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Four centuries in moving images — from the Neapolitan baroque through Raffaele Calace to Russian Romanticism and narrated music.

Raffaele Calace · 1863–1934

One man — and the whole sound.

Composer and instrument maker in one person — and we play on mandolins that he built himself.

01
The Composer

Raffaele Calace wrote the Gran Duetto (op. 71–73, in three movements) — virtuosic Romanticism of the Neapolitan school.

02
The Instrument Maker

In Naples he built the mandolin and the Liuto cantabile himself — instruments that remain benchmarks to this day.

03
His Own Sound

Our CD "Maestro Calace" was recorded on these very original Calace instruments. The circle closes.

LIVE IN CONCERT
Raffaele Calace · Rondò Scherzoso op. 72
From the "Gran Duetto", 3rd movement — the live counterpart to the studio CD "Maestro Calace". For mandolin and liuto cantabile.
LIUTO CANTABILE · ORIGINAL SCORES
Raffaele Calace · Preludio VIII op. 104
Valerij on the liuto cantabile — with Calace's own first edition on screen. Listen and read along.
18th century

Baroque on original instruments

Eighteenth-century music on original Neapolitan mandolins and a baroque mandolin after a historical model — the very instruments presented on our instruments page.

L'ESPRIT DES CORDES
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet · Trio Sonata in F major
On original 18th-century Neapolitan mandolins — by Januarius Vinaccia and Donatus Filano. With Tina Speckhofer · harpsichord (after Ruckers).
BAROQUE MANDOLIN · PRESBLER
Carlo Arrigoni · Sonata in D major
Elena on the baroque mandolin (Presbler reproduction by Alfred Woll), Tina Speckhofer · harpsichord.
Russian soundscapes

Viola, domra & ensemble

Russian Romanticism and narrated music — from the quartet to a novella set to music.

YARUSS · PROMO
Dances of Light
The YARUSS Quartet with Tatjana Masurenko (viola) — promo for the CD of the same name.
CONCERT RECORDING
Volga Virtuosi
Tatjana Masurenko (viola) with the Volga Virtuosi Quartet.
WORD & MUSIC · PUSHKIN / SVIRIDOV
The Snowstorm
Alexander Pushkin's novella, read by Bodo Krumwiede — film music by Georgy Sviridov in Valerij's arrangement. Elena · soprano domra, Valerij · alto domra, Kirill Kisseljow · piano.
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