Ksenija Sidorova: Fairy Tales

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Release Date: 1st Jul 2013
Catalogue No: CHRCD055
Label: Champs Hill Records
Length: 68 minutes

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Moszkowski: Caprice espagnole, Op. 37

Work length7:38

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Ksenija Sidorova

Trojan, V: Fairy Tales, a Concerto for Accordion

Work length25:06

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Ksenija Sidorova
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Clark Rundell

I. Let us Dance Into the Fairy-Tales

Track length2:32

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II. The Sleepy Princess

Track length3:53

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III. The Magic Box

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IV. The Enchanted Princess – The Brave Princess and The Evil Dragon

Track length5:10

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V. The Naughty Roundabout

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VI. The Sailor and the Enchanted Accordion

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VII. The Acrobatic Fairy-Tale

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Vassiliev: Who's the puppet?

Work length5:45

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Ksenija Sidorova

Grieg: Holberg Suite

Work length17:55

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Ksenija Sidorova

I. Praeludium

Track length2:53

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II. Sarabande

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III. Gavotte

Track length3:09

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IV. Air

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V. Rigaudon

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Felix Mendelssohn, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Sevastian: Incidental Music to Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream': Scherzo

Work length4:59

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Peter Londonov: Scherzo - Toccata

Work length2:41

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Astor Piazzolla, John Lenehan: Oblivion

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Ksenija Sidorova, Thomas Gould
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Clark Rundell

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Accordion sensation Ksenija Sidorova in a showcase demonstrating the full range and emotional power of her instrument. 'As an accordionist you sort of have to carve your own path, so I consider it my mission in this way to introduce the instrument to a wider audience', she says.

The CD contains old and new repertoire, transcriptions and original works.

Fairy Tales concerto by Vaclav Trojan, recorded with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is written in an enchanting and approachable style with beautiful, heartfelt melodies.

Arrangements and transcriptions of virtuosic showpieces include Moszowski’s Caprice Espagnol, the scherzo from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (a transcription that has its roots in Rachmaninov’s arrangement) and Grieg’s Holberg Suite.

Contemporary composition Who’s the Puppet? was written for Ksenija by Russian composer Artem Vassiliev. Petr Londonov’s Scherzo-Toccata is a popular piece with accordionists but little-known to wider concert audiences.

All are performed on Ksenija’s Pigini accordion which she considers to be the Rolls Royce of instruments.

Ksenija was recently awarded the Latvian Grand Music Award 2012 ‘Outstanding Performance’ prize. She combines a busy concert schedule, including performances with guitar star Milos Karadaglic, with outreach and education work.

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September 2013

[Sidorova] plays magnificently here

27th July 2013

You can sense Sidorova’s delight at finally being able to interact with a full orchestra. Trojan’s cheery, colourful score is more soundtrack than concerto, but contains some glorious things, such as a Prokofiev-like waltz in its sixth movement and a hyperactive close. We even get a smoochy Piazzolla tango as a bonus track. Highly recommended.

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