Credits:

ASTIER ANDRE / BRAHMS JOHANNE

Description:

Sometimes a musette, sometimes a bandoneon, sometimes a collection of seven different accordion encores by Mikie Mikie, the queen of the accordion. She has been highly acclaimed for her performances of serious works, including many contemporary works and Bach, but it is her pop pieces she plays in between concerts that reveal her tenderness and cheerful charm. In response to fan demand, she has recorded a new album of these pieces. The music is varied, including Dacan and Rameau like baroque positif organs, fashionable Legrand and Astia like French musettes, and Piazzolla like a bandoneon. The groove and coolness of the music is not classical at all, and one is amazed at the depth of Mikimie's nostalgia. Oginski's polonaise, which is also the theme of Angel Wajda's "Ashes and Diamonds," is also a masterpiece. It will make you cry. King International

Tracklisting:

1.3eme Suite, 1er livre de pieces de clavecin: Le Coucou
2.Pieces de clavecin: Rigaudons Nos. 1 & 2
3.Sonata in C minor, K. 11: Allegro
4.Suite No. 5 for harpsichord, HWV 430 "The Harmonious Blacksmith": Aria & Variaions
5.Divertissement pour accordeon (Serenade)
6.Moment musical in F minor, D. 780/3 (Allegro moderato)
7.Moment musical in F minor, D. 780/5 (Allegro vivace)
8.11 Choral-Vorspiele fur die Orgel, Op. 122: No. 8. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
9.Histoires for piano solo: Le vieux mendiant
10.Histoires for piano solo: Le petit ane blanc
11.Tango for piano solo
12.Modern Love Waltz for piano solo
13.Miss Karting
14.Novelty Polka
15.Les Parapluies de Cherbourg: Theme
16.S.V.P. (S'il vous plait)
17.Chiquilin de Bachin
18.Chau Paris
19.La Bicicleta Blanca
20.Dizzy Fingers
21.Road Runner
22.Polonaise in A minor "Farewell to the Fatherland"
23.Ballet Suite No. 3: Farewell Waltz (from Roundabout of Dances)