Ennemond Gaultier ("Le Vieux Gaultier", 1575-1651), Pièces de luth - Hopkinson Smith
Astrée 8703 | EAC FLAC Lossless + scans + tablature | ~ 320 MB
The greatest Baroque lute composer performed by the greatest lute player.
Joyeux Noël, scarabou!
Contents:
Suite in D minor
1. Prélude
2. Tombeau de Mezangeau
3. L'Adieu
4. Canaries
5. Les dernieres paroles ou Testament de Mezangeau
6. Courante
7. La poste
Suite in F# minor
8. Prélude
9. Allemande, La pompe funèbre
10. Courantes
11. Sarabande
12. Gigue
13. Rondeau
14. La chevre
Suite in A major
15. Prélude
16. Chaconne
17. La pleureuse & double
18. La maribelle
19. Sarabande
20. Canaries
21. La cascade
Instrument: 11-string lute, Joel van Lennep
Playing time: 71'
Recording date: June 1987
On Gaultier see: http://www.musicologie.org/Biographies/g/gaultier_ennemond.html
This post also includes the lute tablature (score) of the complete works of the Gaultiers (Ennemond and Denis), in two volumes, in the transcription of Richard Civiol.
Download:
http://www.ftp2share.com/file/11303/GaultierHopkinsonSmith.html
See also my previous post of the lute works of Jacques Gallot played by Hopkinson Smith: http://avaxhome.ws/music/gallot-lute-hopkinson-smith.html

The CD in FLAC, cover and liner (booklet) scans included:
http://rapidshare.com/files/8791707/GaultierHopkinsonSmith.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/8791677/GaultierHopkinsonSmith.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/8773951/GaultierHopkinsonSmith.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/8773892/GaultierHopkinsonSmith.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/8755773/GaultierHopkinsonSmith.part5.rar
If you have no rapidshare account, then begin with the last file - it's only 3 MB, so that after that you can immediately download any of the other files.
The tablature (score) of the complete works of the Gaultiers (Ennemond and Denis), in two volumes, in the transcription of Richard Civiol:
http://rapidshare.com/files/8824602/Gaultier_Complete_1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/8824603/Gaultier_Complete_2.rar
Both are only 200 KB, so it is the best to begin download with them.