Art of the Mandolin
Avi Avital (mandolin), Alon Sariel (mandolin), Venice Baroque Orchestra (chamber orchestra), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Sean Shibe (guitar), Patric Zepec (cello)
Avital’s latest release looks back over 300 years of mandolin music, starting with Vivaldi’s enchanting Double Mandolin Concerto (partnered by Alon Sariel), which is brought sparklingly to life,...
Art of the Mandolin
Avi Avital (mandolin), Alon Sariel (mandolin), Venice Baroque Orchestra (chamber orchestra), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Sean Shibe (guitar), Patric Zepec (cello)
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Avital’s latest release looks back over 300 years of mandolin music, starting with Vivaldi’s enchanting Double Mandolin Concerto (partnered by Alon Sariel), which is brought sparklingly to life,...
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Art of the Mandolin is Avi Avital’s first recording program consisting exclusively of pieces originally written for the mandolin. His personal take on the best existing repertoire for the instrument, and a showcase presentation of the fullest spectrum of its expressive potential.
From Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Mandolins in G Major through Beethoven's seldom performed Adagio in E flat Major to contemporary pieces commissioned over the last few years by Avi himself works by composers like Antonio Vivaldi, Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Ben Haim, David Bruce, Giovanni Sollima , Hans Werner Henze
This project represents a return to the heart of the instrument from a very long journey, which had Avi and his mandolin travel to the terrain of the violin, the harpsichord, the flute… This is the moment to call it home, and present pieces written for mandolin.
Musical Partners: Venice Baroque Orchestra, Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Sean Shibe (guitar), Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord), Ophira Zakai (theorbo)
Contents and tracklist
- Avi Avital (mandolin), Alon Sariel (mandolin), Venice Baroque Orchestra (chamber orchestra)
- Recorded: 2019-12-05
- Recording Venue: Stadttheater Fürth
- Avi Avital (mandolin), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp)
- Recorded: 2020-01-26
- Recording Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin
- Avi Avital (mandolin), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Sean Shibe (guitar)
- Recorded: 2020-01-17
- Recording Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin
- Avi Avital (mandolin)
- Recorded: 2020-04-05
- Recording Venue: Meistersaal, Berlin
- Avi Avital (mandolin), Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Patric Zepec (cello)
- Recorded: 2020-01-18
- Recording Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin
- Avi Avital (mandolin), Sean Shibe (guitar), Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord)
- Recorded: 2020-01-18
- Recording Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin
- Avi Avital (mandolin), Sean Shibe (guitar), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp)
- Recorded: 2020-01-26
- Recording Venue: Teldex Studio, Berlin
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Awards and reviews
February 2021
Avital’s latest release looks back over 300 years of mandolin music, starting with Vivaldi’s enchanting Double Mandolin Concerto (partnered by Alon Sariel), which is brought sparklingly to life, with the Venice Baroque Orchestra providing deftly engaging accompaniment.
January 2021
[Avital] presents a multifaceted portrait of an instrument ‘at once familiar and unknown’. It’s also a veritable paean to plucked strings, celebrating the happy union of mandolin, guitar, theorbo, harp and harpsichord. The resulting variety of colours and textures is just one of the innumerable pleasures of this recording...The jaunty jouissance of the Vivaldi G major Concerto…makes for a thrilling curtain-raiser.
