Recordings - Accordion

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The compositions on this recording were all composed and performed by William Popp.

Includes:  Preludes 1, 2, 3, 4; Westscape; Tactile No. 1; Sonata No. 1; Preludes 5, 6, 7, 8; Musica Piccola; Toccata; Preludes 9, 10, 11, 12; Sonata No. 2

(May be streamed.  Toccata is a winner of the Lee Ettelson Composer's Award.)

Great works from the middle and late Baroque periods.

Includes:  W. H. Pachelbel, Toccata in G Major; Buxtehude, Fugue in C Major; J. S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in A Minor;

D. Scarlatti, Sonata in A Major, Sonata in F# Minor, Sonata in A Major; J. Pachelbel, Toccata in E Minor; Couperin, Fugue on the Kyrie; J. S. Bach, Partita in A Minor; J. S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in D Major

(May be streamed.)

"Cordially Classic" features tonal music from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.  Several of the selections were written specifically for the accordion.  They are:  Scherzo, Prelude and Sarabande, Valse Arioso, Variations on a Theme by Paganini, and Waltz Allegro.

Includes:  J. S. Bach, Toccata in D Minor*; J. S. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in E Minor*;  Gart, Scherzo; Zelenski, Preludes 1, 2, and 5; Kleinsinger, Prelude and Sarabande; Antonio, Valse Arioso*; Palmer-Hughes, Variations on a Theme by Paganini; 

Di Julio, Waltz for Dreaming*; Magnante, Waltz Allegro; Ippolitow-Ivanow, In the Village*; Handel, Air and Variations from Suite No. 5*

(The selections on this recording marked with an asterisk* are on YouTube.)

"Toccata!" features a mix of selections from the Baroque, Romantic, and Contemporary periods.  The works admirably display the accordions versatility as a concert instrument.

Includes:  Granados, Spanish Dance No. 5; Scarlatti, Sonatas G Minor*, D Major*, G Minor;* Kazakov, Variations on a Ukrainian Theme*; Strategier, Sonatine No. 3 (Mvt. II); Popp, Toccata*; Daquin, Le Coucou*; Strategier, Sonatine No. 3 

(Mvt. IV); Albeniz, Malaguena; Schmidt, Toccata No. 2; Matys, Bagatelles 2, 1, 4, 3.

(The selections on this recording marked with an asterisk* are on YouTube.)

The solo accordion works recorded by William Popp on this recording are Aria by William Grant Still and Partita by Alexander Tcherepnin.  Additional musicians perform several other instrumental pieces. 

On CD or may be streamed.  William Popp wrote many of the arrangements on these recordings.

6. "Collage," 7. "The United States Air Force Strolling Strings 40th Anniversary," 8. "On Wings of Song."

On vinyl.  May be found on the internet.

9. "A Night to Remember," 10. "Over the Rainbow."