Mandolin on Stage is the first recorded collaboration of Il Pomo d'Oro with Italian mandolinist Raffaele la Ragione. The programme, conducted by Francesco Corti, the principal guest conductor of Il Pomo d'Oro, presents some of the best known works for this instrument. From Vivaldi’s famous mandolin concertos, by way of the typically Neapolitan examples by Paisiello and Lecce,