Jakub Mitrik - Mandora (CD)

The mandora is a lute instrument that gradually disappeared with the advent of the guitar and has been completely forgotten since around 1820 - until today. The lutenist Jakub Mitrik has set himself the goal of reviving this instrument and it's repertoire with this CD. The development of the mandora was a reaction to the baroque lute, which became increasingly complicated to play and had up to 14 courses of strings. It is tuned in a similar way to the later guitar and has six strings, the lower five of which are double-stringed. The mandora was particularly popular in monasteries, especially among the Benedictines. There, the mandora was valued as a solo and chamber music instrument due to it's handiness and versatility. The archives of these monasteries also contain a very varied repertoire specially tailored to the mandora, which Jakub Mitrik and his Biber Consort present here for the first time. This is chamber music in a wide variety of formations, in which the mandora takes on the role of a fully-fledged partner that goes far beyond mere basso continuo accompaniment. With his selection, Mitrik presents a multi-coloured and sensitively performed CD programme that reflects the lightness of the late Baroque and early Classical periods and allows musical life in the monasteries outside the liturgy to shine in an unusual light.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Quartett D-DurAria. Andante
2. Quartett D-DurMenuet / Trio
3. Quartett D-DurGigue
4. Aria de Sancta ScholasticaHellfunkelnde Sterne
5. Aria de Sancta ScholasticaPaestanische Rosen
6. Aria de Sancta ScholasticaDie englischen Musen
7. Trio A-DurSymphonia
8. Trio A-DurAndante
9. Trio A-DurMenuet / Trio
10. Trio A-DurCapriccio
11. Solo ex C (C-Dur)Symphonia. Adagio
12. Solo ex C (C-Dur)Menuet
13. Solo ex C (C-Dur)Allegretto
14. Solo ex C (C-Dur)Menuet
15. Sultan Wampum oder die WünscheAria. Juhe, nun will ich leben
16. Trio D-DurIntroduzione. A troppo presto
17. Trio D-DurMenuet / Trio
18. Trio D-DurFinale
19. ZauberflöteAria. In diesen heil'gen Hallen
20. Parthia a 4 A-DurIntrada
21. Parthia a 4 A-DurBallo
22. Parthia a 4 A-DurMenuet / Trio
23. Parthia a 4 A-DurFantasia
24. Parthia a 4 A-DurCapriccio