[folk / classic] Modern Mandoline Quartet

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Modern Mandolin Quartet

1990 Intermezzo



Mike Marshall is one of the world's most accomplished and versatile acoustic musicians, a master of mandolin, guitar and violin whose playing is as imaginative and adventurous as it is technically thrilling. Able to swing gracefully from jazz to classical to bluegrass to Latin styles, he puts his stamp on everything he plays with an unusually potent blend between intellect and emotion, a combination of musical skill and instinct rare in the world of American vernacular instrumentalists.

The Modern Mandolin Quartet was formed in the mid-'80s as the brainchild of Mike Marshall. Marshall was looking for a way to bring respectability to an instrument primarily known for bluegrass and quaint folk tunes. Toward this end, he established a string-quartet-style group featuring the extended family of mandolin instruments. Marshall and Dana Rath play standard mandolins (which take the place of violins), John Imholz plays mandocello (with a range similar to the cello), and Paul Binkley holds up the middle with his mandola (the alto counterpart to the viola). Together they interpret well-known classical works and premiere newly commissioned compositions of "serious mandolin music."

Tracklist:
1. The Lark (String Quartet #5) - Haydn
2. Empress Of The Pagodas - Ravel
3. Cool - Bernstein
4. Gavotte - Kodaly
5. The Maid With The Flaxen Hair - Debussy
6. Polka - Shostakovich
7. Gm Fugue - Bach
8. Hoedown - Copland
9. Brasilieras #5 - Villa Lobos
10. The Child Juliet - Prokofiev
11. String Quartet #1, Opus 49 - Shostakovich
12. Intermezzo In A, Opus 118 - Brahms

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