Friday 19 December 2008

NEAPOLITAN SONGS - MADEIRA MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA - DVD


“Neapolitan Songs – Madeira Mandolin Orchestra” is the second DVD released by this orchestra, the most important musical group of its kind in Madeira Island.


This DVD was recorded live at Teatro Municipal do Funchal on July 3rd 2007 and was released in Frebruary 2008, by the occasion of the 95th anniversary of this musical group. In it one can see the acclaimed Portuguese Tenor CARLOS GUILHERME interpreting a fine selection of world famous Neapolitan Songs, accompanied by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra. The musical orchestrations for this repertoire did not exist and Eurico Martins, the Artistic Director of the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra made them all, and the final result is simply outstanding. Plus, each Neapolitan Song is preceded with some information about it, provided by the Tenor, in Portuguese but there are English subtitles available on this DVD. It also contains an interview with the Tenor CARLOS GUILHERME, in which he explains how he came across this fabulous mandolin orchestra and how he thought it was just perfect to accompany Neapolitan Songs, among other interesting things.

This DVD is recorded on PAL System and Region 0 (which enables it to be watched worldwide)

It contains 14 musical themes as listed below:

1. Funiculi Funiculà – G. Turco/ L. Denza [2’23’’]
2. Core’ngrato – S. Cardillo/ R. Cordiferro [5’06’’]
3. A Marechiare – S. Di Giacomo/ F. P. Tosti [3’18’’]
4. Fenesta Che Lucive – Anónimo/ C. Cottrau [3’40’’]
5. Comme Facette Màmmeta? – G. Capaldo/ S. Gambardella [2’33’’]
6. Napoli (instr.) – E. Mezzacapo [3’19’’]
7. Torna a Surriento – G. B. de Curtis/ E. de Curtis [5’35’’]
8. Dicitencello Vuie – Fusco/ Falvo [2’51’’]
9. O Surdato Nnamurato – A. Califano/ E. Cannio [3’38’’]
10. O Sole Mio – G. Capurro/ E. Di Capua [3’38’’]
11. Danse of the Hours (instr.) – Amilcare Ponchielli [8’57’’]
12. O Paese d’O Sole – Libero Bovio/ Vincenzo D’Annibale [3’30’’]
13. A Vucchella – G. D’Annunzio/ F. P. Tosti [2’59’’]
14. Santa Lucia – Teodoro Cottrau [3’15’’]

Total Playing Time: 73’00’’


Artistic Direction: Eurico Martins

The DVD case also contains a 8 page booklet with several bilingual data (English/Portuguese) about the Tenor CARLOS GUILHERME, this Mandolin Orchestra and its Artistic Director, and last but not least, a list with all the names of its musicians and the instruments they played.

MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA - MADEIRA ISLAND - DVD


“Mandolin Orchestra – Madeira Island” is the first DVD released by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra, the most important musical group of its kind in Madeira Island.


This DVD was recorded live at Teatro Municipal do Funchal on February 18th 2004, by the occasion of commemorative concert of the 85th anniversary of the association the orchestra belongs to, and was released in June of the same year. This DVD is recorded on PAL System and Region 0 (which enables it to be watched worldwide)

It contains 12 musical themes as listed below:

1. Radetsky March – Johan Strauss (1804-1849) [2’35’’]
2. Preludio (Holberg Suite) – Edward Gieg (1843-1907) [2’21’’]
3. La Leyenda del Beso – Soutullo e Vert [3’25’’]
4. Vira – Silveira Paes [2’22’’]
5. Les Patineurs – E. Waldteufel (1837-1915) [6’15’’]
6. Dance of the Hours – A. Ponchielli (1834-1886) [8’40’’]
7. L’Amore Industrioso – F. Sousa Carvalho (1745-1798) [2’58’’]
8. Serenade – Gabriel Pièrné [2’40’’]
9. Kol Nidrei – Max Bruch (1838-1920) [9’50’’]
10. The Spirit of Madeira – Oddvar S. Kvam (1927- ) [6’30’’]
11. Canção do Outono Japonês – Vasuo Kunvuahara (1946- ) [9’58’’]
12. Chaconne – Tommaso Vitali (1665-1717) [10’42’’]

