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EASTERN GRASS  (2023)

Radim Zenkl & Ondra Kozák. This collection features their original compositions, along with a few covers and traditional songs from both sides of the Atlantic, all with distinctive arrangements. Typical bluegrass instruments are used, plus a few others, played in the style that has influenced both players the most - bluegrass - while weaving in influences from their roots, hence Eastern Grass.

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PROJECT BLUE MOSS  (2017)

Radim Zenkl & Albert Parrish. The first nine tracks on this CD feature original compositions by Albert Parrish for solo fingerstyle guitar. The next nine tracks feature the same tunes with Radim's improvised mandolin parts, thus featuring each composition as a solo and as a duet. The poetic music crosses the tracks of genres such as folk, new age, blues and more.

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MANDOLIN PRIMER  (2015)

Mandolin fundamentals that even accomplished musicians can benefit from. Tuning, proper playing positions, instrument set-up, warm-ups, four right hand picking techniques, two left hand positions, tone production, tremolo, speed development, several styles of strumming, cross-picking, muting, pizzicato, detailed insights into developing coordination between the picking and fretting hands and how to practice it. All the techniques can be also applied to guitar and other plucked string instruments.

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TROUBADOUR TOUR  (2010)

Radim Zenkl & Jaroslav Samson Lenk. Jaroslav is a Czech award winning singer songwriter. Their collaboration started about 15 years ago. The Troubadour Tour concept was inspired by a set of performances in medieval castles and other historical sites in Europe. Besides their contemporary repertoire, they prepared a collection of Renaissance and Celtic tunes for this project. See video from a live show.

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EUROPICK (2009)

Radim Zenkl & Leo Chern. After about a decade of playing together as a duo they released their first collaborative CD, bringing fresh approach to the traditional music from around Europe. Radim plays the mandolin, nylon string mandolin and variety of whistles, Leo is on the keyboards. They are accompanied by bass and drums on most selections. This project is also Radim's recording debut as a lead singer. See video from a live show.

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WORLD OF MUSIC  (2005)

Radim Zenkl with the 'Festival of Four' quartet. Featuring classical, flamenco and world and original music. Besides quartets the CD also includes various duets and a solo piece of each member. Viviana Guzman - flute, Richard Patterson - classical guitar, Guillermo Rios - flamenco guitar, Radim - mandolin. 

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RESTLESS JOY  (1999)

Features original solo pieces and group projects. Radim plays mandolin, mandola, Irish bouzouki, nylon string mandolin and slide mandolin on the CD. Music style corresponds with bluegrass, new age, Irish, classical and other. The techniques include finger picking and a duo-style. The guest musicians are Michael Manring, Leo Chern, Suzanne Teng, Richard Mandel, Paul Donnelly and John Hanes.

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STRINGS & WINGS (1996)

Duets of mandolin with 20 different acoustic string instruments played by Zenkl with 20 guest artists including Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, David Grisman, Mike Marshall, Tony Rice and Rob Wasserman among others. The instruments feature Paraguayan harp, sitar, koto, balalaika, bouzouki, cymbalom, hurdy gurdy and others. The music is entirely free improvisation, a soulful exchange between two musicians at a moment in time.

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CZECH IT OUT (1994)

A musical palette of eight Zenkl's originals along with three Czech and Slovak traditional pieces arranged for solo mandolin, mandocello and mandolin banjo. Zenkl's own version of the "duo-style" technique allows him to sound like two mandolins simultaneously on several cuts. Other techniques feature slide mandolin, finger picking and hammering with a pencil.

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GALACTIC MANDOLIN (1992)

This recording is possibly the first album of original mandolin solos ever made. The mandolin is tuned differently for each of the 13 compositions. The first piece is written in regular tuning (ee-aa-dd-gg). In each piece that follows, every other single string is tuned down a half tone (eeb-aab-ddb-ggb, ed-ag-dc-gf, etc.), thereby using all intervals from unison to octave. 

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MANDOLIN PARADE (1989)

A true parade of ten different mandolin family instruments and several music genres, covering bluegrass, blues, new age, Czech traditional, classical, rock, and other. Six of the twelve pieces are Zenkl's originals. The arrangements featuring solos, duets, trios and a quartet are overdubbed mostly by Zenkl, with guest musicians contributing the second mandolin, harpsichord, piano, bass and drums.

