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)