The Shmenge brothers, and all the polka shows my parents watched, aside (most of which seem to have come from Hamilton, Ontario), the accordion is a great instrument that is often derided. Well, I say if you haven't heard a virtuoso Romanian or Serbian accordionist, you haven't lived!
In the meanwhile, from the classical music realm, I have what I consider one of the greatest modern works to be composed for the accordion of all time to play for you: Polish-Canadian composer Norbert Palej's SEEN. I guarantee you will want to hear this work more than once.
| Domenico Zipoli: Sonata d’Intovolatura (1716): Canzona in C Major Angelo Turriziani, organ (Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, Bellagio, Italy) - Domenico Zipoli: Orgue - L’Empreinte Digitale |
| Norbert Palej: SEEN Joseph Petric, accordion - Joseph Petric. SEEN - Redshift Records 
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| I. Vision of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
II. Mary’s Hill III. Miracle of the Sun |
| Luigi Cherubini: String Quartet No. 3 in D Minor Melos Quartet: Wilhelm Melcher, Violin I; Gerhard Voss, Violin II; Hermann Voss, viola; Peter Buck, ‘cello - Cherubini: Die Streichquartette. Melos Quartet - Deutsche Grammophon |
| I. Allegro comodo
II. Larghetto sostenuto III. Scherzo IV. Finale. Allegro risoluto |
| And available ON DEMAND only: |
| Leonard Bernstein: On the Town: Three Dance Episodes ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit; Leonard Bernstein, conductor - Bernstein conducts Bernstein. Divertimento. Halil. 3 Meditations. On the Town - Deutsche Grammophon |
| I. The Great Lover (Allegro pesante)
II. Lonely Town: Pas de deux (Andante – Sostenuto) III. Times Square: 1944 (Allegro) |
| Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 Thomas Zehetmair, violin; Orchestra of the 18th Century; Frans Brüggen, conductor - Beethoven. Violin Concerto. Romances. Zehetmair. Brüggen - Philips |
| I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Larghetto III. Rondo. Allegro |
| Hector Berlioz: Nuits d’été, Op. 7 Hildegard Behrens, soprano; Wiener Symphoniker; Francis Travis, conductor - Berlioz:Nuits d’été/Ravel: Shéhérazade. Behrens/Travis - London |
| I. Villanelle
II. Le Spectre de la rose III. Sur les lagunes IV. Absence V. Au cimetière VI. L’Ile inconnue |
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Lovely Cherubini. I missed Seen, will give a listen on demand.
10:57 AM, November 23rd, 2022