Artist: Avi Avital
Album: Art of the Mandolin
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2020
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 57:56
Total Tracks: 17
Total Size: 999 MB

Tracklist:

01. Avi Avital – I. Allegro (03:37)
02. Avi Avital – II. Andante (04:26)
03. Avi Avital – III. Allegro (03:01)
04. Avi Avital – Beethoven: Adagio for Mandolin and Harpsichord in E Flat Major, WoO 43b (Transcr. for Mandolin and Harp) (04:32)
05. Avi Avital – I. Inside the Wave (03:23)
06. Avi Avital – II. The Death of Despair (04:48)
07. Avi Avital – III. Death Is a Friend of Ours (03:40)
08. Avi Avital – Sollima: Prelude for Mandolin Solo (04:14)
09. Avi Avital – I. Allegro (Transcr. for Mandolin and Basso continuo) (02:43)
10. Avi Avital – II. Grave (Transcr. for Mandolin and Basso continuo) (01:08)
11. Avi Avital – III. Allegro (Transcr. for Mandolin and Basso continuo) (01:45)
12. Avi Avital – I. Allegro aperto (03:23)
13. Avi Avital – II. Lentamente recitando (03:35)
14. Avi Avital – III. Lo stesso movimento (04:14)
15. Avi Avital – I. Carillon. Allegretto (05:33)
16. Avi Avital – II. Récitatif. Adagio (02:19)
17. Avi Avital – III. Masque (01:26)

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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.