Described as “a supremely refined, elegant, cerebral musician” (Ottawa Citizen), Sylvain Bergeron is a master of the lute and plucked strings family of instruments, including theorbo, archlute and baroque guitar.

On this new solo Atma recording, Bergeron performs a selection of lute pieces from The Doni Lute Book, a manuscript compiled between 1620 and 1640 and preserved at the Archivio di Stato di Perugia (State Archive of Perugia, Italy).

The Doni Lute book is both an anthology and a manual. It contains a large number of unique and never recorded pieces, and it bears witness to the wealth of Italian lute music from the beginning of the 17th century.

Track Listing:
PIECES IN F
1. (Toccata)
2. Corrente Francese
3. Corrente del Falconieri (Andrea Falconier)
4. Gagliarda
5. Corrente
6. Corrente

PIECES IN G MINOR
7. Toccata del Tedesco (Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger)
8. (Ciaccona)
9. Toccata del Sr. Arcangelo (Archangelo Lori)
10. Corrente Francese
 
PIECES IN B FLAT
11. Corrente
12. Corrente
13. Ciaccone
14. Gagliarda del Falconieri (Andrea Falconieri)
15. (Eco corrente)

PIECES IN G MINOR
16. (Toccata)
17. (Toccata)
18. Corrente Francese
19. Gagliarda
 
PIECES IN C MINOR
20. Toccata del Tedesco (Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger)
21. (Corrente)
22. Corrente
23. Corrente Francese
24. Passagaglia
25. Corrente