Play The Kunz Way: Book 4

This songbook collection features Beethoven Minuet in G (First Movement), an adaptation of the theme from his Pathetique Sonata, Chopin闂傚倷鑳堕崑銊╁磿閺屻儲鍋 Nocturne in E Flat, Schubert闂傚倷鑳堕崑銊╁磿閺屻儲鍋 March Militaire and the traditional Londonderry Air.The Kunz style favoured big, many-layered chords in the right hand with a more rhythmic underpinning in the left. For instance, the Kunz arrangement of Beethoven闂傚倷鑳堕崑銊╁磿閺屻儲鍋 famous Minuet in G (First Movement) transforms a student piece to a flowing chordal display, which Kunz himself was able to play with grace and finesse. The arrangements tend to end with the thrill of a rallentando and chord in the upper registers.Pianist Charlie Kunz enjoyed a twenty-year career as a solo pianist touring throughout Britain and appearing on television and radio. He had originally emigrated to the UK after World War I to work in a dance band, but his distinctive and winning style soon led to a solo career performing his own versions of classical favourites.