Mie Miki's S'il Vous Plaît is akin to the "favorite encores" collections that violinists put together. The brief selections here range from Baroque to contemporary works, classical and pop, most arranged or transcribed for the accordion, but a few written for Miki's instrument. For those who like the accordion, it will be hard not to like at least one or two things she's chosen. The Baroque pieces, originally for harpsichord, are given more dimension and character because of the accordion's ability to sustain notes; she can ...
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Mie Miki's S'il Vous Plaît is akin to the "favorite encores" collections that violinists put together. The brief selections here range from Baroque to contemporary works, classical and pop, most arranged or transcribed for the accordion, but a few written for Miki's instrument. For those who like the accordion, it will be hard not to like at least one or two things she's chosen. The Baroque pieces, originally for harpsichord, are given more dimension and character because of the accordion's ability to sustain notes; she can make secondary melodies come out a little more than they would on the original instrument. That capability also makes it possible to perform Brahms' chorale prelude Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen, originally for organ. Miki makes it very touching, as she does Ibert's "Le vieux mendiant" and Piazzolla's La bicicleta blanca. Of course, the fun side of the accordion is there in pieces like the Novelty Polka of André Astier and Joë Rossi, Zez Confrey's Dizzy Fingers, and John Zorn's Road...
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