This is the last CD issued by the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra. It was released on February 18th 2009, by the occasion of 96th anniversary of Recreio Musical União da Mocidade, the association this magnificent orchestra belongs to.
This CD contains 10 musical themes as listed below:
1. Espanha (Waltz) - Emil Waldteufel [6'28'']
2. L'Amore Industrioso - João de Sousa Carvalho [3'30'']
3. Petit Concerto (largo/Allegro) - Ferdinando Carulli (Guitar solo by Marco Ribeiro) [9'15"]
4. Napoli (Tarantella) - E. Mezzacapo [3'36"]
5. Les Patineurs (Waltz) - E. Waldteufel [7'00"]
6. In a Persian Market - Albert W. Ketèlbey [8'16"]
7. Preludio (Holberg Suite) Op. 40 - Edvard Grieg [2'50"]
8. La Leyenda del Beso - Sotullo e Vert [4'00"]
9. Offenbach - Melodies - J. Offenbach [4'35"]
10. Voices of Spring (Waltz) - Johann Strauss [5'50"]
Total Playing Time: 55'45"
Conductor: Eurico Martins
This CD contains a 4 page booklet with several information about this orchestra and its conductor, Eurico Martins, and also a few coloured pictures of the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra, and as a tribute to the old music formation, it was also inserted a picture related to the 50th anniversary of Recreio Musical União da Mocidade, taken on stairs of the Church of São Roque.
