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Hailed as ‘Queen of the classical accordion’, Mie Miki made her first public appearance at the age of five, and has since then given countless concerts. This CD brings together pieces that do not form part of her standard performance repertoire but are more old friends and new, childhood acquaintancies, and some surprise guests from a wholly different musical universe.
Arrangement of works originally written for harpsichord (Daquin’s Cuckoo or Handel’s Blacksmith) or piano (Stravinsky’s Tango and Schubert’s two Moments musicaux) rub shoulders with original accordion compositions such as Wolfgang Jacobi’s Sérénade. Moods range from the irrepressible Miss Karting, straight out of the great French musette tradition, and the breakneck comedy of Road Runner, to the intense pathos of Astor Piazzolla’s Chiquilín de Bachín and the calm serenity of A Spotless Rose, in Brahms’ setting (originally an organ prelude).
Louis-Claude Daquin: Premier livre de pieces de clavecin, Suite No. 3 (arr. for accordion)
Premier livre de pieces de clavecin, Suite No. 3: No. 15. Le Coucou (arr. for accordion)
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pieces de clavecin: Suite in E minor (arr. for accordion)
Pieces de clavecin: Suite in E minor: VI. Rigaudons I-II (arr. for accordion)
Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C minor, K.11/L.352/P.67 (arr. for accordion)
Keyboard Sonata in C minor, K.11/L.352/P.67 (arr. for accordion)
George Frideric Handel: Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430 (arr. for accordion)
Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430: IV. Air and Variations, "Harmonious Blacksmith" (arr. for accordion)
Wolfgang Jacobi: Divertissement for Accordion
Divertissement for Accordion: Serenade
Franz Schubert: 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780 (arr. for accordion)
No. 3 in F minor: Allegro moderato
No. 5 in F minor: Allegro vivace
Johannes Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (arr. for accordion)
11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: No. 8. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (arr. for accordion)
Jacques Ibert: Histoires (arr. for accordion)
III. Le vieux mendiant
II. Le petit ane blanc
Igor Stravinsky: Tango (arr. for accordion)
Tango (arr. for accordion)
Philip Glass: Modern Love Waltz (arr. for accordion)
Modern Love Waltz (arr. for accordion)
Andre Astier: Miss Karting
Miss Karting
Andre Astier: Novelty Polka
Novelty Polka
Michel Legrand: Les parapluies de Cherbourg (arr. for accordion)
Les parapluies de Cherbourg (arr. for accordion)
Astor Piazzolla: S.V.P. (S'il vous plait)
S.V.P. (S'il vous plait)
Astor Piazzolla: Chiquilin de Bachin (arr. for accordion)
Chiquilin de Bachin (arr. for accordion)
Astor Piazzolla: Chau Paris (arr. for accordion)
Chau Paris (arr. for accordion)
Astor Piazzolla: La bicicleta blanca (arr. for accordion)
La bicicleta blanca (arr. for accordion)
Zez Confrey: Dizzy Fingers (arr. P. Deiro)
Dizzy Fingers (arr. P. Deiro)
John Zorn: Road Runner
Road Runner
Michal Kleofas Oginski: Polonaise No. 13 in A minor, "Farewell to the Fatherland" (arr. for accordion)
Polonaise No. 13 in A minor, "Farewell to the Fatherland" (arr. for accordion)
Dmitry Shostakovich: 5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano (arr. for accordion)
5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano: No. 4. Waltz (arr. for accordion)
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Premier livre de pieces de clavecin, Suite No. 3: No. 15. Le Coucou (arr. for accordion)