Juan Carlos Muñoz, Artemandoline - Arte Mandoline: Dall’Abaco, Castello, D. Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Arrigoni, Matteis, Weiss, Fasch, Uccellini (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 330 Mb | Total time: 61:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: K617 | K617 238 | Recorded: 2011
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 330 Mb | Total time: 61:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: K617 | K617 238 | Recorded: 2011
This disc is a real plucker’s delight featuring not only the skills of three leading mandolinists – Juan Carlos Muñoz, Mari Fe Pavón and Alla Tolkacheva – but also a continuo section consisting of baroque guitar, harpsichord and (anachronistically) Renaissance lute; even the violone and gamba are usually played pizzicato. Together they romp through a programme of concerti and sonatas by Dall’Abaco, Arrigoni, Matteis, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sigismund Weiss (rather than his more famous brother Sylvius Leopold), Fasch and of course Vivaldi; with a doffof their tricorns in the direction of earlier baroque composers Castello and Uccellini. This is joyous, glorious music-making.