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Fans of the Modern Mandolin Quartet will eagerly snap up Americana, the group's 2012 release on Dorian's Sono Luminus label and its first album since the Nutcracker Suite, which appeared in 2004. This lively collection offers sophisticated and clear-headed arrangements of string quartets by Antonin Dvorák and Philip Glass, as well as the Three Piano Preludes of George Gershwin, which are interspersed with shorter pieces of a strong American flavor, including the "Hoe-Down" from Aaron Copland's Rodeo, "Cool" from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, the traditional folk song Shenandoah, a medley celebrating bluegrass legend Bill Monroe, and an Irish Roots Medley. The ensemble, which consists of two mandolins, mandola, and mandocello, matches the tunings and registers of a classical string quartet, so the Dvorák and Glass pieces make sense both musically and technically, though the adaptations of the Copland, Bernstein, and Gershwin selections involved more creativity. The mandolin's sound isn't for everybody, and because the whole program involves plucked and strummed music, without alleviation from other instruments, some listeners will find the CD is easier to appreciate in small doses. Even so, Americana is a tour de force, thanks to the Modern Mandolin Quartet's skill and artistry. The package contains two discs, one a conventional CD and the other a Blu-ray audio disc, providing two options for playback.
© Blair Sanderson /TiVo
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Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes (arr. R. Crawford) (Ruth Crawford)
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Ruth Crawford, Composer - Aaron Copland, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179, 'American' (arr. P. Binkley, M. Flinner, D. Rath and A. Roszkiewicz) (Antonín Dvořák)
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Paul Binkley, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer - Matt Flinner, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Antonin Dvorak, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Paul Binkley, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer - Matt Flinner, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Antonin Dvorak, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Matt Flinner, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Antonin Dvorak, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Antonin Dvorak, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer - Matt Flinner, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
West Side Story (arr. P. Binkley, M. Flinner, D. Rath and A. Roszkiewicz) (Leonard Bernstein)
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer - Matt Flinner, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Shenandoah (arr. D. Gould) (Traditional)
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Traditional, Composer - Douglas Gould, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
3 Preludes (arr. P. Binkley, M. Flinner, D. Rath and A. Roszkiewicz) (George Gershwin)
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Dana Rath, Composer - Matt Flinner, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer - Matt Flinner, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Matt Flinner, Composer - George Gershwin, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Bill Monroe Medley (Mike Marshall)
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Mike Marshall, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
String Quartet No. 3, 'Mishima' (arr. P. Binkley, M. Flinner, D. Rath and A. Roszkiewicz) (Philip Glass)
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Matt Flinner, Composer - Philip Glass, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Matt Flinner, Composer - Philip Glass, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Philip Glass, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer - Matt Flinner, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Matt Flinner, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer - Philip Glass, Composer - Paul Binkley, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Irish Roots Medley (Paul Binkley)
Modern Mandolin Quartet, Ensemble - Paul Binkley, Composer - Dana Rath, Composer - Matt Flinner, Composer - Adam Roszkiewicz, Composer
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
Album review
Fans of the Modern Mandolin Quartet will eagerly snap up Americana, the group's 2012 release on Dorian's Sono Luminus label and its first album since the Nutcracker Suite, which appeared in 2004. This lively collection offers sophisticated and clear-headed arrangements of string quartets by Antonin Dvorák and Philip Glass, as well as the Three Piano Preludes of George Gershwin, which are interspersed with shorter pieces of a strong American flavor, including the "Hoe-Down" from Aaron Copland's Rodeo, "Cool" from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, the traditional folk song Shenandoah, a medley celebrating bluegrass legend Bill Monroe, and an Irish Roots Medley. The ensemble, which consists of two mandolins, mandola, and mandocello, matches the tunings and registers of a classical string quartet, so the Dvorák and Glass pieces make sense both musically and technically, though the adaptations of the Copland, Bernstein, and Gershwin selections involved more creativity. The mandolin's sound isn't for everybody, and because the whole program involves plucked and strummed music, without alleviation from other instruments, some listeners will find the CD is easier to appreciate in small doses. Even so, Americana is a tour de force, thanks to the Modern Mandolin Quartet's skill and artistry. The package contains two discs, one a conventional CD and the other a Blu-ray audio disc, providing two options for playback.
© Blair Sanderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:04
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Modern Mandolin Quartet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sono Luminus
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2012 Sono Luminus (P) 2012 Sono Luminus
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