Salut d'Amour
Concordia Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble offers a warm European tour for plucked strings, crowned by Elgar's Salut d'Amour in an arrangement for mandolin orchestra.
Carlo Cecere composer
Robert Schulz composer
Peter Biber composer
Raffaele Calace composer
Fried Walter composer
Werner Dunnebeil composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composer
Sir Edward Elgar composer
Fred Witt composer
Willi Althoff arranger
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.
Artists
Concordia Mandolin and Guitar 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
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.
Tracks
- European Suite Konrad Wölki 9:49
- Allegro Moderato 5:31
- Largo 3:46
- Grazioso 4:18
- Folk Dance Robert Schulz 4:16
- Par ci – Par la Peter Biber 3:27
- Danza e Cantabile Raffaele Calace 5:30
- Capriccioso 2:10
- Elegiaco 3:15
- Lirico 2:36
- Valse Espagnole 3:02
- Marcha 4:10
- Serenata 3:43
- Passodoble 2:49
- Zufriedenheit Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2:10
- An die Zither Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1:49
- Salut d'Amour Sir Edward Elgar Arr: Willi Althoff 3:45
- Banderas 3:05
- Katalanische Impressionen Fred Witt 8:09
Concerto in A major Carlo Cecere
Four Little Waltzes Fried Walter
Cataluña Werner Dunnebeil
Performers
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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.
Robert Schulz
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.
Fred Witt
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
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.
Where to listen
Salut d'Amour is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- MCD 080
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 77 minutes 20 seconds
- Musical work
copyright - © Move Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ Move Records
- Categories
- Baroque, Classical, Cross-cultural, Orchestral
- Genres
- Orchestral & Concerto, Romantic & Impressionist, World & Cross-cultural
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574008029
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