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Name
|
Time
|
mp3
file size
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| The
Thieving Magpie Overture |
20s
|
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| La
Cumparsita |
20s
|
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| Carnival
Of Venice - Variations |
20s
|
|
| Drigo's
Serenade |
20s
|
|
| Spic
And Span |
20s
|
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| Toccata
& Fugue in D minor |
20s
|
|
| Ukrainian
Folk Song |
20s
|
|
| The
Musical Box |
20s
|
|
| Russian
Comic Dancing Song |
20s
|
|
| Ballet
Of The Chicks In Their Shells |
20s
|
|
| Northern
Folk Tunes |
20s
|
|
The
title 'VIRTUOSISSIMI' means 'virtuosi of the highest degree',
of which there are very few on the accordion. Here is an opportunity
to hear two of them. They each play a different type of accordion
and different types of music. The music is very wide-ranging
and shows many facets of virtuoso accordion playing and technique.
YURI KAZAKOV
Yuri Kazakov is by right considered the first among many talented
accordionists of the U.S.S.R. Not only is he an excellent
performer, but he is also a pioneer in many respects. It was
he who developed the Russian accordion (caled the 'bayan');
he was the first to establish the accordion as a solo instrument;
he was the first to record on radio and TV the 'Concerto for
Accordion and Orchestra' by N Tchaikin; and he was the first
to give a solo accordion recital at the Moscow Conservatoire
in 1957, thus winning recognition for the accordion as an
acknowledge concert instrument.
The success he has achieved results from his amazing technique,
fine sense of style, expert musicianship, and the extensive
tone colours he produces. His repertoire ranges from the great
classics by such composers as Bach and Mozart to arrangements
of traditional folk music and works by mordern composers such
as Prokofiev and Shostakovich. He has performed with many
famous musicians, including the late Kachaturian. He has given
concerts in many other countries apart from the U.S.S.R. -
in Scansinavia, Latin-America, Canada, Indonesia , and many
European countries.
PEARL FAWCETT - ADRIANO
Pearl Fawcett-Andrian has done much to raise the standing
of the accordion as a 'musical'instrument, both in Britain
and abroad, She has played with major symphony orchestras
and has given recitals at important concert halls such as
the Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room (Royal Festival Hall) in
London, and abroad in such prestigious venues as Moscow's
Tchaikovsky Hall.
She has been a regular broadcaster, appearing in programmes
of light music as well as more serious music, and she has
made a number of outstanding recordings.
The varied range of music on this recording shows yet another
aspect of her extensive repertoire and ability. She specialises
on the electronic accordion and has such a command of this
instrument that she can produce different effects, ranging
from the orchestral sounds of 'The Thieving Magpie' Overture
to the mandolin effect in Drigo's Serenade', and at the same
time exploit the vivid sound of the acoustic accordion. |
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