Traversata
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Traversata is a collaborative album by American
mandolinist David Grisman
, Italian classical mandolinist Carlo Aonzo and Italian guitarist Beppe Gambetta
,playing guitar and the traditional, 14-string harp guitar . It's an impressive collection of Italian-American classical compositions from early 20th century.
with
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mandolinist David Grisman
David Grisman
David Grisman is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.-Biography:Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey...
, Italian classical mandolinist Carlo Aonzo and Italian guitarist Beppe Gambetta
Beppe Gambetta
Beppe Gambetta is an Italian musician born in Genoa in 1955. An acoustic guitar flatpicker and singer, Beppe has been called a "virtual United Nations of influences: Italian, Ukrainian, Appalachian, Sardinisn, Celtic"...
,playing guitar and the traditional, 14-string harp guitar . It's an impressive collection of Italian-American classical compositions from early 20th century.
Track listing
- Costumi Siciliani (Gioviale) 4:08
- Oh, Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini) 2:20
- Idillio Primaverile (Gioviale) 2:53
- Manzanillo (Abt) 2:23
- L'Onda (Taraffo) 4:04
- Tarantella Op. 18 (Calace) 3:04
- Intermezo (Mascagni (3:04)
- Pickin' the Guitar (Lucas) 3:43
- Violinata (Margutti) 2:40
- Duo for Two Mandolins (Cipolla) 3:30
- Valtzer Fantastico (Marucelli) 5:34
- The Godfather Waltz (Rota) 2:55
- Mazurka VI Op. 141 (Calace) 2:55
- Serenata "A Ballo" (trad.) 3:14
- April Kisses (Lang) 5:21
Personnel
- David GrismanDavid GrismanDavid Grisman is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.-Biography:Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey...
– mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, mandolaMandolaThe mandola or tenor mandola is a fretted, stringed musical instrument. It is to the mandolin what the viola is to the violin: the four double courses of strings tuned in fifths to the same pitches as the viola , a fifth lower than a mandolin... - Carlo Aonzo - mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
- Beppe GambettaBeppe GambettaBeppe Gambetta is an Italian musician born in Genoa in 1955. An acoustic guitar flatpicker and singer, Beppe has been called a "virtual United Nations of influences: Italian, Ukrainian, Appalachian, Sardinisn, Celtic"...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, harp guitarHarp guitar]The harp guitar is a stringed instrument with a history of well over two centuries. While there are several unrelated historical stringed instruments that have appropriated the name “harp-guitar” over the centuries, the term today is understood as the accepted vernacular to refer to a particular...
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- Radim Zenkl - mandocelloMandocelloThe mandocello is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It has eight strings in four paired courses, tuned in 5ths like a mandolin, but is larger, and tuned CC-GG-dd-aa . It is to the mandolin what the cello is to the violin.-Construction:Mandocello construction is similar to the...