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Have your CD or DVD reviewed by Joan Cochran Sommers (all styles of music) or Alessandro Mugnoz (classical music)
or Renato Belardinelli (jazz/folkloristic music).
"The policy is to review recordings where the accordion is the main solo instrument or where the accordion is the predominant instrument. Please do not send CDs with NO accordion whatsoever or with the accordion only in the background or where accordion is used for some tracks only as accompaniment. Please send CD's that fulfill the requirements of the accordion being the main solo instrument or where the accordion is the predominant instrument."
Click on the "Review Date" link to read the reviews.
 Review Date Title
Artist
22 February 2008 Fences Come Down              The Groanbox Boys                  
01 February 2008 Notes Vagabondes Gorni Kramer Quartet
11 Jannuary 2008 L'été indien Hammondeon (René Sopa-Stefan Patry)
07 Decembe 2007 StriCat Rats & Gentle People Stricat
16 November 2007 Boite a Musique Vladimir Sidorov (bayan)
19 October 2007 The Last Supper Friedrich Lips
28 September 2007 SILENTE I TANGHERI
10 August 2007 REGARDS Lydie Auvray
20 July 2007 Accordion Illusions Stanislav Venglevski
06 June 2007 Volando con la musica Sylvia Pagni
18 May 2007 The Detroit Swingtet Gypsy Djazz
04 May 2007 Under Duress Eddie Hession, Accordion Chris Grist, Cello and The London Concertante
20 April 2007 Sarankina-Junctions Jacek Grekow (accordion), Jan Mlejinek, Karol Sypytkowski
30 March 2007 Recollections of Piazolla Yuri Medianik (bayan), with Piazzolla Quintet and Gnesin Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
16 March 2007 One Night in Moscow ... The Sta_Sera Duo In Concert
02 March 2007 NO COMMENT Friedrich Lips, Bayan
16 February 2007 L' Arbre de Vie (The Tree of Life) Mika Vayrynen, Accordion
02 February 2007 Dal Repertorio ottocentesco per strumenti ad ancia libera alla musica del Novecento Alessandro Mugnoz and Claudia Menghi
26 January 2007 Domenico Scarlatti, Sonate Giorgio Dellarole
19 January 2007 La Vita E Un Circo Claudio Vena and Featuring the Cosmic Cowboy Orchestra
22 December 2006 Le Nid Aime Accordeon Melancolique
15 December 2006 Vocalise Alexander Skliarov
01 December 2006 Smokestack Trilogy The Groanbox Boys
11 November 2006 Ulrike Dangendorf - Spuren (Traces) Ulrike Dangendorf
27 October 2006 Johann Sebastion Bach, (Two and three part inventions). Fausto Settevendemie
22 September 2006 A Farewell To Arms Raimondas Sviakevicius (accordion) and Andrius Puplauskis (bassoon), tracks 6-8
01 September 2006 Tour 2005 Accordion Gianluca Pica
11 August 2006 "Piazolla-studio" Tango Friedrich Lips (accordion), Sviatoslav Lips (piano), Vladislav Igolinsky (violin), Kirill Rodin (cello) and Mark Pekarsky (percussion)
