, PR. I'm looking forward to hearing this.
My pleasure, Phillip!
This is sure my kind of stuff, well done!
What a gem of an album! Thanks so much. Love the sound of the "Lutarra".
Any chance for a re-up of the older Haider post from 2013? The links all seem to be dead.
Thanks again.
-peacenik
Re-up will come, peacenik. Check back in a few days.
As you said, the song selections here comprise a very eclectic album. Haider's technique is extremely clean and classical in nature and he executes all of these tunes very nicely. I think his classical technique and approach at times renders some of the less formal pieces a bit "academic" sounding but overall I like this album a lot. Thanks for another Haider LPR!
Gracias! Looking forward to it!
-peacenik
Many thanks LPR. Not heard him before but I enjoyed his playing. Look fwd to your repost of his other album.
Thanks, Porco, for that wonderful Hans Haider album.
Here is a Haider discography (incomplete):
Gitarre am Abend (o.J.)
Summerland (1975)
Hans Haider und seine Lautarre (1975, Deutsche Grammophon)
Golden Country (1975/1987, Selected Sound / Dt. Austrophon)
Lautarre mal 2 (1977, Eulenspiegel)
Silver Flute & Guitar (1977, Selected Sound)
Traumland (1977, Selected Sound)
New Sound of Classical Guitar (1977, Selected Sound)
Alle Vögel sind schon da und andere Kinderlieder zum Mitsingen (1978, Deutsche Grammophon) mit Uwe Krämer
Music For My Friends (1979, Selected Sound / Dt. Austrophon)
Stille Nacht: Weihnachtslieder auf der Lautarre (1990/2010, Eulenspiegel)
Renaissance, Baroque & Romantik (1992, Selected Sound / Dt. Austrophon)
Land of Sunflowers (1987, Selected Sound / Dt. Austrophon)
Jazz Workshop (1993, Selected Sound / Dt. Austrophon)
Impressions on Lute Guitar (1995, Selected Sound / Dt. Austrophon)
Classic for Lute Guitar (1996, Selected Sound / Dt. Austrophon)
Canto General (1996, Eulenspiegel) mit Joe Perri und Uwe Lost
Beautiful Landscapes and Countryside Impressions (1999, Selected Sound / Dt. Austrophon)
On the Wings of Fantasy (2003, Membran Int.)
By the way, Porco: Finally, Studio Ghibli released "Porco Rosso", "Prinzessin Mononoke" and "Chihiro" on Blu-Ray! Excellent!!
Thanks Greeny.
From what i know, several of the albums for Selected Sound are "library records". But there's obviously also several more records featuring the Lautarre. Most of Haider's catalogue seems to be oop. Amazon lists only a few of the more recent titles.
And re Studio Ghibli - in the wake of Miyazaki's latest movie, several Ghibli classics where shown in cinema for the first time here in Germany. Man, was i happy!
Very nice.Thanks.Enjoyed the Neco you posted.btw if you want to check out my cd of Brazilian guitar music(you may recall our chat about Neco etc)thats now available for free download at Milan's Parallel Realities site.Heres the link-
http://parallelrealitiesmusic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/stu-blagden-englishman-in-rio-2014.html
Hope you like it!
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