Radim is also featured on these recordings:


ARTIST
TITLE
YEAR
INSTRUMENT
LABEL
INDEX
Pozdni sber
K narozeninam
2018
mandolin, tin whistle
Good Day Records
GD 125-2
Kim Doolittle
Into the Blue
2017
mandolin
DK Records
718042
Jaroslav Samson Lenk
60 + 6
2016
mandolin, flute, didgeridoo
Studio Jumbo
JU-35
Jan Hruby
Kukulin 7
2015
tin whistle, low whistle, Irish bouzouki
Indies Happy Trails
MAM709-2
Various Artists
Meritage Acoustic: Tomorrow's Stories
2013
pennywhistle
Meritage Music/SUGO Music Group
B00GQ5RUCO
Petr Vrobel, Manor, Ger Mandolin Orchestra
Early Songs of Pilsen Mandolins
2012
mandolin
Avik
AV 035212-2
Mary McLauglin
Storybook
2012
mandolin, guitar, Irish bouzouki, pennywhistle, low whistle
Gourd Music
GM 2012
Vodopad
Carovny den
2012
pennywhistle
N333
0014-2-331
Zhasni
Na druhem nadvori
2012
mandolin
Zhasni
2012
Bohemia Cantat
Liberec 2011
2011
mandolin, mandola, voice, pennywhistle, Chinese flute (dizi), didgeridoo
BC
2011
Various Artists
Meritage Relaxation: Centered Being 
2011
pennywhistle
Meritage Music
B004QTYHRS
Kim Doolittle
Live at Heather's
2010
low whistle
DaL Music
2010
Petr Vrobel
Mandolin in Time (3)
2009
mandolin
Avik
AV 030809-2
Karel Ruzicka
A 23
2009
mandolin
BIEM
2009
Zhasni
Je to tak nutny...
2009
wooden whistle
Zhasni
2009
Joe Ross
Bluegrass Alphabet
2008
pennywhistle
Zephyr Records
ZR0431
Allette Brooks
Blaze
2008
mandolin, low whistle
LAB
004
Nada Urbankova a Bokomara
Pout na Zeliv
2007
low whistle
Areca Multimedia
2007
New England Mandolin Ensemble
Sip a Little New
2007
nylon string mandolin
Neme
2007
Michael Irwin & Friends
Backroads
2007
mandolin
Prince Street
PSP-CD-04
Docuku
Domrte!
2007
wooden whistle
Indies Happy Trails
MAM 602-2
Joe Ross
The Spirit of St. Louis
2007
pennywhistle
Zephyr Records
ZR0430
Skip Henderson
The Poet and Pirate Overtures
2007
mandolin, pennywhistle
Canyon Studios
Skip 2
Richard Gilewitz
Live at the 2nd Street Theatre
2006
mandola
GillaZilla
GZ7069
Marilynn Mair
Leave Something Unexplained
2006
mandolin
QORO Productions
QP
Joe Ross
Festival Time Again
2006
pennywhistle
Zephyr Records
ZR0429
Various Artists
Tone Poets
2005
mandolin
Acoustic Disc
ACD-62
Trilogy
Far Morning
2005
pennywhistle, low whistle
Trilogy
TR1001
Havel, Sverak, Jirous, Sabach, Goldflam
Pohadky pro male i velke
2005
mandolin
Radioservis
CR0309-2-801
Various Artists
Acoustic Cheer
2005
mandolin
Acoustic Disc(digital download)
ACCD-2
Jiri Vondrak
Jiri Vondrak zpiva pisne Bulata Okudzavy
2004
mandolin, pennywhistle
Areca Multimedia
AM 80250-2
Vlasta Redl & KDJ
Dopisy z kvetin
2004
mandolin
BMG Ariola
82876558712
Mary McLauglin
Crystal Shoe
2004
mandolin, guitar, Irish bouzouki, pennywhistle, low whistle, bass recorder, Native American flute, bamboo flute (bansuri)
Gourd Music
GM 402
Jayme Kelly Curtis
Sugar & Sand
2004
mandolin, pennywhistle, fujara, didgeridoo
PurrGirl Records
PGR 002
Buty
Butykvariat
2003
mandolin, nylon string mandolin
BMG Ariola
