{"id":8626,"date":"2018-04-19T19:31:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2018-04-19T19:31:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:31:50","slug":"strolling-mandolins-raoul-meynard-his-mandolins-and-orchestra-a-magnificent-serenade-to-lovers-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=8626","title":{"rendered":"Strolling Mandolins – Raoul Meynard His Mandolins and Orchestra – A magnificent serenade to lovers around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was searching for videos of Mattinata<\/strong> by Amedeo Amadei<\/strong> today and did also find some videos of Mattinata by Leoncavallo. Those videos included a video by an orchestra named Raoul Meynard His Mandolins and Orchestra<\/strong> which made me curious.<\/p>\n

Obviously the LP Strolling Mandolins<\/strong>\u00a0 with 12 tracks was published by Warner Brothers Records in 1961, an EP Strolling Mandolins with only 4 tracks was published in the same year in Germany.<\/p>\n

This is a great example of using mandolins and even a complete mandolin orchestra in a professional dance orchestra or bigband in the early 1960s.<\/p>\n

This is the back cover of the LP that I have found:<\/p>\n

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… a quartet of mandolins, the bubbling style of Raoul Meynard, and all the romance of Italy<\/h4>\n

The subject of this lush album my Maestro Raoul Meynard is the mandolin – heard in solo, in duet and as a full orchestral section. He has taken the mandolin – a musical instrument traditionally associated with Romantic Italy – set in from of his sometimes lush, sometimes jaunty orchestra, and produced a sound that is both totally new and totally fetching.<\/p>\n

And no wonder. Although admittedly a symbolic sound of Italy, the mandolin – no less than love itself – carries an International visa. It can be heard, enjoyed, and romanced to in any land.<\/p>\n

For this recording, Raoul Meynard employed awhole section of mandolins, implemented them with several deeper-throated, rarely-heard mandolas, and wove them together with the sound of a guitar, a string bass, and a brisk percussion section. With these instruments, Meynard has fashioned a rich and brilliant sound, one evocative of every nuance of “the irresistible sounds of an Italian night.”<\/p>\n

In Italy, the mandolin is known as “la voce cantante” – the singing voice. It is always carried close to the heart. Here is instrumental music with a singing voice. And here is music close to the heart. A magnificent serenade to lovers around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Details about the Album at discogs<\/a><\/p>\n

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I have tried to find some information about Raoul Meynard, but I did not find anything useful. This is strange because Raoul Meynard has recorded several LPs except Strolling Mandolins.<\/p>\n

You can listen to the tracks of Strolling Mandolin<\/strong>\u00a0and some other tracks on youtube, I have compiled the following playlist:<\/p>\n

Playlist Raoul Meynard His Mandolins and Orchestra<\/h4>\n