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Nov-14-2020, 11:13am

Eugene replied to a thread CMSA Convention in the Clouds in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Agreed. I really enjoyed the video and visit related to the Japanese boutiques.

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Nov-14-2020, 11:11am

Eugene replied to a thread CMSA Convention in the Clouds in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

To be fair, the $150 includes membership. It was a good excuse for me to rejoin.

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Nov-13-2020, 2:06pm

Eugene replied to a thread CMSA Convention in the Clouds in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Me too! Cheers again, Barry.

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Nov-13-2020, 12:43pm

Eugene replied to a thread CMSA Convention in the Clouds in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Cool. I'm still using this as an excuse for a half-day off from day-job concerns.

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Nov-13-2020, 12:15pm

Eugene replied to a thread Ludwig van Beethoven: Dances in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Cool. I actually play this one in wedding preludes, ordinarily arranged as a flute–guitar duo.

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Nov-13-2020, 12:13pm

Eugene replied to a thread CMSA Convention in the Clouds in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Thanks for the heads up. With this word, I'll put some effort into deliberate searching. My time is still pretty limited by day-job duties.

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Nov-13-2020, 11:52am

Eugene replied to a thread CMSA Convention in the Clouds in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Of course, I expected you to be there in diverse capacities, Bob.

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Nov-13-2020, 10:39am

Eugene started a thread CMSA Convention in the Clouds in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

It's been years since I've sat in on fractions of a Classical Mandolin Society of America (CMSA) event, but I will be today through Sunday thanks to...

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Nov-13-2020, 10:35am

Eugene replied to a thread Classical mandolin album library list in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Bulent seems to be a nice guy, based in Turkey. We've been Facebook "friends" for some time, but have never actually met (typical, I think, of...

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Nov-10-2020, 9:33am

Eugene replied to a thread Carlo de Filippis recording in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

I actually believe it's the standard Style 20 (1929–1942) pictured on both album covers, Charley. If you look closely at the headstock profile on...

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Nov-09-2020, 3:20pm

Eugene replied to a thread Classical mandolin album library list in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

In similar modern/modernist vein to Clockworks and ZU are several albums by Ahlert and Schwab (especially Chilli con Tango, Nowhere Left to Go, Le...

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Nov-09-2020, 1:58pm

Eugene replied to a thread Carlo de Filippis recording in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Agreed. Of course, that was rather early in the modern revival of baroque music, especially regarding recordings. It took a while for modern...

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Nov-09-2020, 12:38pm

Eugene replied to a thread Carlo de Filippis recording in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

. . . And, for comparison's sake (and to bring the conversation back to subject-line relevance), here is Bernstein's direction of Casella's...

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Nov-09-2020, 11:47am

Eugene replied to a thread Carlo de Filippis recording in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

. . . and Jethro Burns, of course.

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Nov-09-2020, 11:38am

Eugene replied to a thread Carlo de Filippis recording in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

For the curious, beginning at 1:33, here's a good period-instrument performance of RV 558 complete with baroque mandolini (tuned g, b, e', a', d",...

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Nov-09-2020, 11:13am

Eugene replied to a thread Carlo de Filippis recording in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Thanks for this, Mandophile. I never realized that Casella was the arranger of this version. I'm actually a fan of Casella's symphonies, especially...

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Nov-09-2020, 10:41am

Eugene replied to a thread Classical mandolin album library list in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

ZU is a bit of a classic. I should score a copy on CD, just because digitizing vinyl is time consuming enough for me that I only really care to...

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Nov-09-2020, 10:36am

Eugene replied to a thread Carlo de Filippis recording in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

That photo is super-cool, Joe. I certainly appreciate Bernstein's recording in its era, but it is just a little bizarre by today's standards. Of...

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Nov-06-2020, 2:13pm

Eugene replied to a thread Classical mandolin album library list in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

I've heard additional individual tracks, but the only of Calvo's recordings on my shelves is the one featuring "Bach, Beer-Demander, Calace, Campo,...

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Nov-04-2020, 10:50pm

Eugene replied to a thread Mandolin Editions of Classical Pieces in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

I wouldn't be too disparaging of Mel Bay et al. While the bulk of their publishing does amount to pandering to potential popularity (they do have to...

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Nov-04-2020, 2:47pm

Eugene replied to a thread Mandolin Editions of Classical Pieces in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

PS: I often use stem direction to differentiate between tremolo and single-stroke notes in duo style passages.

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Nov-04-2020, 2:39pm

Eugene replied to a thread Mandolin Editions of Classical Pieces in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

This is shared as my most recent example.

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Nov-04-2020, 2:29pm

Eugene replied to a thread Mandolin Editions of Classical Pieces in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

I do a fair amount of arranging for mandolin solo, mandolin–guitar duo, mandolin duo, and more rarely for mandolin–flute or mandolin–violin duo. ...

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Nov-04-2020, 2:16pm

Eugene replied to a thread Carlo de Filippis recording in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

There are also 78s of the intro and waltz "A Walk in the Forest" (Edison Blue Amberol 3193) and song "That Dreamy Dreamy Lullaby" (Edison Blue...

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Nov-03-2020, 2:32pm

Eugene replied to a thread Carlo de Filippis recording in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

There are also some ca. late teens–early '20s 78-rpm records by Alessios–De Filippis Mandolin Orchestra (always with a dash on the records' labels...

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Nov-03-2020, 12:49pm

Eugene replied to a thread Vivaldi F. XII, n, 38 -- looking for CD in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Of course, Musical Heritage Society's specialty was repackaging existing recordings for their own label, directly marketed to semi-gullible "members"...

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Nov-01-2020, 10:52am

Eugene replied to a thread Fingering suggestions, Telemann Violin Fantasia No. 1 in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

On a whim, I just tried this on my only seldom-played Roman mandolin (an 1890s De Santis)—seldom played because I ordinarily find the functional...

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Nov-01-2020, 10:37am

Eugene replied to a thread Fingering suggestions, Telemann Violin Fantasia No. 1 in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Of course, Ferdinand Binnendijk's video that you'd linked previously could serve as example. Note that Ferdinand uses a Roman mandolin (an...

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