Owen Murray ACCORDIONIST
 
Repertoire
 
CLASSICAL ACCORDION & VIOLONCELLO
 
Quote from ‘ Music and our Life’
by Mstislaw and Galina Rostropowitsch recorded by Claude Samuel (1985)

“Personally, I regard the immense repertoire for the duo cello – piano as extremely artificial. The cello produces reverberating tones while the tone of the piano is a “hammering” one, which means that it levels off immediately after the striking of the chord with the hammer. In short, these two instruments have totally different sounds and it is almost unnatural to couple them together. But, I am afraid the cello and piano will be linked forever, since it has become a habit of composers to contrast the single voice of the cello with the many voices of the piano.
In Russia I was on tour with an accordionist and I am honestly convinced that the sound of the accordion can be tuned to the cello much better than that of the piano. Here, many great achievements could be made and numerous experiments could be carried out in order to explore all the possibilities of the cello.”
Mstislaw Rostropowitsch
ORIGINAL WORKS
 
 
Stéphane Altier (b.1968) France
Vortex–Sillage (2003) 6’ 00"
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Sergej Berinsky (1945-1998) Russia
Website for Sergej Berinsky
Il Dolce Dolore (1991) 10’30’’
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Michail Bronner (b.1952) Russia
Michail Bronner - Biography
Dream Garden (1997) 10’30’’   
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Gabriel Erkoreka (b.1969) Spain
Gabriel Erkoreka's Biography
Kin (2003) 8’ 00" 
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Elena Firsova (b.1950) Russia
Elena Firsova - Website
Crucifixion (1993) 7’ 00"
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Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931)  Russia
Sofia Gubaidulina's page at Schirmer inc
In Croce (1979/1992) 15’ 00"
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David Gorton (b.1978) England
David Gorton - Biography
Tähtelä, Place of the Stars (2001) 5’ 00"
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Ilkka Kuusisto (b.1933) Finland
Ilkka Kuusisto
Hymns (1999) 9’
Caelestis Aulae Nuntius, Salva Regina, Gloria
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Heikki Valpola (b.1946) Finland
Heikki Valpola short biography
Three Dances (1998) 8’ 00"
Al rigore di tempo, Soave, Vivace
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John Webb (b.1969) England
Website for John Webb, composer
...into a several world (2001) 10’ 00"
Here we are all, by day; by night we’re hurled by dreams,
into a several world. From: Dreams by Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
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Isang Yun (1917-1995) Japan
Isang Yun - Wikipedia Page
Intermezzo (1998) 10’ 00"
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TRANSCRIPTIONS
J.S.Bach (1685-1750)
J.S.Bach pages
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo nr.1 in G major, BWV 1027 14’30’’
Adagio-Allegro ma non troppo, Andante, Allegro moderato
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo nr.2 in D major, BWV 1028 17’ 00"
Adagio-Allegro, Andante, Allegro
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo nr.3 in G minor, BWV 1029 17’30
Vivace, Adagio, Allegro
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Camille Saint-Säens (1835-1921)
Camille Saint-Säens - Wikipedia Page
Prière op 158 4’ 00"
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Igor Stravinsky (1882-1972)
Igor Stravinsky - Wikipedia Page
Suite Italienne (1932) 17’
Introduction – Allegro moderato - Serenata – Laghetto - Aria -
Allegro alla breve – Largo - Tarantella – Vivace -
Menuetto e Finale – Moderato – Molto vivace.
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Astor Piazzolla (1921- 1992)
Piazzolla - Wikipedia Page
Le Grand Tango (1982) 12’30’’
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Website for  Heitor Villa-Lobos
Aria (Cantilena) from Brasileiras nr.5 (1938)
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