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Ksenija Sidorova - FairyTales (2013)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 1 May 2023 17:47:23

Accordion sensation Ksenija Sidorova in a showcase demonstrating the full range and emotional power of her instrument. 'As an accordionist you sort of have to carve your own path, so I consider it my mission in this way to introduce the instrument to a wider audience', she says. The CD contains old and new repertoire, transcriptions and original works.

Fairy Tales concerto by Vaclav Trojan, recorded with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is written in an enchanting and approachable style with beautiful, heartfelt melodies. Arrangements and transcriptions of virtuosic showpieces include Moszowski’s Caprice Espagnol, the scherzo from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (a transcription that has its roots in Rachmaninov’s arrangement) and Grieg’s Holberg Suite. Contemporary composition Who’s the Puppet? was written for Ksenija by Russian composer Artem Vassiliev. Petr Londonov’s Scherzo-Toccata is a popular piece with accordionists but little-known to wider concert audiences.

All are performed on Ksenija’s Pigini accordion which she considers to be the Rolls Royce of instruments. Ksenija was recently awarded the Latvian Grand Music Award 2012 ‘Outstanding Performance’ prize. She combines a busy concert schedule, including performances with guitar star Milos Karadaglic, with outreach and education work.

Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova's second album contains some brilliant, fizzy transcriptions. An arrangement of Moszkowski's Caprice Espagnol sounds more idiomatic than the piano original. Jon Faukstad's transcription of Grieg's Holberg Suite is also hugely entertaining, the lower string lines of the opening Rigaudon more prominent than usual. Sidorova's control of dynamics is extraordinary, the sound of her Pigini instrument occasionally reduced to a whisper. The gossamer textures of Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream scherzo transfer well, and we get two short works composed specifically for the accordion. Londonov's punchy Scherzo-Toccata is fun, and the black humour of Artem Vassiliev's recent Who's the Puppet? can't help recalling Stravinsky's Petrushka. The disc takes its title from Fairy Tales, a 1959 accordion concerto by the Czech composer Václav Trojan. You can sense Sidorova's delight at finally being able to interact with a full orchestra. Trojan's cheery, colourful score is more soundtrack than concerto, but contains some glorious things, such as a Prokofiev-like waltz in its sixth movement and a hyperactive close. We even get a smoochy Piazzolla tango as a bonus track. Highly recommended.

Review by Artdesk

Ksenija Sidorova at Allmusic
Ksenija Sidorova Website

Tracklist:

01. Moritz Moszkowski - Caprice Espagnol (07:38)

Vaclav Trojan - Fairy Tales Concerto for Orchestra and Accordion:
02. I - Let us dance into the fairy tales (02:32)
03. II - The Sleepy Princess (03:53)
04. III - The Magic Box (01:34)
05. IV - The Enchanted Princess The Brave Princess & The Evil Dragon (05:10)
06. V - The Naughty Roundabout
07. VI - The Sailor & The Enchanted Accordion (05:49)
08. VII - The Acrobatic Fairy Tale (04:23)

09. Artem Vassiliev - Who's the Puppet? (05:45)

Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite:
10. I. Praeludium (02:53)
11. II. Sarabande (03:29)
12. III. Gavotte (03:09)
13. IV. Air (04:59)
14. V. Rigaudon (03:25)

15. Felix Mendelssohn - Scherzo from a Midsummer Night's Dream (04:59)

16. Petr Londonov - Scherzo-Toccata (02:41)

17. Astor Pizzolla - Oblivion (04:24)

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