28 July 2006 Dunkelrote Rose - encore 2 Friedrich Lips
14 July 2006 Hands Up Hannes Lingens
16 June 2006 Motion Trio Play Station Motion Trio Play
26 May 2006 Tarabuk Marco Lo Russo (accordion) and Tiziano Zanotti (double bass)
28 April 2006 Pathes of Centuries Alexander Dmitriev
12 April 2006 Renzo Ruggieri Solo Accordion Project / Storie di Fisarmonica Vissuta Renzo Ruggieri
03 March 2006 Dialoghi Daniele Donadelli, Paolo Gandolfi on some tracks and Armando Saielli piano on some tracks.
09 February 2006 Arlekkinate "Victoria" septet
13 January 2006 The Best of Jean Louis Noton Jean Louis Noton
22 December 2005 Accordion Tribe Guy Klucevsek (U.S.A.), Lars Hollmer (Svezia), Maria Kalaniemi (Finlandia), Bratko Bibic (Slovenia), Otto Lechner (Austria)
10 November 2005 Italian Favorites Monterey Style Mike Marotta Jr (Accordion and Keyboard), Dave Dally (Violin & Viola), Margie Dally (Cello), John Beron (Drums), Mickey McPhillips (Bass), Dave Marotta (Bass) 
28 October 2005 Todd Hildreth Accordion Trio Craig Wagner-guitar and Chris Fitzgerald-bass
06 October 2005 Classical Accordion Recital Henry Doktorski
23 September 2005 A Midsummer Night's Dream Alexander Sevastian (bayan)
10 September 2005 Nicola Campograde Alberto Fantino (fisarmonica/accordion)
Antonio Valentino - (pianoforte/piano)
15 July 2005 Francesco Palazzo Fisarmonica Classica Francesco Palazzo
01 July 2005 Accordion Powerhouse Peter Piccini (Accordion); Christopher Peraldini (Bass); Dennis Bird (Drums)
17 June 2005 bellows & pipes
galla-rini zador högberg
Jörgen Sundeqvist (accordion) and Håkan Dahlén (organ)
03 June 2005 Veli Kujala – Pipoka Veli Kujala (accordion/bandoneon); Jarmo Julkunen (nylon & metal string guitars, mandolin, ukulele); Ricardo Padilla (percussion); Roi Ruottinen (violoncello); Timo Tuppurainen (bass) 
18 May 2005 Iona Reed Trio Iona Reed (Accordion), Ron Kelly (Guitar), Bill Tuttle (Drums & Percussion)
03 May 2005 Images of Three Centuries (solo accordion)
Resurrection of Angel / A. Piazzolla
Yuri Medianik with Gnesin Virtuosi soloists & chamber orchestra / Makhail Khokhlov conductor & arrangements)
15 April 2005 Complesso Fisarmonicisti "Città di Varese"

Various

25 March 2005 Complesso Fisarmoicisti "Città di Varese" Mantici e Tastiere
04 March 2005 Vertige Trio Solotarev (accordion) and Francisco Dillon (cello)  
11 February 2005 Acclarion David Carovillano - (Accordion) Becky Sajo - (Clarinetti)
28 January 2005 The Well-Tampered Accordion Guy Klucevsek  
14 January 2005 The Magic Accordion of Yehuda Oppenheimer Yehuda Oppenheimer
10 December 2004 The Goldberg Variations Mika Väyrynen
26 November 2004 A Frosini Tribute Bernadette Conlon (First Lady of the Accordion)  
09 November 2004 Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International Various that listed
29 October 2004 Percursos Paulo Jorge Ferreira
01 October 2004 Symphonies of the Century Friedrich Lips
03 September 2004 Tango Toujours Lydie Auvray
30 July 2004 The Charme of Chamamé Chango Spasiuk
16 July 2004 2003 3rd Planet Video Presents Accordion Evolution at the International Accordion Convention A video profile of the popular convention in Las Vegas,
1 July 2004 Origini Marco Fratantonio
11 June 2004 Luciano Fancelli Sinequanon Akkordeon Ensemble
30 May 2004 Classical Accordion - Transcriptions Mika Väyrynen
14 May 2004 Absolutely French - The Magic of Bernadette Bernadette Conlon
30 April 2004 Vague a Lames Jean-Marc Fabiano
16 April 2004 The Heart of The Andes

Guy Klucevsek

19 March 2004 The Moon is Blue Kenny and Mary Kotwitz
