
PRELUDIO No. II Op. 49 for mandolin by Raffaele Calace (1863-1934) performed here by the well-known Dutch mandolinist Sebastiaan de Grebber. Raffaele Calace was born in Neaples as the son of Antonio Calace, a celebrated musical instrument maker. Besides being an apprentice at his father's workshop to take over the family business at a later point in his life, he turned out to be very talented in playing the mandolin and liuto cantibile and became one of the most famous mandolin virtuosi of his time. After his studies at the Music High school of Neaples he made it his mission to globally elevate the mandolin to the highest level. Raffaele Calace hoped to achieve this with giving concerts throughout Europe and even further, for example in Japan, where he performed before the Emperor and his family. Besides being a performer he also wrote about 200 compositions for his beloved instrument. Most of these works either solo or in combination with other instruments, belong to the best and most beautiful music ever written for the mandolin, demanding a highly developed technique and musical understanding of the performer. This is certainly the case with the 10 Preludes composed by Raffaele Calace for mandolin solo as they belong to the most artistic and virtuoso of the original music composed for the mandolin. Sebastiaan de Grebber studied the mandolin at the music school De Muzerie and ArtEZ Music Conservatory in Zwolle (Netherlands) under the guidance of Alex Timmerman, in Italy <b>...</b>
PRELUDIO
Prelude
Raffaele
Calace
Sebastiaan
de
Grebber
mandolino
mandolin
mandoline
mandolina
Luigi
Embergher
CONSORT
Alex
Timmerman