A mandolin duet by Carlo Munier (Napoli 1859 - 1911 Venezia)

Carlo Munier must be considered as one of Italy's greatest mandolinists ever. He was born in Naples on July 15, 1859 and already at a very early age recognized as mandolin virtuoso of the highest rank. Besides his activities as a performer he was highly regarded as a teacher and composer as well. Many compositions of his hand - he wrote more than 300 works for mandolin in all kinds of strengths - are written for his students and with the idea of elevating the mandolin and its unique possibilities as a concert instrument, in mind. Carlo Munier died in Florence on February 11, 1911.
Ruth Rouw and Pauline Ulderink have chosen to perform Munier's beautiful 'Andante', of the 1st duet from the '3 Duetti Concertanti' Op. 9.

Ruth and Pauline are members of the Dutch MAndolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT. Here they both play on Embergher 5bis Concert mandolins which are strung with bronze round wound CONSORT strings made by the German Lenzner/Fisoma string makers company.

This video was made on March 13th, 2008 during a students concert of the Center of the Arts De MUZERIE in Zwolle, Netherlands.

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[cocorote02]

hello! who play this song?

[OrchestradiMandolini]

Hello cocorote02,

The two ladies that play this composition by carlo Munier are (from the right to the left) Ruth and Pauline, members of the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra HET CONSORT.

[sosome57]

Wow. Beautiful piece of music, beautifully played. Thanks for sharing.

[hsv53]

harikulade...one times mandolin was played at schools in Turkey.

[cmtdemuro]

I played in the Munier Guitar and Mandolin orchestra in the 1970's under the direction of Dr. Joseph Tirrachia and Chris Ianni. Beautiful! Keep the music alive!

[xxSoloxxBarixx]

Bello .. =)

[jadogene]

très beau

[markmdavis]

Very well balanced and very expressive. Wonderful sound.  Ruth and Pauline, I really enjoy hearing your duets.

[joseverdi]

Muy bueno. Hermoso.

José Verdi ( Argentina)

[BggProductions]

Beautiful!

[trioalvarez]

Bella composición, como una hermosa interpretación, una ejecución muy limpia y un bello fraseo, felicitaciones.

[sillamoon]

Sounds like the most beautifully musical soprano voice floating over a precisely complementary accompaniament. Thank you so much.