Mandoline - Dans les salons fin-de-siecle

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Label
Arcana
Release Date
May 22, 2026
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Raffaele La Ragione, Francois Dumont, Sandrine Piau
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 22, 2026
    • UPC
      3760195735961
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A596
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Pastorale (arr. J. Pietrapertosa for mandola and piano)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    2. Mandoline

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    3. Lo sport

      Composer: Giuseppe Silvestri

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    4. Sylvia Suite: III. Pizzicati (arr. L. Emma for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Léo Delibes

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    5. Le soir (arr. J. Pietrapertosa for mandola and piano)

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    6. Mandoline (arr. R. La Ragione for voice, mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    7. Clair de lune, Op. 112 (arr. J. Cottin for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Francis Thomé

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    8. Berlioz - Danse des Sylphes de La damnation de Faust, S475/R142

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: François Dumont

    9. Chanson napolitaine, Op. 82 (arr. J.A. Carboni for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    10. Sérénade, Op. 29 (arr. J. Cottin for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    11. Havanaise, Op. 57 (arr. J. Pietrapertosa for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    12. Pierrette, Op. 41, "Air de Ballet" (arr. J.A. Carboni for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    13. Guitares et mandolines (arr. R. La Ragione for voice, mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    14. Adieux de l'hotesse arabe (arr. J. Pietrapertosa for mandola and piano)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    15. Le timbre d'argent (arr. J. Pietrapertosa for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    16. 5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 1. Mandoline

      Composer: Gabriel Fauré

      Performer: Sandrine Piau, Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    17. Variation No. 6 in E Major, in Hexaméron (from Bellini's I puritani)

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    18. Serenade (arr. J. Pietrapertosa for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    19. Chérubin, Act III: Aubade (arr. J. Cottin for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont

    20. Madame l'archiduc (arr. J. Pietrapertosa for mandolin and piano)

      Composer: Jacques Offenbach

      Performer: Raffaele La Ragione, François Dumont


After the success of Mandolin on Stage, dedicated to the most emblematic 18th-century concertos for mandolin and recorded with Il Pomo d'Oro directed by Francesco Corti, Raffaele La Ragione returns with his third album for Arcana. This time he recounts a fascinating chapter in French musical history, joined by pianist Francois Dumont (who has chosen an exceptional 1896 Pleyel for the occasion) and special guest, soprano Sandrine Piau. In the 1880s and 1890s Paris discovered a deep passion for the mandolin: a fondness fuelled by the concerts held at the Trocadero during the Universal Exhibition of 1878. In the drawing rooms of high society the Neapolitan instrument became a supreme symbol of elegance and exoticism, conjuring up the atmosphere of southern Italy and immediately winning over poets and composers. The recording, created in collaboration with the Palazzetto Bru Zane, brings together original pieces, contemporary arrangements from French operas and operettas, and vocal works dedicated to the mandolin, thereby effectively recreating the soundscape and distinct allure of a fin-de-siecle salon.