Julien Martineau, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Wilson Ng – O sole mio: Mandolin Concertos & Songs (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:33 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © naïve
Naïve Records has announced a September 29 release for Julien Martineau’s new recording, O sole mio: Mandolin Concertos & Songs. On the project Martineau is joined by the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Wilson Ng. Guests performers include Florian Sempey, Anna Schivazappa, Yann Dubost, Philippe Mouratoglou and Eric Franceries.
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Julien Martineau, Vanessa Beneli Mosell, Yann Dubost, José Fillatreau – Beethoven Suites (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 58:00 minutes | 504 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © naïve classique
In this album, his third for naïve, Julien Martineau once again spotlights the mandolin: its remarkable repertoire, nobility of character, and natural ability as a partner. Together with pianist Vanessa Benelli Mosell, he has devised a programme truly Beethovenian in its inventiveness, honeycombed with influences and associations. Beethoven wears the crown, with four youthful pieces he wrote for this unusual duo combination and the Allegretto of his Symphony No. 7 in a transcription by Hans Sitt.
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Julien Martineau – Come una volta (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:03:38 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © naïve classique
A luminous, easily recognizable instrument, and a symbol of Italy’s learned and popular musical tradition, the mandolin has been the subject of several major compositions throughout the history of music. First of all, the famous concertos by Vivaldi: two of them appear here on this intensely romantic album (‘Come une volta’) that Julien Martineau – one of today’s greatest figureheads of the instrument – has recorded for Naïve. We also finally get to hear, thanks to the world premiere recording by Julien Martineau, the legendary, virtuosic and poetic second concerto (of which the manuscript was lost) by Raffaele Calace (1863-1934), who was often described as “the Paganini of the mandolin”. The instrument is in fact so close, in many ways, to the violin. The Caudioso concerto completes an album which, steeped in authenticity and musical excellence, honors and lends prestige not only to the art of mandolin, but also to Italian and musical culture as a whole.
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