Claves Record

Silvius Leopold Weiss: volume II of the complete sonatas performed by Yasunori Imamura

The first volume of this set featuring the complete lute sonatas by Silvius Leopold Weiss, which was released by Claves in 2006, was crowned with a number of awards including a magnificent Diapason d’or. Two years later Japanese lute player Yasunori Imamura, who now resides in Switzerland, is back with the second volume dedicated to the Baroque master admired by Bach himself. Imamura, a musician with vast experience (a soloist and continuo player in demand by the greats: Les Musiciens du Louvre, Cecilia Bartoli, Gérard Lesne, Teresa Berganza…) and numerous recordings (more than 100) to his name, has hit the mark again with his unique manner of interpreting Weiss’ music, dignified and whimsical at the same time.