Ryosuke Sakamoto grew up to the sound of European music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and baroque. His devotion and love of the lute is embedded in his very being to the extent that he can read and play directly from 16th & 17th century notations, including tablatures (fingering notations). This release is part of his story.

Played on an 8-course Renaissance lute.

Contents:
The Renaissance
Spain
01. Fantasia - Luys Milan
02. Pavana - Luys Milan
03. Fantasia - Alonso Mudarra
04. Mille regrez - Luys de Narvaez
05. Una baxa de contrapuncto - Luys de Narvaez
06. Diferencias - Antonio de Cabezon

Italy
07. Recercare - Francesco Spinacino
08. 2 ricercari - Francesco de Milano
09. Fantasia XV - Simone Molinaro
10. Fantasia I - Simone Molinaro

England
11. What if a day ... - John Dowland
12. The Right Honorable ... - John Dowland
13. Fantasia - John Dowland
14. Des Rotschencken Tantz - William Brade

The Baroque
Italy and Germany
15. Toccata VI - Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger
16. Gagliarda III - Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger
17. Preludium - Johann Sebastian Bach
18. Gavotte en Rondeau - Johann Sebastian Bach
19. Passacaille - Silvius Leopold Weiss
20. Arpeggio - Carl Friedrich Abel

The 19th Century and Later
Piano music
21. La Chevaleresque - Norbert Burgmüller
22. La fille aux Cheveux ... - Claude Debussy

Swedish Folk Music
23. Såsom stjärnan ... - Trad./arr.: Sven Berger
24. Springlåt från Lima ... - Trad./arr.: Sven Berger

Finale
Spain
25. Marizapalos - versions by Gaspar Sanz & Santiago de Murzia