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Release Date: Tuesday 6 January 2004
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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 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 has performed throughout Europe and North America, including solo recitals in the Festival of Flanders, London's Purcell Room, the Utrecht Festival and the "Music Before 1800" event in New York City. In 2000 he gave solo performances at the Lufthansa Baroque Festival in London, Bavarian Radio's Bach Night in Munich and presented a special tribute to Silvius Weiss for the city of Dresden.
On Naxos, Robert Barto's four volumes of baroque lute sonatas by Silvius Weiss and a CD of the complete solo works of Bernhard Hagen - recordings that have met with great enthusiasm from critics and the buying public alike.
Lute Sonata in B flat major
01. Andante 05:17
02. Allegro ma non troppo 05:22
03. Allegretto 03:45
Lute Sonata in D minor
04. Adagio 04:29
05. Allegro ma non tanto 05:00
06. Allegro moderato 04:06
Lute Sonata in E flat major
07. Maestoso 04:24
08. Affetuoso 04:42
09. Allegretto 03:00
Lute Sonata in F minor
10. Largo 03:53
11. Allegro 03:41
12. Gustoso 03:53
Lute Sonata in F major
13. Andantino 03:56
14. Allegro 05:01
15. Gustoso 03:51
Locatelli: Variations (transcr. Hagen)
16. Locatelli: Variations 07:48