82876558682
Charlie Cutten
Basic Transportation
2003
mandolin
CuttenGems
CG001
Sean Hutchinson
Mockingbird Mandolins
2003
mandolin
Tuza Records
Tuza-1
Jiri Pavlica, Hradistan a hoste
Sesli se IV.
2003
mandolin, mandola
Lotos
LT 0129-2331
Michael Chiarello's Sampler
Music for Casual Cooking & Dining
2003
mandolin
Sugo
SR0340
Michael Chiarello's Sampler
Seasons of Napa
2003
mandolin
Sugo
SR0339
Gypsygrass
Serendipity
2003
mandolin
Hanko Enterprises
2003
Benita Kenn
Roads
2003
mandolin, nylon string mandolin
BenKenn Music
001
Samson a jeho parta
Demaaaczech
2002
mandolin
Popron
Chuck McCabe
Bad Gravity Day
2002
mandolin
Woodshed Prod.
WS 7602
Petr Vrobel
Mandolin in Time (2)
2002
mandolin
Avik
AV 019902-2
Beppe Gambetta, Carlo Aonzo, David Grisman
Traversata
2001
mandocello
Acoustic Disc
ACD-47
Clarridge Fiddlers & Friends
My Lily
2001
mandolin
The Clarridge Family
CF 0002
Hana Joova & the Bandshees a hoste
Obdobi
2001
mandolin
Gaelachas Coisceim
GC
Apostolis
Walking
2001
mandolin
Petrovice
2001
Sampler
Best of Pupal, Radek, Marinaci & Prygal "A"
2001
mandolin
AB Studio
0002
Mel Bay Presents
Mandolin 2000
2000
mandolin
Mel Bay Publications
MB98372BCD
Sampler
Bluegrass
2000
mandolin
BMG Ariola
74321722862
Joe Ross
Crazy Zoo
2000
mandolin, Irish bouzouki, low whistle
Zephyr Records
ZR0428
Carol Denney
The Rich Will Never Be Poor
2000
mandolin
Solid Frog Productions
0001
Buty
Kapradi
1999
nylon string mandolin
BMG Ariola
74321714972
Lou Maxwell Taylor
Cheshire Tree Suite
1999
mandolin
Myshkazippy
00100
Bokomara
Hantec 3
1999
mandolin
FT Records
FT 0040
Skip Henderson
Billy Bones and Other Ditties
1999
mandolin
Canyon Studios
Skip1
Petr Hubacz a Prsten
Hance
1998
mandolin
Cesky Rozhlas
34-2311
Duo EKG-M a hoste
Pupalovy songy
1998
mandolin
AB Studio
020-2331
Dan Crary
Holiday Guitar
1997
mandolin, nylon string mandolin
Sugar Hill
SHCD-3871
Rudy Cipolla
Portrait of an American Original
1997
mandolin
Acoustic Disc
ACD-22
Buty
Rastakayakwanna
1997
mandolin, nylon string mandolin
BMG Ariola
74321483462
Mike & Lorraine McCullough
Evermore
1997
mandolin
MCCD
015
Rudolstadt Tanz & Folkfest
Sampler
1996
mandolin
Heideck
RUCD 96-1
The Young Mando Monsters
Mandolin Artistry Vol. 1
1995
mandolin
Vamp
VMP-0100
Various Artists
Sampler II
1995
mandolin
Acoustic Disc
ACDS-16
Phyllis Dunne
Joyously Dunne
1995
mandolin, mandola
Special Dunne Music
JD0995
Suzanne Holland
I Am a Mockingbird
1994
mandolin
MuscleTone
MT-02
Various Artists
Sampler
1993
mandolin
Acoustic Disc
ACDS-8
Suzanne Holland
On Dragon Wings
1993
mandolin
MuscleTone
MT-01
Secret Guide To Music
Sampler 2
1992
mandolin
Adventures in Music
AIM-67
Phil Lawrence
Mandolin Mezzotints
1991
mandolin
Mandolinimal Productions
MP-CD-003
Buzzard Song
Paul
1990
mandolin, electric mandolin
GuitarHead
GH-001
Tyrkys
Tak dost, Siesta (SP)
1988
mandolin, harmony vocal
Supraphon - Porta c.10
110275-7311
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