27 February 2004 California Accordion Recital Henry Doktorski
06 February 2004 Live Ars Harmonica Trio, Piotr Chololowicz, Piotr Biazik and Jakub Mietla
23 January 2004 Jam Session Tony Dannon and Joe Cerrito(accordion), Billy Cairo (drums), Hubio Crawford (bass)
19 December 2003 Passions DVD (73 minutes) Jean Louis Noton produced by Jean-Michel Legros
05 December 2003 New Day's Horizon Frédéric Schlick
21 November 2003   Akkordeon Ensemble di Aosta Akkordeon Ensemble di Aosta, Giorgio Dellarole
14 November 2003   3 CD Set: 2002, Inspiration Lars Karlsson Band and Lars Karlsson
24 October 2003   Progetti Simone Zanchini
19 September 2003 Rècital Jean-Marc Marroni (accordion) and Laurence Cavagnolo (vocals)
12 September 2003 Plays Vladimir Besfamilnov Vladimir Besfamilnov
05 September 2003   Road Runner Claudio Jacomucci
29 August 2003 Melodies Russes Duo Moskva
15 August 2003 Accordeon Solo Tony Russo
08 August 2003   Rècital Jean-Marc Marroni and Laurence Cavagnolo
01 August 2003 Russian Bells Friedrich Lips
25 July 2003   Triangle Lydie Auvray
18 July 2003 El Tango En Africa Cape Town Tango Ensemble
04 July 2003 Accordeon Continental Billy McGuire & Jimmy Cassidy
27 June 2003   3 CD Set: "Le Voyageur", "Hard Night" and "Mine Majeure" Pierre Mussi
20 June 2003 Sous Le Ciel De Paris Zoltan Orosz, Gabor Ursu, Attila Bardoczy
06 June 2003 Appassionato Frank Marocco
30 May 2003 You Got Your Wish Jonathan Besser and “Bravura
23 May 2003 Ambra Maria Kalaniemi (accordion) and Timo Alakotila (piano)
09 May 2003 In a Latin Mood John Bonica and Louis Fanucchi with the Orchestra Di Gene Nery
25 April 2003 Harmonika Feheren Feketen Orosz Zoltan & Ursu Gabor
11 April 2003 Mosaique Jeunesse Accordeon du Sundgau
28 March 2003 Sounds Italian Peter Piccini
14 March 2003 Music Through The Dark Daran Kravanh
28 February 2003 Spaghetti Time Renzo Ruggieri
14 February 2003 Podium Duo Orosz Zoltan & Ursu Gabor
31 January 2003 "Skanstull" Tango Trio Mikael Augustsson (bandoneon), Lila Horovitz (bass) and Juan Esteban Cuacci (piano)
17 January 2003 Appassionata 2 Bruno Maurice
13 December 2002 Sarakina Jacek Grekow, Jan Mlejnek, Bartosz Mlejnek
29 November 2002 "Take 2" The "K" Trio
15 November 2002 Suite on Four Polish Carols Henry Doktorski
01 November 2002 The Flying Scotsman Tom Alexander
27 September 2002 Klezperanto! Re-grooves Klezmer Klezperanto
13 September 2002 Just For Fun Nina & Lena
30 August 2002 Sofia Gubaidulina - De Profundis David Farmer
16 August 2002 Bright Stage - Bulgarian Accordion Music Milen Slavov
02 August 2002 Alpen Spielers Betty Jo Simon
19 July 2002 Slavik Stevan R Knezevich
05 July 2002 Goldberg Variations, J. S. Bach Lena Rist-Larsen
21 June 2002 Years Apart John MacDonald
07 June 2002 Astor Piazzolla Rizol's Quartet
17 May 2002 Finally...a Beginning Karen Street
10 May 2002 Jeux A Deux Music for Percussion and Accordion Georg Schulz (accordion) and Ulrike Stadler-Fromme (percussion)
26 April 2002 Bolle Piton Accordion Bolle Piton
12 April 2002 Live Concert Vitali Dmitriev
29 March 2002 Dedication Joe Cerrito
15 March 2002 Under Paris Skies Steve Roxton
01 March 2002 Djordje Gajic - Accordion Djordje Gajic
15 February 2002 A Taste of Accordion Mario Messineo
01 February 2002 Free Reed Odyssey Daniel Barski
18 January 2002 Rizol's Quartet Sergiy Grinchenko, Vyacheslav Samofalov, Oleg Shyan & Roman Molochenko
14 December 2001 Akkordeon Internationale! John Bonica and his "MIDI" terranean Quintet
30 November 2001 Vladimir Besfamilnov Plays Vladimir Besfamilnov (accordion) and Vladimir Kashuba
