Product Details

• Actors: Robin McFarlane
• Directors: Ronn McFarlane
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: July 11, 2008
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001ASKH7W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #399,652 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

In this DVD performance, Ronn McFarlane plays a number of his own lute compositions a well as music of the 16th and 17th centuries. From the Middle Ages through the Age of Enlightenment, lutenists wrote and performed their own music along with the popular

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A DVD of an accomplished lute player but not a lutenist, December 21, 2008

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China Geordie (Macau, via Hong Kong Macau) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mel Bay presents Ronn McFarlane - Contemporary Lute Virtuoso (DVD)

I bought this DVD expecting a repertoire of lute music with which I'm familiar - including Ronn McFarlane's recordings of Renaissance and Scottish lute pieces. I should have realized that 'contemporary lute virtuoso' meant that he would be featuring his own compositions which for me are better suited to mandora or even twelve string guitar. As it stands, this DVD demonstrates Ronn as an accomplished lute player, but not a lutenist. Nevertheless it's worth buying for those like me who love the lute. It's such a pity that there aren't more DVDs of concerts performed by master lutenists: Paul O'Dette; Nigel North; Jakob Lindberg; Konrad Ragossnig; David Parsons; Jacob Heringman; Parkinson Smith etc. Why aren't they recording on DVD? It's a crushing disappointment - I mean this DVD and the lack of any alternatives available from Amazon.