Charlie Kunz: Play The Kunz Way: Book 4: (Arr. Charlie Kunz): Klavier Solo

This songbook collection features Beethoven Minuet in G (First Movement), an adaptation of the theme from his Pathetique Sonata, Chopin’s Nocturne in E Flat, Schubert’s March Militaire and the traditional Londonderry Air.The Kunzstyle favoured big, many-layered chords in the right hand with a more rhythmic underpinning in the left. For instance, the Kunz arrangement of Beethoven’s famous Minuet in G (First Movement) transforms a student piece to aflowing 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-yearcareeras 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 solocareer performing his own versions of classical favourites.