16 November 2001 Travels with Suzette Anatoly Trofimov, Tamara Volskaya, John W. Helton & Daniil Guirchovitch
12 October 2001 Antonio Barberena Acordeon De Concierto
28 September 2001 Lars Karlsson Band Lars Karlsson Band
14 September 2001 Vladimir Murza Vladimir Murza
31 August 2001 Cool Change Peter Piccini Jazz Trio
17 August 2001 Alpen Spielers Betty Jo Simon
03 August 2001 The Fire Dance Cantus Lithuanian Accordion Quintet
20 July 2001 Step in Style Lindsay Weir & her Scottish Dance Band
06 July 2001 Akkordeon Impressionen Vereiniging Winterthurer Accordion Orchestra
22 June 2001 Concertina Landscape Dave Townsend, Gill Redmond & Margaret Knight
08 June 2001 Kristian & Jesper Nu Ogsa Pa CD Kristian & Jesper
25 May 2001 Paganiniana - Stars of Russian Bayan Alexander Dmitriev
11 May 2001 Purely Accordion Light Music by Norvic Concordia Norvic Concordia Accordion Quintet
27 April 2001 Partita Friedrich Lips
13 April 2001 Echoes of Europe Peter Piccini
30 March 2001 J.S. Bach Janne Rattya
16 March 2001 Contrastes Lacides Romero (accordion) and Arnaldo Garcia (piano)
02 March 2001 Sparkling Moments Jeanette Dyremose Ensemble
16 February 2001 Accordion Instrumental Unknown
02 February 2001 Alphen Opus T(w)o You Alphen Opus 2
19 January 2001 Romantic Bayan Yuri Shishkin
22 December 2000 Mamma Mia Betty Jo Simon
08 December 2000 Renzo Ruggieri Group Accordion Voyage Renzo Ruggieri (accordion), Paolo Di Sabatino (piano), Massimo Manzi (drums) and Massimo Moriconi (bass).
03 November 2000 The International Reykjavik Accordion Festival 2000 Various
20 October 2000 Una Sera con Silvio de Pra Silvio de Pra
06 October 2000 Eclats de Nacre Bruno Maurice
22 September 2000 D'ance Cao Xiao Qing
08 September 2000 Con Espressione Hof Accordion Orchestra
25 August 2000 Accordeon, Vol 5 Barbara Lucchi and Massimo Venturi
11 August 2000 Nectar Peter Pot, Arie van Lienen , Phillip Baumgarten
28 July 2000 De Profundis Friedrich Lips
14 July 2000 La Vie en Musette ACRA Musette Ensemble
30 June 2000 Nata Bene - Debut Nata Bene Trio
16 June 2000 Appassionata Bruno Maurice
02 June 2000 Scottish Dances Vol. 11 - Highlander Music Roy Hendrie and his Scottish Dance Band
19 May 2000 Accordion Duo on Tour Karl Pukara and Iona Reed
05 May 2000 Zhang Guoping Accordion Solos Zhang Guoping
21 April 2000 Harmonia Classica Monika Swiechowicz and Krzysztof Gadzina
07 April 2000 Les Accordeons de France Various
24 March 2000 Great Joy Bornholms Musicshool's Accordion Orchestra, Gregor Siegler (conductor)
10 March 2000 Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas (cassette) Zhang Guoping
25 February 2000 Duo Novair Miny Dekkers & Henri Bok
11 February 2000 Atmosphere de concert Goran Kovacevic
28 January 2000 The "K" Trio The "K" Trio
14 January 2000 Mist in the Glen Keith Dickson Accordion Orchestra
24 December 1999 Konzert 1998 Accordion Orchestra Bezirk Mittelbaden
10 December 1999 L'imparfait du Coeur Jean-Pierre Guiran & Cherie de Boer
29 October 1999 Passe-Present Jean-Marc Marroni
15 October 1999 Vladimir Zubitsky Accordion Vol.2 Vladimir Zubitsky
01 October 1999 La Touche V Louisiana Various Artists
17 Sepember 1999 Mick goes to Nashville Mick Edwards
03 September 1999 Enigmatic Russian Soul Alexander Dmitriev
20 August 1999 Valley Gold Roy Hendrie and his Scottish Dance Band
06 August 1999 Touch Michael Ganian
23 July 1999 Images, Contrasts, Moods Alexander Dmitriev
09 July 1999 Grain De Fantaisie Jerome Richard
25 June 1999 Divertimento Alexander Dmitriev
11 June 1999 Richness of Music Milen Slavov, Sandie Merrill
28 May 1999 LIVE KONCERTINO, Accordion Quintet
14 May 1999 Guided Improvisation Renzo Ruggieri
