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21-Jun-2019
by Rob Howard
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 Mario Conway, 5 times All Britain Virtuoso Champion in the 1970s, has long been one of the UK’s country’s finest and best-known classical accordionists. His new CD entitled “Accordion pieces I have enjoyed playing” presents 17 of his favourite concert items, all performed as solo accordion numbers, and with no accompaniment or multi-tracking – just as one would hear when played live in a recital. The CD has superb sound quality with perfect balance between the treble and bass sides of the accordion. The pieces are all performed with considerable style and authority, and from start to finish you are listening to a master at his craft. This recording is in effect a lifetime perspective of Mario’s lengthy concert career, and is a must for anyone who enjoys solo classical accordion. The recording opens with Bel Viso, a lively Frosini composition beloved of accordionists, then there is a change of mood with an individual arrangement of Piazzolla’s Libertango. Pietro Deiro’s Pietro’s Return is another item often played by accordionists, as is Monti’s Czardas. My personal favourite track is the Sonata in D, by Scarlatti, which has great interplay between two hands using free bass, and there’s some really tricky stuff going on in there! The CD finishes with yet another accordionists’ favourite, the Carnival of Venice, and this version combines elements of both the Pietro Frosini and Pietro Deiro arrangements - a fireworks display to conclude a splendid and modestly priced (at a mere £5) CD that will be a treat for all those of who delight in excellence. Tracks: Bel Viso (Pietro Frosini), Libertango (Astor Piazzolla), Liikku (Petri Makonen), Pietro’s Return (Pietro Deiro), Scherzo (John Gart), Britannia (P. Frosini), Gitanarias (Ernesto Lecuona), Finale from the Suite for Bayan (Anatoli Cholminov), Czardas (Vittorio Monti), Sonata in D (Domenico Scarlatti), Sabre Dance (Aram Khachaturian), Toccata (Albin Repnikov), Toccata No 1 (Ole Schmidt), Finale from the Ukranian Suite (Nicolai Tchaikin), 3rd Movement from Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto (P. I. Tchaikovsky), William Tell Overture (G. Rossini), Carnival of Venice (arranged by Pietro Frosini & Pietro Deiro) For further information email: blueboy111@virginmedia.com |