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For his second recording, French accordionist Bruno Maurice
has chosen a program consisting of baroque, classical and original
pieces for the accordion. (For Bruno’s biographical details see
the review of his CD Appassionata on 16th June 2000).
Bruno begins his program with his
own piece: "Saumur", showing that he is also a talented composer.
I felt in Bruno's composing style, influence of the Russian accordion
composing school: Semionov, Zubitsky, etc. The piece is musically
very interesting, contentious and performed very inspiringly.
I found Bruno's performance of
the Scarlatti Sonata in E Major absolutely exceptional. While
staying within the frame of the baroque style, his performance
is incredibly emotional, making this sonata "alive". So often
I come across recordings where Scarlatti is performed bland and
emotionless, out of concern to not be too romantic, making the
way this music sounds like a "museum item" - lifeless and out
of the real world.
I also loved Bruno's performance
of Bach's Triple Fugue and Mozart's Variations - it is emotionally
very involved, approached with amazing musical maturity while
on the other hand not stepping out of the borders of the style
and good musical taste.
While listening to the recording,
it is very clear that Bruno immensely enjoys playing pieces originally
written for the accordion (Semionov,
Zubitsky, etc.).
Having absolute technical freedom, he performs very convincingly,
profoundly moving and emotionally involving.
He finishes off his program with
the "Valse Triest" showing that he is also a great miniaturist:
refined and noble in expression
I cannot speak about this recording
highly enough. *****
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