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Crossroads in Bloomington, MN
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Ksenija Sidorova
has been on a one-woman crusade to make the accordion into a classical instrument, and her efforts seem to be bearing fruit; this release climbed onto classical best-seller lists in the autumn of 2024. In the past,
Sidorova
has explored
Astor Piazzolla
and other music from the accordion's southern/Latin sphere, but here, she goes in a different and indeed more purely "classical" direction. On
Crossroads
(it is not clear in exactly what respect she intends this music to represent a crossroads), her subject is
J.S. Bach
, both his own music and that of some contemporary composers whose work shows his influence. It is certainly a novelty to hear
Bach
's
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
, on an accordion, even if, as
points out, the work may have originated as an organ concerto and is thus at least potentially appropriate to a double-manual instrument. There is also a relevant arrangement of
Gabriela Montero
's piano work
Beyond Bach
. Perhaps most deeply interesting is the music that is native to the accordion. Consider the five-movement
Chaconne accordion concerto
by composer
Sergey Akhunov
, which alludes lightly to the Chaconne movement in
Sonata for solo violin, BWV 1004
, but more generally explores the terraced dynamics of Baroque music in a completely fresh, modern way. Although it is deeply rooted in the Baroque, one wouldn't call it a neoclassic work.
Akhunov
is not a composer with whom Western audiences will likely be familiar, and this, in itself, may be worth the price of admission (or just the time). However, there is also
's playing, precise but lively throughout, and a wonderful studio sound environment from
Alpha
that carries overtones of walking into hallowed halls with an individual perspective. Another fine release from
. ~ James Manheim
has been on a one-woman crusade to make the accordion into a classical instrument, and her efforts seem to be bearing fruit; this release climbed onto classical best-seller lists in the autumn of 2024. In the past,
Sidorova
has explored
Astor Piazzolla
and other music from the accordion's southern/Latin sphere, but here, she goes in a different and indeed more purely "classical" direction. On
Crossroads
(it is not clear in exactly what respect she intends this music to represent a crossroads), her subject is
J.S. Bach
, both his own music and that of some contemporary composers whose work shows his influence. It is certainly a novelty to hear
Bach
's
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
, on an accordion, even if, as
points out, the work may have originated as an organ concerto and is thus at least potentially appropriate to a double-manual instrument. There is also a relevant arrangement of
Gabriela Montero
's piano work
Beyond Bach
. Perhaps most deeply interesting is the music that is native to the accordion. Consider the five-movement
Chaconne accordion concerto
by composer
Sergey Akhunov
, which alludes lightly to the Chaconne movement in
Sonata for solo violin, BWV 1004
, but more generally explores the terraced dynamics of Baroque music in a completely fresh, modern way. Although it is deeply rooted in the Baroque, one wouldn't call it a neoclassic work.
Akhunov
is not a composer with whom Western audiences will likely be familiar, and this, in itself, may be worth the price of admission (or just the time). However, there is also
's playing, precise but lively throughout, and a wonderful studio sound environment from
Alpha
that carries overtones of walking into hallowed halls with an individual perspective. Another fine release from
. ~ James Manheim
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