Les Galanteries: Mandolin Music from 18th-Century Paris (CD)

Giuseppe Zaneboni 1735–1790
Sonata per mandolino e basso
1 I. Allegro 2’34
2 II. Andante 3’42
3 III. Menuet 1’34

Juan Carlos Muñoz cremonese mandolin · Manuel Muñoz romantic guitar

Salvador Castro de Gistau 1770–after 1814
4 Minuetto afandangado: Andante con variazioni 8’25

Manuel Muñoz romantic guitar

Giovanni Cifolelli 1745–1810
5 Ariette 3’21

Nathalie Pierson soprano · Mari Fe Pavón mandolin · Alla Tolkacheva baroque mandola

Pietro Denis early 18th century–after 1777
6 Air de Julie 0’58

Nathalie Pierson soprano · Juan Carlos Muñoz mandolin · Manuel Muñoz baroque guitar

Paolo Altieri 1745–1820
Tre sonate per due mandolini
7 I. Allegretto 1’44
8 II. Andantino 2’28
9 III. Allegretto 1’44

Juan Carlos Muñoz, Mari Fe Pavón mandolins

Wilhelm Cramer 1746–1799
10 Petit air 1’49

Nathalie Pierson soprano · Juan Carlos Muñoz mandolin · Manuel Muñoz baroque guitar

Abbé Joseph Carpentier early 18th century–after 1790
11 Ariette 1’36

Nathalie Pierson soprano · Juan Carlos Muñoz mandolin · Manuel Muñoz baroque guitar

Anonymous
Sonata in G minor
12 I. Allegro 1’41
13 II. Andante 1’36
14 III. Presto 0’43

Mari Fe Pavón mandolin · Juan Carlos Muñoz baroque mandola

Pietro Denis
15 Air de serrurier 1’46
16 Air de déserteur 2’37

Nathalie Pierson soprano · Juan Carlos Muñoz mandolin · Manuel Muñoz baroque guitar

Aleixo Botelho de Ferreira 1753–?
Sonata per mandolino solo e basso
17 I. Allegro moderato 3’45
18 II. Andante 1’38
19 III. Rondo allegro 2’01

Juan Carlos Muñoz mandolin · Jean-Daniel Haro viola da gamba

Cristoforo Signorelli 1731–1815
Sonata per mandolino e basso
20 I. Allegro 1’26
21 II. Allegro giga 1’55
22 III. Allegro ma non tanto 2’15
23 IV. Andante 1’08
24 V. Minuetto 1’47

Mari Fe Pavón 6-course baroque mandolin · Manuel Muñoz baroque guitar

Total time 55’04

Artemandoline
Juan Carlos Muñoz baroque mandolin A. Woll after A.Vinaccia, 1760; cremonese mandolin A. Woll after M. Scolari, 1790 (1–3)
Mari Fe Pavón baroque mandolin A. Woll after A. Vinaccia, 1760; 6-course baroque mandolin A. Woll after F. Presbler, 1769
Manuel Muñoz baroque guitar F.P. Dietrich after J. Tielke, 1705; romantic guitar A. Benito after Petit Jean l’Ainé, 1800
Jean-Daniel Haro viola da gamba D. Rubio after G. Barbey, 18th century
Alla Tolkacheva baroque mandola A. Woll after G.B. Fabricatore, 1792
Nathalie Pierson soprano