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Richard Galliano Sextet
Courtesy of Joan A. Cararach | Posted on September 18, 2010
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Fri, November 19, 2010
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Richard Galliano
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A musical journey from Bach to Piazzolla.
Although it appeared more than a century after his death, Bach would have been fascinated with the accordion. Like the organ, it is well equipped for natural stereo, polyphony and registration. If the accordion is a kind of portative organ, it’s certainly more expressive: «The accordion, like the bandoneon, can easily be substituted for string, wind or keyboard instruments.» That’s why Richard Galliano has decided not to confine himself to pieces for organ. On the contrary, for this album he has chosen works for cello, for oboe, for violin, for keyboard and for flute. «But first and foremost, I try to forget that I’m playing the accordion... I’m thinking in terms of ‘pure music’», he insists....