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12 works · 77:20

1 European Suite Konrad Wölki 9:49
Concerto in A majorCarlo Cecere 3 movements13:35
1. 2 Allegro Moderato 5:31
2. 3 Largo 3:46
3. 4 Grazioso 4:18
5 Folk Dance Robert Schulz 4:16
6 Par ci – Par la Peter Biber 3:27
7 Danza e Cantabile Raffaele Calace 5:30
Four Little WaltzesFried Walter 4 movements11:03
1. 8 Capriccioso 2:10
2. 9 Elegiaco 3:15
3. 10 Lirico 2:36
4. 11 Valse Espagnole 3:02
CataluñaWerner Dunnebeil 3 movements10:42
1. 12 Marcha 4:10
2. 13 Serenata 3:43
3. 14 Passodoble 2:49
15 Zufriedenheit Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2:10
16 An die Zither Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1:49
17 Salut d'Amour Sir Edward Elgar 3:45
18 Banderas 3:05
19 Katalanische Impressionen Fred Witt 8:09

Allow Salut d'Amour to take you on a musical journey from Italy to Mexico, from Spain to Germany. Concordia Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble has shaped a warm, atmospheric programme that moves easily between periods and places.

The range is deliberately eclectic: Mozart's An die Zither, Robert Schulz's Folk Dance, Biber's Par ci – Par la, and Elgar's title piece sit beside suites, waltzes and Catalan impressions written for the mandolin family.

Formed in 1978, the ensemble fields about thirty players on mandolins, mandolas, guitars, double bass and piano accordion, giving the disc its characteristic plucked glow.

Reviews

All in all, the disc offers a satisfying musical experience and it is hoped it will be the first of many more.

— The Melburnian

Artists

Concordia Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble

ensemble

Concordia Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble is a Melbourne plucked-strings chamber orchestra of about twenty-four players. Formed in 1978, its members perform on mandolins, mandolas, guitars, mandocello, double bass and piano accordion.

Sir Edward Elgar

composer

Edward Elgar’s music carries English romantic warmth into the concert hall: long-breathed melodies, rich harmony and tunes that lodge in the ear, from the intimate charm of Salut d’Amour to organ writing of near-symphonic scale.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He wrote over 600 works, many of them pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic and choral music, and remains among the most enduringly popular of classical composers.

Willi Althoff

composer

Willi Althoff composes and arranges music for mandolin orchestra. Among his works is a dance suite of foxtrots and a slow waltz for plucked strings.

Peter Biber

composer

Raffaele Calace

composer

Carlo Cecere

composer

Werner Dunnebeil

composer

Robert Schulz

composer

Robert Schulz writes for mandolin and guitar orchestra, placing dance energy and open colour beside folk tunes, waltzes and light classical favourites. His Folk Dance, Outback and A Celebration appear on Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra programmes built for shimmering plucked sound.

Fried Walter

composer

Fred Witt

composer

Fred Witt (1922–) was born in Dortmund and studied singing, composition, guitar, zither, accordion and conducting at Dortmund Conservatorium, grounding a career in composition and direction.

Konrad Wölki

composer

Konrad Wölki (1904–1983) was a German composer, mandolinist and music educator whose works helped shape the modern repertoire for plucked-string orchestra. He wrote extensively for mandolin and guitar ensembles and published teaching methods and a history of the mandolin.

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Concordia Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble · ensemble

Details

List price: $25.00 AUD
Total playing time: 77 minutes 20 seconds
Categories: Baroque, Classical, Cross-cultural, Orchestral
Genres: Orchestral & Concerto, Romantic & Impressionist, World & Cross-cultural
Sound recording copyright: ℗ Move Records
Catalogue: MCD 080
EAN: 9314574008029