There is only one concession to
the old style; Tritsch Tratsch Polka of Johann Strauss. Pardonable....as
it is surely a piece of great effect especially with this combination
of 6 accordions - the transcription is defending itself very well.
Highest
marks for the rest of their repertoire. I found that the opening
selections were really very well written (Jan Van Der Roost and
Ferenc Farkas) in a popular style. The Dutch composer "Rikudim
" creates four true jewels of Jewish folk dances; the Hungarian
Farkas get inspired by the folklore of his own country, that have
become famous through the studies of known composers of the 20th
century.
There is then the section of original music, where the Joke of
Fugazza (one of his best pieces) is and the mythical "Rondò
Capriccioso" of Vladislav Zolotariov (written for the Trio
of the Urals, here in doubled version) full of style among cultured
and extra-cultured elements with the inevitable piece of the Dies
Iræ right in the middle. Of course Astor Piazzolla could
in no way be left off this CD and Undertango and Meditango are
recorded.
The leader, Giorgio
Dellarole has a lot of concert and compilation of programs
experience. Eccezion for Dellarole,
currently a Conservatory teacher (the others members are not professionals
of music), but that makes the dimension of amore' for the tool
that has been of certain stimulus to the realization of this disk,
besides the consolidated understanding of the group, that he/she
works for years already.
I desire to spend the last words of this reveiw concerning the
dedication of the CD: Fabio Carrozza has been part of the group
and it is dedicated to his tragic and premature death in 1998;
I would like to remember him on the stage of the winners of the
Contest "Città di Castelfidardo" of 1997 - lifting
- smiling - the trophy with the others - his companions. Today
Fabio Carrozza is fittingly remembered using an absolute medium:
the music.
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