In his first album of concertos, Israeli mandolinist Alon Sariel explores music of late 18th- and early 19th-century Vienna with the Cologne Academy on period instruments conducted by Michael Alexander Willens. Sariel showcases his inventive approach by adapting pieces such as Mozart’s Andante for Flute and Orchestra for mandolin, and creating a unique “Haydn’s Mandolin Concerto” by combining movements from various concertos, including one by Ignaz Malzat, long misattributed to Haydn. The album also highlights previously undiscovered works by Ernest Krähmer, recently found in the Bavarian State Library and recorded here for the first time.

Sariel reflects, “Ten years after my trio project Paisiello in Vienna around the chamber music in the Viennese Salon, I’m now excited to rediscover my instrument in its orchestral context of 19th century Vienna.”