Total Playing Time: 73’00’’


Artistic Direction: Eurico Martins
Here is a link to a video posted on YouTube where you can see a brief presentation of this DVD:

NEAPOLITAN SONGS - CD


“Neapolitan Songs” is the fourth and last CD released by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra, the most important musical group of its kind in Madeira Island.

This CD was released in October 2008, and contains the same repertoire that was presented at the concert held on July 3rd 2007 at Teatro Municipal do Funchal, where the acclaimed Portuguese Tenor CARLOS GUILHERME interpreted a wonderful selection of world famous Neapolitan Songs, accompanied by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra.

It contains 13 musical themes as listed below:

1. ‘O Surdato Nnamurato [3’54’’]
2. Core’ngrato [4’41’’]
3. Funiculi Funiculà [2’39’’]
4. Fenesta Che Lucive [3’44’’]
5. O Sole Mio [3’47’’]
6. Torna a Surriento [5’05’’]
7. Napoli (instrumental) [3’41’’]
8. A Vucchella [2’57’’]
9. Santa Lucia [3’35’’]
10. A Marechiare [3’29’’]
11. Dicitencello Vuie [2’58’’]
12. Comme Facette Màmmeta? [2’47’’]
13. O Paese d’O Sole [3’11’’]

Total Playing Time: 46’28’’

Director/ Conductor: Eurico Martins


The CD case also contains a 16 page booklet with several with several bilingual data (English/Portuguese) about the Tenor CARLOS GUILHERME, the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra and its Artistic Director. It also presents the lyrics of all the Neapolitan Songs interpreted by the Tenor, the picture of every single member of this orchestra and the instrument they played, a magnificent two-page photo of the entire musical group taken by the occasion of its 95th anniversary, and last but not least a picture of the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra on the stage of the beautiful Teatro Municipal do Funchal during the magnificent concert held on July 3rd 2007.

BANDOLINS - CD



“Bandolins” (Mandolins) is the third CD released by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra, the most important musical group of its kind in Madeira Island.


This CD was released in November 1999, by the occasion of 86th anniversary of the association the orchestra belongs to.

It contains 9 musical themes as listed below:

1. Czardas – V. Monti – Arrj. Pascual Llorens [5’49’’]
2. Serenata Galante – Virgílio Ranzato [2’57’’]
3. Canção do Outono Japonês – Yasuo Huwahara [13’05’’]
4. Aria (Holberg Suite) – E. Grieg (1843-1907) – Arrj. Eurico Martins [4’14’’]
5. Serenata – F. Schubert (1797-1828) [4’03’’]
6. Valsa de Musetta (Ópera “La Bohème”) – G. Puccini (1858-1924) [3’44’’]
7. Banquete dos Deuses – M. Maciocchi [8’14’’]
8. Muguette – F. Andrieu [4’20’’]
9. Iphigénie en Aulide – C. W. Gluck (1714-1787) – Arrj. Eurico Martins [12’32’’]

Total Playing Time: 58’56’’

Director/ Conductor: Eurico Martins


The CD case also contains a 4 page booklet with several information about this orchestra in three languages (Portuguese, English and French) and a picture of all the 19 members of the orchestra then, their age and the instrument they played, plus the Conductor.

A BEM DA ARTE II - CD


“A Bem da Arte II” (For the Art Sake II) is the second CD released by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra, the most important musical group of its kind in Madeira Island.

This CD was released in February 1998, by the occasion of 85th anniversary of the association the orchestra belongs to.

