Detlef Tewes Romantic Mandolin

This album includes Romantic Mandolin Moments with works from Astor Piazzolla, Niccolo Paganini, Valdo Preema, Enrico Marucelli and others - played by Detlef Tewes (mandolin) and Boris Bjorn Bagger (guitar)

Together with guitarist Boris Björn Bagger, Detlef Tewes makes his premiere recording for hänssler CLASSIC in a program of literature featuring the mandolin as a first-lass concert instrument. Before becoming the national instrument of Italy, the mandolin enjoyed a period of popularity among the composers of Northern Europe. Mozart, Hummel and Beethoven among others composed for the mandolin, admiring it's delicate sound and ability to evoke feelings of longing, tenderness and nostalgia.