Berio: Sequenza XIII; Nordheim: Flashing; Schnittke: Revis Fairy Tale, etc – review

Ksenija Sidorova(Champs Hill)The contemporary repertoire for solo accordion is growing steadily, if slowly. The Latvian-born Ksenija Sidorova, who trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London, supplements her performances of bespoke works by Nordheim, Berio and Takahashi with arrangements: a Bach French overture, two keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, Mozart's nursery-tune Variations K265 and four extracts from one of Schnittke's ballet scores. Those transfers to accordion aren't always ...

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