It contains 13 musical themes as listed below:

1. Dança Hungara N.º 6 – J. Brahms (1883-1897) [3’28’’]
2. Pizzicati – Ernest Gillet [3’25’’]
Concerto em Sol Maior para dois bandolins e orquestra – A. Vivaldi (1678-1741)
3. Allegro [4’30’’]
4. Andante [4’54’’]
5. Allegro [3’46’’]
6. Serenata Trentina – Giacomo Sartori [4’00’’]
7. Czardas N.º 1 – Gustave Michiels [4’56’’]
8. Petite Princesse (ouverture) – Paul Hardy [7’03’’]
9. Kermesse Champêtre (fantasia) – F. Julian [5’44’’]
10. Le Bal Féerique (divertissement) – Pinto Ribeiro [4’43’’]
11. Aria (suite n.º 3) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750) [5’38’’]
12. Fado Ruy Coelho – Ruy Coelho [4’25’’]
13. Demone et Angelo (fantasia de concerto) – Henry Bert [7’08’’]

Total Playing Time: 63’56’’

Artistic Direction: Eurico Martins


The CD case also contains a 4 page booklet with several information about this orchestra in thwo languages (Portuguese and English), a picture of the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra in 1998, and also large pictures of two Mandolin soloists and the Conductor, and last but not least, a list with all the names of the musicians and the instruments they played.

A BEM DA ARTE - CD



“A Bem da Arte” (For the Art Sake) is the first CD released by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra, the most important musical group of its kind in Madeira Island.

This CD was released in February 1996, by the occasion of the 83rd anniversary of the association the orchestra belong to.

It contains several lively musical compositions by Ernesto Serrão (1898-1937), a former composer and conductor of this orchestra, and some others to which he made some arrangements (nr. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 and 14)

Here’s the list of the musical themes of this CD:

1. Corbeille de Noivos [4’04’’]
2. La Reigne do Nord [6’45’’]
3. Triste Avezinha [4’50’’]
4. Nuit’s Florentines [4’41’’]
5. Nova Aurora [2’59’’]
6. Souvenir d’Enfance [4’13’’]
7. Divertissement [3’55’’]
8. Aragonaise (Carmen) [2’46’’]
9. Marie... Marie [3’28’’]
10. A Night in June [5’53’’]
11. A Minha Paixão [4’10’’]
12. Un Soir à Madrid [3’47’’]
13.Vers le Progrès [2’53’’]
14. O Sole Mio [7’30’’]

Total Playing Time: 61’53’’

Artistic Direction: Eurico Martins

The CD case also contains a 2 page booklet with several information about this orchestra and its former composer and conductor, Ernesto Serrão, in three languages (Portuguese, English and French), and last but not least, a list with all the names of the musicians and the instruments they played.

SALES OF THE MUSICAL PRODUCTS OF THE MADEIRA MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA

This blog intends to be a window towards the musical products issued so far by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra. The items for sale are all brand new and sealed.

Anybody can purchase them by the same price as they are sold after each concert, which is as follows:


Each CD - 12,50 Euros
Each DVD - 20,00 Euros

To this price is added the correspondant shipping costs. Bellow we do list the price to ship to several destinations. The price listed corresponds to sending a single item on a shock proof envelope and the rates were provided by the Portuguese mail services, CTT, through which the items would be shipped to you. The shipping cost is the same regardless of the fact that you buy a CD or a DVD.


SHIPPING COSTS (CTT Portugal rates):

By Express Airmail:
WORLDWIDE: € 9.90
TO PORTUGAL: € 2.30

By Regular Airmail:
To Portugal: € 2.17
To Spain: € 3.10
To England: € 3.20
To the United States: € 4.62


We do ship worldwide. For other destinations or quantities please enquire about the shipping costs.


PAYMENT METHOD:

The only payment accepted is through Paypal, the safest and easiest way to make payments on-line. All payments should be made in Euros to this Paypal account:


duarte_barcelos@portugalmail.pt

NOTE: This is also my e-mail address. Any questions regarding these products should also be directed to me through this contact.