30 April 1999 Six Children's Suites Friedrich Lips
16 April 1999 Folksmuzyk Brouwer's Akkordeon-Orkest
02 April 1999 Russisch and Trepak Friedrich Lips
19 March 1999 A Different Blend Roy Hendrie And his Band
05 March 1999 Red Guelder Rose Viacheslav Semionov
19 February 1999 A Ragtime rendition of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and a stroll down Gershwin's Broadway Henry Doktorski
05 February 1999 Russian and Ukrainian Folk Music, Accordion Vol.4 Vladimir Zubitsky
22 January 1999 Frispei Gameboj Hitparade
18 December 1998 Song to the Evening Star DUO 2000
04 December 1998 Encore Friedrich Lips
20 November 1998 Un ballo con Dio Lucio Raggiunti
06 November 1998 Vladimir Zubitsky Vladimir Zubitsky
23 October 1998 Love Melody for Oksana Emanuele Rastelli
09 October 1998 Splendide Michael Ganian
25 September 1998 Accordion Fantasy Peter Piccini
11 September 1998 Mi Refugio Paul Raackow
28 August 1998 Akkordeonstrauss aus dem Fricktal Max Schwarz and Werni Nussbaum
14 August 1998 Pictures at an Exhibition Mika Vayrynen
31 July 1998 Hommage a la Dent Blanche Jean Louis Noton
17 July 1998 Pawel Fenjuk, Bayan Pawel Fenjuk
03 July 1998 Neistaflug Karl Jonatansson
19 June 1998 River Michael Ganian
05 June 1998 Kyrillikata Jacek Grekow and Piotr Chololowicz - accordions, Nadja Klincarova - vocal
22 May 1998 Accord'Tonic Danielle Pauly with Daniel Colin
08 May 1998 Missing Time The Gary Blair Ceilidh Band - Gary Blair
24 April 1998 Lilly Karl Jonatansson
10 April 1998 Patrick Busseuil Musique pour Accordeon Angel Luis Castano
27 March 1998 Tatjana Bulava, Bajan Tatjana Bulava
13 March 1998 Anatoly Senine Anatoly Senine
27 February 1998 Internationally Yours Mario Tacca and His Accordion Orchestra
13 February 1998 Fleur de Paris Mario Tacca and his French Accordion
06 February 1998 Marin Nasturica & Friends Marin Nasturica
30 January 1998 La Plaza De Granada St. Petersburg Musette Ensemble
23 January 1998 Boulevards of Paris St. Petersburg Musette Ensemble
16 January 1998 No Strings Attached Those Darn Accordions!
09 January 1998 Bonjour Paris Tracey Collins
19 December 1997 Declassified Excelsior band
12 December 1997 Russian Performing School Viktor Gridin
05 December 1997 Semionov plays his Transcriptions Viacheslav Semionov
28 November 1997 Balalaika in Rock "White Day " Ensemble, Russia
21November 1997 Coupe Mondiale 1996, Various
14 November 1997 Musika Kontenporaneoa Akordeoia Angel Luis Castano
07 November 1997 A Classical Christmas Henry Doktorski
31 October 1997 Nina i Lena Nina Slyusar and Lena Zybo
24 October 1997 Music Across Borders Salzburg Accordion Orchestra
17 October 1997 Duo Semionov Viacheslav and Natalia Semionov
10 October 1997 Who Stole the Polka Guy Klucevsek
03 October 1997 Techno Cabaret Coba
26 September 1997 Spotlights Hof Accordion Orchestra
19 September 1997 Classical Accordion Aitor Furundarena
12 September 1997 Klez Squeeze Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble
05 September 1997 Welcome to Scotland John McDonald
29 August 1997 On Tour Air New Zealand Accordion Orchestra
22 August 1997 Music of the Planet Earth Gypsy Strings
15 August 1997 Beat Uranus Eric Bouvelle and Jean-Louis Noton
08 August 1997 Starlight Lionel Reekie
01 August 1997 Dead End Ave William Schimmel
25 July 1997 Listen Tatu Kantomaa
18 July 1997 Concert Artistry of Robert Davine Robert Davine
11 July 1997 UMKC Accordion Orchestra UMKC Accordion Orchestra
04 July 1997 Accordeon De Paris Streets of Paris Orch/Marcel Francois

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