Mazurka sentimentale (Carlo Munier, 1906)

[Martin Jonas]

Carlo Munier (1859-1911): Mazurka sentimentale

This mazurka for romantic mandolin quartet (two mandolins, mandola and guitar) was first published in 1906 in the magazine "Il Mandolino". A scan of the score and the magazine cover is at IMSLP:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Mazurka_sentim...Munier,_Carlo)

I have recorded the piece with two vintage bowlback mandolins, plus tenor guitar and octave mandolin.

1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin
1915 Luigi Embergher mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin
Vintage Viaten tenor guitar



Martin

[Bill Clements]

Martin, I caught myself tapping my toes while listening!
Thanks for posting, as always.

[Martin Jonas]

I am currently in the process of making new lockdown videos of some old favourites of mine. One of the tunes I've re-recorded is this Carlo Munier mazurka. For my new recording, I have first taken a video of me playing the first mandolin part, and have then overdubbed second mandolin and tenor guitar to the video soundtrack. I have omitted the mandola part as it always mirrors either the mandolin or guitar part and I didn't want the track to be too cluttered. I've taken it quite a bit faster than my original recording from a few years back, and with more variation in tempo and dynamics.

1898 Giuseppe Vinaccia bowlback mandolin (x2)
Vintage Viaten tenor guitar



Martin

[Rob MacKillop]

Very nice, Martin. I loved the graphics of the first version, but the performance in the second is certainly better.