The shipping of any item will always be made on the following business day after the purchase is made.

Upon paying for any product(s) make sure to include a note about which one(s) you are buying and also the address you'd like to have it shipped to.

Your business is much appreciated. All the funds from the sales of these products revert towards the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra, in order to help them carry on with its regular activities.


ON THIS BLOG WE'LL PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EACH MUSICAL PRODUCT ISSUED BY THE MADEIRA MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA
Just as a curiosity, here's a link to a brief video posted on YouTube with a short presentation of a musical theme played by this Mandolin Orchestra at the English Church in Funchal:

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MADEIRA MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA


THE OLDEST MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA IN EUROPE


The Madeira Mandolin Orchestra belongs to the Associação Recreio Musical União da Mocidade. It started with the foundation of the Association on February 18th 1913, and has its seat at the parish of São Roque, Funchal – Madeira.
Constituted mostly by young musicians, all formed at the group’s schools, the Orchestra seeks not only to evidenciate the mandolin sonorities, but also, to preserve and dynamize the long existing Madeiran musical tradition. On its early years, the creativity and zeal of Ernesto Serrão, then conductor and composer, have contributed decisively to the quality development of the Orchestra, of which he was the director from 1924 to 1935.
Without ever interrupting its activity, the Orchestra reached the 70’s and, for the first time, its musical studies were extended to the female sex, thus creating a new dynamic that since then has been involving the entire group.
In 1987, the Orchestra organized the 2nd Meeting of Regional Mandolin Ensembles and Orchestras and has also participated in all the subsequent meetings.
In 1993, the group was invited to Santarém – Portugal, by the "Típica Scalabitana Orchestra" to perform at their 47th anniversary festivities.
The group's first international appearance was on April 1994 in the 5th Francisco Tárrega International Orchestras Festival in Valencia – Spain.
On February 1996, on its 83rd anniversary, the Orchestra released its first CD, entitled "A BEM DA ARTE". Its second one, “A Bem da Arte II”, was launched in 1998.
In 1999, by invitation of the Coimbra’s University Ensemble Academy, the Orchestra held a concert in the Machado de Castro’s Chapel Museum and also at the Gil Vicente Theatre, in Coimbra. The group’s third CD, entitled “Bandolins”, was released on November of that year.
In 2001 the Orchestra had a Cultural Interchange with the Ensemble de Mandolines de Bigorre – France.
In May 2002 the Orchestra toured the south of England, promoting eight concerts: in the Playhouse Theatre, Weston Super-Mare, Bristol, Bath, Wells, Salisbury, Portsmouth, Maidenhead and at the St. George’s Chapel, in Windor, the latter being part of the official commemorations of the Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee.
In June 2004 the Orchestra released its first DVD, recorded by occasion of the 91st anniversary Concert Commemoration.
In June 2006 the Orchestra participated at the 6th Mandolin Orchestras International Festival, in Remiremont – France.
On September 22nd 2007, the Orchestra held a concert at the Die Buhne Theatre, in the city of St. Polten, Austria, as part of the Hofe Festival. Two months later, in November, the Orchestra was invited and participated at the Coimbra’s Music Festival, promoting three concerts.
Eurico Martins is the driving force behind the Music Schools and directs the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra since 1992.


Bellow are some pictures of the Orchestra

Members of the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra and its Conductor, Eurico Martins.

The Madeira Mandolin Orchestra during one of its regular weekly concerts at the English Church, in Funchal, Madeira.


Some members of the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra during a concert.

Other members of this world famous Mandolin Orchestra.




NOTE: All these pictures were taken from the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra's main website: http://www.madeiramandolinorchestra.com/

whose visit we recommend in order to know more about this magnificent orchestra that so far has enchanted people from all over the world.

We do operate under the agreement of its Director and Conductor, Eurico Martins.