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Russian Rag – by Robert Linus Cobb – Interpolating the World famous “Prelude” by Rachmaninoff – Great Mandolin Tune

The Russian Rag by Robert L. Cobb has been made popular in the Mandolin World by the recording made by Dave Apollon in the 30s. David Grisman has published the recordings by Dave Apollon in the 70s (The Man with the Mandolin). The transcription of the Russain Rag for mandolin has been published in the …

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The LEVANTE Mandolin Orchestra – 6th Concert in Morioka, JAPAN – Great Performance

LEVANTE Mandolin Orchestra 6th Concert in Morioka, JAPAN. 20th March 2011 The LEVANTE Mandolin Orchestra is located in the North-East of Japan. It has uploaded videos of the program of the last concert on March 20th 2011 in Morioka. The program of the 6th concert included the following pieces: ARSNOVA suite 1st mov. Lento espressivo, …

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Reinhold Glière – Great Sinfonic Music from Russia – Amedeo Mandolin Orchestra from Japan

Today I want to present the russion composer Reinhold Glière with some of his compositions played by Japanese mandolin orchestras. Reinhold Glière was a Russian composer who was also the teacher of Sergej Prokofiew. His sinfonic romantic music with influences from Russian folk music is obviously also very popular in Japan. This is the Intermezzo …

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The “Orchestre à Plectres du Sud-Ouest” conducted by Florentino Calvo

In France there has been a very positive developement of the mandolin music during the last years. Like in Germany regional mandolin orchestras have been organized to improve the skills of the players of the local mandolin orchstras. In 2011 there was a workshop for a national mandolin orchestra with Florentino Calvo and Vincent Beer-Demander …

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