Centuries of Italian music history are presented with the accordion as a guideline.

A musical journey from Ferrari and Scarlatti, interspersed with beautiful miniatures by Berio, via Puccini’s Crisantemi to Respighi’s dramatic mini-opera ‘il Tramonto’. 

La musica bellissima!

Benedetto Ferrari – Deggio Amarvi 
Alessandro Scarlatti – O cessate de piagarmi 
Lore Binon (soprano), Philippe Thuriot (accordion)

Domenico Scarlatti – Sonates for harpsichord, arrangements for accordion 
Philippe Thuriot (accordion) 

Lucano Berio – ‘Erdenklavier’, ‘Luftklavier’, ‘Wasserklavier’, ’Feuerklavier’ from ‘six encores’
Florian Noack (piano)

Giacomo Puccini – ‘Crisantemi’, for string quartet
Maria Włoszczowska (violin), Tim Crawford, Vincent Hepp (viola), Pierre Fontenelle (cello)

Ottorino Respighi – ‘Il Tramonto’  lyrical poem for mezzo-soprano and string quartet
Lore Binon (soprano), Maria Włoszczowska, Tim Crawford (violin), Vincent Hepp (viola), Pierre Fontenelle (cello)