"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" was a big hit for Elvis Presley in 1960, but is much older than that, written by Roy Turk and Lou Handman in 1926. My arrangement for two mandolins and tenor guitar is from (CC A-SA, 4.0): https://musescore.com/user/1089156/scores/5461099 Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin (x2) Vintage Viaten tenor guitar Martin
Nice recording,Martin. And interesting historical background.
Well done Martin!
Nice one, Martin! I have never heard this as an instrumental before, and it certainly works here.
A very good recording Martin. There is a subtle contradiction somehow - hearing just the music makes me picture Elvis, sitting alone in an Italian restaurant with vino and half-eaten pizza but being comforted by some mandolin player outside in the street. OTOH the anonymous, empty, elegant loneliness expressed in the Edward Hopper paintings bears no hope of such an antidote (which would go with Elvis' singing because that doesn't either). Two worlds side by side.
Many thanks, Frithjof, Robert, John and Bertram! It's an enjoyable tune to play on mandolin (as is "La Vie En Rose") -- one of those melodies that is so imprinted in the brain that the mandolin almost plays itself. Martin
Another bump for another beautiful waltz!
Lovely version, Frank, and I really like the absence of any tremolo throughout (but then, I am not a tremolo person; others will certainly differ here). Your Pava has enough sustain to make the tremolo redundant. Once again the backing suits the mood of the tune so well.
The Pava really sings in your hands, Frank. Great use of vibrato and double stops to add variation-
Outstanding!
Thanks Martin for introducing this song and Frank for reintroducing it!
Vive la difference…the expression being used in a broad sense.
Great stuff, Frank and Christian. I love this song on mandolins -- we play the setting I came up with frequently with our group -- and both of you put your own inimitable style on your recordings. Frank with all his silky fills and ornamentations which fit so organically into the melody notes and Christian with a sophisticated guitar part to go with the smooth mandolin. Martin
Beautiful interpretation!
Good sounding recording by Christian!
Lovely version, Christian. Fine pictures too!