Hal Leonard - Mandolin Method Pack - Orange/Black/White/Gray

Spruce top with adjustable walnut bridge, maple back and sides, and a high-gloss tobacco sunburst finish.

The GBM4770 Mandolin Bag delivers reliable mandolin protection for safe storage and transportation. Along with a weather-resistant exterior that defends against moisture, the case features padding that prevents impact damage and a smooth lining that safeguards the instrument finish. Two accessory compartments provide convenient access to supplies and tools. Backpack-style straps enable hands-free transportation and a cushioned top handle makes for balanced, comfortable carrying. For ease of loading and unloading, a two-pull zipper fully opens and closes at either end or any point between.

Two years after the great acclaim aroused by Beethoven and his Contemporaries, his first recording for Arcana ('Young Raffaele La Ragione is to the mandolin today what Gustav Leonhardt once was to the harpsichord' - Le Monde), Raffaele La Ragione returns with an album containing the four best-known mandolin concertos, which appear in a new light here thanks to the use of three different period mandolins. For this ambitious project he is joined by the brilliant orchestra Il Pomo d'Oro, universally renowned for it's lively, dynamic interpretations of instrumental and vocal music from the Baroque and Classical periods (with Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli, Jakub Józef Orlinski) and directed here by it's principal guest conductor Francesco Corti, a harpsichordist of international repute. From Vivaldi's famous mandolin concertos, by way of the typically Neapolitan examples by Paisiello and Lecce, to the two more Classical concertos of Hummel (these last in their world premiere recording on historical instruments), four concertos and three precious instruments restore this repertory to it's rightful place and relate almost a century of mandolin history.