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Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra

A fine disc of easy listening from the prize-winning Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra featuring soloist Slava Grigoryan.

Slava appears as soloist with the Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra on this Move release. Recorded just prior to signing with Sony, Melbourne's own guitar virtuoso is being compared to legendary guitarist John Williams.

This talented young performer joined the Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra at fourteen, and has appeared as soloist on the orchestra's recent tours of Japan and Europe.

Recorded in the lavish acoustic of Melbourne's Xavier College Chapel, Move introduces this fine Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra disc of easy listening classical selections.

The Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra rhythmic energy shimmering sounds!

The MMO's conductor, Fred Witt, has lead the orchestra since 1991. Respected world-wide as a conductor, composer and performer of plucked music, in 1993 he lead the Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra to win every prize at the First International Mandolin Competition in Belgium including his own composition 'Concertino for mandola' with longstanding orchestra member, Kurt Jensen, as soloist.

Danish-born mandolin player, Jensen, like Grigoryan, began performing professionally at an early age. Appearing as mandolin soloist on this Move release, Kurt has held positions with several European orchestras and is well-known as a presenter on Melbourne's classical radio station 3MBS-FM.

Also features soloist performances by mandolinist Michelle Wright and cellist Karla Drazenovic.

Under the direction of Fred Witt, the Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra perform with a maturity and depth of musicality akin to leading traditional string orchestras.

Artist

Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra

The Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra was formed in 1967 by Peter Evans and Josef Ruecker. Their aim was ‘to develop and maintain a mandolin orchestra in Melbourne’. As well as performing regularly, the group organises summer schools, trips from overseas groups, trains new players, holds musical workshops & master classes, and commissions music.


Press quotes

“tomorrow's virtuoso with today's attitude ... one of the most exciting classical guitarists to have emerged in years”

— ABC 24 Hours

“We should give warm applause to the Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra for its bravery and talent. It is so brave that it dares to survive strongly in a time when many people still do not treat it fairly. And the Orchestra is so talented that it plays virtuosic music without trouble.”

— Ngoc-Tuan Hoang, State of the Arts

Audio previews

Track Listing

    Concerto for Guitar Sylvius Leopold Weiss

  1. Largo
  2. Allegro
  3. Allegro Molto
  4. Largo
  5. Presto
  6. A Celebration Robert Schulz
  7. Song for the Japanese Autumn Yasuo Kuwahara

    8. Concertino for Mandola Fred Witt

  8. Allegro
  9. Andante
  10. Allegro

    11. Summertrip Jurgen Klose

  11. Rondo
  12. Ostinato
  13. Tatry

    14. Tanz suite Willi Althoff

  14. Slow Foxtrot
  15. Slow Waltz
  16. Foxtrot

Performers

Composer

Fred Witt

Fred Witt (1922-) was born in Dortmund, and studied singing, composition, guitar, zither, accordion, and conducting at Dortmund Conservatorium.


Where to buy

Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra is available for download from the iTunes Music Store.
It's available for streaming through Apple Music.

Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra is available as as CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer secure online ordering.

Move CDs can be ordered through music retailers across Australia including Readings.

Product details

List price
$25.00 AUD
Engineer
Martin Wright
Venue
Xavier College Chapel
Release date
1994
Copyright
© 1994 Move Records
Phonogram
℗ 1994 Move Records
Categories
Classical, Cross-cultural
Catalogue number
MD 3159
Alternate catalogue number
MD3159
Barcode
EAN 9314574315929