L’Arte del Mandolino barocco


Jade, Universal France 2007

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Sinfonia Brescianello. Allegro
adminSinfonia Brescianello. Allegro
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Concerto in G Maggiore Vivaldi II. Andante
adminConcerto in G Maggiore Vivaldi II. Andante
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Symphonie Van Maldere I. Allegro
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Symphonie XIII. Van Maldere. Presto Risoluto
adminSymphonie XIII. Van Maldere. Presto Risoluto

The program on this cd will immerse you in the Baroque world of the mandolin, a universe where exuberance and opulence are sovereign, and skittishness flirts with bizarrerie and madness. No music has been as vigorously energetic as that of the Baroque period, which is a hymn to life, feelings, and emotions, the striving for detail and beauty, le beau éternel… It is therefore a great fresco of life itself that awaits you when you enter the magical world of plucked string instruments: a plethora of images, sounds and colours, light and shadow. « Is it not strange that sheep’s guts should hale souls of men’s bodies? » Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, II, 3


Artemandoline

Juan Carlos Muñoz  Baroque mandolinMari Fe Pavón Baroque mandolinManuel Muñoz Baroque guitarAlla Tolkacheva Baroque baroque mandola & baroque mandolinFrancesco Civitareale Contrebasse

REVIEW

[...] the excellent virtuosos of Artemandoline have chosen to adapt to each nail or plectrum each instrumental part of a judiciously selected repertoire ... precious moments ... fluid texture. Their audacity is fully rewarded ... A success.

Roger-Claude Travers, Diapason