Ciacona

There are other arrangements of this famous piece in print, but we think this version, by Weiss expert and guitarist Claudia Tornsäufer, is the best: "This Ciacona (Chaconne) was originally the last movement of a suite composed for flute and lute. Only the lute part survives today in its original manuscript form; in fact, not a single one of Weiss' ensemble works has survived the centuries intact. This lute part consists of soloistic passages, which shows us that these duets were written with two equally important, almost independent parts in mind." --from the arranger's Introduction.