Favorite Recordings of Classical Mandolin

[Jim Garber]

I think I have that d'alton lp digitized. I found his Beethoven a little jarring to my ears but. Maybe it was because I did not expect it.

[Miko]

The new CD of Carlo Aonzo and Rene Izquierdo playing Paganini is truly awesome. Wonderful music performed incredibly well. Saw them doing excerpts from this as well as other things in Columbus a couple of weeks ago. Breathtaking!

[mandopops]

I'll 2nd the motion on the D'Alton LP. I like his jamming on the repeats, especially on the "D Major". The last section he gets a 'Ragtime' feel going between the Mandolin & Piano. I need to dub it to CD for myself so I can listen to them more often.

[ian s]

is there a cd available that comprises a good selection of favourites ?

Ian

[Dan Cohen]

The new CD of Carlo Aonzo and Rene Izquierdo playing Paganini is truly awesome. Wonderful music performed incredibly well. Saw them doing excerpts from this as well as other things in Columbus a couple of weeks ago. Breathtaking!

I agree with all of the above. Just got the Paganini and love it. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Howard Frye's "Gypsy Mandolin".

[margora]

I have many favorite recordings but if I had to choose some "desert island" discs, they would be Gertrud Weyhofen's integral recording of the Calace Preludes and Katsia Prakopchyk, "Mandolino Contemporaneo".

[Eugene]

So many... I agree with all the recommendations given here. I do want to point out that North's Vivaldi recording was not made with anything like a modern mandolin, but rather a six-course, gut-strung instrument tuned g-b-e'-a'-d''-g''. I also want to proudly gloat that Aonzo-Izquierdo's fine new Paganini CD was first released to the public at their concert here in Columbus. ...And buy all the recordings discussed here! ...And then buy a few more for good measure. There aren't enough of us who do.

[Eugene]

One listed here that I do not have is "Haydn in England." Can you share a little detail of the mandolin to appear on the CD, Margriet, and possibly where I could find it?

Cheers,
E

[Margriet]

One listed here that I do not have is "Haydn in England." Can you share a little detail of the mandolin to appear on the CD, Margriet, and possibly where I could find it?

Cheers,
E

Eugene, here is more information about the CD.

Title: Haydn in England
Monica Westheimer : harpsichord & fortepiano
Bente Vist: soprano
Tove Flensborg: mandolin. Tove plays a Embergher 5bis 1927 and Embergher/Cerrone 5bis 1953.

It contents Scottish and Welsh songs for soprano, mandolin and harpsichord , Sonata for harpsichord and Scottish Songs for soprano, mandolin and fortepiano.
( BTW- should have been called: British, regarding Scotland and Wales)

The label is CDKlassisk, website http://cdklassisk.dkhttp://cdklassisk.dk/product_info.ph...fdb1fd3853db4d

Margriet

[Eugene]

Thanks, Margriet.

[Joel Glassman]

Some favorites:
Duetto Giocondo--Baroque Music For Mandolin And Lute
Lichtenberg, Caterina & Silke Lisko--Duo Galante
Artemandoline Baroque Ensemble--L'Arte Del Mandolino Barocco
Schneider, Christian--Mandoline Galante
Marshall, Mike & Caterina Lichtenberg--Mike Marshall & Caterina Lichtenberg
Troster, Gertrude--Nakano
Duetto Giocondo--Sonate Per Mandolino E Basso
Reuven, Jacob & Alon Sariel--Sources
Mair Davis Duo--Spanish Serenade
Harris, Keith--The Virtuoso Mandolin
Duo Caprichioso--Volume 1
Ahlert & Schwab Duo--Weiss & Hoffman Sonatas

[Eugene]

An intriguing and 18th-c.-heavy list, Joel.